1998 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 247.9 248.9 250.1 251.1 251.2 250.0 249.3 249.6 249.8 250.2 250.8 250.9 250.3 249.1 247.8 248.2 248.5 248.5 249.0 249.2 249.8 249.7 249.4 249.3 248.4 246.7 245.5 244.4 244.0 244.4 245.0 34 Hudson Bay 258.9 257.2 256.1 253.9 254.2 254.5 256.5 256.5 255.9 257.4 261.6 260.9 258.3 262.9 261.0 256.6 251.9 249.2 246.2 243.7 244.5 246.2 247.5 247.1 245.6 246.8 247.5 245.1 242.1 240.7 240.1 36 Hudson Strait 261.2 264.3 263.9 261.2 262.4 258.3 255.3 261.6 260.9 259.7 257.4 259.5 259.4 252.8 258.5 255.5 256.9 253.9 252.6 251.6 250.6 245.6 245.3 247.2 246.1 243.9 242.6 245.5 240.3 238.5 242.4 98 Bering Strait 253.3 250.4 249.9 254.4 254.1 247.2 246.3 248.3 248.5 248.0 244.6 244.6 239.3 240.5 245.2 246.1 244.5 245.8 257.7 262.1 260.2 257.5 257.3 254.2 249.4 245.3 248.4 245.3 243.0 242.1 245.5 128 Arctic subocean 244.8 246.8 251.4 249.6 243.2 239.9 231.4 231.0 231.8 232.9 234.6 234.9 235.8 235.5 232.5 232.9 232.2 232.1 235.8 236.5 232.3 233.7 236.2 237.5 239.0 238.4 236.4 235.5 244.9 245.2 242.1 130 Chukchi Sea 253.2 250.2 249.6 254.6 249.0 246.7 245.8 247.4 242.8 242.4 239.4 234.0 229.2 229.3 231.2 234.2 244.1 255.8 264.9 267.1 265.1 262.6 257.2 254.2 251.8 251.0 250.1 245.4 245.4 246.9 248.7 132 Beaufort Sea 251.5 252.5 251.4 249.6 251.7 250.5 246.9 251.5 256.5 258.8 261.2 257.3 259.5 256.3 249.5 252.4 250.8 248.7 248.8 251.2 250.9 251.2 249.9 249.3 251.1 251.5 245.0 240.0 239.0 240.5 239.3 134 Arctic Archipelago 244.9 248.7 246.5 249.1 249.3 249.0 249.4 246.0 245.2 243.7 243.8 242.9 242.8 239.6 240.7 244.9 244.1 245.5 244.9 243.6 244.5 244.9 241.9 243.8 246.9 241.6 236.8 240.9 240.9 240.3 241.5 136 Foxe Basin 254.6 258.1 264.3 267.9 263.1 260.8 255.4 252.1 250.4 240.9 241.9 245.7 243.0 236.7 242.5 251.8 252.2 247.5 245.6 245.6 243.1 238.5 238.8 239.1 234.1 237.3 240.1 235.3 233.9 234.3 239.2 138 Baffin Bay 236.8 239.3 245.8 251.5 250.9 250.1 250.0 246.0 241.5 236.2 236.1 238.2 239.7 240.3 241.0 241.2 242.7 239.3 239.6 240.8 243.8 240.5 240.7 245.9 246.2 244.1 240.9 235.5 233.8 240.0 241.4 139 South Greenland 240.6 243.0 254.3 258.5 259.1 258.1 257.6 251.5 245.4 244.1 242.9 243.3 244.1 241.8 240.4 243.8 243.3 240.3 241.3 248.4 248.6 245.4 245.1 250.5 249.9 246.5 240.4 239.8 241.0 243.5 243.9 140 Greenland Sea 237.8 238.7 241.4 246.5 249.8 243.8 240.0 241.0 238.7 238.3 235.3 234.5 236.6 237.9 237.3 235.8 236.8 232.8 228.5 235.4 237.7 239.2 237.6 238.4 243.0 241.1 238.9 233.2 232.9 238.8 239.8 142 Norwegian Sea 274.5 272.5 267.5 260.2 257.6 255.6 258.8 267.4 271.2 272.0 271.5 268.7 270.7 271.5 273.7 272.4 273.1 273.1 266.1 264.3 259.4 258.7 262.8 264.2 265.7 266.3 266.9 267.9 268.0 266.7 269.5 144 Barents Sea 264.3 265.8 266.8 260.8 259.5 259.7 255.6 256.5 258.4 260.3 257.2 258.5 257.6 255.3 257.2 259.9 259.8 257.1 260.8 247.2 248.9 251.6 250.3 249.4 247.9 248.0 248.0 246.9 246.3 248.7 245.2 146 Kara Sea 245.1 246.2 248.7 252.5 253.5 252.3 252.4 253.9 255.9 257.2 257.7 258.8 258.5 255.7 253.5 254.0 254.6 255.1 254.0 254.2 255.4 254.5 256.4 255.0 252.6 248.2 248.6 250.9 251.8 252.0 252.8 148 Laptev Sea 238.5 240.3 241.7 239.5 238.5 238.9 238.0 237.1 236.6 237.7 239.5 240.2 239.7 237.4 234.5 235.3 239.3 242.4 243.6 243.2 244.6 245.7 240.4 240.2 242.4 244.9 242.2 239.4 238.3 238.6 240.7 150 East Siberian Sea 237.7 241.7 240.1 242.2 242.2 239.8 239.4 237.4 234.8 232.0 230.9 231.7 231.9 231.6 231.2 232.6 237.5 236.5 240.4 246.3 246.9 248.8 252.7 252.2 249.2 244.0 243.3 240.0 241.6 241.3 241.7 152 Gulf of Alaska 266.0 261.1 258.4 263.6 261.2 256.2 261.3 261.9 265.9 262.8 261.9 265.4 258.3 260.1 263.3 258.5 251.1 256.1 260.8 260.6 258.7 259.0 259.1 261.3 257.0 254.0 254.2 256.5 257.8 259.8 259.8 154 Southeast Bering Sea 259.2 255.1 251.6 265.6 256.9 258.3 256.7 251.7 248.3 245.2 245.6 245.3 243.4 244.1 243.1 240.1 247.3 266.8 272.4 271.6 264.9 265.8 260.9 263.5 256.1 249.8 252.7 254.8 256.7 249.8 248.2