1987 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 255.8 255.1 254.4 255.2 255.6 255.6 255.1 254.3 253.6 253.6 253.1 253.4 253.3 252.7 251.5 251.2 251.3 251.8 252.1 252.0 251.0 249.4 249.2 249.1 249.1 248.6 247.8 248.9 249.3 249.5 249.9 34 Hudson Bay 263.0 262.6 260.7 260.9 261.7 263.5 265.7 267.3 264.5 264.6 265.7 264.6 261.6 257.2 255.6 254.9 254.7 256.8 259.7 261.4 259.0 257.4 255.9 253.1 253.6 258.2 256.6 255.8 254.7 253.2 252.0 36 Hudson Strait 265.3 267.1 267.1 264.3 258.7 256.0 257.9 257.5 253.1 253.7 257.8 255.4 252.8 253.4 251.8 248.1 248.2 250.1 244.6 249.5 258.0 261.0 255.0 253.5 251.7 248.9 247.4 246.8 245.6 245.8 248.3 98 Bering Strait 253.0 251.5 253.1 253.1 248.2 249.3 251.2 253.5 252.1 246.8 245.3 251.4 253.6 250.8 249.6 254.3 255.5 252.8 256.0 258.2 253.6 249.1 255.9 262.1 260.1 254.1 249.8 252.8 261.3 263.8 261.0 128 Arctic subocean 241.8 236.8 242.2 250.8 253.6 251.4 245.0 238.1 244.8 242.9 241.9 240.5 238.2 235.8 233.8 236.7 236.8 235.5 232.1 233.0 235.7 236.5 238.8 237.5 239.4 237.5 237.6 235.2 227.5 232.4 232.2 130 Chukchi Sea 240.3 241.0 245.0 244.9 244.2 246.7 248.6 248.1 247.6 241.6 238.5 242.9 247.6 247.3 247.8 248.7 247.9 246.0 245.7 247.5 245.3 239.8 242.7 252.1 250.6 240.7 241.0 257.5 266.5 269.0 264.7 132 Beaufort Sea 261.5 261.8 259.8 259.9 257.5 257.7 260.8 259.1 259.0 257.9 259.2 258.5 255.9 257.1 255.0 250.6 253.9 257.5 256.5 255.1 257.5 256.6 256.0 261.1 266.7 264.2 259.5 257.1 255.4 256.6 257.9 134 Arctic Archipelago 259.7 257.4 257.6 255.7 254.2 252.6 250.1 249.9 252.0 255.2 254.7 251.3 248.6 245.9 243.2 242.4 242.7 243.6 242.5 241.5 240.7 240.4 241.5 240.4 241.2 242.2 242.9 246.5 243.9 242.3 243.2 136 Foxe Basin 250.2 256.0 253.6 250.5 245.8 243.8 251.4 252.4 250.5 245.4 246.8 248.5 247.9 247.5 245.5 240.5 245.2 241.8 245.2 247.1 250.1 255.0 255.0 251.4 246.3 242.3 239.8 240.9 242.9 247.4 245.8 138 Baffin Bay 246.8 245.3 238.9 241.9 247.3 250.7 248.4 242.4 241.5 243.3 242.1 245.6 245.4 241.8 235.0 235.5 235.1 233.2 234.7 235.6 233.6 231.6 235.5 238.6 240.3 239.5 240.0 241.1 237.3 235.8 236.5 139 South Greenland 256.9 254.3 248.6 252.0 255.4 255.4 256.0 252.5 255.5 259.0 251.6 252.8 253.2 253.0 245.2 243.8 244.9 246.9 249.3 251.3 248.4 243.0 244.2 245.2 246.2 247.8 249.3 250.6 247.5 244.3 244.3 140 Greenland Sea 241.3 242.6 234.7 234.6 245.4 251.7 247.2 242.2 240.5 241.4 239.5 239.5 238.5 238.3 235.8 235.8 235.5 236.4 236.0 236.6 237.0 234.0 234.5 236.6 239.3 239.6 238.5 237.3 235.1 234.1 233.3 142 Norwegian Sea 273.3 271.7 273.9 273.0 268.3 265.1 265.6 271.6 271.3 271.0 267.5 270.0 270.4 267.1 267.1 267.1 269.1 268.6 268.4 267.8 268.0 271.2 273.1 274.5 273.6 267.9 268.0 267.0 267.8 265.5 267.2 144 Barents Sea 267.0 266.2 263.1 265.6 263.5 260.0 259.3 262.9 263.2 258.5 255.4 255.5 254.2 254.7 258.0 259.6 259.5 258.2 255.0 255.5 255.3 255.2 252.7 251.6 259.3 264.7 263.6 261.3 257.0 254.8 255.4 146 Kara Sea 255.0 256.3 258.7 260.0 259.0 257.8 255.8 254.5 255.0 257.8 259.5 260.2 261.6 262.5 261.6 259.2 257.8 259.3 259.5 256.9 254.8 252.2 251.5 250.9 249.2 247.1 247.9 251.8 254.4 254.3 255.1 148 Laptev Sea 250.7 247.3 246.0 247.2 251.7 251.6 248.7 246.7 244.4 242.2 238.5 239.1 240.0 240.0 240.5 242.5 244.2 242.1 241.3 242.9 244.2 243.6 240.8 238.2 236.3 235.8 235.6 233.5 234.2 235.6 237.0 150 East Siberian Sea 244.7 241.5 238.9 238.3 240.7 241.0 242.0 239.5 237.1 237.9 237.6 235.9 238.0 239.8 238.2 241.1 240.4 238.3 237.5 236.6 235.9 234.6 234.6 234.2 232.6 232.5 231.4 232.8 234.0 239.4 241.7 152 Gulf of Alaska 264.9 265.8 266.2 264.9 264.5 264.5 268.6 269.9 265.5 262.4 262.6 263.7 263.0 259.2 258.4 266.7 266.8 265.6 271.8 268.9 262.3 262.5 271.8 272.7 270.8 265.3 262.4 262.4 266.3 266.4 264.6 154 Southeast Bering Sea 248.4 246.3 250.2 250.6 253.5 257.2 253.0 258.1 256.5 253.9 250.9 250.0 249.5 249.3 259.8 269.3 262.3 266.8 271.1 262.4 253.7 260.5 272.7 272.3 268.1 256.3 258.7 269.4 273.0 270.6 270.0