2000 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 250.4 250.5 250.2 249.5 249.6 249.9 249.6 249.8 250.4 251.1 251.2 250.5 249.9 249.6 249.6 249.4 249.4 250.1 250.7 250.2 249.9 249.6 249.7 249.8 249.9 250.6 250.7 249.3 248.6 248.3 248.1 34 Hudson Bay 258.2 262.8 265.6 258.5 252.6 251.9 249.8 247.9 248.1 248.8 247.5 247.9 248.3 246.5 247.4 248.9 251.1 250.1 249.8 248.2 246.7 246.8 245.4 247.6 249.7 249.3 251.3 253.2 251.5 249.6 252.4 36 Hudson Strait 258.3 256.3 254.2 260.6 264.3 259.2 261.0 260.9 257.3 255.4 255.2 249.9 250.1 252.3 251.0 250.9 251.1 261.4 260.0 257.2 254.7 253.5 257.2 254.6 253.8 262.6 265.0 263.6 259.2 254.5 252.0 98 Bering Strait 250.6 246.5 248.7 257.2 261.6 262.0 259.7 260.0 257.5 255.6 260.1 260.5 260.2 256.2 254.7 251.4 250.6 257.9 261.9 262.0 263.4 259.3 256.5 256.8 255.9 257.8 258.5 257.3 259.7 262.6 261.2 128 Arctic subocean 244.5 245.4 244.3 242.2 239.1 239.8 241.7 244.1 245.5 243.6 246.5 245.6 246.0 245.8 243.6 245.1 247.8 250.8 244.2 243.8 243.3 245.7 246.5 249.3 249.9 250.3 243.7 243.6 244.5 242.1 242.0 130 Chukchi Sea 242.2 243.4 246.7 256.0 258.5 255.1 255.7 258.7 256.3 250.9 261.6 268.6 268.4 264.6 259.7 255.4 255.6 256.9 259.3 265.1 264.9 259.8 258.3 256.6 253.9 252.6 254.7 254.1 251.0 254.0 254.4 132 Beaufort Sea 259.8 259.8 251.1 249.0 254.3 259.5 253.7 248.8 242.8 243.0 246.6 248.0 246.7 244.8 242.4 243.5 247.8 250.4 253.4 252.0 252.1 249.7 249.6 249.0 248.9 254.6 257.0 252.9 252.6 256.3 259.5 134 Arctic Archipelago 242.7 241.2 241.2 239.9 239.0 240.8 243.2 244.8 249.3 248.3 246.8 248.2 249.3 246.8 246.8 247.1 244.8 244.1 243.5 244.6 238.8 237.5 242.5 245.3 245.9 240.8 242.2 242.9 243.1 243.9 244.2 136 Foxe Basin 254.9 250.2 246.0 251.8 255.9 257.4 252.9 259.8 258.9 256.1 256.2 253.6 253.3 255.7 253.7 250.8 247.5 242.4 241.8 245.5 249.6 256.0 262.0 265.5 265.7 260.0 257.5 254.3 255.7 252.2 251.5 138 Baffin Bay 248.4 248.9 245.2 240.4 239.3 243.7 243.1 241.5 240.6 238.0 235.6 237.1 241.7 247.0 249.2 247.7 245.1 241.9 238.5 238.8 243.7 247.2 250.2 250.8 257.6 255.9 241.8 235.9 244.0 243.2 244.8 139 South Greenland 250.8 251.7 251.8 252.4 253.2 250.4 250.6 250.2 250.0 249.5 244.5 245.2 249.7 254.1 251.6 247.4 244.3 249.4 253.6 250.1 254.2 256.9 256.2 255.1 254.7 254.6 254.4 247.8 245.8 244.7 244.5 140 Greenland Sea 243.2 243.5 244.4 243.2 241.3 239.7 238.5 235.6 237.8 237.3 237.1 234.5 237.5 241.1 243.1 242.6 242.1 241.2 240.6 239.9 241.4 247.0 249.1 248.5 251.0 256.1 248.8 237.0 238.6 238.3 239.8 142 Norwegian Sea 272.8 273.0 272.4 272.7 274.0 275.4 272.8 269.8 269.1 268.6 269.6 270.7 271.0 272.4 272.0 271.0 265.7 264.1 264.8 266.9 271.9 272.3 269.8 267.7 263.8 263.0 261.4 260.0 260.5 260.4 266.4 144 Barents Sea 261.5 256.0 255.8 253.7 255.0 261.7 269.5 268.0 265.2 262.6 264.9 268.9 266.0 264.6 262.0 260.2 258.0 258.6 260.2 260.2 256.4 253.9 251.7 251.5 251.4 249.1 247.7 251.9 253.0 255.3 254.4 146 Kara Sea 249.0 251.1 250.8 250.1 248.8 247.6 247.9 250.6 253.3 255.8 256.3 253.7 252.1 252.2 253.7 253.3 253.2 253.0 253.4 251.9 251.1 250.8 251.2 251.7 251.0 252.0 253.1 251.3 249.0 247.4 245.2 148 Laptev Sea 239.1 236.6 236.4 238.3 240.6 240.9 240.8 240.7 241.1 242.4 243.2 242.7 240.3 238.5 238.2 239.2 239.7 239.0 238.8 240.0 241.1 241.6 242.1 240.3 238.9 238.7 238.1 238.4 236.9 236.7 236.9 150 East Siberian Sea 246.8 243.7 243.3 242.2 243.9 243.3 243.3 247.4 257.2 259.7 252.3 245.9 244.7 250.0 252.4 252.9 250.3 249.4 250.5 251.5 252.4 251.9 251.4 248.0 250.1 251.3 250.5 247.6 247.6 246.5 243.9 152 Gulf of Alaska 263.2 261.5 266.9 270.7 273.6 270.4 268.2 263.2 263.0 267.0 269.9 267.2 264.4 260.2 259.7 259.6 263.8 270.5 270.0 267.8 267.1 263.8 264.9 268.5 268.9 271.1 269.8 268.7 272.2 272.4 272.2 154 Southeast Bering Sea 249.8 254.1 270.2 271.8 270.5 268.1 271.6 271.0 269.4 271.5 272.1 273.2 272.4 272.5 268.8 267.3 265.9 270.3 273.8 273.0 272.0 266.1 268.0 271.2 269.2 269.7 271.1 271.9 272.6 272.1 266.3