1951 08 - 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 288.8 289.0 289.2 289.5 289.3 288.6 288.0 287.6 287.1 287.1 287.6 288.6 289.0 288.9 288.4 287.7 287.6 287.3 286.9 286.4 285.9 285.7 285.3 285.2 285.0 284.7 284.4 284.6 284.7 284.5 284.2 34 Hudson Bay 293.4 293.3 293.6 296.3 296.4 294.6 292.2 291.8 290.5 289.4 289.4 290.7 291.8 292.8 293.5 294.6 294.0 293.1 291.7 291.2 290.5 293.2 294.4 293.0 292.2 290.9 289.1 288.8 288.2 287.0 286.5 36 Hudson Strait 286.2 284.4 283.4 285.2 286.0 285.0 283.4 285.9 287.5 286.4 286.3 287.1 284.7 282.5 281.2 282.8 285.9 284.8 283.2 281.5 280.5 283.8 285.2 287.4 288.6 288.4 289.0 289.3 287.0 283.4 280.7 98 Bering Strait 289.0 288.3 287.2 286.7 287.2 287.0 287.7 287.8 288.2 289.5 290.2 290.9 290.8 290.2 290.7 289.6 288.4 286.2 286.5 286.4 284.0 283.5 283.4 282.6 282.2 284.2 286.0 286.3 287.6 286.9 284.9 128 Arctic subocean 273.4 273.0 273.6 273.7 273.4 273.6 273.5 273.3 273.4 273.6 273.4 273.7 274.1 273.6 273.0 273.4 273.1 272.1 271.5 270.2 270.9 270.5 270.5 270.2 270.8 269.9 268.1 268.8 267.1 268.1 268.5 130 Chukchi Sea 284.7 283.7 282.2 282.3 283.1 283.6 283.1 282.1 281.8 282.6 282.6 282.9 283.1 283.6 284.5 284.3 283.9 283.5 283.2 282.4 281.0 280.2 279.6 279.4 280.7 281.4 280.6 279.1 280.1 278.6 278.4 132 Beaufort Sea 292.4 293.7 294.8 293.7 292.8 291.3 290.6 290.3 289.5 290.0 292.2 294.8 295.5 294.7 293.3 290.9 289.0 287.7 288.6 289.5 289.0 288.0 287.2 286.9 285.1 283.1 283.6 285.5 287.2 289.3 289.2 134 Arctic Archipelago 283.4 285.5 285.9 285.0 283.9 284.6 284.9 284.4 283.6 283.1 284.2 285.4 287.9 289.8 287.8 283.7 284.9 285.5 283.7 282.4 283.6 284.1 283.2 281.1 279.4 279.2 279.2 278.5 278.6 280.1 281.1 136 Foxe Basin 277.7 278.5 278.9 279.0 279.5 279.5 278.3 278.6 279.6 279.5 280.6 280.8 280.3 280.3 281.4 280.2 279.2 279.5 278.8 276.7 276.3 276.9 276.8 278.7 279.6 279.0 279.1 279.1 279.2 278.3 279.0 138 Baffin Bay 272.5 271.3 272.3 272.7 273.3 273.0 273.1 273.4 273.0 272.6 272.6 272.5 272.4 271.0 271.6 272.6 272.1 271.3 270.2 270.7 270.4 268.8 269.2 269.2 269.3 268.5 267.4 268.8 269.1 270.2 269.7 139 South Greenland 273.3 273.4 273.6 273.8 274.2 274.0 274.6 274.2 273.9 273.9 274.8 275.3 274.8 274.7 275.0 275.3 274.7 274.1 273.5 273.0 272.2 272.5 271.8 272.3 272.0 271.1 271.8 273.1 273.8 273.8 273.1 140 Greenland Sea 271.7 271.1 270.8 272.6 271.5 271.4 271.9 272.0 270.7 269.8 271.3 271.3 271.9 270.5 270.4 271.5 271.1 270.2 271.0 270.0 271.5 269.6 269.2 267.4 265.7 264.7 264.2 265.1 266.8 268.6 267.3 142 Norwegian Sea 287.4 287.1 286.9 287.9 290.1 290.2 288.8 290.2 289.0 289.1 287.6 285.9 286.3 286.3 286.1 284.7 285.1 286.4 287.3 287.1 286.6 286.9 287.0 286.4 287.6 287.9 288.6 288.2 287.6 287.0 287.5 144 Barents Sea 291.0 291.1 290.7 291.1 290.5 291.2 292.3 293.3 294.6 296.3 295.3 293.1 290.6 290.5 291.9 294.4 293.3 292.2 290.1 288.5 288.4 288.8 289.3 291.2 290.7 289.7 290.7 291.1 288.9 290.0 289.2 146 Kara Sea 294.8 294.6 294.3 293.6 293.3 292.1 291.4 290.6 289.8 289.6 289.8 290.9 291.8 290.7 289.2 288.5 289.8 290.5 291.4 290.9 289.7 288.5 287.2 287.2 287.6 288.1 287.6 287.6 287.9 287.0 287.2 148 Laptev Sea 286.8 288.0 289.7 290.8 290.6 289.6 288.2 286.8 286.3 286.6 288.8 290.1 289.3 289.7 288.9 287.0 286.3 286.1 285.5 286.2 286.8 285.8 284.9 285.6 286.2 285.9 285.1 284.6 284.4 283.7 283.1 150 East Siberian Sea 286.1 284.7 285.1 286.0 286.4 287.9 288.6 289.0 288.0 287.3 286.2 286.9 290.0 291.5 292.5 291.0 290.5 290.8 288.4 284.0 283.4 284.2 283.5 284.0 283.6 283.9 283.9 283.4 283.4 283.9 284.7 152 Gulf of Alaska 286.6 287.4 287.1 286.1 285.6 285.4 285.6 286.8 289.3 290.5 289.6 288.8 288.4 288.3 287.3 285.6 285.2 284.5 284.9 284.8 284.4 283.7 284.0 283.5 283.6 285.2 286.2 288.7 289.2 287.7 286.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 291.5 291.7 289.1 286.7 286.2 286.6 286.9 286.6 286.8 286.3 286.5 288.0 288.9 290.8 291.1 288.8 288.2 287.1 285.9 285.2 284.7 284.5 283.9 284.3 285.8 286.7 286.8 287.4 286.4 285.6 285.4