1998 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 251.5 252.4 254.1 255.1 254.4 253.5 253.2 253.6 253.8 254.5 254.5 254.8 254.2 253.0 252.0 252.3 252.8 252.4 252.8 253.7 254.0 253.7 253.2 252.9 252.5 250.7 249.5 248.2 247.9 248.5 248.8 34 Hudson Bay 263.7 261.5 261.3 259.0 258.1 258.9 260.0 260.4 260.0 261.7 265.6 265.5 265.0 267.8 264.0 260.6 256.8 253.2 249.0 247.0 247.7 250.0 250.0 249.1 248.6 251.5 252.5 249.4 245.6 244.4 243.9 36 Hudson Strait 266.2 265.7 265.4 263.4 264.0 261.4 260.2 263.5 262.7 261.5 259.5 262.5 263.2 258.2 264.6 258.8 258.5 256.1 254.9 254.3 252.5 250.2 249.0 249.4 247.6 247.2 245.3 252.1 245.7 245.5 247.4 98 Bering Strait 256.3 253.1 252.9 259.0 257.4 251.2 250.4 252.0 251.8 252.2 249.2 249.6 244.0 244.7 250.8 250.7 250.6 253.3 263.4 266.0 263.4 261.3 261.5 257.4 253.9 250.2 251.5 248.0 245.2 245.6 248.1 128 Arctic subocean 247.0 249.9 253.8 253.5 248.0 244.3 235.6 236.6 235.8 237.5 238.5 239.0 238.6 238.5 235.7 236.5 235.2 236.2 240.7 241.1 236.2 237.4 239.8 241.3 243.7 241.2 240.8 242.7 248.6 248.4 245.0 130 Chukchi Sea 254.7 252.4 254.4 257.0 252.6 249.3 248.6 250.1 246.9 245.7 241.6 238.4 232.1 232.2 237.2 239.7 252.8 262.5 269.4 269.5 267.5 267.0 261.4 257.1 254.8 254.2 253.4 247.4 247.1 249.1 249.9 132 Beaufort Sea 254.9 256.0 254.7 253.4 255.1 254.2 252.6 256.2 261.2 263.6 264.2 262.0 262.5 258.7 254.5 257.0 255.1 251.1 252.7 255.7 257.3 253.7 253.3 252.5 256.2 254.6 248.7 243.4 243.1 243.7 244.5 134 Arctic Archipelago 249.4 251.1 250.5 252.3 252.5 252.1 252.6 248.7 249.6 248.4 247.6 246.0 246.1 243.6 245.8 247.4 246.5 248.1 248.1 247.3 249.3 247.2 245.7 248.8 249.3 244.9 242.2 244.8 244.4 243.9 244.0 136 Foxe Basin 257.9 262.8 268.6 269.3 266.0 263.2 258.9 256.0 252.8 245.6 246.7 249.0 246.3 242.6 249.5 256.4 255.0 250.4 249.7 248.7 245.8 242.6 242.3 243.0 238.2 243.5 243.4 239.7 237.2 240.1 244.0 138 Baffin Bay 240.1 243.6 250.4 255.8 254.3 252.8 252.4 249.1 244.3 241.0 240.2 242.9 242.8 244.0 244.5 244.7 246.9 244.6 242.9 244.9 247.1 243.8 244.1 249.5 248.4 246.6 243.9 239.3 239.5 243.6 244.5 139 South Greenland 244.9 250.7 259.1 261.3 261.7 261.2 260.8 254.9 248.8 247.6 246.5 246.5 247.7 246.1 245.9 248.6 247.8 245.4 246.7 253.8 252.0 248.7 250.4 253.0 252.3 249.8 244.9 243.6 245.1 248.3 249.8 140 Greenland Sea 239.5 240.1 245.6 251.5 252.5 247.6 245.4 246.1 242.8 242.9 238.4 237.0 239.0 240.7 240.1 238.0 240.7 238.9 234.8 238.7 241.8 242.0 240.2 243.8 245.7 243.2 241.9 236.8 237.0 242.4 243.5 142 Norwegian Sea 276.0 274.7 270.6 263.5 260.8 260.1 267.9 271.4 273.1 272.8 272.3 271.2 272.6 273.5 274.3 273.5 275.4 273.9 269.2 266.5 264.2 264.3 266.3 267.4 268.0 269.0 269.0 269.2 270.3 269.9 272.5 144 Barents Sea 266.4 269.6 268.9 264.3 262.0 262.1 259.7 262.7 261.7 263.5 262.4 262.1 259.7 258.1 260.3 264.8 264.0 262.3 264.0 254.9 254.3 254.4 253.1 252.4 252.3 252.1 252.2 250.4 252.9 252.6 250.0 146 Kara Sea 248.8 250.0 253.5 256.8 256.7 256.0 256.8 258.4 260.7 261.5 261.2 262.6 262.2 259.9 257.7 258.0 258.0 258.4 257.9 259.8 260.1 259.2 260.2 260.0 256.8 252.7 252.1 254.5 256.0 256.8 256.4 148 Laptev Sea 241.5 243.1 244.5 242.9 241.9 241.8 241.1 240.6 240.1 243.2 243.3 243.8 243.6 241.3 238.4 239.3 243.9 246.0 246.5 247.8 249.1 249.9 245.7 243.9 247.8 248.8 247.2 243.0 241.7 242.8 243.9 150 East Siberian Sea 241.0 243.8 242.9 244.7 244.2 241.7 241.1 239.5 237.2 234.8 233.9 235.9 235.3 235.0 236.3 237.3 241.5 240.6 244.6 248.8 249.8 255.9 256.9 256.1 254.3 247.7 246.7 245.2 245.6 244.0 245.4 152 Gulf of Alaska 268.2 263.0 263.4 269.1 265.5 262.2 264.6 265.0 267.7 265.3 265.1 266.8 261.7 263.5 266.7 261.5 257.0 261.7 265.0 265.8 262.6 262.4 263.0 262.7 259.7 256.1 257.9 258.9 261.0 263.3 262.4 154 Southeast Bering Sea 261.0 258.8 263.2 269.9 263.7 261.6 258.8 254.3 251.8 249.4 249.8 246.8 245.1 247.0 245.7 244.5 259.9 270.6 273.1 272.2 269.6 268.1 264.3 265.9 260.1 254.3 255.9 256.6 259.5 253.6 251.0