1997 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 250.4 250.5 249.6 249.4 249.4 248.7 247.9 247.9 248.4 249.3 249.4 247.8 247.2 246.5 246.3 246.1 247.8 248.1 247.6 247.9 247.7 247.6 247.2 247.1 246.5 245.0 243.9 244.0 244.1 243.0 242.8 34 Hudson Bay 259.8 258.7 257.0 256.9 259.8 257.8 255.1 252.2 251.7 254.8 257.0 258.9 258.1 254.5 261.2 257.7 254.6 255.2 251.9 250.3 255.4 257.6 258.6 259.9 255.0 250.3 249.3 249.8 248.5 245.0 244.4 36 Hudson Strait 267.4 270.5 269.3 267.7 261.6 250.9 250.1 247.8 254.1 255.0 257.3 253.2 250.5 245.1 242.9 240.7 245.0 251.7 248.4 245.1 246.3 242.7 243.4 257.0 252.4 248.5 245.9 240.8 241.7 240.4 237.5 98 Bering Strait 251.8 253.1 250.2 254.5 259.2 258.1 254.9 253.1 249.9 248.6 254.6 248.8 248.1 244.1 247.0 246.5 246.5 247.8 249.7 251.0 246.2 247.0 247.2 252.7 247.8 246.9 242.7 244.7 248.0 243.6 238.1 128 Arctic subocean 253.2 251.3 253.9 247.8 237.9 234.7 233.6 234.2 232.7 229.3 231.2 235.6 234.3 241.6 239.4 237.4 237.6 241.6 246.8 244.8 241.3 238.0 240.5 238.7 237.8 237.5 238.6 236.6 233.4 232.5 234.8 130 Chukchi Sea 245.5 244.8 247.3 252.3 255.7 261.1 255.3 252.3 249.3 244.7 243.5 240.2 240.2 241.5 237.9 238.5 239.5 244.2 246.6 243.5 240.1 240.5 243.6 245.7 240.1 236.8 237.1 239.3 238.3 238.1 238.0 132 Beaufort Sea 256.5 260.3 258.6 258.7 257.0 256.8 255.1 254.3 256.1 257.7 260.8 259.9 258.5 260.6 250.4 248.8 253.6 250.0 246.0 251.2 251.3 248.7 253.4 252.1 256.7 254.7 254.1 251.0 251.7 248.0 243.7 134 Arctic Archipelago 246.9 250.8 256.7 251.5 251.7 247.5 247.7 244.7 244.8 241.9 238.2 236.1 236.6 243.9 245.2 244.7 242.6 241.9 241.0 237.7 236.8 237.8 237.0 238.1 237.9 236.7 236.6 236.4 235.6 237.1 237.0 136 Foxe Basin 252.7 254.4 252.6 249.6 249.6 249.2 246.9 246.9 241.5 241.0 243.2 241.8 240.5 241.7 243.8 242.3 241.8 241.2 241.2 239.5 241.7 242.4 241.0 247.7 249.0 240.8 240.8 247.6 246.9 244.0 240.3 138 Baffin Bay 251.9 238.0 243.0 246.7 231.8 230.1 232.6 234.3 233.8 231.9 230.0 230.6 238.0 239.6 240.4 241.5 248.1 253.1 250.9 244.8 247.1 245.5 240.6 239.6 239.9 242.6 240.8 241.0 244.9 246.3 247.9 139 South Greenland 254.0 253.1 247.5 244.6 242.3 240.5 238.1 237.7 237.6 234.9 232.8 236.0 240.1 246.1 254.9 252.3 259.1 256.3 254.9 256.3 253.8 246.1 243.7 245.2 244.6 240.9 238.9 246.7 248.1 247.4 250.0 140 Greenland Sea 254.6 247.0 242.9 245.9 233.7 223.8 224.3 227.1 228.6 229.6 234.3 228.5 233.2 239.8 242.7 248.6 248.9 249.2 247.4 248.2 248.8 249.2 245.2 238.1 236.9 240.5 238.4 237.7 239.8 241.7 246.6 142 Norwegian Sea 264.6 262.3 259.5 265.2 267.9 264.4 268.5 272.8 272.8 271.3 270.0 264.9 266.0 264.1 270.6 273.8 271.4 265.8 262.6 264.7 268.0 269.3 270.2 270.3 267.5 264.7 262.4 261.1 261.7 265.0 266.4 144 Barents Sea 251.8 253.5 254.2 255.3 249.9 255.1 256.9 259.7 263.0 262.0 255.7 251.9 246.9 245.6 245.9 256.4 264.3 259.2 257.2 253.9 246.7 248.4 252.9 251.9 257.8 253.4 252.7 251.1 249.3 250.7 257.6 146 Kara Sea 249.9 250.0 246.5 244.8 247.3 248.7 249.6 252.7 254.6 255.4 251.7 249.1 246.8 244.9 244.4 243.7 245.0 247.5 250.0 250.5 248.8 248.8 244.6 242.5 244.7 245.2 244.6 245.6 245.9 244.2 242.9 148 Laptev Sea 239.0 240.1 241.8 242.3 241.0 239.1 238.1 237.5 237.3 242.0 245.9 243.7 244.0 240.5 235.1 235.5 235.1 235.2 235.3 239.8 242.9 242.1 244.9 243.1 237.9 236.7 236.3 233.4 232.0 232.1 233.9 150 East Siberian Sea 232.6 235.1 239.2 240.2 241.4 241.7 239.4 237.2 235.0 233.7 233.2 233.3 236.7 241.5 240.0 241.7 249.5 247.6 241.5 237.7 235.8 237.5 236.7 236.8 238.7 237.1 235.4 234.7 239.4 245.2 244.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 266.8 263.9 261.3 262.6 269.1 269.6 265.1 260.5 259.6 266.0 270.1 264.4 260.5 254.2 260.8 256.4 257.8 261.1 266.8 258.7 254.5 264.4 264.3 270.2 266.6 261.7 256.6 264.6 261.0 252.7 251.2 154 Southeast Bering Sea 256.7 248.5 247.7 255.4 272.2 269.5 258.2 259.2 254.7 254.6 257.5 252.7 249.0 244.0 245.9 245.4 243.8 247.3 255.6 253.4 257.2 259.7 249.5 260.6 252.7 248.7 248.7 248.6 245.1 240.8 244.4