2002 03 - 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 254.7 256.0 256.6 256.3 255.8 255.9 256.2 256.6 257.1 257.6 257.4 258.3 258.0 257.5 257.3 257.8 258.0 258.4 258.5 258.6 259.6 260.5 260.5 260.0 260.2 260.8 261.3 261.3 261.0 259.8 259.4 34 Hudson Bay 249.1 249.7 252.7 255.6 251.7 249.2 249.5 250.7 252.9 255.2 253.5 255.1 256.7 255.9 256.1 256.0 256.0 257.0 256.2 254.5 254.7 257.7 257.7 256.2 260.5 263.7 267.6 270.6 270.4 267.8 266.1 36 Hudson Strait 248.6 244.4 245.2 244.1 244.6 243.8 245.3 243.7 245.6 254.6 257.3 251.0 248.7 250.6 247.0 246.9 247.8 249.4 250.7 256.0 257.3 250.6 256.9 264.0 261.4 259.9 261.3 259.8 259.8 261.0 265.2 98 Bering Strait 263.8 262.9 262.7 261.5 259.0 257.2 257.2 258.5 259.3 258.3 257.7 257.0 256.8 257.8 259.4 261.5 263.1 264.4 264.0 265.3 265.9 265.4 265.4 265.8 266.3 266.5 264.2 261.2 259.8 259.4 258.5 128 Arctic subocean 236.1 233.9 234.6 234.0 237.1 237.2 240.1 239.2 243.4 243.9 240.9 239.7 239.5 239.0 239.4 238.0 239.8 244.8 249.4 244.5 246.5 247.2 246.5 244.4 241.2 239.3 240.4 241.0 243.0 242.0 239.1 130 Chukchi Sea 261.3 261.2 258.8 259.6 259.8 257.7 256.0 258.4 260.4 260.1 259.7 257.7 256.8 258.5 259.8 265.0 267.9 269.0 269.3 268.0 268.0 266.9 265.9 265.0 264.9 262.4 258.5 254.1 253.8 258.4 261.0 132 Beaufort Sea 253.4 258.1 262.9 257.2 251.2 251.8 252.4 252.7 250.9 249.1 251.0 251.9 250.9 252.7 253.4 252.3 252.6 251.4 252.7 254.5 259.9 263.5 264.8 265.0 264.5 265.7 265.8 261.5 256.3 254.7 255.8 134 Arctic Archipelago 242.1 247.6 247.8 243.1 242.3 244.6 245.2 244.3 240.5 241.7 240.7 241.1 245.6 246.6 244.8 244.0 243.4 245.6 247.1 250.5 252.8 252.9 251.6 251.6 252.1 249.8 249.4 248.8 247.6 247.3 247.4 136 Foxe Basin 245.3 244.6 244.5 242.8 240.1 238.5 239.1 238.8 237.9 236.7 240.1 244.5 243.4 242.4 242.8 241.6 241.7 241.9 241.5 241.8 243.1 253.5 255.1 254.5 251.7 253.2 249.9 249.6 256.2 257.6 256.8 138 Baffin Bay 235.6 241.6 237.6 233.3 233.8 233.8 233.4 232.5 234.2 234.6 233.7 239.8 243.9 241.5 239.6 239.7 240.9 242.4 244.2 241.7 241.9 241.7 245.0 245.2 243.5 243.2 242.4 242.3 243.4 242.8 241.1 139 South Greenland 257.0 253.3 246.4 243.4 245.0 244.1 240.9 240.7 240.7 239.9 242.2 252.8 252.3 247.3 247.9 250.5 251.6 251.0 249.8 251.1 251.9 255.4 258.8 260.1 260.0 258.0 255.0 252.6 252.1 251.7 251.0 140 Greenland Sea 233.2 239.5 237.1 233.9 232.6 231.8 231.0 233.3 237.9 238.6 234.9 235.1 237.7 238.1 237.1 235.8 237.8 241.0 245.1 242.7 242.3 241.8 244.1 243.3 243.6 243.7 247.3 247.0 246.6 244.4 242.0 142 Norwegian Sea 268.7 265.6 267.2 269.6 268.5 266.9 266.1 269.1 268.5 267.0 267.7 267.9 265.4 269.4 272.1 271.5 271.5 273.1 271.5 270.7 270.9 270.6 268.2 269.5 274.0 275.5 275.5 276.4 275.2 274.4 272.3 144 Barents Sea 270.6 268.6 265.2 262.0 262.2 265.2 267.9 267.7 265.5 264.8 265.4 263.2 261.5 262.4 265.4 268.2 266.8 266.4 269.9 274.3 272.9 271.4 268.2 265.2 265.1 266.2 266.0 263.3 264.9 260.4 257.3 146 Kara Sea 263.3 265.5 266.8 267.3 268.2 268.1 267.4 267.9 270.0 270.1 268.8 268.4 267.7 266.2 264.7 265.2 266.4 266.5 264.4 263.7 265.2 266.1 265.3 263.4 263.1 264.5 265.4 266.1 265.9 264.4 264.5 148 Laptev Sea 249.6 251.2 251.4 252.6 254.3 256.1 258.3 259.0 257.6 259.2 261.3 263.2 260.0 258.2 258.4 258.8 257.7 257.9 259.4 258.4 257.9 257.3 257.1 257.5 256.8 256.3 256.2 257.6 258.2 258.7 259.2 150 East Siberian Sea 242.2 242.0 243.8 250.5 254.6 256.9 256.6 255.8 256.8 256.9 255.3 255.1 256.3 257.5 256.7 256.5 254.7 254.9 255.9 256.3 258.4 259.0 258.1 258.4 257.3 256.4 255.9 258.2 261.7 260.4 259.5 152 Gulf of Alaska 269.5 269.2 268.3 264.1 260.2 258.9 259.4 259.5 259.8 258.9 258.8 259.6 259.9 260.6 260.9 263.6 264.9 264.7 263.8 264.5 265.5 266.1 266.1 267.2 268.8 270.7 270.6 268.8 267.9 265.0 263.2 154 Southeast Bering Sea 270.1 268.3 267.7 264.5 263.5 262.2 262.1 264.0 266.1 263.8 263.5 262.4 261.2 266.9 271.4 274.8 273.3 272.7 273.1 272.4 272.2 270.4 270.2 272.9 272.4 272.2 271.3 269.9 267.1 262.7 263.2