2001 12 - daily - mean of ECMWF ERA-40 daily air temperature at 2m (k); A.P.Barrett, CU BasinID Name 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 0 Pan Arctic 254.9 254.0 253.4 252.6 251.6 250.9 249.8 249.3 250.2 250.7 250.3 250.3 251.1 251.6 251.4 252.4 253.2 253.4 254.1 254.4 255.3 256.2 255.5 254.7 254.5 254.8 253.8 253.1 252.0 251.8 252.3 34 Hudson Bay 262.0 262.2 264.0 264.4 261.1 260.0 258.9 258.6 262.0 261.5 256.7 256.7 260.0 261.6 263.8 265.6 266.5 266.1 262.1 259.9 258.5 258.1 258.7 259.2 259.3 262.9 261.3 258.9 258.1 256.8 257.4 36 Hudson Strait 260.9 258.8 258.8 256.6 253.5 260.1 264.1 262.6 260.7 262.0 260.4 255.3 255.9 261.5 262.3 258.0 254.7 258.5 265.3 265.6 266.3 264.4 260.4 261.5 266.0 267.6 265.2 264.8 268.8 264.5 262.5 98 Bering Strait 252.6 251.6 251.2 249.2 248.5 247.9 247.7 248.2 248.6 249.8 251.6 253.0 250.9 247.2 244.6 244.1 243.0 241.2 240.9 244.2 252.6 255.6 255.2 251.5 250.5 257.6 261.0 259.1 255.8 255.8 255.7 128 Arctic subocean 247.6 246.3 245.6 248.0 249.4 252.6 251.8 249.5 246.8 245.3 244.0 243.7 242.6 241.7 240.7 242.0 241.8 246.1 249.0 247.9 251.5 253.6 249.4 246.8 245.0 242.3 240.1 242.7 246.0 251.5 250.9 130 Chukchi Sea 254.6 254.7 254.0 251.4 249.7 247.0 246.8 249.6 252.5 252.6 251.7 252.3 249.8 246.0 243.1 244.1 242.4 240.2 239.2 238.9 245.7 252.1 252.9 245.9 242.8 254.5 261.2 259.1 249.8 246.2 249.1 132 Beaufort Sea 252.9 253.9 253.0 249.9 249.7 249.8 251.5 255.5 255.5 251.1 249.0 251.5 253.8 254.9 254.6 252.9 252.4 249.6 249.7 249.2 251.0 257.5 258.6 260.9 264.3 261.2 259.7 259.5 256.2 254.6 253.6 134 Arctic Archipelago 252.0 249.6 249.5 249.8 250.3 247.7 246.9 247.5 247.3 247.7 247.2 244.0 244.0 244.3 245.5 250.9 252.2 252.1 251.4 249.2 247.3 249.7 249.9 250.7 255.6 255.7 251.8 250.7 250.9 251.3 253.5 136 Foxe Basin 245.4 245.2 245.1 247.1 249.0 251.1 254.2 255.1 252.5 247.5 243.5 241.6 241.9 242.0 241.4 242.8 250.1 256.0 262.8 265.8 265.7 260.8 253.8 253.2 252.8 254.6 258.2 257.7 259.5 260.1 255.6 138 Baffin Bay 246.8 245.1 244.1 243.0 245.3 246.8 244.4 243.2 243.3 244.5 245.4 243.8 246.4 245.6 240.5 240.1 241.2 245.9 251.1 254.5 261.1 261.9 254.6 251.3 248.9 244.5 241.5 242.3 242.7 244.4 244.9 139 South Greenland 248.7 246.9 245.3 244.3 244.3 244.0 245.1 249.0 254.4 255.1 255.8 254.9 259.8 262.4 258.6 263.2 264.8 264.1 266.4 265.6 264.7 265.6 264.2 259.4 259.7 256.9 251.1 252.8 255.3 254.3 252.8 140 Greenland Sea 250.9 248.4 248.7 249.4 252.8 253.1 246.1 245.4 246.4 246.2 248.0 245.3 248.1 254.2 248.3 243.1 243.6 242.7 250.7 248.2 254.1 259.4 254.7 250.2 247.3 242.7 241.3 239.7 236.2 238.4 238.2 142 Norwegian Sea 275.2 274.2 271.8 273.2 272.4 270.3 269.4 272.0 273.9 276.2 275.6 273.8 274.8 274.9 275.4 275.2 272.3 270.6 265.7 265.0 261.7 261.4 264.8 264.5 263.2 261.7 260.3 258.1 258.2 255.6 256.8 144 Barents Sea 260.6 261.6 262.8 263.3 260.9 257.4 256.3 257.1 260.1 264.0 265.2 266.0 267.4 265.2 264.3 264.8 263.1 260.6 258.2 257.4 257.4 254.2 256.3 255.3 255.5 254.6 257.9 258.8 258.1 257.0 254.3 146 Kara Sea 259.2 258.7 258.1 257.3 256.4 253.9 250.2 247.6 247.5 248.9 249.6 249.9 250.2 250.3 250.6 251.6 252.9 254.4 256.9 257.9 257.7 258.8 258.0 257.0 256.3 257.3 257.7 257.1 255.6 256.3 258.6 148 Laptev Sea 248.6 245.5 241.8 240.4 238.9 240.3 241.9 240.5 240.5 241.0 241.7 241.3 240.6 242.2 244.1 246.6 248.7 249.1 250.2 250.3 250.8 250.3 249.8 251.1 248.2 244.9 242.1 241.5 239.3 236.7 235.2 150 East Siberian Sea 245.0 244.5 244.6 244.0 242.7 244.2 241.6 238.9 238.2 238.7 237.0 238.1 239.4 239.3 238.9 238.9 239.8 240.5 240.0 241.2 241.9 241.7 239.3 236.7 234.0 232.8 231.4 230.8 233.0 239.5 244.4 152 Gulf of Alaska 253.7 252.0 255.6 257.4 256.3 255.8 258.5 257.5 258.4 264.2 266.4 268.6 264.4 258.0 255.1 253.9 252.0 253.7 254.5 263.3 269.2 269.1 265.7 263.8 268.0 273.5 272.8 271.1 269.5 270.9 269.4 154 Southeast Bering Sea 261.1 255.0 255.1 253.7 254.6 250.9 247.9 247.6 254.1 261.5 267.3 264.2 253.5 250.5 245.8 246.2 245.7 244.5 241.8 254.6 264.0 262.0 255.3 250.3 259.3 271.9 271.4 265.3 263.3 267.9 270.6