1999 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 254.9 255.3 255.9 256.1 256.0 255.2 253.8 251.9 251.5 252.2 252.5 252.8 253.0 252.7 251.8 252.6 253.6 254.2 255.2 256.0 256.8 257.5 257.6 257.0 255.9 254.4 252.6 250.7 248.9 246.6 246.5 34 Hudson Bay 268.9 266.9 264.4 261.6 262.6 265.5 264.4 262.8 261.7 260.9 263.2 262.3 261.2 260.2 254.9 253.6 255.3 256.7 255.9 253.0 251.0 252.3 256.7 262.6 265.7 258.8 256.9 258.5 256.2 252.1 252.3 36 Hudson Strait 260.4 265.9 266.1 265.0 258.0 254.1 261.2 260.2 260.8 259.6 253.1 261.3 266.6 262.5 263.4 265.0 266.0 258.6 258.4 256.1 263.5 254.6 253.8 255.8 255.8 258.8 253.6 247.6 244.5 243.0 245.2 98 Bering Strait 252.3 253.3 253.5 254.6 252.2 251.2 248.0 246.3 246.5 246.2 247.1 247.0 244.5 243.7 245.9 247.3 245.0 243.0 251.3 256.8 254.8 260.9 259.0 250.6 247.9 256.5 258.8 253.0 244.2 239.1 240.7 128 Arctic subocean 241.2 240.1 241.6 241.2 240.9 242.1 242.7 243.7 241.7 240.8 239.4 239.8 242.1 240.7 240.0 241.8 242.6 244.3 243.5 240.7 239.9 237.1 234.4 237.3 237.8 239.7 242.4 241.8 241.6 244.1 243.2 130 Chukchi Sea 248.5 248.2 247.3 251.7 251.6 247.8 244.4 241.8 241.3 239.4 241.8 242.7 244.8 243.4 245.0 242.5 239.1 237.0 240.9 248.3 239.2 244.3 248.9 244.3 243.3 239.2 241.8 235.6 236.4 238.7 242.3 132 Beaufort Sea 255.4 253.0 255.6 258.8 262.1 258.2 254.9 251.9 255.2 258.5 253.4 251.0 247.7 244.4 245.4 253.2 252.5 248.7 246.8 256.6 262.4 268.5 271.1 268.4 259.1 263.0 266.6 264.6 257.8 250.5 248.1 134 Arctic Archipelago 244.2 245.6 245.5 245.3 246.0 246.0 244.9 243.3 244.0 245.2 246.6 247.3 246.3 244.2 241.9 241.1 242.4 242.8 242.2 241.2 241.3 242.0 248.4 252.1 247.6 245.3 244.3 242.4 243.0 242.5 243.7 136 Foxe Basin 249.5 254.3 257.7 254.5 247.6 245.6 247.3 246.6 244.2 246.8 248.9 259.5 259.9 255.1 253.8 250.5 256.3 250.2 249.3 247.4 253.4 250.7 248.5 245.4 244.0 242.9 240.7 244.2 251.3 242.6 246.8 138 Baffin Bay 235.5 232.7 234.7 237.4 239.1 239.0 236.4 235.6 232.6 233.9 234.1 235.2 239.1 241.9 241.1 240.7 245.0 253.2 250.2 248.6 246.5 245.3 244.5 242.7 242.2 244.1 242.5 245.5 250.0 248.9 252.2 139 South Greenland 241.0 238.9 244.0 248.6 248.5 246.3 241.3 240.7 241.3 241.7 238.6 242.8 248.6 252.8 248.6 249.8 254.3 255.4 257.6 255.1 255.8 256.4 251.9 247.5 245.4 246.1 248.4 252.5 252.4 251.5 254.5 140 Greenland Sea 237.1 235.6 235.4 235.8 237.8 239.3 238.3 234.6 235.1 233.9 235.3 235.2 234.4 237.1 238.5 239.7 240.3 247.6 250.9 245.5 245.0 243.5 244.0 241.9 244.9 248.8 249.6 245.1 245.6 247.9 248.9 142 Norwegian Sea 269.8 270.5 265.0 265.1 267.1 265.8 262.2 261.5 265.3 260.8 263.5 262.8 262.2 261.0 263.8 267.2 266.9 268.2 269.0 268.2 268.4 270.9 272.6 272.9 272.3 272.1 269.1 266.6 261.3 264.5 268.1 144 Barents Sea 268.1 269.7 267.9 265.2 261.0 258.2 261.4 265.9 263.8 262.7 263.7 264.6 267.3 270.5 266.9 265.1 265.4 264.9 265.1 264.0 263.7 261.5 262.8 267.5 267.2 264.7 260.2 260.4 261.3 259.3 255.7 146 Kara Sea 260.4 262.3 264.4 265.1 264.2 263.7 262.6 259.5 258.7 260.5 261.3 260.8 259.4 257.6 257.7 258.4 259.2 260.4 260.2 261.7 264.5 264.9 264.1 261.2 258.2 255.8 251.8 248.8 247.3 244.6 243.1 148 Laptev Sea 245.6 249.3 248.5 248.7 248.4 247.1 245.2 241.4 239.8 239.9 241.5 243.0 244.8 245.0 245.3 247.9 249.8 251.7 254.6 255.6 254.3 253.9 251.9 253.5 255.4 250.2 246.2 243.2 242.8 242.1 242.1 150 East Siberian Sea 244.2 239.5 238.6 237.3 240.5 239.3 238.8 238.4 239.6 238.8 239.0 240.6 246.4 251.6 250.9 248.7 248.3 246.4 247.7 249.6 249.0 247.0 246.5 243.5 243.2 244.7 242.7 239.2 238.6 240.6 244.4 152 Gulf of Alaska 267.3 267.0 269.8 268.9 267.0 263.3 260.7 262.1 259.0 263.7 263.2 261.2 261.1 261.1 260.7 258.5 256.0 261.6 269.2 269.8 273.3 273.5 267.5 260.3 268.2 272.8 272.5 268.3 259.5 255.4 255.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 259.0 253.0 257.6 257.7 256.9 254.2 250.5 250.3 256.1 262.9 254.2 245.6 244.7 250.8 251.1 247.8 247.1 250.1 267.1 258.8 260.5 264.3 254.5 249.1 255.8 259.4 261.8 251.0 245.1 248.0 245.6