1949 05 - 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 274.4 273.9 274.3 274.8 275.1 275.5 275.8 275.8 275.6 275.9 275.8 275.8 275.7 276.1 276.5 276.2 276.2 276.6 276.6 276.8 277.4 277.4 277.4 277.6 277.6 277.8 278.3 279.2 279.4 279.9 280.4 34 Hudson Bay 284.7 283.8 284.0 283.7 283.0 282.5 282.8 282.3 280.6 282.8 283.4 281.6 281.6 282.1 284.6 284.8 282.7 282.1 279.9 280.2 281.1 280.9 280.1 281.5 281.4 282.3 283.3 285.5 286.7 287.9 288.8 36 Hudson Strait 269.6 270.8 274.1 273.4 271.7 270.9 269.8 269.0 268.3 267.3 269.4 272.9 273.2 272.8 271.4 272.6 272.0 268.1 269.2 270.7 272.1 274.0 274.0 274.1 274.1 274.1 274.6 280.1 278.9 277.9 277.6 98 Bering Strait 269.4 269.5 270.1 269.9 270.0 271.0 271.9 272.7 272.8 273.2 273.4 273.4 273.5 274.8 275.1 275.4 275.5 276.0 277.0 277.5 279.4 279.7 278.4 276.7 277.3 278.1 278.5 278.8 278.8 279.7 280.6 128 Arctic subocean 261.4 262.0 261.5 260.8 261.8 264.4 264.2 262.9 260.7 259.4 259.7 258.8 259.4 259.9 261.1 262.2 263.2 265.0 266.4 267.9 268.5 269.0 268.9 268.7 268.7 269.7 270.1 269.6 269.7 270.8 272.8 130 Chukchi Sea 263.4 262.9 264.6 266.0 267.1 267.6 268.9 269.2 268.6 270.2 270.3 271.5 272.5 273.2 273.6 273.6 273.4 274.4 274.8 274.3 273.0 272.7 271.4 272.8 274.7 274.8 274.4 274.9 275.7 274.9 275.2 132 Beaufort Sea 275.6 275.3 275.6 275.4 276.0 276.6 277.1 277.6 279.2 279.4 279.1 278.8 279.3 280.3 280.0 278.6 279.0 278.9 279.1 279.5 278.4 275.0 276.6 277.4 277.7 278.4 279.8 280.6 281.3 282.8 283.2 134 Arctic Archipelago 265.9 264.7 265.6 266.8 268.1 268.8 268.3 267.6 268.0 267.0 264.7 265.8 266.7 267.2 266.7 266.0 268.2 269.7 270.6 271.5 272.1 272.1 272.3 271.9 272.4 272.8 273.0 273.1 273.3 273.6 273.9 136 Foxe Basin 259.5 263.7 262.6 265.2 264.9 265.8 265.9 265.4 265.7 266.7 268.4 266.2 267.2 267.1 266.7 267.3 269.5 271.5 272.8 273.0 273.6 273.7 273.8 273.8 274.0 274.3 274.2 273.9 273.7 274.0 274.1 138 Baffin Bay 258.3 258.5 258.0 259.8 260.6 261.0 260.2 260.2 258.7 258.9 258.6 257.9 257.6 259.6 260.1 263.6 265.7 267.3 267.7 267.4 268.5 269.8 270.0 269.4 267.9 266.5 266.0 266.1 267.0 269.6 271.3 139 South Greenland 259.0 260.0 260.7 262.6 261.9 262.7 264.6 266.5 267.5 266.8 266.3 265.8 264.6 266.2 266.6 268.1 269.0 269.3 268.6 269.7 271.7 272.3 272.5 271.5 269.7 268.1 267.9 269.3 269.1 268.9 269.4 140 Greenland Sea 252.8 257.2 259.5 260.7 258.3 259.4 261.6 262.3 261.5 261.7 263.1 261.8 259.1 260.9 262.6 263.7 265.2 265.6 267.6 268.3 268.2 268.1 266.8 264.9 262.6 262.5 264.3 264.5 263.4 264.9 268.5 142 Norwegian Sea 276.1 277.4 277.7 279.6 281.3 281.1 277.1 275.3 275.2 278.2 279.1 280.6 280.8 281.2 282.4 281.8 281.7 281.8 281.2 282.8 282.3 279.8 280.6 282.5 283.7 284.5 283.1 283.9 282.0 282.2 283.2 144 Barents Sea 277.0 275.1 274.9 275.0 276.8 280.8 284.4 283.4 282.6 280.8 280.0 280.0 281.4 282.8 282.9 283.1 284.4 284.7 284.2 277.8 277.3 276.4 278.0 278.4 280.6 283.0 283.0 283.3 282.1 282.2 280.6 146 Kara Sea 280.4 278.6 279.2 280.4 281.1 281.3 280.7 280.6 280.9 281.3 281.3 281.8 280.8 280.2 279.9 278.8 278.2 279.2 279.4 280.4 280.8 280.9 281.2 281.5 281.2 281.2 281.2 281.6 281.8 281.9 282.6 148 Laptev Sea 272.8 273.2 273.2 273.2 273.0 272.4 273.1 272.6 272.4 272.3 271.9 272.0 272.9 273.2 273.5 273.1 273.4 273.5 273.8 273.9 274.9 276.3 276.5 277.0 277.3 277.5 277.7 278.9 279.4 279.6 279.8 150 East Siberian Sea 271.6 272.6 272.7 272.3 272.2 272.8 273.2 273.6 273.0 273.2 273.1 272.9 272.9 273.3 274.2 273.5 273.5 273.2 273.1 273.0 272.7 273.1 272.8 272.8 271.8 271.2 272.4 273.1 273.5 273.7 273.9 152 Gulf of Alaska 271.9 271.8 270.8 271.0 272.8 273.1 274.6 275.8 275.9 275.9 275.8 275.7 275.4 277.0 277.6 277.5 277.2 278.2 280.0 282.2 287.9 287.9 283.6 280.5 281.3 282.4 284.2 284.3 282.6 281.4 282.2 154 Southeast Bering Sea 272.2 267.1 264.9 268.9 271.1 272.4 274.0 274.5 274.7 274.8 274.9 275.4 275.1 278.8 279.0 279.2 280.1 282.2 285.7 287.4 288.0 287.6 280.7 280.4 283.0 283.4 284.0 285.8 283.8 284.8 285.8