1997 12 - daily - mean of NNR daily max air temperature at 2 meters (K); S.-H. Wang, OSU 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 257.7 258.2 257.2 257.4 257.7 256.6 255.8 255.2 256.1 257.0 257.5 256.8 255.3 255.2 255.1 255.1 256.1 255.7 255.4 255.3 255.2 255.7 255.6 255.8 255.4 253.7 252.3 250.9 250.8 250.9 251.3 34 Hudson Bay 267.2 266.7 264.2 264.5 266.2 265.7 263.4 262.3 262.6 263.7 265.1 266.8 266.4 266.5 268.1 269.0 265.7 263.3 261.3 259.5 262.5 265.3 266.2 266.3 265.4 263.0 259.8 258.0 256.4 254.1 254.5 36 Hudson Strait 271.5 272.6 271.8 270.8 269.8 264.2 259.5 259.0 262.3 261.9 262.4 260.5 258.3 255.6 249.5 249.2 255.5 259.8 256.7 251.1 250.2 249.9 261.0 262.1 261.3 260.4 261.1 247.8 246.6 247.7 245.8 98 Bering Strait 260.8 260.2 258.5 263.2 265.5 264.6 263.4 261.6 258.3 258.9 260.5 258.6 256.3 254.8 253.8 253.8 251.7 252.4 256.5 256.9 253.0 252.2 256.2 260.3 259.8 254.8 251.3 250.8 252.6 253.5 251.2 128 Arctic subocean 259.5 256.7 260.2 259.2 249.2 241.8 240.9 241.2 238.3 238.1 252.1 253.4 246.9 249.1 247.3 248.3 249.3 252.6 252.6 251.1 248.5 245.7 247.4 245.8 243.8 242.3 241.9 241.1 240.4 240.8 242.4 130 Chukchi Sea 249.8 249.8 253.7 256.6 265.4 265.4 262.5 256.6 255.9 253.0 247.8 248.1 246.4 246.9 244.8 242.6 244.6 247.7 249.9 249.8 246.6 245.7 249.5 250.7 249.2 244.1 244.4 244.5 242.2 244.2 245.6 132 Beaufort Sea 265.0 269.1 267.1 264.7 264.1 262.1 261.5 261.7 264.4 264.8 267.2 267.5 268.1 268.8 263.0 258.3 259.1 256.3 256.4 258.4 256.7 258.1 260.1 263.1 264.8 263.9 262.0 258.5 257.0 255.9 254.3 134 Arctic Archipelago 254.1 260.2 263.5 262.0 261.4 255.8 254.7 254.2 253.2 251.6 245.5 244.0 246.3 250.3 251.6 251.5 250.4 248.3 247.6 245.7 244.3 245.4 246.7 245.6 243.8 243.3 243.0 242.1 240.5 241.8 242.3 136 Foxe Basin 261.6 262.1 261.4 259.8 264.5 264.4 253.8 255.2 252.9 252.1 249.9 248.7 247.3 248.6 249.8 251.9 250.5 248.1 249.3 248.2 249.3 249.4 253.4 256.0 254.4 249.7 253.0 252.7 253.2 251.7 245.6 138 Baffin Bay 258.6 255.4 252.5 255.4 249.1 239.4 238.4 238.8 238.2 238.2 237.8 244.3 247.9 248.0 251.6 251.9 259.6 261.4 257.0 254.5 253.5 253.6 248.5 246.2 246.5 247.2 247.4 248.1 250.2 251.1 254.0 139 South Greenland 259.5 260.1 257.4 256.3 256.5 252.1 249.1 245.8 244.3 244.4 243.4 252.0 250.0 258.5 265.8 265.3 266.0 262.4 260.4 261.9 261.2 259.5 252.7 253.6 252.4 250.4 251.0 254.8 257.6 256.3 256.7 140 Greenland Sea 260.0 256.8 249.7 255.6 251.8 236.2 231.7 233.4 234.0 245.4 255.9 246.4 243.8 246.0 256.9 258.2 262.4 262.5 254.6 256.0 253.5 257.2 254.7 246.4 242.3 244.4 244.1 244.2 245.1 250.0 252.7 142 Norwegian Sea 268.4 267.1 269.1 271.3 271.9 271.0 277.0 276.1 275.3 274.3 274.0 272.2 271.0 271.1 275.8 276.2 275.3 273.0 270.9 270.0 271.5 273.9 273.2 273.4 271.7 269.3 266.8 265.5 267.0 268.4 271.2 144 Barents Sea 261.8 261.9 260.6 260.9 260.3 262.1 264.1 265.7 266.4 266.0 264.6 259.1 253.9 250.4 257.0 268.2 272.4 267.2 261.9 259.8 257.6 259.4 260.7 264.7 264.5 261.1 257.6 255.4 255.8 260.5 265.9 146 Kara Sea 257.9 257.3 255.6 253.9 255.6 258.2 258.8 259.0 261.9 261.9 260.8 258.9 255.0 252.4 252.4 252.3 254.4 256.3 257.6 257.8 257.0 256.1 254.1 252.2 254.3 254.0 252.0 252.0 252.7 252.6 252.4 148 Laptev Sea 245.0 246.8 247.9 248.8 247.1 245.6 245.5 244.2 246.3 249.8 252.5 251.1 250.1 250.5 244.9 241.5 241.6 241.6 243.2 246.8 251.1 251.5 251.4 252.0 247.2 244.8 245.3 240.9 238.5 238.2 239.8 150 East Siberian Sea 238.5 241.7 244.1 245.9 246.4 245.5 244.0 241.3 239.7 239.0 239.8 240.1 244.4 247.3 248.5 252.6 256.5 254.5 250.5 245.5 241.9 243.7 243.3 244.3 246.2 244.0 242.9 243.5 247.9 251.8 250.3 152 Gulf of Alaska 272.4 270.2 269.0 272.9 272.4 271.9 271.1 269.4 268.4 272.9 272.8 271.8 268.3 264.4 263.6 262.7 263.0 268.5 272.2 270.0 265.5 269.5 272.0 273.6 272.5 269.4 266.6 270.1 268.5 262.2 261.6 154 Southeast Bering Sea 264.1 258.4 258.3 273.7 274.1 272.7 270.0 266.3 263.6 262.7 263.3 258.7 254.8 249.6 248.9 249.3 249.6 257.4 264.6 263.1 262.7 263.2 264.4 269.3 262.5 261.0 261.0 255.8 251.0 248.4 263.6