1950 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 276.2 275.9 275.1 274.0 272.7 272.3 271.6 271.3 271.1 271.1 271.5 272.1 271.7 271.0 269.9 269.1 268.2 267.5 267.1 266.8 266.7 267.3 267.7 268.0 267.9 267.8 267.4 266.6 265.1 263.6 263.5 34 Hudson Bay 280.0 279.8 279.5 277.7 276.5 278.2 279.6 282.3 283.1 282.3 280.7 280.0 279.1 276.9 275.7 276.7 277.2 277.0 276.3 273.9 271.2 272.1 274.1 274.7 275.1 278.0 278.9 279.6 279.5 277.2 275.5 36 Hudson Strait 278.0 277.5 274.6 272.7 270.8 269.8 272.5 272.0 270.8 275.0 277.2 274.6 274.9 274.5 270.9 267.5 268.8 269.2 268.0 267.8 268.4 267.3 267.6 267.5 267.2 267.6 267.5 272.3 273.0 273.2 271.9 98 Bering Strait 279.0 278.9 278.7 277.9 277.3 276.2 274.3 271.4 268.8 268.4 269.5 269.3 270.2 270.6 269.2 268.4 268.9 270.2 271.5 271.8 269.2 268.1 266.0 265.7 262.3 259.8 260.5 260.9 261.5 260.9 261.3 128 Arctic subocean 255.5 252.1 247.7 246.0 249.2 254.3 252.8 251.8 250.2 249.5 253.8 258.9 259.0 252.0 248.2 250.4 249.9 249.4 249.0 247.5 246.7 245.0 242.4 243.5 243.8 244.4 247.0 247.8 249.0 249.0 247.9 130 Chukchi Sea 277.1 276.7 276.7 275.1 274.6 273.1 271.5 270.0 266.2 262.1 263.9 265.5 266.1 268.9 270.7 269.1 268.8 272.3 274.0 272.7 269.8 268.7 268.4 265.2 259.8 257.9 255.1 256.1 256.2 256.8 256.2 132 Beaufort Sea 278.8 279.5 278.8 278.0 277.4 277.0 276.1 274.5 271.9 271.7 272.4 273.1 273.0 273.1 273.2 272.1 271.4 270.8 269.7 269.4 269.6 270.8 269.4 268.5 269.8 269.1 266.5 263.8 262.0 260.2 261.6 134 Arctic Archipelago 266.7 267.0 263.5 260.0 257.9 257.2 257.0 258.1 259.0 260.5 260.3 260.3 258.2 255.7 256.6 259.5 258.8 256.9 254.3 251.0 251.4 252.5 252.6 254.6 253.6 251.2 257.0 257.5 252.0 249.5 250.8 136 Foxe Basin 267.9 268.6 269.2 268.1 268.0 268.4 267.3 265.4 266.2 269.1 271.0 267.2 265.9 263.6 262.0 262.9 263.4 265.1 264.3 263.8 263.8 261.8 259.7 260.7 263.4 263.7 266.4 269.7 268.6 268.9 267.7 138 Baffin Bay 252.3 253.4 251.8 250.9 254.3 257.6 254.6 252.3 252.3 253.0 259.4 263.0 257.2 254.1 255.4 254.0 251.1 250.7 250.4 250.7 252.0 252.1 253.2 252.9 250.6 251.0 252.1 253.2 255.6 258.4 260.1 139 South Greenland 259.0 256.7 257.9 259.0 260.3 260.0 257.0 256.8 257.9 257.6 259.3 264.6 261.0 261.8 263.5 262.6 260.5 258.2 256.7 257.3 259.6 261.3 261.8 259.9 258.6 258.4 258.4 261.5 262.7 263.8 263.8 140 Greenland Sea 245.7 245.5 244.6 245.9 248.2 250.4 249.7 252.3 255.2 252.5 250.3 256.9 257.6 253.1 254.9 255.4 255.4 253.7 251.2 248.7 247.0 246.7 248.8 250.4 249.3 247.0 253.3 254.5 251.1 252.4 257.3 142 Norwegian Sea 280.3 281.0 280.5 279.9 281.8 283.5 282.8 279.8 279.2 278.5 278.7 278.5 277.7 276.9 278.2 279.0 278.8 278.4 278.7 277.9 276.5 275.8 277.5 277.8 278.4 277.9 275.6 273.8 275.0 275.9 276.4 144 Barents Sea 278.8 278.0 279.8 281.4 281.4 280.9 280.6 280.2 281.1 280.8 280.2 280.9 279.3 276.0 276.1 276.9 277.5 276.3 276.3 275.0 276.6 276.9 276.0 273.8 272.9 271.0 272.7 272.3 271.1 272.1 271.9 146 Kara Sea 282.5 281.5 279.6 277.4 275.3 274.5 275.1 275.6 275.6 275.2 275.1 275.4 276.5 276.4 273.8 271.6 270.2 270.4 271.3 272.6 273.1 273.9 274.9 275.8 276.0 275.0 272.7 271.2 267.3 264.0 265.2 148 Laptev Sea 277.3 278.2 278.5 277.9 274.5 272.4 269.5 266.2 266.2 267.5 268.2 269.0 268.8 269.5 268.3 266.1 263.9 261.5 259.8 260.0 260.3 261.2 262.4 263.9 265.4 267.0 264.6 261.6 260.9 259.7 256.3 150 East Siberian Sea 273.7 272.4 270.7 271.7 270.0 266.9 264.6 264.0 263.3 265.3 268.2 267.4 265.0 263.8 262.4 262.2 260.6 258.6 257.5 257.8 258.4 257.8 256.9 255.8 255.0 256.0 257.7 256.3 256.4 254.8 254.8 152 Gulf of Alaska 280.7 280.7 280.6 280.4 280.3 279.3 278.9 278.4 277.9 277.1 275.5 274.9 275.1 275.3 274.6 275.2 275.1 273.8 275.3 275.8 274.1 272.8 273.2 274.1 272.4 270.8 270.3 267.7 266.2 266.5 266.9 154 Southeast Bering Sea 282.3 282.8 283.4 283.2 282.2 281.5 281.0 279.6 278.0 275.9 271.2 269.9 273.5 276.1 276.6 277.1 276.7 277.7 278.0 276.8 276.4 276.4 276.6 276.5 271.7 269.9 268.1 265.8 265.4 265.1 263.4