1986 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 256.9 257.3 256.2 254.9 254.6 254.2 253.2 253.1 253.5 252.5 251.7 251.8 252.4 252.3 252.1 252.8 252.8 251.9 250.5 250.8 251.1 249.9 248.0 246.2 246.1 247.7 249.5 248.7 248.1 247.5 247.3 34 Hudson Bay 264.4 262.7 259.2 257.5 254.6 251.1 250.5 251.8 252.3 254.7 252.6 250.3 256.5 260.5 261.0 262.5 262.2 263.1 258.6 256.1 262.2 265.2 261.8 260.9 259.3 262.1 265.4 263.7 260.9 261.2 257.9 36 Hudson Strait 260.9 262.2 251.4 255.2 256.0 249.9 242.1 240.2 243.8 246.3 245.0 246.6 241.9 245.0 245.8 252.9 260.1 257.2 257.4 247.2 247.6 246.9 253.1 251.1 258.2 251.5 254.1 261.4 258.7 249.6 252.9 98 Bering Strait 253.4 259.2 259.8 260.4 259.9 258.2 255.5 258.5 265.0 264.6 266.8 265.3 261.9 260.2 261.4 263.0 262.6 262.1 263.3 261.0 260.7 256.8 253.9 250.4 251.1 255.1 254.9 253.2 253.6 254.2 255.5 128 Arctic subocean 232.4 231.1 227.3 232.5 238.8 240.0 240.1 235.8 235.4 232.2 241.3 245.8 243.8 250.9 251.0 247.1 244.1 243.5 242.5 244.1 245.6 242.2 241.4 241.0 236.7 236.0 234.9 237.8 235.6 233.0 233.4 130 Chukchi Sea 242.5 247.8 258.0 266.6 264.7 258.2 258.6 258.9 258.3 257.4 263.1 257.4 250.3 246.7 246.5 251.7 254.5 257.4 259.2 256.4 256.0 255.8 250.4 245.9 244.6 245.2 244.9 247.7 244.5 246.5 247.2 132 Beaufort Sea 260.3 255.6 257.1 255.9 253.2 255.1 259.6 256.9 260.9 263.2 257.6 263.8 264.6 261.4 262.1 263.8 267.3 264.3 259.9 261.2 262.5 256.5 255.6 252.8 259.0 262.0 260.8 258.0 259.5 253.7 250.4 134 Arctic Archipelago 241.8 241.6 241.4 238.8 236.7 239.1 242.9 248.7 247.6 241.2 241.0 244.9 244.7 244.2 244.5 239.8 242.1 244.1 245.1 245.3 246.3 242.7 239.0 237.5 239.2 242.3 240.5 239.8 241.8 238.5 236.6 136 Foxe Basin 252.1 244.1 243.3 240.7 244.1 245.1 239.7 240.1 238.0 234.1 235.2 235.5 233.5 239.8 239.8 242.4 244.3 239.4 239.5 240.4 236.1 238.7 240.8 237.5 235.7 234.8 246.1 247.2 240.6 249.0 243.7 138 Baffin Bay 244.2 244.5 241.2 234.3 233.9 234.1 234.7 236.6 236.8 237.1 244.8 244.0 247.9 254.2 250.0 250.7 250.8 247.4 244.6 249.0 248.7 246.1 239.3 231.9 230.9 230.6 235.9 236.5 241.5 241.3 245.7 139 South Greenland 244.4 244.2 241.5 239.5 239.9 239.9 241.3 242.6 242.8 244.3 247.7 248.5 252.9 254.1 252.5 255.9 251.6 247.8 246.1 250.0 249.8 256.1 249.2 244.0 238.8 240.6 242.4 245.7 247.4 248.1 249.5 140 Greenland Sea 239.6 239.9 236.7 233.9 233.8 230.5 230.7 236.7 236.3 239.2 255.4 250.7 250.4 256.1 249.9 246.9 247.1 243.8 242.1 244.6 248.0 248.1 253.7 246.5 239.4 237.0 245.0 244.5 240.7 242.3 241.0 142 Norwegian Sea 269.2 266.5 267.9 267.3 266.3 263.5 267.8 273.6 274.4 272.7 270.6 270.0 267.3 263.7 263.3 266.2 265.6 263.8 263.4 260.3 256.8 258.6 258.0 263.6 266.4 267.8 267.5 265.4 261.9 262.3 261.8 144 Barents Sea 268.2 266.3 264.8 259.8 258.3 256.5 255.5 260.6 264.7 263.0 263.3 257.6 253.7 248.9 249.8 250.6 250.2 253.1 253.6 251.2 249.8 252.4 253.5 252.7 251.5 252.4 253.5 252.3 252.2 252.7 252.8 146 Kara Sea 264.2 265.2 264.8 263.8 263.7 263.7 260.4 257.3 255.2 252.7 250.1 251.2 253.7 252.6 251.0 249.8 249.8 247.3 248.4 252.4 250.5 245.8 243.1 243.0 243.9 245.9 247.8 245.1 242.8 243.4 245.1 148 Laptev Sea 251.8 255.3 254.8 253.5 256.2 258.5 256.2 253.8 253.2 250.0 246.6 244.2 241.1 240.5 241.2 243.8 242.8 244.6 241.3 237.3 237.2 237.7 237.1 235.0 234.0 234.5 236.5 238.1 238.8 238.3 237.5 150 East Siberian Sea 241.3 241.6 240.5 240.5 240.8 241.0 240.4 240.8 242.2 241.8 244.6 248.1 245.3 243.0 246.2 247.6 247.1 243.8 239.9 241.1 241.7 244.7 245.1 242.2 241.4 243.3 243.3 242.3 243.1 241.4 240.8 152 Gulf of Alaska 266.6 270.5 266.9 266.2 269.0 268.0 265.2 271.9 274.0 273.6 272.6 272.4 269.7 271.6 272.1 272.3 271.4 271.4 271.7 271.6 270.6 266.0 263.8 266.4 266.4 266.5 267.6 268.4 271.0 270.2 271.7 154 Southeast Bering Sea 265.7 271.9 271.4 273.2 266.1 259.6 268.6 273.5 273.5 273.6 272.3 272.9 272.0 271.5 272.0 273.0 271.6 273.4 272.2 272.6 270.8 269.2 265.0 263.5 258.0 252.4 260.2 263.5 263.4 262.8 267.4