1949 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 275.1 274.9 275.1 274.8 274.5 274.3 274.0 273.5 273.2 272.9 273.0 272.5 271.2 270.7 270.5 269.2 268.1 268.0 268.3 268.2 268.1 268.5 267.3 267.1 267.5 267.9 268.2 268.5 268.0 267.9 266.9 34 Hudson Bay 282.2 284.4 284.2 283.4 282.7 283.1 281.8 279.9 280.4 281.6 282.8 280.2 277.8 278.5 281.6 281.2 276.0 273.9 273.2 273.1 273.6 275.9 272.2 269.8 270.0 272.4 275.1 276.9 276.4 274.2 272.8 36 Hudson Strait 272.4 274.2 280.0 281.5 280.0 274.0 274.4 279.6 278.2 276.0 281.3 280.4 274.5 273.6 272.5 273.1 275.0 272.3 271.6 269.9 269.7 273.9 276.0 272.5 268.2 271.7 270.3 269.5 269.4 270.6 269.9 98 Bering Strait 275.4 274.2 274.9 274.0 272.2 271.6 272.3 273.1 272.7 270.0 268.0 267.3 267.3 266.6 266.9 267.4 269.2 271.0 270.7 270.7 271.8 269.9 268.0 266.7 268.7 269.2 268.7 266.8 263.7 267.6 268.4 128 Arctic subocean 250.3 249.8 251.2 250.4 246.7 248.3 250.9 250.3 248.4 247.2 245.5 241.0 244.0 246.2 248.6 251.9 252.1 250.1 251.6 251.6 249.8 251.8 254.4 254.2 255.7 252.6 253.4 255.2 253.2 252.0 250.9 130 Chukchi Sea 273.9 273.5 271.7 270.6 270.1 270.7 270.9 270.6 269.9 269.6 269.3 269.6 266.3 264.6 268.0 271.6 272.0 271.8 271.5 270.0 272.4 273.6 272.8 269.3 267.7 268.3 267.6 267.4 266.0 266.4 265.5 132 Beaufort Sea 280.9 278.5 276.7 276.3 275.7 274.5 272.1 272.3 273.6 272.9 272.1 271.4 272.6 275.4 273.3 268.1 266.3 268.7 273.1 273.5 273.5 271.9 266.5 266.5 268.3 270.3 270.1 269.5 266.6 271.1 272.9 134 Arctic Archipelago 265.7 265.0 262.3 260.7 260.2 261.7 262.6 263.2 264.0 265.4 265.4 264.2 263.1 264.1 265.5 265.6 263.1 261.3 262.2 261.6 258.8 256.3 260.4 262.5 264.4 264.0 261.0 257.7 257.3 255.6 254.6 136 Foxe Basin 266.4 268.2 268.7 268.5 267.4 266.5 267.1 269.2 269.7 269.5 268.9 267.2 267.3 267.8 267.1 267.2 268.4 268.2 267.5 266.7 268.2 266.6 269.3 271.9 271.0 267.7 267.5 266.2 267.0 268.0 267.5 138 Baffin Bay 252.3 250.8 250.1 249.3 247.7 247.9 249.4 249.2 248.5 251.8 252.7 250.8 247.6 245.6 247.2 249.5 252.3 251.5 251.3 249.9 250.3 254.0 255.1 258.4 260.8 257.4 257.3 258.3 258.9 258.7 257.3 139 South Greenland 262.6 257.5 258.9 259.7 263.3 263.7 264.5 263.5 264.8 267.1 267.6 266.7 264.6 264.2 260.6 256.6 255.4 254.9 252.3 252.9 253.3 254.8 256.0 259.6 260.5 260.8 262.6 262.6 264.1 262.7 259.8 140 Greenland Sea 250.4 250.0 249.5 249.2 247.1 245.0 243.7 243.0 242.8 244.8 247.8 250.9 250.3 245.0 246.7 246.9 249.6 250.6 248.8 247.5 244.8 248.8 251.8 253.3 256.3 253.7 251.9 254.6 255.0 253.9 251.9 142 Norwegian Sea 277.9 279.2 277.7 278.0 278.3 275.3 276.7 277.0 275.3 280.2 278.4 279.4 282.6 281.4 282.2 282.6 283.0 282.8 280.7 279.3 279.2 278.1 277.9 275.6 275.0 273.3 270.3 272.5 273.8 275.9 277.3 144 Barents Sea 277.8 277.1 276.3 277.4 276.9 274.7 274.6 273.7 272.8 272.6 273.3 272.2 272.2 274.9 272.9 270.1 269.5 274.1 277.4 278.9 277.7 279.1 278.6 277.2 277.8 277.5 276.9 277.0 270.4 269.1 270.7 146 Kara Sea 279.9 280.7 281.2 280.8 281.1 281.0 281.0 279.9 278.5 277.1 276.9 277.7 275.3 273.4 272.8 271.8 271.7 271.9 271.9 271.4 271.8 272.3 270.9 271.1 271.3 271.2 271.6 272.4 273.4 272.2 270.1 148 Laptev Sea 274.8 274.1 274.7 275.3 275.7 275.1 274.4 274.2 274.3 274.3 274.0 273.1 272.2 271.4 269.9 267.6 265.6 265.1 265.3 265.3 265.3 264.2 263.0 262.0 262.2 261.7 262.0 263.3 264.0 264.5 262.3 150 East Siberian Sea 268.4 269.3 270.8 269.7 268.8 270.5 271.1 270.1 269.0 267.8 266.8 267.7 268.1 267.5 266.6 265.7 262.8 261.1 260.6 260.4 259.8 261.9 262.2 261.1 258.3 259.4 260.2 258.5 258.4 258.8 260.4 152 Gulf of Alaska 278.9 278.2 278.0 277.4 275.8 275.7 277.2 277.2 275.6 273.7 273.4 275.5 276.0 272.9 272.0 272.1 274.7 276.5 276.5 276.7 274.4 272.4 271.7 274.9 276.6 276.4 275.8 273.6 273.8 276.1 274.8 154 Southeast Bering Sea 279.6 279.9 279.6 276.2 273.4 274.3 278.9 279.2 277.3 274.5 275.6 276.2 274.7 272.0 276.1 276.9 279.0 279.1 277.9 277.6 275.5 275.1 274.1 272.4 276.4 276.7 276.7 275.2 273.5 272.7 270.0