1980 12 - daily - mean of NNR daily 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 250.1 250.4 251.3 251.8 251.9 251.6 251.7 251.5 250.1 249.2 250.1 250.8 251.0 251.8 251.5 251.6 251.5 251.3 251.1 250.6 249.8 249.2 248.6 249.2 249.6 249.8 250.7 251.1 250.6 250.3 251.0 34 Hudson Bay 253.0 249.7 251.1 253.8 254.9 254.4 255.1 256.2 251.5 248.3 249.1 252.4 253.0 252.6 251.8 254.2 255.9 250.6 247.0 247.2 247.9 249.3 247.6 245.4 247.9 248.7 255.7 258.0 252.3 255.5 256.5 36 Hudson Strait 265.3 261.3 256.0 257.3 257.3 258.3 258.8 258.0 258.9 253.6 244.0 243.8 244.3 245.2 247.1 244.8 245.4 253.1 249.3 248.8 244.8 243.4 243.9 244.4 245.1 246.9 244.4 251.3 245.6 239.6 244.7 98 Bering Strait 253.2 253.1 250.5 248.8 246.5 246.0 244.4 244.8 245.3 244.1 242.2 243.4 245.4 250.8 245.5 240.0 238.7 244.6 246.8 247.5 247.1 247.5 248.2 249.8 249.8 245.0 239.7 240.3 246.2 250.7 255.2 128 Arctic subocean 242.3 239.6 242.8 251.5 252.5 246.3 240.4 236.6 234.4 236.2 237.2 239.4 240.3 239.9 239.8 242.0 237.7 239.9 238.3 233.2 233.8 235.0 239.4 238.1 234.6 234.5 230.3 234.4 234.2 236.3 238.9 130 Chukchi Sea 265.0 258.8 248.1 243.1 246.3 244.4 245.9 246.9 248.0 248.0 242.5 238.7 240.3 243.4 241.0 239.9 240.3 247.2 248.8 247.3 247.2 248.8 250.8 249.8 248.2 249.4 246.3 244.3 247.9 245.9 244.8 132 Beaufort Sea 248.3 247.9 245.3 245.5 247.3 246.7 249.8 247.7 245.7 245.8 249.5 249.9 250.5 258.4 261.9 258.5 252.0 249.4 246.9 246.7 248.4 249.8 248.4 249.2 249.9 251.4 248.5 247.4 255.0 258.0 254.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 246.2 247.2 249.0 247.7 247.6 246.4 244.4 244.0 243.5 242.8 242.6 245.0 248.0 244.0 243.5 246.3 245.5 245.4 247.5 249.1 244.5 241.3 246.1 247.0 240.4 236.2 239.8 243.0 241.1 236.4 235.6 136 Foxe Basin 258.7 263.4 259.8 256.9 251.5 249.1 246.5 246.6 245.6 250.5 252.8 254.9 247.6 241.1 240.3 241.6 245.2 240.3 236.4 236.3 238.5 240.1 237.8 239.0 238.1 238.5 234.7 234.0 237.4 238.5 239.6 138 Baffin Bay 249.4 255.1 256.2 251.8 246.8 241.5 239.2 238.1 241.6 242.0 244.8 245.0 243.4 239.2 240.8 239.1 235.8 235.4 236.1 235.7 236.2 237.4 236.4 236.2 235.6 237.1 236.1 230.0 231.1 231.1 230.1 139 South Greenland 254.6 260.1 262.1 255.0 253.3 249.5 245.9 246.5 247.7 249.2 251.2 250.2 245.9 241.6 244.2 244.0 243.4 241.8 243.4 243.6 244.6 245.6 242.1 238.8 240.2 248.0 248.6 240.3 237.2 234.9 236.9 140 Greenland Sea 245.5 247.3 249.9 249.7 245.4 241.5 237.0 233.9 235.8 239.4 240.0 239.5 236.9 238.0 237.5 234.3 232.5 233.9 233.7 233.0 233.2 235.2 235.4 235.9 233.4 233.0 237.4 237.5 238.3 237.7 240.1 142 Norwegian Sea 272.9 269.1 267.3 263.9 263.1 266.0 265.6 269.5 266.3 265.3 264.8 269.5 268.4 266.2 263.1 265.0 271.0 271.8 268.3 266.6 267.5 267.5 269.4 270.2 268.1 266.0 263.9 271.2 271.4 270.3 270.5 144 Barents Sea 255.3 259.2 264.3 264.6 263.0 262.6 262.7 259.6 257.5 259.1 257.8 257.2 258.1 262.5 258.8 260.8 263.5 263.0 264.7 262.2 261.0 263.4 265.6 266.7 265.7 264.0 261.9 260.2 262.7 265.1 265.0 146 Kara Sea 248.9 251.0 253.6 253.6 254.5 255.5 257.9 259.0 256.7 255.4 257.7 258.6 257.7 257.4 258.7 259.8 259.9 260.4 259.2 257.8 256.7 254.6 254.0 255.0 255.7 256.4 258.7 260.3 258.1 255.8 257.7 148 Laptev Sea 245.4 243.1 242.1 245.4 246.3 244.2 243.7 244.7 244.7 243.6 246.1 246.8 248.6 250.6 248.0 246.1 247.3 246.5 248.3 248.6 246.1 244.0 242.3 243.5 244.7 245.7 245.6 245.9 245.5 244.3 242.7 150 East Siberian Sea 240.9 241.9 246.3 250.6 251.9 258.9 253.1 247.9 247.7 245.1 242.8 239.1 240.1 238.9 238.6 242.6 243.1 248.8 252.4 250.6 247.3 245.0 243.5 250.2 250.9 246.9 245.5 245.8 243.6 241.1 242.1 152 Gulf of Alaska 259.6 257.8 258.9 259.5 258.3 260.3 262.0 259.4 257.1 256.5 255.2 257.3 262.1 261.8 254.5 251.5 251.6 254.4 254.5 255.9 255.4 257.8 258.7 257.9 261.2 258.9 254.8 260.3 265.7 268.7 272.6 154 Southeast Bering Sea 269.3 268.9 266.0 261.6 254.3 254.5 259.3 259.4 259.5 255.2 246.4 241.4 241.6 240.8 245.1 248.9 251.6 253.8 256.3 263.9 263.2 255.5 258.5 256.7 255.1 254.1 251.6 253.3 254.7 257.5 270.1