1990 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 252.6 252.2 252.1 253.1 252.8 252.4 252.8 252.2 251.9 251.8 251.5 251.5 252.1 251.9 252.0 252.6 251.5 250.4 250.2 250.5 251.0 249.7 249.1 248.2 247.6 246.8 247.0 248.0 247.9 247.6 248.3 34 Hudson Bay 257.3 252.4 251.3 258.3 262.6 259.1 259.9 262.8 263.8 257.9 254.9 252.8 252.0 255.8 256.2 254.9 253.8 250.2 243.9 243.1 245.5 248.7 252.3 248.9 244.4 244.3 250.4 250.3 248.4 245.5 245.1 36 Hudson Strait 258.0 261.3 252.3 249.0 252.3 264.7 260.8 256.6 252.6 260.6 252.9 245.4 243.1 241.8 244.9 249.4 251.4 257.1 246.3 243.6 243.7 244.6 250.7 245.6 243.9 240.5 238.4 244.8 256.0 251.2 242.8 98 Bering Strait 244.2 244.7 248.3 247.1 248.8 253.9 249.9 248.6 248.9 252.1 256.3 257.2 254.6 246.5 245.2 247.6 250.4 258.2 263.2 265.8 262.4 257.5 256.3 257.1 259.7 252.6 248.6 258.0 259.0 252.6 249.3 128 Arctic subocean 233.9 234.7 234.4 232.8 236.0 247.3 250.8 255.2 246.0 236.0 233.5 229.8 231.1 231.7 233.6 231.1 234.4 235.0 234.0 235.3 236.3 231.2 232.6 235.2 237.5 240.3 241.9 250.9 247.9 251.7 249.2 130 Chukchi Sea 247.9 246.7 246.9 247.4 248.3 246.8 243.8 244.0 242.1 240.9 242.9 243.6 242.3 237.7 236.4 242.4 260.7 265.8 263.5 264.6 253.7 246.4 248.8 255.0 244.8 241.9 247.1 252.5 249.5 243.8 245.8 132 Beaufort Sea 243.8 242.8 247.9 253.2 249.3 255.3 258.8 255.6 251.3 250.4 249.0 251.6 256.7 255.4 248.8 246.9 248.6 245.3 246.5 251.5 260.2 257.0 251.1 247.0 250.4 253.1 243.6 242.3 246.0 246.7 246.5 134 Arctic Archipelago 241.5 239.9 237.1 241.6 246.9 242.7 239.7 240.9 239.3 236.4 235.0 236.0 236.4 236.8 236.7 237.7 238.3 237.1 236.7 242.9 248.2 245.3 237.1 235.5 236.9 235.8 237.4 243.4 243.5 240.3 240.2 136 Foxe Basin 242.2 239.3 236.7 236.4 245.6 255.6 261.5 244.2 242.7 244.0 247.6 245.5 242.5 240.9 236.7 235.4 234.8 234.3 240.2 236.0 237.6 236.5 239.2 237.2 238.2 236.5 235.7 236.5 234.4 237.0 237.8 138 Baffin Bay 241.5 240.1 240.3 237.9 235.4 246.0 258.2 255.9 241.9 237.9 241.8 246.5 247.1 242.9 242.1 243.3 232.1 231.0 237.6 242.4 238.2 235.6 235.6 236.0 236.2 236.4 237.9 241.7 241.1 247.6 248.4 139 South Greenland 254.1 250.1 250.7 249.3 243.8 247.2 259.1 257.0 247.8 246.1 252.2 259.0 260.3 249.0 252.4 247.0 240.4 240.0 248.1 248.2 247.1 243.6 240.7 239.9 241.4 240.6 242.4 246.0 246.6 246.4 248.6 140 Greenland Sea 244.0 241.9 240.6 238.0 236.4 243.2 252.4 257.9 247.5 237.7 239.4 239.6 246.3 245.3 239.1 244.6 237.7 232.9 233.5 240.3 240.4 242.3 245.6 238.0 240.8 241.1 249.0 251.6 254.8 254.8 248.0 142 Norwegian Sea 274.4 276.2 272.3 270.7 270.1 273.2 266.7 265.4 268.4 270.2 271.6 270.4 270.8 274.1 275.4 273.1 275.0 274.0 271.4 268.5 265.9 269.2 274.2 274.5 272.9 271.9 272.0 271.9 271.1 268.0 266.0 144 Barents Sea 259.2 258.1 261.6 263.7 257.1 256.7 265.5 266.4 263.1 262.8 263.3 266.2 268.4 265.5 265.6 265.4 263.9 269.0 268.0 265.0 263.2 260.0 257.8 260.4 259.4 262.3 261.0 262.7 262.8 263.3 262.1 146 Kara Sea 261.7 260.9 260.4 260.1 259.5 255.6 253.1 253.2 255.1 256.8 256.1 255.9 258.0 259.3 258.2 258.9 256.3 253.9 255.1 255.2 254.6 254.1 254.2 254.2 252.6 250.4 250.3 249.5 248.1 247.7 249.8 148 Laptev Sea 248.8 252.9 252.1 249.9 248.0 244.7 242.2 240.5 246.6 249.4 248.3 246.2 243.8 245.9 250.4 252.4 253.0 251.2 245.2 244.9 244.6 240.0 239.1 238.9 239.3 240.4 240.4 238.9 239.2 240.3 242.4 150 East Siberian Sea 240.4 242.4 240.7 241.9 239.8 239.5 237.7 234.9 235.0 236.6 236.8 235.3 234.5 236.9 241.3 248.1 248.6 246.9 249.8 241.8 240.5 243.7 241.5 243.4 241.5 240.4 243.7 242.7 242.9 251.7 259.7 152 Gulf of Alaska 252.8 258.8 262.4 260.1 267.8 271.5 266.7 264.2 263.6 264.3 266.5 267.0 266.1 257.8 258.8 260.7 254.2 256.3 266.9 269.7 269.7 267.0 270.8 269.2 270.1 267.5 256.7 267.5 268.4 261.0 254.7 154 Southeast Bering Sea 250.7 266.1 255.1 253.6 265.8 263.3 255.8 251.5 249.5 265.0 265.8 266.8 259.4 258.1 262.1 253.2 252.4 263.2 273.2 273.3 271.0 272.5 272.7 272.6 271.2 262.7 265.5 273.8 265.4 259.2 256.6