1998 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 268.9 268.6 268.8 269.1 268.9 268.4 268.0 267.5 267.3 266.1 265.7 265.8 265.3 265.0 264.8 265.4 265.6 265.9 265.5 265.6 265.8 265.3 265.0 264.8 265.0 264.7 263.9 262.4 261.6 260.8 260.0 34 Hudson Bay 275.8 276.1 276.8 277.0 278.2 278.2 278.4 278.0 276.2 273.6 271.2 270.5 271.5 272.6 273.2 273.7 273.1 274.3 273.1 272.7 275.4 275.8 275.3 272.2 271.7 275.6 277.7 275.1 274.9 272.4 269.1 36 Hudson Strait 274.2 273.1 272.8 271.7 270.9 270.0 272.8 274.0 271.2 272.1 268.8 268.7 267.2 265.2 265.0 269.0 270.9 271.0 270.5 269.4 266.8 268.5 266.3 265.9 265.6 264.7 269.2 271.6 268.1 264.7 266.7 98 Bering Strait 268.7 265.7 264.2 266.7 267.8 267.6 265.7 263.0 263.2 264.3 266.8 266.6 263.2 263.5 264.0 267.2 265.9 265.2 266.1 266.2 264.5 261.1 263.2 268.0 268.5 265.5 263.1 260.2 260.4 257.4 258.1 128 Arctic subocean 258.4 258.3 257.0 250.8 247.4 251.3 251.1 251.5 250.1 247.5 250.8 252.5 250.4 251.6 247.9 248.7 248.0 248.8 251.8 251.8 250.6 249.0 245.4 244.8 242.8 243.8 245.6 247.7 248.6 255.2 256.0 130 Chukchi Sea 269.7 271.5 269.3 268.1 268.2 265.9 266.8 268.1 269.0 268.0 271.3 272.0 268.1 268.9 267.5 266.8 267.1 266.8 265.1 264.5 264.0 263.3 263.7 267.5 268.4 267.4 267.5 268.3 267.7 262.1 263.9 132 Beaufort Sea 274.1 273.3 273.6 274.0 272.5 271.4 270.7 267.6 265.2 265.1 265.3 267.9 269.3 268.8 268.2 269.1 272.0 270.2 270.0 274.7 273.4 270.0 269.0 271.2 274.6 274.1 269.7 269.5 266.0 261.3 260.9 134 Arctic Archipelago 267.5 266.8 266.0 267.8 270.7 268.0 263.2 261.4 262.5 264.4 262.5 265.4 263.9 261.3 258.1 258.3 263.0 266.3 264.0 261.6 264.6 260.1 259.1 257.4 257.4 262.0 261.1 256.5 259.2 261.0 256.0 136 Foxe Basin 270.4 269.6 269.3 269.0 270.2 273.5 271.2 270.0 269.8 268.9 268.9 267.5 268.5 269.0 268.2 265.3 263.3 265.3 268.4 266.4 266.4 268.3 263.3 263.7 262.4 260.6 265.8 262.6 259.3 268.8 269.5 138 Baffin Bay 252.2 254.9 254.7 255.8 253.3 256.0 259.0 259.9 259.7 253.5 249.3 249.4 252.5 251.4 250.3 252.8 248.5 247.8 248.3 252.7 251.1 250.4 248.2 247.4 246.4 244.5 246.2 248.6 249.4 252.7 255.5 139 South Greenland 260.0 259.4 262.9 265.5 262.9 260.6 257.4 258.8 261.7 257.0 256.4 253.6 252.2 253.8 255.0 255.6 252.7 250.2 250.3 249.8 251.1 249.6 249.0 250.4 251.6 251.5 252.0 253.9 252.2 253.6 254.4 140 Greenland Sea 249.4 250.0 251.0 251.0 252.8 250.1 251.9 253.1 253.3 249.0 242.9 243.2 246.2 247.8 247.0 247.3 244.2 243.6 243.6 242.9 242.9 241.0 242.3 244.5 244.4 245.6 251.6 253.6 255.0 254.4 249.5 142 Norwegian Sea 276.8 277.6 276.4 274.1 274.7 276.5 277.2 278.2 278.9 277.1 274.1 274.0 276.0 276.1 274.7 274.4 272.3 271.8 270.7 270.7 270.6 273.8 274.8 274.4 274.6 274.7 274.4 273.4 272.3 272.3 270.4 144 Barents Sea 271.8 271.6 273.6 273.7 271.7 271.4 271.6 275.1 273.4 273.4 272.9 269.8 271.1 274.2 274.1 274.2 273.2 271.0 269.7 267.7 269.0 269.3 269.8 275.5 275.2 273.0 271.0 272.4 271.9 271.1 268.7 146 Kara Sea 271.9 272.8 271.0 270.4 271.8 271.1 270.6 270.9 271.2 268.6 268.7 269.6 268.5 266.5 266.5 268.4 270.2 271.6 271.3 271.1 269.1 268.1 268.8 266.8 267.6 268.4 265.4 261.5 260.7 261.7 263.0 148 Laptev Sea 263.0 261.8 263.5 262.3 260.5 260.6 262.6 262.1 261.7 263.4 264.5 263.3 260.8 261.7 261.1 258.2 257.1 258.2 258.2 260.2 262.9 265.4 262.9 262.4 261.8 256.8 256.4 256.2 253.5 250.5 248.7 150 East Siberian Sea 265.2 261.9 266.7 270.4 266.4 265.1 261.3 255.9 259.0 259.0 258.7 260.0 260.0 259.2 259.5 260.1 259.2 256.2 253.4 249.9 249.4 252.7 253.2 253.9 251.6 249.8 250.5 251.7 254.5 253.9 250.9 152 Gulf of Alaska 273.6 271.1 270.4 271.8 273.5 272.7 270.9 270.5 270.0 269.4 270.1 270.6 269.0 269.4 270.6 273.3 270.7 273.4 275.8 274.6 272.6 271.1 274.9 276.0 272.7 269.9 267.1 266.6 265.9 267.5 267.1 154 Southeast Bering Sea 272.5 271.0 270.0 271.6 271.5 270.5 269.0 267.6 268.8 272.8 275.5 275.1 272.2 271.1 273.1 271.1 267.7 271.7 274.4 272.4 270.8 271.4 269.2 272.3 270.6 271.2 271.3 269.3 271.0 269.4 266.8