1997 10 - 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 271.5 271.3 270.8 270.6 270.4 270.5 270.3 269.9 269.0 268.3 268.0 267.7 267.5 267.6 268.3 268.3 267.1 265.9 264.6 264.0 263.6 263.5 263.6 263.9 264.9 265.7 265.5 263.9 262.8 263.1 263.2 34 Hudson Bay 279.0 280.2 280.7 280.5 278.7 276.8 276.3 277.9 276.2 272.5 274.0 276.3 275.3 274.1 272.4 274.1 275.4 273.1 269.7 267.8 266.8 267.6 266.4 264.8 265.0 266.5 269.8 269.4 266.5 265.2 266.9 36 Hudson Strait 268.6 267.9 269.8 273.3 277.3 274.0 273.8 272.5 274.4 280.0 270.5 266.6 269.7 278.6 275.7 271.0 270.5 271.0 265.5 270.1 272.3 272.5 270.4 270.7 270.3 268.9 264.8 262.4 264.5 266.7 266.2 98 Bering Strait 268.7 269.1 267.8 267.4 268.1 268.3 265.9 265.3 267.1 265.6 262.9 260.6 259.6 261.6 262.3 262.5 262.6 258.3 259.2 263.1 260.7 257.8 257.5 256.7 257.6 260.4 258.0 255.6 256.9 258.2 254.6 128 Arctic subocean 254.9 253.5 255.2 252.3 253.4 252.5 253.0 253.0 251.3 250.5 249.6 243.8 248.6 251.5 252.8 251.9 250.9 249.7 250.4 249.6 250.1 252.8 254.5 251.2 246.7 248.7 248.2 250.9 248.1 249.0 251.2 130 Chukchi Sea 269.2 269.6 271.5 270.8 269.3 268.7 270.0 271.5 270.0 268.6 267.7 266.2 261.8 263.1 263.9 260.2 259.5 256.9 258.7 258.2 258.3 256.2 258.2 257.1 258.8 256.8 259.4 260.0 257.7 257.1 256.4 132 Beaufort Sea 273.9 273.6 271.7 269.4 268.9 269.3 267.0 265.3 264.5 266.0 266.1 263.8 263.7 264.2 264.5 266.9 265.9 265.1 261.7 263.8 266.4 263.8 263.0 263.1 265.6 268.7 264.8 259.0 259.3 262.5 263.7 134 Arctic Archipelago 264.2 260.9 259.2 263.2 265.9 267.4 266.8 265.0 261.6 258.8 257.6 255.4 256.6 261.3 264.8 261.9 257.1 255.4 254.4 253.6 254.1 255.3 254.6 252.1 252.9 252.1 250.5 250.6 250.4 252.2 254.3 136 Foxe Basin 263.0 267.1 265.7 266.8 271.4 272.0 270.8 269.2 267.3 265.5 265.1 265.0 262.0 268.1 271.0 268.3 264.9 261.9 258.7 259.0 258.0 261.9 263.3 262.8 262.1 261.6 258.6 261.0 265.9 266.7 263.1 138 Baffin Bay 253.4 252.9 253.1 252.0 252.7 254.8 256.9 256.9 257.5 255.8 252.0 251.3 246.8 245.8 257.9 259.2 254.6 253.7 254.8 252.8 247.2 244.6 243.9 247.5 252.8 256.4 254.6 250.6 242.0 245.8 250.0 139 South Greenland 258.8 257.3 257.2 257.5 256.4 259.9 259.6 259.1 259.7 256.1 258.1 263.7 258.9 253.7 259.2 261.7 254.9 255.0 259.8 259.2 258.4 260.0 262.6 261.8 262.6 265.1 267.5 262.8 254.0 253.3 254.9 140 Greenland Sea 255.8 256.0 258.3 253.3 248.3 246.9 250.5 251.9 251.8 250.9 247.3 248.2 245.7 242.5 248.3 255.1 248.8 247.3 250.9 252.2 246.2 242.1 241.8 243.4 250.6 255.3 256.6 253.3 245.2 242.2 244.6 142 Norwegian Sea 277.6 276.2 276.9 275.7 275.4 275.6 276.6 276.4 275.7 275.5 274.9 274.0 273.3 271.7 269.2 271.3 274.7 277.4 273.3 272.2 272.8 271.0 269.6 269.7 268.0 268.9 271.5 275.4 276.6 277.3 275.7 144 Barents Sea 277.7 277.6 277.4 277.5 275.8 275.5 275.8 274.2 272.8 271.4 269.9 271.9 275.9 274.9 272.9 269.9 267.4 267.4 270.8 273.4 272.0 270.7 269.0 268.5 270.0 270.3 267.7 265.5 265.2 267.1 269.1 146 Kara Sea 275.2 275.9 276.8 277.5 277.9 278.7 279.0 278.1 276.6 276.1 275.5 273.8 273.4 274.2 275.7 274.9 274.7 272.1 268.0 266.7 266.8 268.4 270.7 270.8 271.4 272.3 271.9 270.2 270.5 269.3 267.6 148 Laptev Sea 269.2 268.2 266.2 264.6 264.0 263.1 264.4 263.0 262.4 265.5 267.3 267.3 268.7 267.7 265.1 264.6 263.1 264.3 264.8 262.2 261.1 259.5 261.1 264.3 265.4 263.9 264.6 263.9 263.0 265.4 264.9 150 East Siberian Sea 270.7 267.9 262.8 262.8 263.3 264.5 261.6 264.1 265.1 260.5 260.0 261.9 261.9 262.1 263.6 262.7 262.1 264.0 262.9 261.4 262.4 265.3 257.6 258.5 258.1 258.3 258.0 257.4 259.0 257.4 258.9 152 Gulf of Alaska 272.1 271.5 271.0 272.6 272.0 270.5 269.8 268.1 268.3 268.3 267.4 266.0 265.9 268.9 271.0 269.4 266.0 264.6 272.4 274.1 273.9 270.2 268.8 269.4 268.3 264.7 263.4 267.6 273.0 271.6 268.2 154 Southeast Bering Sea 274.5 273.5 274.2 274.8 272.6 270.4 270.6 272.8 274.3 271.9 270.6 268.4 267.2 263.8 262.8 264.2 263.3 263.2 265.5 264.2 265.6 262.2 261.1 260.8 265.5 261.7 258.5 262.8 263.2 259.3 258.1