1949 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 265.8 265.6 265.2 264.4 264.2 263.7 263.2 262.1 260.8 259.8 259.1 258.6 258.3 257.7 257.4 257.6 258.3 260.3 260.3 258.9 258.4 257.9 257.1 256.9 257.0 255.7 255.6 255.6 254.3 253.9 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 271.8 271.6 274.5 274.4 276.1 276.7 277.2 273.1 270.8 272.5 273.4 273.5 273.2 272.5 271.9 271.9 270.2 271.8 270.6 265.5 264.7 266.1 263.6 262.8 264.6 265.3 266.7 270.2 271.2 269.2 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 267.2 267.6 266.3 266.7 264.5 266.5 268.0 269.2 269.0 269.1 268.9 268.0 264.1 261.9 263.5 263.0 267.2 266.5 264.9 261.1 259.3 259.0 259.0 260.4 258.9 258.8 258.8 258.9 265.0 267.2 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 266.8 268.1 267.3 264.6 264.8 267.5 268.9 267.5 260.8 260.4 260.2 260.8 264.5 262.0 258.9 259.4 261.6 263.6 267.5 267.9 268.5 270.2 269.9 265.7 261.5 256.6 253.1 253.2 253.0 250.4 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 248.7 246.5 246.1 249.6 249.3 244.5 244.3 246.0 247.7 246.1 244.6 243.5 242.4 243.3 243.8 243.9 242.6 243.1 242.5 242.2 240.5 236.5 238.5 242.5 251.2 253.5 252.9 248.7 248.9 247.9 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 262.9 261.5 261.8 262.7 262.6 265.3 265.5 264.2 261.0 260.2 259.7 260.5 261.3 258.8 256.7 259.1 263.5 266.9 269.1 269.0 269.5 270.3 268.0 263.3 261.3 256.4 252.7 249.2 250.3 249.4 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 271.9 274.6 274.8 274.4 274.1 272.2 270.6 270.4 269.9 268.3 267.1 266.2 266.6 267.5 266.8 263.2 266.6 268.5 265.8 265.9 268.6 267.3 266.9 265.3 262.0 260.4 264.2 263.9 261.7 260.1 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 253.6 254.5 253.9 257.2 257.3 255.5 253.0 249.0 248.9 250.2 254.5 257.4 259.7 260.3 259.6 256.3 252.2 250.7 247.6 247.6 247.3 243.3 241.7 244.2 246.5 247.1 248.2 251.4 254.5 255.0 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 265.0 262.0 258.7 254.3 254.0 256.4 257.9 263.5 265.8 261.9 258.9 261.5 264.4 264.4 264.2 262.4 258.1 255.2 257.0 258.3 258.6 259.9 259.7 261.2 261.8 258.7 254.6 257.2 258.2 257.5 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 253.8 252.0 251.4 250.6 249.7 247.6 248.2 248.3 248.4 247.1 247.2 245.7 243.6 241.4 241.6 241.1 239.4 242.9 249.2 249.9 250.1 251.6 252.6 257.2 262.6 258.4 255.7 252.6 246.8 245.7 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 258.5 259.0 257.7 255.9 253.9 252.9 251.8 252.8 253.8 256.6 256.6 254.8 253.2 253.1 251.3 250.0 249.7 256.9 260.3 261.1 259.3 259.3 259.3 262.2 262.4 259.6 263.1 263.6 250.7 251.3 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 248.7 247.3 250.2 251.2 251.7 249.0 251.4 254.1 255.9 253.0 250.3 247.1 242.8 238.0 237.0 238.0 237.3 244.2 249.5 250.2 250.2 248.6 248.0 247.9 254.3 254.6 253.4 250.8 248.9 248.9 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 276.6 276.5 278.7 278.7 279.6 278.6 276.3 276.8 276.5 274.4 275.2 275.5 274.0 273.9 273.4 272.8 274.8 275.2 273.8 272.5 276.0 276.4 275.3 273.2 272.5 271.0 269.1 265.5 268.9 273.1 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 271.5 271.9 270.8 273.2 275.8 275.1 271.5 271.7 272.6 272.2 271.4 270.2 269.5 269.6 271.1 271.4 270.7 270.8 270.8 270.2 268.7 266.6 266.1 266.8 264.0 259.8 260.5 259.4 255.4 256.5 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 269.3 268.5 267.7 265.8 264.2 263.5 263.0 262.1 260.2 257.5 256.0 255.8 255.7 255.2 255.1 257.6 260.2 263.3 263.5 262.2 261.3 259.7 256.1 253.8 254.9 255.2 252.6 250.2 250.5 250.6 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 260.7 260.6 259.0 258.0 257.8 256.8 255.9 254.2 253.1 251.9 249.8 247.5 245.4 245.5 245.8 245.8 246.2 246.6 246.0 243.7 242.1 241.9 244.3 246.8 246.4 245.9 247.2 249.6 245.7 245.9 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 260.5 257.3 253.9 251.2 249.9 249.8 250.7 251.2 250.0 248.4 247.6 247.8 247.9 246.2 246.2 246.7 247.4 247.4 245.6 244.7 244.7 247.0 252.3 254.8 251.2 243.4 244.7 245.0 244.1 243.7 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 276.3 276.2 274.4 271.9 275.6 276.6 274.9 273.2 269.3 269.6 269.0 268.5 272.9 272.2 269.8 270.0 270.8 273.6 275.4 275.3 275.6 275.4 274.7 270.7 268.7 267.7 264.6 266.0 266.0 266.4 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 270.2 269.5 268.9 269.2 275.1 275.8 274.8 275.1 272.7 270.0 266.5 270.3 272.8 270.0 267.1 269.9 273.4 273.8 274.9 275.3 275.9 275.5 274.3 273.3 271.1 266.3 262.3 259.8 259.9 260.0 -9999.0