1948 11 - 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 265.9 264.4 264.5 264.1 263.2 263.3 263.4 263.7 264.3 264.3 264.1 263.8 263.8 263.3 263.0 261.9 260.5 259.1 258.3 257.9 257.1 257.6 258.1 257.9 258.0 257.9 257.3 257.4 257.7 257.6 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 278.0 275.9 276.3 278.1 277.6 276.4 274.0 271.6 271.0 270.8 269.5 268.1 268.0 269.4 270.7 270.9 270.2 268.0 267.3 267.8 266.1 266.8 269.5 268.2 266.5 265.6 264.2 264.1 266.2 266.0 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 270.1 272.2 273.3 271.4 270.1 270.0 273.9 273.6 271.6 272.3 273.7 270.5 269.7 267.9 267.2 266.9 267.5 271.3 270.2 266.6 262.2 262.8 264.2 267.5 268.2 265.6 260.5 262.8 262.8 258.8 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 262.9 261.8 261.4 261.0 258.6 257.7 262.1 264.5 266.9 271.3 271.9 265.5 261.7 257.1 259.5 260.3 258.2 255.3 253.7 251.6 249.4 249.2 247.8 246.5 246.2 245.1 245.0 245.0 246.4 248.2 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 259.0 254.3 251.9 252.4 249.7 249.2 250.6 253.8 256.8 256.7 253.5 246.7 246.1 244.1 244.1 243.3 243.8 242.0 241.0 242.5 243.0 241.9 242.6 242.1 239.4 239.2 238.8 237.6 237.6 237.0 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 263.4 261.7 260.1 260.2 259.4 258.7 256.3 259.4 264.6 270.3 270.8 264.3 261.4 257.1 260.0 265.5 266.7 265.1 257.3 254.8 251.7 250.4 249.9 245.5 249.7 255.7 255.4 250.4 245.7 247.4 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 267.8 265.9 269.1 270.3 269.0 266.3 264.3 267.5 269.1 269.0 270.3 271.4 268.6 264.5 261.5 261.4 260.5 260.8 261.5 260.6 258.7 257.8 255.3 251.4 251.6 251.0 247.4 249.2 249.4 250.1 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 264.3 259.8 258.3 259.9 260.7 261.1 259.1 257.8 256.7 254.4 251.1 250.5 251.3 252.2 252.0 249.5 246.4 247.0 249.5 249.5 246.5 243.7 245.3 244.4 242.9 240.4 239.3 236.9 237.6 241.3 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 271.1 271.2 270.3 266.4 266.4 269.8 268.7 268.9 266.1 262.8 264.7 263.7 260.0 256.9 258.0 260.0 259.3 257.2 255.6 265.4 267.2 262.6 263.3 264.6 265.8 261.4 253.7 250.7 252.2 252.1 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 255.3 259.1 261.4 259.4 253.5 251.6 249.1 248.6 252.8 255.0 254.0 255.1 255.8 254.4 251.0 246.1 246.8 245.8 243.0 242.1 243.2 245.9 247.1 247.3 246.4 246.6 246.0 243.6 240.8 237.9 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 251.8 254.7 257.0 257.2 254.7 252.0 249.2 250.9 254.5 256.1 260.9 266.5 266.5 263.9 260.8 254.9 252.2 250.3 252.9 253.3 248.4 252.1 259.3 262.5 261.3 259.8 257.7 253.9 249.7 245.5 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 248.7 251.2 253.3 252.0 249.0 246.7 246.6 249.2 251.9 255.6 255.6 253.4 253.9 252.9 250.7 243.5 242.2 243.1 240.4 238.8 238.4 241.1 241.7 243.8 245.1 243.7 244.3 245.5 242.2 238.2 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 274.5 275.8 275.9 276.5 276.2 274.3 269.5 269.8 273.3 273.5 269.8 271.0 276.5 276.4 276.6 276.5 276.3 276.1 276.4 277.1 276.1 272.6 268.5 274.9 276.7 277.9 278.9 279.4 276.4 277.5 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 270.8 270.9 272.3 273.3 275.7 277.6 276.9 272.1 269.7 266.3 264.8 266.4 266.9 268.3 269.3 268.4 268.6 269.0 270.1 271.3 270.1 270.5 270.4 269.2 268.7 266.7 267.8 270.1 271.6 269.5 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 267.4 264.9 264.4 263.6 264.5 266.2 266.5 266.2 265.5 264.8 265.1 266.3 267.4 267.5 267.3 267.3 266.0 263.7 261.6 261.0 261.4 261.4 261.8 262.0 262.8 263.1 262.7 263.7 264.4 265.3 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 262.1 261.1 258.9 255.5 253.0 254.0 257.8 261.1 263.0 262.6 261.3 260.0 260.3 261.1 260.8 257.9 255.2 253.3 252.8 252.4 252.6 254.4 253.9 254.4 254.6 257.1 259.2 258.8 258.6 258.4 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 254.8 250.6 251.7 252.9 249.3 248.0 246.4 247.9 249.8 250.7 250.0 249.5 251.3 252.1 251.8 251.1 249.1 247.3 246.9 246.5 247.2 249.2 248.9 251.7 254.7 254.3 252.4 253.0 253.6 253.0 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 273.0 273.6 272.7 270.3 267.8 268.7 274.7 274.4 272.6 275.0 275.1 272.2 268.4 266.8 265.1 264.4 263.7 264.0 263.1 262.0 262.4 261.4 262.1 257.3 251.6 251.5 253.5 254.1 261.0 261.7 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 273.4 272.7 268.7 266.0 264.9 273.2 275.4 274.4 273.1 275.0 274.2 271.9 270.5 266.2 260.7 258.1 259.7 259.5 256.6 252.1 251.1 250.8 249.6 245.9 251.1 254.2 258.5 260.6 257.6 252.3 -9999.0