2003 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 252.7 253.0 253.8 254.7 256.0 256.1 256.6 256.8 257.3 257.4 256.9 256.5 255.7 255.8 256.2 256.4 256.3 256.8 257.4 258.1 257.7 256.9 256.5 255.9 256.3 256.2 255.3 254.7 254.2 253.1 252.4 34 Hudson Bay 261.2 259.5 262.9 264.2 259.2 261.3 264.0 262.0 257.7 254.1 252.8 253.8 257.0 260.2 260.6 259.9 263.7 263.3 260.5 260.0 262.3 263.3 261.8 264.4 266.8 265.9 265.2 264.2 260.1 254.1 253.6 36 Hudson Strait 262.1 259.1 259.0 258.6 259.4 258.9 258.0 261.9 263.9 264.7 262.1 264.2 264.0 259.2 261.9 263.1 262.0 266.6 270.6 264.2 255.0 251.7 252.0 253.8 257.0 260.9 261.0 263.5 265.6 257.5 250.6 98 Bering Strait 252.2 250.9 247.7 254.4 255.5 254.1 255.5 259.1 260.8 262.4 263.2 261.9 258.9 256.9 256.8 255.2 254.8 256.1 258.2 259.4 257.3 259.4 256.5 253.7 255.2 255.4 255.0 256.4 261.7 261.7 257.2 128 Arctic subocean 240.0 243.7 244.8 250.4 252.8 244.3 243.3 245.0 245.8 242.4 242.1 246.6 243.4 242.4 241.1 243.1 242.5 242.5 245.9 247.3 255.2 253.8 248.1 244.8 247.0 242.4 238.1 240.4 237.0 238.5 237.0 130 Chukchi Sea 249.0 244.4 244.9 246.7 247.1 250.2 249.3 251.8 258.7 264.1 260.6 254.8 252.5 249.2 250.7 249.4 248.2 247.8 250.8 250.2 249.9 250.1 251.0 244.5 245.8 249.9 255.5 257.6 264.7 265.5 260.2 132 Beaufort Sea 258.5 262.1 264.7 256.2 258.4 258.8 254.3 251.5 253.4 252.7 253.1 257.1 256.1 252.3 253.8 259.6 260.9 261.1 263.4 265.9 265.7 266.0 269.2 265.9 262.6 261.4 256.7 252.1 250.9 251.9 251.3 134 Arctic Archipelago 245.3 246.6 256.1 257.6 248.6 244.4 243.8 240.1 242.9 247.4 245.4 243.0 240.3 240.0 240.0 242.0 243.4 242.3 243.1 246.8 249.5 251.1 255.8 255.3 251.6 249.2 248.6 246.3 245.7 244.6 244.9 136 Foxe Basin 249.3 252.5 253.3 258.0 260.7 253.9 253.9 255.2 250.8 248.4 244.1 247.8 250.5 251.9 251.1 257.2 252.3 251.3 257.8 265.7 261.0 253.6 252.7 252.7 258.0 254.5 256.1 256.6 249.2 244.1 242.6 138 Baffin Bay 246.6 246.2 243.3 246.3 255.1 252.7 250.2 243.0 240.5 237.7 236.9 236.9 235.8 242.9 247.7 248.4 245.3 243.5 246.9 255.7 262.1 256.9 252.6 247.6 247.5 247.5 245.4 245.0 243.3 241.9 241.7 139 South Greenland 259.1 254.7 249.7 246.5 257.9 258.2 251.7 248.2 248.3 249.6 250.0 243.6 246.5 255.7 252.5 249.8 247.4 248.4 250.5 256.8 258.6 256.2 252.9 249.2 247.6 247.2 248.6 249.0 246.9 248.1 252.7 140 Greenland Sea 245.7 247.0 241.7 242.2 253.2 253.6 248.4 244.3 238.5 237.0 236.6 236.6 236.0 239.2 242.1 243.9 241.2 240.3 242.2 244.9 249.9 247.3 244.5 244.0 243.2 241.8 238.7 238.3 236.2 234.3 233.3 142 Norwegian Sea 274.8 274.0 274.3 275.5 271.6 270.5 275.0 272.7 272.1 275.5 271.9 269.7 269.9 271.8 270.3 268.9 271.1 273.5 272.4 266.4 264.4 264.6 265.6 272.0 273.1 271.1 269.4 268.9 267.9 268.2 266.8 144 Barents Sea 269.4 270.3 269.0 267.5 268.7 267.1 265.2 263.9 263.4 265.3 268.6 269.2 267.2 264.1 264.8 266.6 262.2 258.9 260.5 265.5 261.9 262.4 263.6 261.1 263.5 267.8 265.5 265.4 267.0 268.3 265.7 146 Kara Sea 251.2 252.6 253.1 254.7 255.9 257.0 259.8 263.2 265.2 264.5 262.0 260.6 260.9 261.2 261.2 260.7 260.9 262.9 261.4 260.9 262.2 261.7 260.4 261.0 260.8 258.0 258.2 259.2 258.8 257.6 258.9 148 Laptev Sea 242.9 243.3 244.2 246.7 250.6 252.7 253.9 253.1 255.4 259.1 261.4 260.0 254.9 253.6 253.6 253.7 252.6 253.2 256.4 253.5 247.3 244.6 245.3 244.5 246.7 251.2 248.0 243.9 244.4 245.3 243.3 150 East Siberian Sea 242.2 242.0 242.2 243.8 247.4 245.8 247.0 249.4 249.1 247.9 249.0 251.4 249.4 246.1 245.3 243.4 242.7 241.7 242.3 243.1 241.6 239.8 240.0 240.1 241.1 242.5 243.8 246.5 245.5 244.7 242.1 152 Gulf of Alaska 264.5 262.2 263.9 270.2 266.1 262.2 266.5 269.3 271.0 269.7 270.8 270.9 268.9 267.6 269.2 269.0 268.0 268.5 269.9 269.3 269.4 270.6 265.9 263.7 262.2 261.2 260.2 263.9 269.9 270.9 267.4 154 Southeast Bering Sea 252.7 254.1 258.0 268.6 263.6 256.4 259.7 267.9 272.3 271.3 268.0 264.1 261.0 261.8 266.2 261.8 255.8 259.2 265.3 263.0 259.2 254.0 252.3 249.3 248.8 251.6 263.3 270.6 273.3 269.2 263.7