1952 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 290.0 289.7 289.5 289.3 289.0 288.7 288.5 288.0 287.9 287.9 287.5 287.1 287.3 287.3 287.0 286.7 287.1 286.9 286.1 285.7 286.1 286.2 286.3 286.6 286.3 286.0 285.5 285.4 285.4 285.2 284.8 34 Hudson Bay 292.9 292.2 291.0 292.3 292.5 293.4 294.3 292.6 291.2 290.2 289.9 290.4 292.4 294.0 292.6 290.1 290.0 292.2 292.5 291.8 293.1 293.9 295.6 296.2 295.7 294.1 292.2 290.6 290.2 289.1 288.0 36 Hudson Strait 284.5 284.0 282.8 283.2 286.7 286.7 287.0 287.2 288.4 289.0 289.2 287.7 285.0 283.7 287.1 286.8 284.4 284.1 283.9 283.3 284.6 285.1 284.3 285.6 285.2 283.5 283.7 282.8 280.8 282.4 283.8 98 Bering Strait 285.8 287.1 287.4 288.9 288.7 289.6 290.4 289.7 289.9 289.3 288.8 286.0 285.3 285.4 284.8 284.9 285.8 285.6 285.6 283.9 281.8 282.0 282.4 282.3 282.4 283.1 283.1 284.8 284.4 283.7 283.7 128 Arctic subocean 274.9 274.6 274.5 274.7 274.8 274.8 274.7 274.5 274.6 274.0 273.6 274.0 273.8 273.0 271.9 271.7 270.4 270.3 270.4 270.4 270.4 269.2 269.7 269.4 271.2 271.2 270.0 267.8 266.7 265.9 264.7 130 Chukchi Sea 281.7 283.0 283.5 284.0 284.9 286.9 287.7 287.0 286.3 285.6 284.8 283.4 282.4 281.6 281.8 284.1 284.9 283.0 282.0 279.7 279.6 280.7 280.9 278.2 278.3 279.9 281.9 283.2 282.1 280.7 280.0 132 Beaufort Sea 292.5 291.4 291.2 291.3 291.2 291.4 291.3 291.6 291.4 292.0 293.0 291.1 287.1 285.1 284.7 284.5 286.0 286.8 286.0 286.6 286.9 286.3 285.0 284.6 284.8 284.8 284.2 283.8 283.9 283.6 283.4 134 Arctic Archipelago 283.7 283.9 284.0 285.0 284.9 281.5 281.4 281.5 280.4 279.9 281.0 281.6 281.3 280.2 279.2 279.3 279.6 280.4 280.5 279.9 279.7 279.1 277.7 277.2 276.1 276.8 277.5 277.4 276.6 275.6 274.2 136 Foxe Basin 282.4 282.6 282.3 281.5 281.3 283.4 283.5 282.9 281.4 280.7 281.0 280.5 280.4 280.2 279.3 279.7 279.9 279.8 279.7 279.7 279.8 280.3 279.5 278.6 277.6 276.4 275.9 275.4 276.7 277.2 275.6 138 Baffin Bay 275.1 274.7 274.2 274.5 274.4 274.3 274.1 274.1 273.7 273.3 273.2 273.6 273.6 273.0 272.3 272.4 271.5 270.8 271.0 269.9 269.1 267.5 268.1 268.4 267.5 267.6 267.9 266.9 267.1 266.0 266.3 139 South Greenland 275.4 275.4 275.5 275.4 275.0 275.4 275.2 275.3 274.6 274.9 274.9 274.9 275.2 275.2 275.0 275.2 274.6 274.1 274.0 273.8 273.2 272.5 271.5 272.4 271.3 270.5 270.9 270.6 270.9 270.5 270.1 140 Greenland Sea 274.5 274.0 273.8 273.7 273.8 273.7 273.6 272.8 273.4 272.9 271.8 272.2 272.6 271.1 268.7 269.6 270.0 269.7 268.3 268.5 267.6 264.5 264.0 265.0 264.9 265.4 265.4 264.1 263.2 262.1 262.3 142 Norwegian Sea 286.9 286.8 286.7 286.4 283.9 284.5 284.0 285.5 286.9 287.4 287.2 286.4 284.2 282.2 282.9 283.0 282.7 283.9 283.5 283.3 282.9 282.7 283.6 282.1 281.8 280.6 282.2 282.6 282.5 282.8 284.7 144 Barents Sea 289.9 289.5 289.3 289.6 290.8 289.4 287.8 287.5 287.3 286.2 286.2 286.0 286.6 286.8 286.7 284.9 284.2 285.2 285.2 285.7 286.2 285.9 284.4 284.7 285.7 285.2 284.4 283.6 284.2 284.7 283.7 146 Kara Sea 294.4 293.5 293.0 292.0 291.1 290.9 291.1 290.8 291.6 291.9 291.0 290.7 291.7 292.2 293.1 293.0 293.0 291.1 289.3 289.4 290.0 290.5 290.2 290.2 290.5 291.2 290.6 291.5 292.4 293.0 293.1 148 Laptev Sea 294.1 295.3 296.4 294.2 292.1 290.8 287.8 288.0 288.8 289.1 288.4 288.8 287.8 286.1 285.5 287.2 289.8 289.9 288.7 288.3 289.2 289.1 290.3 290.9 289.0 287.8 287.5 287.3 287.5 287.4 286.9 150 East Siberian Sea 291.1 290.7 289.2 290.5 291.5 292.1 293.2 290.9 288.8 288.8 286.7 284.9 288.5 291.1 290.3 288.3 288.0 288.0 284.8 282.5 282.7 283.8 285.4 287.9 288.9 288.6 288.3 287.2 284.9 283.4 283.1 152 Gulf of Alaska 286.8 286.4 286.6 287.8 287.9 287.6 287.4 287.0 287.7 287.6 289.2 289.6 289.1 288.9 287.8 285.7 284.8 284.3 284.8 285.0 285.1 285.6 285.2 285.2 284.4 282.6 282.6 284.8 284.8 283.7 283.7 154 Southeast Bering Sea 288.0 288.9 287.5 289.5 289.6 288.8 289.1 287.2 287.9 287.7 287.4 289.2 290.5 290.4 289.9 290.1 287.8 287.4 286.7 287.0 288.0 288.5 288.1 287.6 285.4 286.6 286.7 286.1 286.1 285.5 285.5