1991 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 244.2 244.0 243.8 243.5 244.8 245.9 246.1 245.8 246.0 246.7 246.9 246.7 246.0 246.0 247.1 247.8 247.1 246.1 246.7 246.3 246.0 247.1 247.5 249.9 250.9 250.6 250.0 249.3 248.0 247.9 249.1 34 Hudson Bay 246.2 243.2 244.7 244.7 244.1 244.7 249.0 250.9 247.9 251.3 256.8 255.2 249.7 246.4 244.2 246.7 245.5 246.4 252.9 258.4 259.8 260.1 251.5 252.3 252.8 251.3 256.2 259.8 253.5 253.2 255.1 36 Hudson Strait 257.5 253.6 253.2 248.5 254.6 249.3 248.4 247.1 251.4 245.0 246.4 243.7 245.0 248.3 241.3 240.7 242.3 243.8 246.7 240.5 243.7 251.9 249.7 244.4 245.0 246.0 248.0 247.9 245.8 244.6 250.7 98 Bering Strait 247.3 248.9 249.8 250.2 252.9 253.4 250.5 248.0 249.2 246.6 247.3 246.9 246.4 252.0 255.6 254.3 251.7 244.6 246.4 244.5 243.2 243.1 249.4 254.9 251.7 249.4 252.9 252.5 245.9 249.5 256.3 128 Arctic subocean 237.5 237.9 238.1 241.1 237.6 236.0 235.9 238.4 240.2 238.7 235.8 237.3 240.8 239.3 236.2 234.0 232.3 233.8 234.3 233.6 233.8 236.8 238.1 239.6 239.6 238.2 223.7 233.5 234.5 231.6 233.6 130 Chukchi Sea 251.3 252.6 256.2 256.1 255.7 255.2 253.5 248.6 246.1 244.5 239.5 240.1 244.5 242.7 244.7 248.5 243.8 241.0 238.1 236.6 235.0 235.8 237.0 245.6 248.9 246.6 246.5 244.0 238.4 237.7 242.5 132 Beaufort Sea 244.1 243.7 242.2 240.9 242.2 244.4 245.8 244.3 245.9 250.0 246.9 245.3 246.5 249.8 253.7 250.6 251.1 248.4 253.2 247.2 249.9 248.6 252.6 255.8 257.5 256.8 258.2 256.3 258.3 251.0 257.2 134 Arctic Archipelago 237.2 237.8 238.1 238.3 239.3 237.6 237.6 236.9 233.9 229.4 229.3 232.2 232.4 234.2 237.5 240.7 239.2 239.4 235.7 236.7 238.0 237.4 234.0 236.3 240.4 245.1 239.9 238.0 241.3 244.2 243.5 136 Foxe Basin 241.3 248.8 250.0 245.7 239.6 242.0 235.5 233.3 234.6 231.8 233.6 233.8 232.9 233.4 231.5 232.0 237.9 236.9 237.4 233.0 240.9 246.7 246.6 249.7 246.6 244.4 241.2 240.2 235.0 231.6 242.4 138 Baffin Bay 235.9 237.2 242.9 242.5 243.7 247.4 245.8 241.7 240.5 239.0 240.4 240.8 237.3 232.9 230.5 232.5 233.3 235.3 230.9 229.7 225.1 228.1 232.5 240.1 243.4 243.0 239.0 237.0 235.7 236.9 231.9 139 South Greenland 241.9 246.2 248.3 248.9 261.2 257.4 243.4 239.5 241.9 244.1 242.3 239.9 238.6 240.1 246.5 242.2 237.3 236.4 233.6 235.5 230.4 233.5 240.7 247.0 248.8 249.5 245.7 241.0 240.1 242.8 236.3 140 Greenland Sea 236.2 236.4 238.9 243.9 245.0 249.4 245.4 246.1 238.3 238.4 239.6 239.3 239.1 234.2 232.6 232.7 232.7 235.0 233.9 231.7 227.9 228.5 232.3 237.9 241.1 240.7 232.9 238.6 235.1 232.4 236.6 142 Norwegian Sea 273.1 270.9 272.9 271.5 269.9 271.8 273.0 272.9 271.7 273.3 274.0 273.3 272.5 263.4 267.0 266.8 270.0 272.6 269.9 268.6 265.5 262.8 263.4 262.9 266.3 265.7 268.4 272.1 270.4 267.7 269.7 144 Barents Sea 253.3 255.9 252.5 251.1 250.6 251.7 251.3 250.7 252.1 258.4 253.5 257.0 261.1 261.1 257.4 254.0 255.3 258.0 261.1 263.5 264.3 265.9 263.2 261.7 258.6 255.8 250.9 251.8 255.8 260.4 252.0 146 Kara Sea 243.0 242.8 241.2 241.3 242.7 245.9 248.4 248.3 248.8 247.8 247.8 249.0 249.1 248.1 250.8 254.4 254.7 251.3 248.7 246.9 246.6 247.5 248.0 250.4 252.7 254.0 252.7 251.7 250.7 249.7 250.5 148 Laptev Sea 240.9 239.1 238.8 237.8 237.9 238.8 239.1 240.1 242.1 243.7 242.8 242.3 241.1 241.7 241.8 241.7 241.0 242.3 244.3 243.3 240.9 240.8 242.8 246.4 247.1 247.2 246.8 244.1 242.9 244.6 246.7 150 East Siberian Sea 244.4 242.3 241.4 241.0 241.1 242.2 240.2 241.1 243.1 243.6 245.2 243.3 241.1 240.0 241.2 242.0 239.9 239.8 237.9 239.5 242.0 247.0 247.8 246.6 246.5 242.3 239.5 238.3 238.4 236.9 238.1 152 Gulf of Alaska 264.6 263.8 264.3 264.7 269.6 268.8 266.4 264.0 260.1 256.9 257.1 255.3 257.6 265.3 267.4 266.3 257.0 257.2 257.1 259.7 255.1 261.9 269.0 268.7 265.0 260.7 262.9 261.1 257.7 267.6 268.9 154 Southeast Bering Sea 256.0 262.9 269.0 263.3 263.0 253.9 251.5 253.7 250.7 259.4 262.4 255.2 252.2 270.7 268.8 260.5 254.6 248.1 247.5 249.3 245.7 254.1 263.4 261.1 254.3 247.9 261.2 247.2 250.4 253.9 255.3