1987 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 252.0 251.7 250.7 251.3 251.4 251.5 251.2 250.1 249.8 249.6 249.1 249.6 249.2 248.7 246.9 247.2 247.6 247.8 248.2 248.6 247.0 245.6 245.1 245.4 245.3 244.6 243.7 244.6 245.2 245.4 245.5 34 Hudson Bay 259.9 260.1 256.8 255.9 257.3 257.9 261.2 264.4 260.7 261.2 262.4 263.4 259.4 253.2 251.3 251.2 249.0 251.2 254.8 258.6 255.5 253.4 251.9 249.2 248.9 254.1 251.6 251.7 249.8 248.4 247.2 36 Hudson Strait 262.8 265.8 266.1 261.7 256.2 253.6 253.5 253.6 249.1 247.4 254.0 252.1 246.7 250.7 248.9 244.6 243.2 246.4 240.3 244.3 252.5 256.8 252.7 251.5 249.2 245.8 244.2 244.6 243.8 243.4 241.4 98 Bering Strait 251.0 248.6 250.2 249.9 244.9 245.2 248.1 248.7 248.2 243.7 241.0 244.4 247.4 247.1 244.0 247.7 251.4 250.1 250.9 255.1 250.4 245.8 247.7 259.6 257.0 249.5 244.4 245.7 254.9 261.2 257.2 128 Arctic subocean 237.2 230.7 232.0 247.4 248.8 248.7 239.9 233.0 242.1 238.1 238.3 237.4 234.4 232.8 229.7 232.5 234.1 231.3 229.0 230.5 232.5 235.4 236.8 236.0 236.5 233.8 232.2 230.8 222.3 225.0 229.2 130 Chukchi Sea 238.1 237.9 241.9 242.6 241.1 242.8 245.1 245.3 244.8 239.0 235.8 235.7 244.4 244.7 245.1 245.2 246.2 243.8 243.9 245.3 242.5 237.9 238.4 246.3 247.5 236.0 234.4 244.7 263.5 265.5 262.1 132 Beaufort Sea 258.7 259.0 256.4 256.3 253.3 250.8 257.2 255.6 255.4 254.0 255.7 255.3 251.0 252.8 252.4 246.5 250.0 254.2 254.1 251.6 254.3 254.3 252.1 254.4 262.8 261.4 256.2 252.4 250.3 250.7 253.9 134 Arctic Archipelago 255.5 255.4 255.2 253.4 251.7 248.5 246.0 245.6 248.2 251.7 251.2 248.4 244.9 242.5 240.6 239.4 239.7 241.2 239.5 238.0 237.9 238.1 239.4 238.1 238.5 238.8 239.7 241.6 239.8 238.2 236.9 136 Foxe Basin 246.0 252.1 251.6 246.5 241.8 239.0 246.4 249.6 246.8 241.7 243.2 245.0 245.1 244.8 242.0 237.8 240.0 237.7 242.9 244.7 245.9 252.4 252.8 248.9 244.5 240.2 237.1 237.2 239.8 243.2 243.2 138 Baffin Bay 240.6 239.4 232.4 238.0 240.8 247.5 244.6 235.9 236.2 238.7 234.4 241.0 242.3 237.9 231.1 231.4 231.9 230.1 231.4 233.1 230.6 227.9 229.4 235.0 237.5 237.2 237.1 237.9 231.8 232.6 232.5 139 South Greenland 246.9 247.1 242.5 246.3 251.6 253.2 252.8 245.6 251.1 254.5 244.2 245.7 250.8 250.0 241.0 239.4 241.9 242.7 246.8 249.0 243.2 239.2 239.9 241.1 241.9 244.7 246.0 247.4 243.5 240.4 238.6 140 Greenland Sea 235.7 238.5 230.9 230.2 237.3 248.6 242.0 238.7 237.4 238.0 237.5 237.5 236.6 236.1 232.8 232.8 232.6 234.0 233.7 234.5 234.6 232.3 232.6 235.2 236.7 237.7 236.7 234.8 232.1 232.0 231.5 142 Norwegian Sea 272.0 269.8 272.0 271.0 266.1 262.7 261.3 266.9 268.1 269.0 264.9 265.8 268.5 263.5 264.9 264.7 266.8 266.4 265.2 265.0 265.7 268.1 271.2 272.4 271.3 264.5 264.9 264.4 262.9 262.1 262.1 144 Barents Sea 263.8 263.8 260.9 261.5 260.1 254.8 253.8 258.6 260.1 255.0 252.3 252.1 248.8 249.4 254.7 256.6 256.5 254.8 249.4 250.6 251.9 251.4 247.9 248.5 252.4 260.0 260.5 259.2 254.5 252.3 252.5 146 Kara Sea 251.1 252.2 254.2 256.0 254.5 254.5 251.7 249.6 250.3 253.1 255.0 255.4 257.1 258.3 255.7 255.8 254.2 254.4 254.7 253.5 249.9 247.3 246.9 246.9 245.3 242.0 242.7 246.6 249.7 250.3 250.5 148 Laptev Sea 247.4 244.2 242.9 243.7 247.4 247.9 245.6 243.6 241.6 237.9 234.8 235.5 236.0 235.3 235.0 237.6 240.0 238.8 237.7 238.7 239.7 240.2 237.8 234.3 232.4 232.3 232.0 230.7 231.1 231.3 232.4 150 East Siberian Sea 241.4 238.3 236.6 235.7 237.4 238.4 238.4 236.0 234.0 234.6 235.6 232.6 232.1 235.2 234.8 237.4 238.6 236.5 235.8 234.3 233.5 231.8 231.9 231.8 229.9 229.5 228.2 229.5 231.7 234.1 239.2 152 Gulf of Alaska 263.1 263.6 264.1 262.7 261.6 261.6 265.8 267.2 263.4 260.7 258.9 260.5 260.3 257.0 254.1 260.5 263.4 258.1 269.4 265.6 259.2 255.7 266.8 271.7 269.1 260.9 259.3 258.6 263.0 263.6 259.2 154 Southeast Bering Sea 246.4 243.8 247.0 245.0 247.3 253.7 249.8 252.5 254.5 252.0 247.2 247.0 246.6 246.2 251.0 265.1 259.3 261.6 268.8 257.3 248.7 250.9 268.2 271.7 265.1 249.7 254.0 262.9 271.9 267.9 267.4