1949 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 253.2 252.7 252.9 252.8 253.3 254.3 255.2 257.0 258.2 258.6 257.9 257.0 254.8 253.7 253.0 251.9 251.8 252.2 251.6 251.3 250.7 250.0 249.3 248.7 249.1 250.4 250.8 250.0 249.7 249.9 249.7 34 Hudson Bay 266.9 267.9 268.2 266.5 264.2 261.6 259.7 260.5 263.8 265.0 263.5 260.5 257.5 256.0 256.3 257.2 258.7 259.8 259.2 259.8 259.8 256.7 253.5 251.7 256.2 259.7 259.3 256.7 256.5 263.0 264.9 36 Hudson Strait 266.7 263.8 262.2 260.3 263.8 264.8 265.0 265.0 266.2 266.7 266.4 269.9 271.1 264.6 260.2 256.1 255.7 255.8 257.4 259.9 264.1 261.0 260.1 258.9 257.5 258.9 259.2 255.4 256.8 256.8 256.2 98 Bering Strait 249.2 251.5 252.9 253.5 254.3 254.5 253.8 254.8 252.5 255.7 261.9 265.6 263.2 261.2 259.2 255.7 254.4 259.9 261.3 261.3 254.4 249.6 247.4 246.3 248.1 249.6 251.3 251.3 251.8 249.5 246.2 128 Arctic subocean 248.8 244.8 242.0 242.8 242.3 241.3 239.6 241.8 243.0 242.5 237.9 240.0 240.7 242.5 244.6 247.7 248.5 245.7 241.3 240.9 241.4 242.8 243.0 241.6 237.5 240.1 239.1 239.0 239.6 240.2 238.9 130 Chukchi Sea 247.4 240.9 240.4 241.0 244.3 246.2 245.8 243.6 241.0 262.0 265.0 264.5 264.7 260.2 260.1 260.5 258.0 260.8 260.3 253.4 245.1 242.5 241.8 240.3 243.6 248.4 251.0 254.6 254.0 251.1 246.7 132 Beaufort Sea 260.7 260.9 260.8 259.3 260.9 262.8 260.2 261.3 261.7 255.5 249.4 251.9 253.7 255.6 255.9 253.4 251.7 251.1 252.7 256.6 253.9 248.3 246.6 248.0 253.3 252.7 248.3 245.7 245.7 244.6 241.8 134 Arctic Archipelago 253.9 251.2 249.1 248.5 246.4 253.1 254.8 252.2 249.7 247.2 245.1 243.3 242.6 245.2 250.6 248.9 246.6 244.3 240.9 241.8 240.8 240.5 241.5 241.6 241.5 242.4 241.2 239.3 238.2 235.7 235.1 136 Foxe Basin 257.0 249.8 253.7 252.6 248.8 252.1 256.6 259.9 264.6 265.7 256.9 254.7 257.1 259.5 254.9 253.1 250.2 245.6 243.5 248.2 247.1 242.4 244.6 248.4 244.9 240.6 238.0 238.2 243.5 246.2 243.8 138 Baffin Bay 245.8 244.2 241.2 236.8 238.3 236.9 240.0 250.3 253.9 253.7 250.5 246.8 244.7 244.4 243.1 245.0 246.2 242.7 238.2 235.5 237.7 240.0 242.9 243.7 242.8 243.6 243.4 242.6 242.3 239.7 238.7 139 South Greenland 256.0 255.6 248.2 244.5 243.6 245.4 250.5 255.2 259.3 260.4 256.0 249.6 250.4 252.7 251.3 246.6 245.0 245.2 244.0 242.5 245.0 250.7 252.3 251.6 250.7 249.5 250.7 249.4 246.2 245.9 250.7 140 Greenland Sea 247.4 244.6 242.3 240.4 243.0 242.5 239.6 244.2 250.0 249.7 245.9 244.5 240.8 241.2 240.9 240.7 241.8 241.3 236.8 234.3 240.4 241.7 242.9 243.1 243.7 243.7 245.6 244.0 242.8 241.6 240.3 142 Norwegian Sea 274.8 273.1 274.1 271.8 270.1 269.7 270.2 271.8 272.4 272.5 269.7 271.7 272.2 272.7 272.9 273.5 274.3 272.2 272.1 272.1 272.2 272.3 273.4 274.1 272.6 271.5 270.5 272.3 271.6 271.7 271.7 144 Barents Sea 257.6 260.2 266.8 269.8 270.8 271.6 271.4 271.0 271.6 272.1 270.8 267.8 264.9 265.1 268.5 270.5 269.8 269.1 267.2 268.4 269.1 269.0 266.3 263.6 259.5 256.9 254.5 251.4 251.0 252.0 253.3 146 Kara Sea 247.4 247.1 249.2 250.9 252.6 254.4 256.3 258.0 259.8 261.5 263.4 262.9 259.1 255.0 251.7 250.1 251.4 251.4 250.0 248.6 247.2 248.6 249.4 248.1 247.4 248.8 250.7 251.1 251.0 250.3 249.3 148 Laptev Sea 247.1 244.7 243.6 243.1 244.1 247.0 250.9 253.6 254.2 253.2 251.1 250.4 246.9 244.4 242.2 241.7 241.1 242.2 243.7 243.8 243.9 242.6 241.8 242.4 241.7 244.8 245.3 244.8 244.4 244.0 244.2 150 East Siberian Sea 244.0 244.2 244.4 245.4 245.3 243.5 241.1 242.5 242.2 243.5 244.8 245.5 245.7 253.0 257.8 256.7 253.8 255.1 253.5 251.2 253.4 255.5 252.0 250.9 250.5 252.5 258.7 260.0 258.9 259.1 260.1 152 Gulf of Alaska 267.8 267.7 267.3 267.6 266.0 265.4 269.9 271.9 266.0 267.4 271.8 271.2 268.3 265.5 264.3 261.7 259.6 266.7 270.6 269.2 262.6 259.6 257.0 260.0 257.9 252.6 252.9 252.6 251.8 250.3 250.8 154 Southeast Bering Sea 261.6 260.1 258.6 260.3 262.5 263.5 266.1 265.9 268.9 272.7 273.2 270.5 267.6 265.2 267.4 269.0 267.9 271.4 271.1 267.1 262.1 258.9 257.2 256.7 253.1 252.3 253.9 255.8 256.2 256.7 263.0