1991 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 249.1 248.3 247.7 247.3 248.3 249.4 249.4 249.3 250.5 251.3 251.4 250.6 250.2 250.1 251.0 251.9 251.2 250.7 250.9 250.2 249.8 250.8 252.1 253.8 254.5 254.9 254.5 253.0 252.3 252.8 253.0 34 Hudson Bay 251.0 248.0 248.3 247.9 248.1 250.4 253.4 255.2 254.1 258.0 260.6 259.3 254.6 249.2 248.7 252.9 250.9 254.0 259.2 262.8 263.9 263.6 257.4 257.1 257.3 258.9 263.3 263.5 259.2 259.4 259.5 36 Hudson Strait 263.0 256.7 255.9 252.8 257.7 251.5 249.9 250.7 257.0 247.9 254.3 250.4 258.7 254.7 243.6 243.1 245.0 246.6 250.4 245.3 252.6 255.5 255.8 246.5 246.7 247.9 250.5 251.0 249.6 248.3 255.3 98 Bering Strait 254.8 252.1 251.6 252.7 254.9 255.1 253.1 251.6 251.9 251.0 250.6 251.0 250.9 258.2 258.4 257.7 255.0 249.3 249.6 247.3 246.3 248.9 255.6 257.9 255.6 254.0 258.2 256.2 250.6 255.4 258.5 128 Arctic subocean 240.6 240.9 243.5 244.0 241.5 239.1 239.0 242.8 241.9 240.5 238.8 240.7 242.4 241.5 238.7 235.7 234.7 236.1 235.5 235.2 236.1 238.2 240.1 241.0 241.7 241.0 233.3 237.1 238.6 236.9 240.0 130 Chukchi Sea 255.5 256.4 257.5 257.0 256.7 255.9 254.6 250.6 248.0 246.1 241.9 245.7 248.5 245.7 247.7 251.5 245.9 243.1 240.9 238.6 237.9 238.8 242.2 249.7 251.6 249.4 251.8 248.7 241.2 242.1 245.1 132 Beaufort Sea 250.0 247.7 245.3 244.4 245.0 247.9 248.9 247.9 252.6 253.0 249.9 248.7 250.1 254.0 259.1 255.9 258.5 256.0 257.5 252.5 253.9 252.9 260.2 261.4 261.5 261.8 261.6 261.1 262.6 257.0 260.9 134 Arctic Archipelago 239.8 240.6 240.9 241.3 241.4 239.9 239.7 239.6 237.3 232.7 233.0 235.3 235.2 237.0 243.1 245.0 242.9 243.2 240.3 242.1 240.4 240.6 237.9 240.3 246.2 250.5 244.3 242.1 248.6 249.3 248.9 136 Foxe Basin 249.7 252.9 252.4 249.7 243.7 243.9 238.8 236.4 238.9 235.4 240.1 236.4 235.3 237.6 233.7 237.3 243.4 239.1 241.3 237.7 246.9 248.9 248.8 252.3 249.2 247.7 248.0 243.5 238.0 237.7 245.7 138 Baffin Bay 239.0 241.4 247.8 247.7 249.8 251.1 248.2 243.7 242.8 241.8 243.3 243.6 242.0 234.7 234.0 236.2 237.3 237.4 233.8 233.0 229.5 231.6 237.1 243.7 246.0 246.9 244.2 239.7 238.6 241.6 236.5 139 South Greenland 247.1 252.2 253.0 256.8 263.9 260.8 249.5 244.2 248.3 251.7 249.5 245.7 243.9 246.7 250.7 246.7 242.4 241.3 238.6 239.4 236.4 239.9 247.4 253.0 253.3 257.2 252.8 244.4 247.3 249.7 241.9 140 Greenland Sea 239.9 240.3 245.0 247.0 252.2 254.4 249.7 248.6 242.7 241.9 243.0 241.9 241.8 237.2 234.7 235.4 234.8 237.2 236.2 233.2 229.4 230.1 235.8 241.2 242.5 243.4 242.5 240.2 237.5 239.7 241.4 142 Norwegian Sea 274.7 273.6 273.9 272.2 272.3 273.5 274.5 274.6 273.3 274.8 274.5 274.2 273.3 268.8 270.7 269.8 272.6 273.6 271.4 270.6 268.3 267.1 265.8 266.8 269.5 268.4 271.1 275.4 271.7 270.0 273.5 144 Barents Sea 256.8 259.9 256.5 254.6 254.2 255.8 255.2 254.4 257.9 263.0 260.0 261.1 264.4 264.2 260.8 258.1 258.5 262.0 263.6 265.5 266.1 267.6 265.4 265.2 262.2 258.9 254.2 255.2 261.7 263.7 258.5 146 Kara Sea 249.1 248.1 245.8 245.9 247.5 250.2 252.0 252.3 253.2 253.6 253.6 253.0 253.2 253.0 255.2 258.5 258.5 255.2 253.1 251.3 250.5 251.1 252.3 254.6 256.6 257.4 256.0 255.3 254.3 254.1 254.2 148 Laptev Sea 244.4 243.0 242.6 240.8 240.1 240.8 241.3 242.7 245.3 246.5 246.6 245.6 244.6 245.3 245.2 244.7 244.5 246.8 248.6 246.9 244.0 244.4 246.7 249.2 249.7 250.4 250.1 247.9 246.4 249.1 249.7 150 East Siberian Sea 246.8 246.3 245.6 243.8 243.3 243.8 242.2 243.6 245.7 246.4 248.5 247.1 243.5 242.5 244.3 243.9 242.2 242.2 240.5 242.6 247.4 249.6 249.9 249.1 248.4 244.8 242.4 241.0 240.8 239.8 240.9 152 Gulf of Alaska 268.3 265.9 265.7 268.5 271.1 270.8 268.1 266.4 264.1 261.7 261.4 260.8 263.7 269.7 268.9 269.2 262.1 262.1 261.0 263.2 260.3 269.7 270.8 270.1 268.3 265.4 268.4 264.3 264.4 270.4 270.8 154 Southeast Bering Sea 262.8 267.4 270.4 265.5 265.3 258.8 256.7 257.8 256.9 265.0 266.1 261.2 263.9 271.9 269.7 263.2 258.6 252.9 250.7 251.2 249.8 262.5 266.4 263.5 258.4 257.9 266.1 253.0 253.4 257.1 260.2