1948 10 - daily - mean of NCEP Daily Maximum Temperature at 2 m, degK. 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 277.1 277.3 277.7 277.3 276.6 275.4 274.8 274.1 273.9 273.4 272.8 272.1 271.5 270.9 270.5 270.1 270.0 269.6 269.3 269.1 268.6 267.9 268.0 268.4 268.7 269.1 269.8 269.8 269.1 268.7 267.7 34 Hudson Bay 283.0 284.0 286.4 288.1 287.6 286.0 286.1 284.5 282.7 282.3 283.3 282.8 282.5 281.1 279.7 276.0 274.5 275.3 276.1 278.2 279.5 278.6 278.6 281.2 281.8 280.3 279.8 279.6 279.8 278.9 278.7 36 Hudson Strait 280.4 278.1 276.1 280.0 281.6 280.5 280.2 282.0 282.8 281.0 280.1 280.1 280.0 277.8 274.1 276.8 277.1 272.5 271.2 271.2 270.5 273.7 274.5 272.4 274.2 275.3 273.4 274.2 274.4 274.1 271.0 98 Bering Strait 275.2 274.7 273.6 271.9 270.6 269.3 268.9 270.8 271.4 271.1 270.6 270.2 268.7 267.9 266.1 268.3 267.3 267.8 267.2 264.3 264.6 265.9 265.5 262.4 261.3 264.2 264.8 268.1 268.5 265.1 263.8 128 Arctic subocean 255.6 258.5 259.4 257.8 256.0 255.8 256.7 255.6 251.3 247.4 248.5 249.5 249.8 249.9 251.0 254.8 253.9 250.6 251.4 251.3 249.3 248.7 248.7 252.4 257.2 257.2 254.7 247.9 247.5 252.2 256.7 130 Chukchi Sea 276.1 275.1 273.3 271.1 269.0 268.9 268.7 269.3 268.3 268.6 269.3 268.9 267.2 266.5 266.4 266.7 265.2 262.0 262.9 264.9 261.8 259.5 261.1 263.9 264.7 264.4 260.1 263.6 263.7 259.4 262.2 132 Beaufort Sea 278.6 280.6 281.1 280.6 279.2 276.3 274.7 274.0 276.2 278.3 277.2 276.3 275.7 273.9 272.4 272.1 275.6 275.0 275.6 275.6 272.8 271.2 273.1 273.4 271.7 270.8 272.1 273.5 273.1 273.0 271.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 265.1 265.0 266.5 264.9 262.1 262.8 265.7 266.3 264.9 266.7 268.0 266.5 262.3 258.9 257.6 256.7 258.4 258.6 258.5 261.8 261.9 257.8 257.3 256.5 259.3 259.4 262.1 263.1 263.0 268.6 270.2 136 Foxe Basin 269.6 268.1 268.8 270.8 271.0 269.0 268.6 272.0 272.2 272.8 272.7 272.3 269.9 269.5 269.0 269.4 270.0 270.1 268.4 265.8 269.0 271.9 270.5 266.6 265.2 266.8 267.3 267.9 270.3 268.8 270.1 138 Baffin Bay 261.7 263.9 262.8 257.5 254.3 252.2 251.3 251.3 253.5 253.8 252.5 257.7 257.7 257.0 256.3 255.0 253.3 254.9 254.7 252.8 251.2 252.1 256.8 259.7 258.8 254.1 253.1 251.7 251.4 251.3 253.0 139 South Greenland 265.3 266.1 267.6 262.2 259.2 257.5 255.4 257.9 266.4 266.8 262.7 260.0 260.1 259.8 260.1 259.1 260.0 262.0 257.4 256.0 254.2 255.0 256.3 256.9 254.7 252.9 259.5 259.2 257.0 257.9 256.9 140 Greenland Sea 257.2 258.8 259.6 256.4 255.4 255.2 254.4 251.4 249.8 251.5 250.3 248.3 252.0 254.7 255.8 257.3 256.3 252.4 251.9 252.5 251.9 249.8 250.5 254.1 253.9 250.6 247.0 247.3 245.7 248.0 247.9 142 Norwegian Sea 279.1 280.0 277.3 277.1 278.5 279.0 278.0 275.6 276.9 277.6 280.1 280.0 280.1 280.4 280.9 278.8 277.4 277.7 278.4 277.5 276.8 276.3 274.6 272.9 271.7 272.6 272.3 272.6 274.6 273.9 273.3 144 Barents Sea 277.8 276.1 277.0 277.4 276.8 276.4 276.9 276.8 276.1 274.7 273.3 273.7 275.2 276.0 275.2 275.4 276.3 277.8 279.7 280.5 279.5 277.7 276.9 277.4 276.6 275.3 274.9 273.7 271.2 270.6 272.1 146 Kara Sea 282.7 282.9 283.1 283.8 283.5 281.6 280.2 278.3 276.7 275.9 276.1 275.7 274.8 274.8 275.3 275.5 275.0 273.2 272.2 271.7 272.2 272.2 272.4 273.3 274.0 273.5 272.7 271.9 271.7 271.3 269.5 148 Laptev Sea 278.6 277.9 277.1 276.3 276.3 276.8 276.0 275.0 275.1 272.8 270.3 268.4 268.2 268.0 267.2 266.6 266.2 266.0 266.3 265.1 262.9 261.3 260.0 258.7 261.0 266.1 269.0 268.6 266.9 266.1 263.3 150 East Siberian Sea 268.9 269.4 268.9 268.7 269.3 269.8 269.4 268.1 267.1 266.7 264.9 262.6 261.5 261.6 263.9 263.4 263.2 263.8 263.5 262.4 261.2 259.3 259.0 259.0 258.1 260.0 264.9 266.1 261.7 261.3 258.9 152 Gulf of Alaska 278.8 277.6 277.4 276.9 275.2 273.6 273.3 277.6 278.0 276.4 276.3 276.6 275.4 273.5 274.4 276.3 275.9 275.9 274.2 273.1 274.5 274.9 274.6 272.8 271.9 274.5 274.5 274.6 274.8 272.8 271.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 279.3 278.0 277.6 276.7 276.1 273.7 273.3 275.5 276.2 274.8 275.3 275.6 274.7 273.7 273.2 272.5 272.7 272.3 268.3 270.9 274.6 274.6 273.0 270.4 266.8 274.8 274.8 275.2 275.1 272.3 273.2