1985 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 251.6 250.9 250.3 250.9 252.4 253.3 252.9 252.6 252.9 253.2 251.7 251.4 251.9 251.8 251.7 251.7 251.3 250.7 251.3 251.6 252.6 252.9 252.1 252.1 252.7 252.0 252.3 252.4 251.2 250.0 249.2 34 Hudson Bay 249.9 251.5 252.3 253.4 255.9 259.7 259.2 258.6 257.2 255.2 254.9 251.2 250.0 250.0 250.1 250.3 249.5 251.7 252.1 252.6 256.9 258.3 254.4 250.9 255.4 257.6 256.0 257.4 257.5 257.2 254.2 36 Hudson Strait 256.3 253.7 258.4 259.0 256.6 260.8 267.1 265.9 261.7 259.7 256.4 255.5 255.9 253.2 248.7 248.9 251.1 253.0 257.0 252.5 247.6 245.8 253.0 258.0 258.1 253.0 253.6 253.1 249.7 251.0 248.4 98 Bering Strait 259.7 257.2 254.4 251.5 254.3 250.8 249.0 253.1 262.1 265.7 265.6 266.6 264.4 261.7 259.8 259.0 257.1 256.1 263.2 262.6 262.0 264.6 264.9 264.4 261.3 258.4 264.9 266.2 263.5 260.1 258.2 128 Arctic subocean 244.4 243.3 242.9 247.2 247.6 246.1 246.0 243.6 243.9 240.9 240.2 240.5 242.4 243.0 243.0 240.3 239.6 239.6 240.0 237.4 235.8 235.6 236.5 237.3 238.4 241.4 242.0 241.8 243.2 238.9 238.8 130 Chukchi Sea 259.6 257.8 252.5 247.1 242.5 239.6 241.5 252.6 257.2 256.4 259.1 265.7 259.4 258.2 253.2 247.0 241.0 243.4 250.6 255.0 254.8 260.6 259.9 257.1 256.6 257.9 262.0 263.1 258.8 257.9 252.8 132 Beaufort Sea 251.0 248.7 247.8 251.8 262.0 262.7 258.7 255.0 254.2 259.3 255.2 253.3 255.4 253.6 251.2 251.8 254.8 257.4 261.6 266.4 266.9 264.3 262.8 267.1 269.1 260.1 257.5 259.0 260.2 254.2 248.7 134 Arctic Archipelago 244.8 244.4 243.7 243.4 245.3 250.7 251.0 248.6 248.3 244.9 242.8 244.7 243.0 242.7 244.6 245.1 241.1 240.1 242.5 242.0 238.0 238.3 238.5 243.4 245.1 244.8 254.2 254.2 248.1 241.3 241.7 136 Foxe Basin 249.4 249.8 254.1 257.6 266.8 263.3 254.4 249.7 249.1 249.7 244.3 253.9 254.8 253.1 258.8 258.0 251.2 248.2 244.1 240.4 240.8 241.4 240.5 241.4 252.4 265.8 263.9 252.6 246.5 249.6 249.1 138 Baffin Bay 248.1 247.4 248.4 252.0 251.7 250.8 249.4 242.0 240.7 240.7 239.3 242.9 243.8 242.0 241.4 241.6 246.0 247.3 245.2 242.5 239.6 237.3 234.3 233.8 239.0 244.3 249.5 252.2 249.1 245.8 244.1 139 South Greenland 251.2 251.7 251.2 254.4 255.2 252.2 250.2 248.4 249.0 248.8 246.0 245.6 246.6 245.9 245.8 249.7 255.7 253.8 250.4 246.4 243.3 243.3 242.8 239.1 240.8 247.9 252.8 252.6 250.6 250.3 250.6 140 Greenland Sea 248.8 246.3 243.3 246.6 249.7 245.7 246.1 241.7 235.5 236.6 236.7 239.3 241.6 241.6 242.3 242.1 243.4 242.3 240.5 237.4 237.7 237.1 236.8 235.7 238.7 241.7 240.9 247.1 246.5 244.5 242.6 142 Norwegian Sea 263.9 265.1 268.0 265.1 261.9 263.2 265.9 268.5 268.0 266.4 270.9 274.8 273.5 269.5 265.4 261.8 262.7 267.2 264.2 264.1 266.7 268.4 266.2 266.0 262.4 261.9 262.3 262.1 264.9 265.4 263.2 144 Barents Sea 257.1 259.2 256.5 254.0 253.3 254.6 256.7 258.2 259.0 261.7 258.2 258.8 262.1 260.0 258.7 258.2 255.1 249.8 250.5 252.3 251.0 254.1 253.4 253.2 256.1 257.3 261.3 260.4 259.3 262.5 262.6 146 Kara Sea 253.2 251.4 250.4 250.8 251.8 252.9 253.6 254.9 256.4 256.2 255.3 254.3 254.4 254.8 255.2 254.5 254.7 253.8 253.7 255.2 258.1 258.2 257.2 257.1 254.6 251.2 248.6 247.7 247.6 248.5 250.5 148 Laptev Sea 245.5 243.8 244.9 245.7 245.6 246.6 246.8 246.3 245.2 245.0 240.9 241.1 243.7 245.5 247.1 248.7 246.0 243.1 242.2 241.9 242.5 242.9 244.2 245.0 245.5 246.0 244.6 242.2 239.7 237.8 236.5 150 East Siberian Sea 251.2 254.7 253.3 249.5 245.4 246.1 242.2 238.9 237.4 240.9 244.9 246.9 247.7 249.7 250.2 246.3 245.9 243.8 241.4 240.5 241.2 240.4 239.7 240.1 239.6 239.9 245.0 250.9 249.4 245.8 245.8 152 Gulf of Alaska 265.5 262.5 261.1 265.0 265.7 264.9 266.4 267.8 271.8 273.3 273.7 271.1 269.1 268.8 270.9 269.4 270.0 269.2 273.5 272.6 274.2 273.7 272.9 272.8 267.9 269.4 271.6 270.2 268.5 268.0 268.1 154 Southeast Bering Sea 272.8 270.8 264.9 264.3 257.6 257.4 261.0 271.2 273.8 273.9 274.0 272.0 270.7 272.0 270.5 266.3 262.2 266.5 272.4 266.6 273.6 273.6 272.5 266.7 270.9 272.7 273.9 270.1 272.1 272.2 266.4