1951 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 261.0 260.7 260.3 259.0 258.3 257.8 257.4 257.1 257.3 257.8 257.0 255.9 254.8 255.1 255.2 255.1 254.0 252.6 252.3 251.9 250.8 250.9 251.2 252.3 253.6 254.4 255.7 256.0 255.8 255.1 253.9 34 Hudson Bay 268.9 271.2 271.2 267.7 266.6 266.4 266.1 264.2 262.3 264.0 262.1 256.4 250.4 248.5 246.6 248.0 248.0 246.0 247.1 249.2 250.2 248.6 251.1 254.0 256.3 256.1 251.9 255.3 259.3 257.3 253.4 36 Hudson Strait 260.1 250.5 268.3 270.8 269.4 266.5 265.1 268.4 261.7 249.5 258.0 259.1 252.3 245.7 241.8 241.7 240.8 240.7 240.6 245.2 246.5 244.8 242.6 244.9 246.6 246.8 242.6 242.8 252.6 262.1 259.3 98 Bering Strait 250.0 249.9 250.2 249.1 248.4 247.4 248.2 250.4 254.0 259.5 260.9 258.2 250.8 253.0 252.4 252.5 251.8 256.4 262.0 261.9 260.9 261.6 261.2 261.1 258.1 260.8 265.5 263.8 259.8 265.6 264.4 128 Arctic subocean 242.9 241.3 239.8 235.8 239.1 241.4 244.0 245.2 245.0 240.9 238.8 237.2 238.5 238.4 240.0 241.9 235.2 233.4 236.4 236.7 238.2 237.7 237.9 239.8 238.6 240.4 239.5 238.2 239.4 238.8 241.9 130 Chukchi Sea 242.6 241.7 238.0 237.8 237.8 238.8 240.0 242.4 242.3 244.9 247.3 246.4 247.3 253.2 250.7 255.0 255.6 262.0 266.1 260.2 254.8 257.2 256.3 252.1 267.8 269.4 269.7 253.2 267.9 269.0 262.9 132 Beaufort Sea 258.7 259.1 256.0 254.2 254.5 255.4 256.7 260.0 261.8 258.4 256.9 255.8 251.3 247.2 246.5 249.9 249.1 245.7 250.4 254.6 255.1 256.5 258.8 259.1 253.9 252.1 260.3 263.6 256.4 252.0 254.9 134 Arctic Archipelago 243.0 244.1 244.1 241.5 241.8 245.6 249.2 249.6 246.8 244.3 241.2 241.4 242.8 242.6 241.5 239.7 238.8 240.6 240.4 238.7 236.2 237.1 237.3 239.7 242.3 244.8 248.4 245.5 241.1 236.9 236.7 136 Foxe Basin 244.5 250.9 253.8 254.8 250.4 242.5 242.6 245.1 243.8 241.8 242.7 249.6 252.5 248.0 246.9 248.1 247.3 243.9 242.1 241.1 246.2 246.8 239.7 238.7 240.0 238.6 236.2 236.0 238.0 243.3 244.6 138 Baffin Bay 245.3 245.3 238.7 235.5 235.6 236.0 236.2 238.8 241.6 241.6 241.4 241.4 240.9 241.9 242.4 242.9 242.1 240.9 237.6 241.1 242.0 240.0 238.3 236.9 239.9 242.0 242.1 240.1 242.3 244.2 244.4 139 South Greenland 250.4 247.3 244.5 243.9 248.4 249.0 244.3 241.2 246.6 247.6 248.8 251.9 249.7 250.7 249.7 250.6 250.8 249.3 246.9 247.7 246.4 244.0 242.3 242.5 245.9 247.4 247.0 246.1 251.1 253.1 251.3 140 Greenland Sea 246.2 243.7 236.8 234.3 235.4 235.9 238.6 242.6 242.3 238.9 237.5 238.9 239.6 240.0 241.9 241.4 238.5 242.8 247.0 247.2 244.7 243.7 242.7 241.5 242.8 242.8 243.0 242.5 244.2 245.7 245.4 142 Norwegian Sea 270.0 269.0 270.4 270.8 273.7 272.7 269.8 269.7 267.8 268.3 271.0 274.3 275.8 277.0 276.9 273.7 276.7 276.8 276.4 276.1 274.9 275.8 274.1 274.9 275.4 273.9 271.2 271.6 274.0 273.6 273.1 144 Barents Sea 268.4 268.3 265.9 262.5 261.4 265.3 266.6 263.1 265.2 270.1 269.7 267.9 266.0 265.8 267.7 267.3 265.2 262.4 264.3 267.9 268.7 267.8 266.0 268.0 269.1 271.7 271.0 268.8 267.1 267.7 266.1 146 Kara Sea 269.1 268.3 268.6 267.9 265.0 264.1 265.4 266.0 266.1 265.8 263.7 263.9 266.0 267.1 264.7 263.3 262.5 260.5 257.8 255.7 254.2 256.1 257.3 258.1 259.2 260.1 262.3 262.9 262.1 261.3 259.6 148 Laptev Sea 261.3 261.6 261.8 263.1 263.5 260.1 253.1 249.8 249.0 250.4 250.0 248.2 248.6 252.7 259.8 257.7 254.5 251.0 248.9 244.7 241.2 240.0 239.9 241.4 245.6 248.0 249.3 249.4 248.3 245.8 246.1 150 East Siberian Sea 255.6 253.6 252.5 250.0 250.4 251.8 251.5 247.1 244.6 248.9 250.9 253.0 252.2 250.5 254.3 257.4 256.3 252.8 248.8 246.7 244.4 243.2 242.5 245.7 247.9 244.3 244.6 246.5 247.3 245.3 240.2 152 Gulf of Alaska 261.7 265.8 266.4 265.3 261.5 256.9 260.5 264.7 272.8 274.3 273.2 267.8 263.6 266.1 264.0 257.3 257.3 263.5 268.0 268.6 265.5 267.8 267.0 263.4 259.5 260.5 267.9 267.6 261.0 265.0 270.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 253.7 247.8 250.8 256.4 254.7 247.7 247.4 253.7 265.2 272.1 271.7 261.8 264.4 265.9 258.0 260.2 265.1 273.4 273.0 271.8 271.6 271.7 270.2 267.0 262.0 267.4 272.1 270.4 271.5 271.9 272.7