1981 10 - 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 269.5 269.2 268.9 268.5 267.5 268.1 268.7 268.7 267.8 266.3 266.5 266.3 266.6 266.0 265.2 264.9 264.4 263.4 262.5 263.0 264.1 263.9 263.2 263.3 262.4 261.0 259.7 259.2 260.0 260.7 260.8 34 Hudson Bay 275.7 277.7 278.3 277.6 275.7 275.6 275.8 276.2 276.0 275.7 276.3 274.7 274.7 274.1 272.3 272.2 272.5 269.6 267.4 264.1 263.0 263.2 263.4 264.4 263.0 265.1 264.2 265.0 269.3 271.1 273.2 36 Hudson Strait 275.7 275.1 275.4 276.8 273.2 272.3 271.7 269.8 268.0 264.4 266.0 269.4 271.7 273.7 273.2 267.1 266.6 272.3 272.1 267.1 266.5 265.8 263.7 262.2 263.8 269.4 266.5 266.9 266.1 262.5 264.7 98 Bering Strait 268.4 264.1 262.4 262.9 263.4 263.9 265.9 267.9 267.3 264.3 264.8 268.4 267.1 266.7 264.3 264.0 263.2 264.5 259.0 261.0 266.9 271.3 270.0 270.6 268.8 262.4 260.3 258.1 258.4 258.9 257.0 128 Arctic subocean 253.2 250.7 251.8 258.4 264.5 266.2 263.1 259.8 256.1 247.1 247.8 246.6 246.5 245.4 245.2 248.1 251.2 250.9 251.8 249.3 250.0 249.1 246.3 246.7 247.1 244.0 248.3 246.2 244.7 247.0 250.9 130 Chukchi Sea 266.8 264.0 265.1 264.8 262.7 261.1 262.6 265.3 267.6 264.6 264.2 266.2 264.7 263.6 261.5 262.6 264.8 264.5 260.7 262.1 267.4 271.7 271.5 271.6 268.9 265.6 261.9 261.3 262.0 259.9 259.3 132 Beaufort Sea 275.6 272.8 270.0 268.2 267.0 269.4 270.9 270.9 271.1 269.8 269.0 267.7 269.7 270.3 270.1 269.2 266.1 266.7 264.9 262.0 262.9 264.8 269.1 265.0 261.7 258.5 260.6 264.3 266.0 264.9 266.4 134 Arctic Archipelago 266.2 267.3 268.9 271.6 269.2 267.4 265.4 264.5 265.0 263.5 262.1 259.8 258.4 254.0 252.0 251.8 255.5 255.7 254.5 256.1 257.8 257.3 254.8 254.0 254.4 254.7 253.0 249.8 253.8 261.7 263.0 136 Foxe Basin 272.6 270.2 270.7 271.9 271.8 272.5 270.6 268.9 267.3 267.8 268.1 266.1 263.0 260.0 263.3 262.8 261.8 263.2 270.0 269.6 265.8 263.2 261.8 265.5 264.9 266.7 267.8 263.7 260.9 262.5 268.6 138 Baffin Bay 255.7 260.1 258.6 255.7 258.5 261.0 263.0 257.2 253.3 250.6 250.1 249.5 251.7 249.9 247.8 247.0 249.6 249.0 251.1 257.5 261.1 255.5 247.2 241.6 245.2 249.1 248.2 245.4 248.5 249.2 250.4 139 South Greenland 262.8 263.5 262.6 258.9 257.5 257.4 258.6 259.4 255.3 252.6 251.4 252.6 254.0 250.5 252.2 259.3 254.9 252.3 254.0 264.3 264.6 257.4 254.0 250.4 249.4 249.8 248.2 250.6 256.1 256.2 251.3 140 Greenland Sea 249.8 253.9 255.9 254.0 255.4 258.5 258.2 255.6 248.7 242.9 243.2 243.2 245.4 245.5 243.8 243.6 245.7 245.1 245.5 251.4 257.5 254.5 247.2 248.0 246.8 244.5 244.0 245.5 249.8 247.1 244.4 142 Norwegian Sea 278.3 277.3 278.5 278.4 276.1 275.1 274.7 274.2 273.4 276.5 277.1 275.0 275.2 274.4 271.7 272.0 271.3 271.8 272.0 272.2 269.5 269.9 270.2 270.8 270.6 270.9 271.4 271.7 271.8 269.7 267.1 144 Barents Sea 278.1 276.5 279.3 281.3 274.0 273.7 273.4 273.2 273.4 272.6 273.7 273.6 273.5 273.5 273.4 272.9 271.8 271.5 271.5 270.6 270.5 272.0 272.1 271.2 272.6 271.3 271.5 270.0 268.2 268.0 269.0 146 Kara Sea 269.7 269.9 269.2 268.7 268.3 269.5 271.1 271.0 269.4 268.7 270.6 270.5 270.3 268.4 266.8 266.7 267.0 266.5 265.9 266.9 267.8 267.4 267.3 268.7 267.2 264.3 262.3 261.2 259.6 259.2 259.2 148 Laptev Sea 267.7 266.5 265.2 264.5 263.6 263.8 263.4 264.1 264.6 262.7 260.3 260.4 261.9 264.9 265.9 264.5 262.9 260.4 259.7 260.7 261.3 260.7 258.8 259.0 258.8 257.7 256.1 254.8 254.3 255.3 253.8 150 East Siberian Sea 263.9 263.1 263.2 264.5 266.4 266.8 266.6 268.9 268.7 266.4 265.2 262.7 262.6 262.4 261.7 259.4 255.5 254.2 252.5 251.0 252.4 254.3 255.6 259.8 260.9 257.4 253.7 252.4 253.2 256.8 260.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 271.2 268.8 267.9 271.2 271.8 270.8 270.6 270.8 271.2 267.9 271.4 275.2 275.2 274.6 273.2 273.2 273.6 271.9 268.2 270.6 274.7 274.3 275.3 275.6 272.3 268.5 268.3 270.3 270.1 268.7 264.2 154 Southeast Bering Sea 269.6 270.9 276.0 270.5 267.3 265.8 265.5 264.3 264.6 264.6 274.3 274.2 267.9 267.1 271.3 268.6 269.1 266.9 265.7 273.9 275.1 274.7 275.9 276.4 274.4 268.6 266.4 262.9 262.4 263.1 261.2