1948 12 - 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 257.4 257.5 256.7 256.0 255.8 255.5 254.6 254.3 253.4 252.4 251.5 252.0 252.6 252.8 251.6 250.3 249.9 250.6 250.9 250.9 251.4 252.6 253.5 253.3 254.0 254.5 254.6 253.2 252.8 252.7 253.2 34 Hudson Bay 267.7 269.3 269.3 266.0 262.4 261.0 259.7 258.7 256.7 255.0 256.5 257.5 256.3 255.7 256.0 257.4 257.2 259.0 263.2 262.8 261.5 258.5 257.4 257.8 259.3 261.2 263.4 264.3 263.5 265.9 266.3 36 Hudson Strait 257.8 259.7 259.0 258.5 258.6 267.1 268.7 266.3 261.7 256.0 256.7 258.2 258.7 260.9 261.3 260.4 255.6 254.9 259.7 260.2 256.7 255.1 254.5 254.5 254.2 255.9 257.5 255.2 257.8 257.7 263.0 98 Bering Strait 248.8 249.8 248.9 246.9 247.2 245.7 243.1 249.6 252.6 250.1 245.1 249.8 260.0 261.0 258.0 257.4 260.3 260.6 257.1 252.8 250.5 254.3 257.3 254.5 262.5 259.6 255.5 252.6 251.2 247.4 245.6 128 Arctic subocean 236.4 233.6 234.0 235.8 235.8 236.0 236.2 238.4 238.3 237.9 238.4 239.6 240.5 238.3 236.7 238.6 237.5 234.6 235.2 236.1 236.1 239.7 238.3 235.8 232.8 238.0 238.9 237.6 234.2 236.6 239.8 130 Chukchi Sea 245.7 247.9 249.3 249.3 255.5 255.1 251.1 249.8 249.4 245.3 241.9 255.9 266.0 264.1 257.4 249.8 253.8 253.0 250.2 246.9 240.2 241.5 242.9 252.1 257.3 249.9 247.9 246.1 241.9 241.2 237.8 132 Beaufort Sea 252.3 252.9 250.9 247.3 247.8 246.6 246.1 244.5 241.7 244.3 245.7 247.1 247.5 252.4 254.7 253.0 256.9 263.1 262.3 256.4 251.9 250.1 255.8 257.2 258.5 263.3 263.9 257.3 260.2 257.5 252.1 134 Arctic Archipelago 248.3 252.2 249.9 247.5 245.0 241.6 239.3 240.9 240.1 238.9 241.9 243.3 243.5 241.6 238.0 236.1 239.0 239.6 240.3 240.8 240.2 240.8 241.1 238.4 235.7 237.2 238.8 241.3 243.5 245.8 241.5 136 Foxe Basin 252.9 248.0 244.2 243.2 250.4 251.7 245.8 236.5 233.0 235.4 241.0 249.2 249.7 247.9 247.3 242.2 236.4 238.2 248.9 251.8 247.5 242.8 239.5 237.6 233.2 233.0 233.9 236.6 237.9 237.5 251.5 138 Baffin Bay 234.2 232.6 233.8 235.8 234.3 234.9 234.5 234.6 234.0 234.6 232.6 234.8 235.8 235.8 239.4 242.6 242.2 239.3 235.8 245.3 250.4 252.0 249.9 246.7 246.1 247.1 244.7 237.0 229.6 230.7 237.7 139 South Greenland 244.2 242.7 244.4 245.8 244.7 244.5 247.0 246.8 250.9 252.5 246.8 243.5 242.0 243.8 244.9 246.6 247.3 243.9 250.4 258.6 260.3 262.7 263.4 261.7 259.9 258.4 253.3 245.4 239.6 236.9 239.5 140 Greenland Sea 234.5 236.4 241.1 241.8 240.7 237.5 236.1 237.0 236.7 236.5 234.2 233.1 235.3 235.1 235.8 237.7 238.4 238.3 235.2 242.5 246.5 250.1 253.8 252.4 249.2 251.2 252.8 246.2 240.2 236.8 236.4 142 Norwegian Sea 277.3 275.6 279.3 278.7 275.8 276.7 276.2 274.0 272.8 272.6 270.9 274.4 275.9 276.5 275.7 274.6 274.0 277.0 276.9 274.8 273.2 273.5 273.2 276.1 275.7 275.7 276.0 274.6 274.8 274.5 274.8 144 Barents Sea 267.7 266.3 263.7 262.4 263.0 263.2 265.6 268.7 267.7 265.7 264.5 261.4 260.8 263.2 264.0 263.1 258.9 260.3 268.2 269.8 268.0 262.8 254.5 256.3 262.4 265.2 263.4 264.1 268.1 268.8 270.6 146 Kara Sea 262.7 261.7 263.5 265.6 265.1 262.3 259.5 257.5 256.8 257.9 258.6 258.9 257.9 255.4 250.0 246.7 248.3 251.1 249.7 249.5 253.1 256.6 257.6 256.2 255.3 256.4 257.6 256.2 255.3 254.5 256.4 148 Laptev Sea 259.2 258.2 251.7 251.6 256.7 260.4 259.5 258.6 256.0 249.7 244.8 245.2 247.8 251.1 254.0 249.4 241.7 238.1 237.1 236.3 237.4 240.9 243.5 245.1 247.1 245.1 244.8 247.2 248.2 249.5 248.9 150 East Siberian Sea 253.8 256.3 254.3 246.9 243.1 250.0 254.1 253.9 253.1 253.6 252.2 250.2 246.8 244.3 241.1 243.7 242.9 239.0 237.3 238.5 237.6 240.1 246.9 246.2 243.9 240.7 240.4 239.4 240.7 242.4 245.8 152 Gulf of Alaska 262.2 257.3 258.6 259.1 254.6 251.8 252.3 264.0 265.6 263.7 257.6 255.0 262.2 265.9 264.1 267.7 272.3 272.5 267.7 264.8 265.3 270.0 267.8 264.5 270.8 268.3 264.5 261.1 259.5 258.2 258.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 246.6 254.7 259.6 257.6 253.1 255.7 258.5 268.7 270.4 269.4 262.4 258.7 269.8 269.9 267.4 273.2 273.6 271.1 268.2 267.8 271.7 271.8 262.2 271.6 272.5 267.0 266.3 260.3 253.8 248.8 247.9