1997 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 254.3 254.7 253.6 253.7 253.7 252.8 252.0 251.8 252.7 253.5 253.6 252.5 251.4 251.1 251.1 251.2 252.4 252.0 251.7 251.8 251.7 252.0 251.8 251.7 251.2 249.6 248.2 247.7 247.8 247.2 247.3 34 Hudson Bay 264.0 262.4 260.5 260.6 263.0 261.1 259.0 256.9 257.4 259.6 261.0 263.6 262.1 261.2 264.9 263.5 260.7 259.0 255.9 254.9 259.2 261.6 262.4 263.0 260.5 257.0 254.6 254.1 252.5 249.1 249.6 36 Hudson Strait 270.1 271.6 270.5 269.3 265.9 257.0 255.2 254.0 258.9 259.0 260.3 256.7 255.4 249.0 246.6 245.6 251.2 256.6 251.8 247.7 248.4 246.0 254.9 259.3 257.1 255.2 253.0 243.1 244.3 244.9 241.9 98 Bering Strait 256.7 256.9 254.7 259.4 262.8 261.1 259.0 257.4 254.3 254.9 257.8 254.1 253.0 249.4 251.4 250.0 249.4 250.0 254.1 253.8 249.5 250.0 252.7 257.3 254.1 251.1 246.6 248.6 250.4 248.2 244.6 128 Arctic subocean 255.4 254.0 257.3 253.3 242.6 238.2 237.9 238.0 235.4 233.5 243.7 244.0 240.9 245.5 242.8 243.6 244.4 249.1 249.7 247.4 245.1 242.7 244.8 242.2 240.4 239.7 240.4 238.7 237.1 236.7 239.2 130 Chukchi Sea 247.3 247.9 251.4 254.7 262.6 263.1 257.9 254.2 252.1 248.1 245.2 242.6 243.8 243.9 240.5 240.3 242.5 246.0 248.6 245.8 243.2 242.9 247.6 247.7 244.6 239.8 241.8 241.5 240.0 241.6 242.0 132 Beaufort Sea 260.1 265.9 262.1 261.6 260.1 258.9 258.0 258.0 260.7 261.4 264.8 263.7 264.4 264.6 256.0 255.1 256.4 252.4 251.0 255.5 253.6 253.5 257.2 258.4 261.0 259.7 257.3 255.1 254.3 252.0 248.6 134 Arctic Archipelago 250.8 256.4 260.4 257.6 257.3 250.2 251.8 249.2 249.9 246.7 241.5 240.1 242.1 247.8 248.4 248.3 246.2 245.2 244.3 242.0 240.7 242.3 242.7 241.8 241.0 240.0 240.1 239.2 238.2 239.6 239.7 136 Foxe Basin 256.9 259.1 257.4 255.8 259.3 255.8 250.6 251.7 247.2 247.5 246.4 245.4 245.0 245.4 247.5 248.0 246.1 244.3 245.7 243.4 245.9 246.6 249.5 252.6 251.4 244.7 249.1 249.8 251.3 247.3 243.6 138 Baffin Bay 255.0 247.4 249.2 251.7 238.9 234.0 236.4 236.1 235.9 234.7 233.7 237.3 243.0 243.5 246.9 247.1 255.1 257.3 253.3 248.9 250.7 249.9 243.9 243.3 243.5 244.9 244.4 244.4 247.9 248.3 251.5 139 South Greenland 257.0 256.7 252.5 251.5 249.3 247.8 243.0 242.1 241.2 240.0 238.6 246.7 244.8 253.4 262.2 259.3 263.1 258.8 257.5 259.3 257.4 253.2 248.6 250.2 248.5 245.9 246.7 252.2 253.5 252.7 253.9 140 Greenland Sea 257.3 250.8 245.9 251.6 240.0 229.5 228.3 230.6 231.4 238.5 247.6 235.9 239.7 242.8 251.8 253.6 256.8 255.0 251.2 252.0 251.2 253.8 249.1 241.3 239.7 242.5 240.7 240.9 242.9 245.8 249.9 142 Norwegian Sea 266.6 264.4 264.9 269.6 270.4 267.8 274.2 274.2 273.5 272.6 272.0 269.0 268.4 268.2 274.5 274.8 273.1 269.0 267.0 267.5 270.1 272.7 271.7 271.8 268.6 266.8 265.1 263.9 265.2 267.2 269.3 144 Barents Sea 257.4 257.8 258.2 258.3 256.3 259.5 261.4 263.3 265.0 263.9 260.0 255.2 249.5 248.4 252.1 263.9 269.4 261.6 259.5 256.5 252.3 255.0 257.3 259.8 261.5 257.0 255.1 253.2 253.0 257.0 263.0 146 Kara Sea 254.6 253.9 251.0 249.6 252.2 254.2 254.6 256.7 258.9 258.8 256.2 254.3 250.5 248.8 249.1 248.5 250.3 252.7 254.6 254.6 253.3 252.7 249.5 247.6 250.5 249.8 248.4 249.4 250.0 248.7 248.0 148 Laptev Sea 242.6 243.8 245.4 245.9 243.8 242.6 242.3 240.8 242.5 247.3 249.5 247.1 247.4 245.4 240.1 239.0 238.5 238.9 239.6 244.6 247.7 246.9 248.7 247.5 241.9 241.5 240.9 236.9 235.5 235.6 237.4 150 East Siberian Sea 235.5 239.3 242.2 243.4 244.2 243.5 241.6 239.2 237.2 236.2 236.9 236.7 241.5 244.9 244.3 248.2 253.7 250.7 244.9 240.8 238.6 240.8 239.7 240.7 243.1 240.0 239.0 239.4 244.8 249.4 246.7 152 Gulf of Alaska 269.6 266.6 265.2 268.7 270.9 270.6 267.7 264.9 264.9 270.5 271.2 268.1 263.1 260.2 262.4 259.7 261.4 265.6 270.2 263.3 261.5 268.5 269.5 272.2 268.9 265.0 263.1 268.2 263.8 258.0 256.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 258.7 252.9 253.3 266.3 272.8 270.5 262.2 263.5 258.7 259.2 260.6 255.6 251.2 246.1 247.5 247.2 247.2 252.5 261.4 258.2 259.7 261.3 258.7 266.0 256.8 255.3 253.9 251.7 247.3 244.3 254.9