1983 12 - daily - mean of NNR daily min 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 251.3 250.3 250.2 248.8 249.2 248.7 248.2 246.9 246.5 245.6 245.7 246.7 247.5 247.4 246.9 247.7 248.0 246.8 246.5 246.3 245.9 246.4 246.5 249.0 250.2 250.7 250.0 249.3 247.9 246.3 246.0 34 Hudson Bay 253.9 250.8 250.5 250.9 248.5 246.2 245.7 247.4 245.5 241.9 245.0 247.2 249.0 248.4 244.7 242.8 242.4 241.0 239.4 240.3 239.7 242.0 241.3 243.6 250.6 252.9 251.7 249.8 247.2 248.6 246.0 36 Hudson Strait 245.3 252.5 251.3 250.7 255.7 245.0 240.3 254.5 254.6 249.9 245.8 245.4 248.4 247.4 247.1 239.3 238.5 238.1 239.7 238.1 235.6 232.3 243.1 250.5 247.1 245.7 248.6 247.4 244.0 241.8 239.1 98 Bering Strait 262.8 259.4 258.0 254.1 256.5 252.8 248.4 248.3 247.4 245.5 246.3 247.0 246.2 247.0 245.4 246.1 249.8 257.0 257.2 257.7 259.1 257.2 258.1 257.9 256.6 254.8 251.0 251.0 251.3 247.8 246.0 128 Arctic subocean 234.3 241.0 238.9 238.5 236.7 238.6 235.7 234.0 235.4 239.3 238.9 237.1 234.8 235.3 237.1 235.3 235.4 237.7 236.5 237.7 245.9 240.5 245.2 244.5 231.4 227.6 226.8 231.9 236.2 229.6 228.6 130 Chukchi Sea 259.1 258.1 253.4 253.0 256.0 262.6 261.6 256.2 251.7 251.6 249.9 250.6 249.3 247.4 247.6 250.2 255.3 259.0 266.2 267.5 268.9 270.1 264.7 260.4 262.5 257.5 255.1 252.8 247.7 239.6 234.6 132 Beaufort Sea 251.2 250.7 248.6 245.6 250.0 248.5 244.0 240.1 238.5 240.3 243.5 244.2 241.8 239.1 240.0 240.9 242.1 244.4 248.5 247.2 246.2 247.6 246.6 251.2 258.0 254.4 252.9 253.2 251.8 245.1 245.9 134 Arctic Archipelago 241.0 237.3 237.3 238.5 240.8 243.0 243.9 240.8 240.4 238.3 237.5 234.6 233.9 236.6 239.4 241.1 241.8 238.8 235.7 236.4 237.6 242.9 247.5 258.6 248.4 244.4 241.1 238.2 237.3 232.3 234.0 136 Foxe Basin 237.6 241.8 246.9 245.2 247.2 245.9 243.2 239.0 240.0 240.4 236.6 236.4 239.6 236.9 237.6 235.2 236.9 232.4 233.2 238.2 239.1 237.6 239.0 240.5 243.0 240.8 237.0 237.3 233.0 229.6 231.1 138 Baffin Bay 243.7 240.7 239.4 238.3 236.5 236.0 240.6 235.6 237.4 242.6 242.3 240.0 238.5 235.1 234.2 237.5 239.0 236.2 233.4 234.8 238.7 236.8 232.5 236.2 235.9 238.2 238.4 234.3 231.7 226.0 231.3 139 South Greenland 249.8 241.1 244.5 241.3 240.4 242.3 239.7 238.8 250.8 244.0 238.7 240.3 238.8 238.1 238.1 243.7 245.6 243.9 243.3 246.2 246.0 240.0 236.5 237.9 243.0 247.3 239.9 236.9 233.4 233.6 235.2 140 Greenland Sea 241.9 246.5 243.5 241.0 236.9 236.6 236.2 234.4 238.2 239.0 234.8 236.7 236.6 236.4 235.4 235.0 241.7 239.9 237.4 238.0 237.9 237.5 232.9 234.3 232.8 232.5 235.7 235.6 233.6 229.0 233.9 142 Norwegian Sea 263.9 271.9 273.4 270.3 265.5 267.1 266.9 265.4 257.5 260.8 264.7 263.7 266.1 270.7 271.6 269.4 262.5 259.9 260.3 261.6 261.8 265.2 265.3 262.7 259.0 266.3 269.5 270.1 269.2 268.6 266.9 144 Barents Sea 257.4 255.9 256.5 253.4 252.9 253.6 257.2 254.7 255.8 260.3 259.9 260.7 259.6 258.4 261.1 259.8 258.6 258.3 256.9 255.7 256.3 259.0 264.2 267.2 265.0 261.0 258.5 260.0 258.6 252.8 252.4 146 Kara Sea 256.1 257.5 255.8 251.5 251.9 253.8 255.8 254.8 253.8 252.6 252.6 255.5 258.1 258.5 256.4 255.8 253.2 249.8 249.7 250.0 248.7 249.6 250.5 254.5 255.5 257.0 257.0 254.9 254.5 255.1 255.3 148 Laptev Sea 242.9 241.6 243.6 247.8 248.6 245.7 243.5 240.9 239.0 238.2 237.0 236.8 238.5 239.6 241.9 247.1 248.8 246.3 244.0 241.6 240.3 240.2 239.5 238.0 237.3 240.2 245.3 247.6 245.3 244.8 243.4 150 East Siberian Sea 242.5 241.2 246.0 245.6 243.8 242.1 241.8 240.1 238.7 238.4 239.2 238.1 239.5 239.9 240.7 241.1 243.7 245.6 247.6 242.9 243.2 243.4 240.9 242.7 243.0 244.7 237.9 238.3 238.7 236.3 236.1 152 Gulf of Alaska 270.1 265.2 265.1 260.5 265.8 261.6 261.5 257.8 256.5 259.4 263.1 261.0 260.0 258.9 253.5 256.4 258.1 256.6 260.7 263.2 263.9 258.9 259.8 262.1 265.0 260.4 260.2 259.9 257.9 256.7 261.4 154 Southeast Bering Sea 271.9 264.4 263.3 269.4 272.1 272.0 268.0 265.0 259.0 256.5 256.4 256.5 252.4 249.2 255.9 265.3 269.6 269.4 270.1 272.9 273.1 271.9 266.4 260.0 266.3 264.6 259.8 263.7 266.4 264.5 260.0