1988 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 255.9 254.3 254.3 255.8 255.5 253.7 251.6 251.9 252.9 253.7 254.7 255.3 254.8 254.6 255.2 255.1 254.7 254.2 252.5 251.6 250.5 250.6 251.4 252.0 252.4 251.4 251.1 251.1 250.7 249.8 250.1 34 Hudson Bay 264.5 266.3 262.3 262.8 265.3 263.7 256.4 251.4 248.9 247.7 252.6 259.4 258.2 252.0 252.6 257.4 255.7 256.5 254.1 251.5 251.4 254.4 256.5 255.6 251.7 249.8 251.9 249.0 246.8 247.4 245.7 36 Hudson Strait 257.3 259.7 259.3 255.1 252.3 255.1 252.3 251.1 253.8 252.8 251.2 249.0 249.7 256.8 255.0 250.3 244.7 245.0 247.2 246.3 244.0 246.7 245.1 244.1 245.1 245.4 247.6 251.3 246.8 242.1 242.9 98 Bering Strait 249.8 248.0 252.0 257.1 253.2 247.2 244.5 251.3 257.8 259.4 260.2 258.6 253.7 259.5 263.8 263.9 262.7 260.4 260.1 258.8 253.0 249.4 249.2 251.2 259.1 257.7 257.1 260.1 256.6 252.7 258.4 128 Arctic subocean 238.6 238.3 236.1 235.0 236.3 233.1 232.9 235.1 238.1 239.9 240.5 244.9 246.0 242.2 243.5 248.1 247.1 245.9 244.4 244.2 242.4 244.1 244.8 245.5 240.0 234.2 235.6 237.9 239.2 243.2 240.7 130 Chukchi Sea 242.7 241.6 241.8 244.7 245.4 245.9 245.5 245.8 245.9 248.7 250.7 250.7 248.3 255.5 261.9 260.3 259.6 258.3 260.9 256.8 250.7 249.3 243.2 250.3 259.4 262.4 260.4 256.7 252.5 246.2 258.0 132 Beaufort Sea 263.2 257.1 256.9 265.1 263.8 255.5 250.0 249.2 256.1 261.8 263.4 263.0 258.2 256.9 266.4 265.6 268.2 265.0 257.4 254.1 252.4 250.9 249.5 248.6 248.2 248.2 245.3 249.4 251.8 249.4 248.2 134 Arctic Archipelago 242.6 241.6 240.9 239.8 240.5 242.8 242.5 240.3 239.5 242.2 243.2 238.6 237.7 244.5 245.3 243.9 245.3 244.4 241.4 242.5 243.1 242.6 242.2 243.7 242.6 238.9 235.9 237.4 239.5 239.8 242.7 136 Foxe Basin 245.3 245.0 237.2 235.3 233.7 235.1 236.0 233.7 237.3 236.0 235.3 236.7 242.2 242.6 245.5 246.1 245.5 245.6 245.0 247.1 243.1 242.6 239.3 237.8 239.5 240.8 238.9 238.1 239.8 242.3 239.1 138 Baffin Bay 247.3 238.1 234.5 236.0 240.3 243.1 234.0 235.8 235.2 233.9 235.7 239.1 243.1 240.6 236.5 239.9 243.1 243.5 241.0 242.6 238.5 236.2 237.4 239.5 238.9 235.9 232.0 232.1 233.5 235.0 242.9 139 South Greenland 254.3 245.9 244.3 243.9 247.8 248.2 240.8 245.1 240.5 243.7 248.3 248.4 254.9 251.0 246.7 248.2 252.1 249.9 249.4 247.7 240.5 237.7 237.3 239.4 243.2 240.2 239.9 239.1 238.2 245.9 255.8 140 Greenland Sea 251.7 244.4 235.3 233.3 237.2 237.2 237.4 235.4 236.0 235.9 236.0 239.0 241.6 243.5 238.5 240.4 239.8 241.6 237.5 233.1 233.5 233.3 236.2 237.6 237.7 233.1 230.3 235.1 237.6 238.1 241.9 142 Norwegian Sea 270.8 271.8 268.8 267.8 267.5 269.5 271.7 273.3 267.7 268.9 266.9 269.4 270.5 268.3 274.9 274.2 269.1 264.5 263.2 268.3 267.0 268.4 266.0 264.3 267.1 266.3 270.0 273.9 273.0 271.6 268.9 144 Barents Sea 257.9 258.7 266.0 266.6 262.8 263.1 265.1 266.1 266.1 265.1 261.2 260.1 259.8 258.2 259.3 261.1 263.7 263.8 261.8 260.7 259.0 256.4 259.9 262.0 261.0 257.0 251.6 251.9 256.1 252.7 250.2 146 Kara Sea 260.6 261.1 262.0 261.8 259.3 256.2 256.8 258.4 261.4 261.4 260.8 261.2 260.9 259.6 257.8 256.0 255.6 254.8 254.0 255.4 256.5 257.6 258.8 259.1 260.1 261.8 261.6 259.3 256.7 254.1 253.0 148 Laptev Sea 251.3 247.8 248.1 250.9 250.8 250.9 249.5 249.2 249.0 250.0 251.9 251.0 250.7 252.1 252.3 250.6 247.8 248.8 248.8 247.5 246.4 248.0 249.6 249.3 248.8 246.6 249.2 252.3 255.0 253.8 251.2 150 East Siberian Sea 240.6 239.0 239.7 245.5 250.5 250.8 249.6 248.4 245.3 247.0 246.5 247.0 248.4 250.5 252.9 250.5 249.5 248.6 246.3 244.1 242.5 239.7 240.6 243.7 244.6 242.6 240.8 238.6 238.0 240.5 241.1 152 Gulf of Alaska 260.5 262.3 270.6 267.7 261.8 255.2 259.0 269.4 272.6 273.0 273.0 268.2 260.3 269.6 271.9 272.8 268.7 266.8 268.6 265.9 261.8 259.3 257.3 258.7 266.6 266.8 269.0 269.7 263.6 263.0 269.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 247.9 247.2 253.1 255.7 256.4 253.1 258.7 264.5 263.3 261.5 261.4 253.3 255.2 272.0 271.5 270.8 267.3 271.7 266.6 263.8 261.1 257.3 255.3 267.4 271.6 269.8 271.2 269.8 268.0 265.5 272.5