1996 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 252.5 251.8 253.0 255.5 256.2 255.5 254.2 253.2 252.1 251.4 251.9 251.7 250.5 249.5 250.1 251.4 251.9 252.5 252.1 251.1 251.1 251.1 248.9 248.1 248.2 248.6 248.7 248.2 247.1 245.8 247.2 34 Hudson Bay 259.8 258.4 255.6 256.0 262.4 264.2 262.7 260.2 259.7 257.9 259.3 261.4 261.7 259.5 258.3 258.7 255.0 252.9 252.4 253.9 250.3 246.7 244.2 244.6 244.1 246.4 245.5 244.1 242.5 241.5 246.4 36 Hudson Strait 254.6 266.9 268.2 258.5 256.7 255.2 257.1 261.4 267.2 265.1 258.9 258.2 257.2 264.6 266.3 262.0 261.7 253.2 260.0 259.6 257.4 253.3 247.6 246.3 250.9 242.9 244.8 244.0 243.8 244.7 243.4 98 Bering Strait 252.8 249.6 251.1 253.3 251.3 250.6 251.0 255.8 253.8 250.5 250.3 248.8 252.2 252.0 253.6 255.9 260.2 263.0 258.3 255.2 253.6 253.3 253.6 254.7 255.0 257.0 254.0 255.0 256.0 249.6 244.3 128 Arctic subocean 241.7 240.0 240.0 238.1 240.1 242.7 242.4 242.1 245.7 248.2 247.8 253.2 251.4 251.5 249.2 244.9 239.9 235.0 234.6 237.2 231.9 237.7 243.4 247.4 247.2 238.5 240.2 242.6 250.2 248.5 243.7 130 Chukchi Sea 247.6 247.0 246.6 244.7 247.1 245.0 241.5 246.4 252.4 249.8 248.1 243.9 244.8 247.6 249.6 252.4 248.5 250.6 251.4 261.4 261.6 255.5 259.0 255.7 255.2 257.6 260.9 257.6 255.9 257.2 248.8 132 Beaufort Sea 254.6 252.1 253.9 260.0 260.5 254.8 251.1 254.4 254.5 253.7 255.1 253.9 251.0 251.8 254.1 253.0 251.7 256.7 254.8 245.7 243.7 244.7 246.2 250.0 252.7 250.4 243.2 243.9 244.2 243.6 242.8 134 Arctic Archipelago 240.3 240.5 240.1 242.3 246.5 251.4 248.6 244.9 248.9 250.2 250.0 248.5 250.4 250.7 250.9 251.4 249.2 241.7 238.5 240.0 243.7 243.5 241.7 238.2 241.2 237.6 237.6 238.0 238.2 236.9 238.4 136 Foxe Basin 244.9 250.6 254.8 251.8 248.9 262.3 260.6 251.7 251.2 262.1 264.4 258.1 260.0 263.0 262.1 252.1 247.0 244.3 243.4 249.0 249.3 248.8 242.2 236.8 234.8 240.1 240.6 240.5 237.5 236.5 237.8 138 Baffin Bay 240.9 239.7 241.0 247.9 250.6 246.0 243.9 242.1 240.6 244.1 257.2 258.0 249.1 247.9 249.4 250.8 250.3 245.5 243.3 241.5 246.5 254.7 254.5 245.1 240.3 242.9 250.9 255.8 249.3 245.0 250.0 139 South Greenland 244.6 244.3 249.2 256.5 248.8 244.8 244.2 242.6 244.3 251.9 260.7 261.9 253.3 247.9 247.6 248.1 248.3 251.6 254.6 255.5 258.9 260.3 252.4 246.2 245.7 254.3 258.0 257.6 246.9 253.1 260.4 140 Greenland Sea 242.9 239.5 238.1 240.8 247.9 242.6 239.5 240.0 238.6 239.6 247.6 254.8 249.7 245.0 242.9 244.3 244.6 241.1 239.1 238.2 240.2 248.3 251.8 247.2 242.3 239.8 249.3 252.5 249.6 245.5 250.1 142 Norwegian Sea 269.2 269.3 269.6 271.8 273.1 269.9 269.9 274.2 273.8 270.5 268.9 265.9 260.5 260.8 266.3 268.1 265.3 261.8 262.1 265.9 264.3 262.0 267.8 264.1 268.1 272.9 271.5 271.6 265.4 264.4 268.1 144 Barents Sea 269.9 270.6 269.8 269.1 269.7 269.8 266.7 265.9 267.6 265.3 257.7 256.5 258.9 264.3 264.8 264.8 263.4 261.3 261.3 258.3 257.1 253.1 250.4 248.0 247.4 251.8 259.7 261.2 257.9 252.6 256.6 146 Kara Sea 256.1 254.7 257.4 262.0 262.6 262.1 261.7 257.2 254.2 255.5 255.9 254.5 251.5 247.8 248.8 253.6 258.3 260.8 260.5 259.5 259.2 256.9 251.8 251.3 250.8 250.5 249.3 248.0 249.2 247.5 248.1 148 Laptev Sea 246.3 246.1 247.4 249.0 247.9 246.6 244.6 245.7 242.6 237.0 235.3 235.8 235.5 236.7 236.4 235.7 235.8 237.3 238.0 238.6 238.7 242.3 243.0 241.3 242.5 242.8 245.0 242.8 239.8 240.7 243.2 150 East Siberian Sea 241.2 239.9 240.5 240.8 240.5 241.7 241.5 239.2 236.8 234.3 234.6 234.0 238.4 238.8 239.2 239.8 240.1 243.4 245.3 242.1 249.7 258.8 254.5 257.7 257.2 253.2 251.2 251.7 253.5 250.0 246.4 152 Gulf of Alaska 260.9 260.2 266.1 268.1 262.5 261.0 264.1 266.5 266.4 263.4 265.2 264.2 265.4 261.5 260.2 264.2 268.8 272.0 268.5 261.6 256.5 255.8 256.5 258.3 258.7 260.3 258.9 254.9 256.6 256.2 253.5 154 Southeast Bering Sea 250.3 255.2 264.4 255.4 251.7 253.0 249.7 267.2 263.8 259.3 254.1 252.6 254.7 253.4 265.2 266.0 262.4 258.8 254.1 258.2 266.1 260.3 258.6 262.0 261.9 261.9 262.0 262.4 258.0 257.8 254.0