1998 01 - 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 247.3 247.8 247.7 247.8 247.9 247.2 246.9 246.4 246.1 246.7 246.7 245.6 245.1 245.2 246.4 247.8 248.4 248.5 247.8 248.5 249.1 249.4 251.0 251.0 250.3 251.4 253.2 253.1 252.0 252.0 251.9 34 Hudson Bay 250.7 248.3 245.3 244.9 246.7 247.7 248.0 248.1 248.4 250.6 249.4 246.7 246.7 247.7 251.4 252.1 252.8 253.4 253.8 252.1 250.9 251.5 252.4 252.7 250.1 252.7 256.5 256.7 254.6 255.8 255.8 36 Hudson Strait 239.8 241.3 237.9 239.7 241.8 238.4 240.1 244.7 241.5 243.3 252.0 247.5 247.0 257.5 253.2 247.0 243.9 246.1 253.9 254.5 249.5 239.2 242.5 252.4 255.7 248.5 249.8 250.3 249.0 248.2 251.4 98 Bering Strait 243.6 244.1 243.1 242.4 245.9 247.7 244.3 246.4 252.7 257.5 255.9 252.0 249.3 246.5 248.1 251.7 250.8 251.7 249.8 251.3 251.5 251.9 251.8 249.9 250.7 252.5 252.6 253.8 253.5 256.0 259.0 128 Arctic subocean 243.3 245.0 249.8 246.7 245.9 244.8 244.4 244.9 246.1 243.0 240.8 240.3 240.1 239.6 238.4 238.4 239.1 239.2 237.6 240.4 236.6 237.6 238.0 239.0 241.4 242.4 240.7 239.6 246.6 251.0 245.1 130 Chukchi Sea 244.9 239.6 239.5 242.1 248.3 248.6 246.7 250.8 250.9 256.9 258.7 252.8 249.3 245.4 244.0 243.6 244.5 246.5 248.4 249.7 248.8 248.9 247.9 245.3 242.9 240.5 241.4 245.3 245.6 247.8 249.3 132 Beaufort Sea 241.7 241.0 241.1 242.2 244.0 242.0 242.1 242.0 241.3 243.3 244.7 242.4 240.6 242.2 244.2 246.4 248.8 250.3 247.4 248.4 250.5 248.3 248.1 251.0 255.1 257.2 258.5 254.7 254.8 258.3 258.2 134 Arctic Archipelago 242.0 240.3 236.3 239.1 240.2 242.3 242.3 241.9 242.0 242.9 241.2 239.2 238.6 237.3 235.0 240.1 241.6 239.8 238.1 237.2 238.5 236.7 236.6 238.3 238.7 236.3 239.8 246.4 246.0 240.8 238.2 136 Foxe Basin 237.8 234.6 240.0 242.3 243.5 244.8 245.1 245.2 243.6 238.5 239.2 238.5 235.6 240.1 251.0 253.4 244.6 245.1 244.7 238.0 235.4 231.7 231.4 233.5 238.1 241.5 245.3 243.0 237.1 236.6 240.8 138 Baffin Bay 252.1 250.5 253.4 254.5 251.7 249.4 246.6 245.0 244.5 240.2 238.5 239.1 240.8 238.3 237.5 238.7 246.0 242.6 236.7 236.1 236.5 236.8 244.4 246.7 238.5 240.8 250.4 255.2 252.7 241.3 235.7 139 South Greenland 252.4 252.7 256.1 256.8 254.1 254.4 250.4 247.4 246.0 245.7 243.8 244.6 244.8 246.5 249.1 248.6 247.4 246.1 242.5 241.4 242.4 248.1 257.1 256.2 246.3 254.6 260.2 256.8 249.2 247.6 251.3 140 Greenland Sea 250.4 250.2 251.5 250.0 248.4 245.6 244.6 244.1 243.9 241.8 240.5 238.6 238.5 238.9 237.5 236.8 241.1 243.3 236.9 233.7 234.6 237.2 245.6 248.3 241.2 238.5 246.4 243.6 247.8 243.8 239.3 142 Norwegian Sea 271.0 269.6 268.3 269.0 266.5 265.5 266.1 266.7 267.6 271.8 270.5 271.3 271.6 272.8 273.6 272.9 270.3 264.7 263.8 265.0 268.4 274.2 271.0 271.0 274.0 274.2 268.1 264.2 265.8 261.8 265.1 144 Barents Sea 263.6 262.0 259.8 259.8 261.6 259.9 257.1 255.4 253.3 248.6 251.7 253.7 254.0 252.9 258.4 263.7 264.8 266.4 265.5 263.9 259.1 262.2 265.9 261.4 259.1 260.8 263.9 259.4 250.5 247.4 247.5 146 Kara Sea 248.2 251.4 253.2 253.7 253.2 250.8 248.6 246.2 245.1 246.6 247.1 247.6 247.0 247.4 247.2 249.0 250.7 251.6 251.9 253.7 254.4 253.5 254.1 253.7 254.8 255.9 255.9 256.5 257.1 256.5 255.6 148 Laptev Sea 238.5 239.9 240.6 240.0 238.3 238.0 240.1 241.9 240.9 239.9 241.1 240.4 240.0 238.1 238.7 239.3 238.4 236.8 237.2 239.7 243.4 245.9 248.0 247.7 245.8 245.9 247.3 247.2 246.1 248.9 249.7 150 East Siberian Sea 247.2 251.4 248.1 246.1 243.1 244.8 250.8 248.5 249.5 247.8 244.6 240.0 241.8 245.0 244.6 242.8 241.2 238.6 237.2 239.9 242.6 243.2 242.7 241.7 242.9 242.7 241.0 241.0 240.8 239.1 238.2 152 Gulf of Alaska 260.4 258.1 255.2 253.4 253.1 255.5 259.8 261.3 263.1 264.1 262.5 261.1 260.6 262.6 266.9 267.6 267.3 265.5 265.9 267.7 266.9 265.4 266.0 264.7 268.2 267.9 267.9 270.4 269.0 269.8 272.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 262.6 249.6 247.2 247.6 250.1 250.4 260.7 270.1 271.5 272.8 269.9 264.7 260.2 255.5 260.2 267.1 262.7 262.4 259.9 264.0 268.1 266.5 265.1 258.3 254.7 251.4 251.3 253.7 257.0 262.7 263.2