1952 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 274.4 273.7 273.9 272.7 271.4 271.2 271.3 271.4 272.0 271.8 271.5 270.5 269.4 268.4 268.1 267.3 267.2 266.8 266.7 267.2 267.1 267.2 267.0 266.9 266.6 265.4 263.9 263.3 263.3 263.6 263.0 34 Hudson Bay 282.9 280.9 280.4 276.9 274.6 276.6 279.4 279.2 279.2 280.2 279.8 278.6 276.8 274.3 272.2 271.1 273.3 275.1 275.0 276.5 278.4 279.0 279.4 277.7 277.5 276.5 272.4 272.3 275.0 274.9 273.9 36 Hudson Strait 277.7 280.7 277.6 276.7 277.1 275.6 273.1 271.6 271.7 269.6 272.3 273.4 271.7 269.1 270.2 271.4 271.1 269.2 268.5 268.1 266.5 266.5 265.7 265.8 265.1 268.8 271.2 271.5 269.8 267.3 267.7 98 Bering Strait 270.3 270.8 273.4 277.0 277.4 276.3 275.7 275.0 273.2 272.9 272.9 272.1 271.9 274.5 273.3 270.8 270.9 270.4 269.3 270.1 268.3 266.8 264.6 265.5 268.7 270.3 269.0 268.1 269.3 268.9 265.3 128 Arctic subocean 255.1 253.8 254.1 255.0 254.2 250.1 248.9 250.9 253.5 250.6 248.5 248.6 249.7 253.9 252.9 251.9 254.6 253.8 250.5 247.8 247.5 249.3 247.0 244.8 246.8 245.0 244.5 243.5 244.5 244.5 245.6 130 Chukchi Sea 266.4 265.7 269.0 275.5 275.0 273.1 271.7 269.6 268.1 266.1 265.6 267.2 270.4 272.6 272.7 269.9 268.0 267.8 266.3 263.6 260.5 260.9 261.3 264.3 271.2 272.5 269.6 267.6 267.8 265.3 260.7 132 Beaufort Sea 274.0 274.4 273.1 273.5 277.0 280.2 279.2 278.3 277.5 275.3 275.9 275.1 272.8 272.0 272.6 273.8 275.6 276.0 277.4 278.7 278.0 276.3 275.3 274.0 273.1 268.6 270.5 274.8 273.0 270.9 268.1 134 Arctic Archipelago 261.9 261.5 261.4 260.3 260.6 262.4 262.0 261.9 263.8 263.4 260.7 258.7 258.8 256.8 255.9 256.0 255.9 256.8 259.7 259.5 258.6 258.9 258.6 256.4 252.6 250.5 249.3 251.7 251.7 247.8 246.4 136 Foxe Basin 266.9 267.3 266.7 267.3 265.8 264.7 263.8 263.0 263.1 265.2 266.5 265.6 263.6 263.5 265.3 266.6 266.3 264.7 264.2 262.2 262.4 261.1 261.8 264.4 264.0 262.8 262.5 259.8 259.8 260.4 259.3 138 Baffin Bay 256.1 256.0 260.4 258.2 253.2 249.5 252.1 253.9 254.4 251.4 252.8 253.3 254.5 252.8 253.1 254.5 254.0 253.8 253.2 255.6 257.9 259.2 256.2 254.1 252.3 251.0 250.0 249.4 248.9 248.6 252.6 139 South Greenland 260.7 262.5 269.2 267.6 260.4 265.2 265.8 261.3 264.2 268.9 267.7 266.2 263.7 260.8 262.8 261.4 263.7 264.9 266.8 266.6 265.7 265.6 262.9 260.1 258.9 258.8 260.0 258.0 255.3 261.9 263.8 140 Greenland Sea 254.3 252.4 258.9 259.8 252.5 248.3 249.6 252.0 251.7 250.4 253.3 253.7 256.1 253.4 254.7 256.1 253.7 251.7 252.1 255.0 255.8 260.1 257.6 252.2 250.1 248.2 246.6 244.6 245.1 245.7 250.3 142 Norwegian Sea 279.9 279.7 277.6 276.0 275.3 275.4 274.8 274.4 275.5 276.1 276.5 278.1 277.7 276.1 275.5 275.1 274.9 274.8 275.3 275.3 274.5 274.9 274.4 274.7 274.2 273.4 273.3 276.0 276.6 274.9 272.5 144 Barents Sea 275.7 275.2 275.0 273.4 271.7 274.3 275.0 275.7 276.3 277.3 277.8 277.4 276.5 274.4 272.0 272.4 273.0 274.0 273.9 272.6 272.8 273.3 270.3 270.8 269.6 268.7 265.8 263.4 264.5 265.0 262.0 146 Kara Sea 279.8 279.3 278.1 275.4 273.5 272.5 273.1 274.2 275.2 275.2 275.2 273.9 273.3 273.6 273.8 271.5 269.9 267.6 268.0 268.9 268.7 269.2 271.0 271.6 269.9 267.7 266.7 265.8 266.2 267.4 265.6 148 Laptev Sea 274.8 271.8 271.3 271.5 270.6 267.7 266.9 268.4 269.8 268.1 265.5 262.5 260.0 258.7 259.7 260.4 259.4 258.6 257.1 257.4 257.8 258.2 258.5 259.5 261.9 262.5 259.2 255.9 253.5 253.9 257.4 150 East Siberian Sea 272.4 273.0 273.1 272.2 272.6 271.5 267.0 264.0 263.9 265.3 265.9 270.1 270.0 265.3 261.2 259.9 259.6 259.7 257.5 254.7 252.3 250.4 249.4 251.4 252.3 251.3 249.8 249.0 249.9 251.7 251.2 152 Gulf of Alaska 279.1 279.1 280.3 281.2 281.3 280.4 279.4 278.6 278.4 279.4 279.2 277.7 277.6 278.9 278.6 276.7 274.5 275.2 275.8 276.3 275.7 275.2 274.0 272.8 274.8 276.4 276.5 277.8 277.7 275.5 273.4 154 Southeast Bering Sea 278.8 280.0 283.3 283.9 282.0 281.8 280.0 279.6 279.8 279.4 278.1 275.5 276.5 278.9 278.8 275.8 274.5 274.2 274.0 271.1 269.0 268.5 269.4 272.4 276.8 276.6 274.0 277.4 277.3 275.2 273.3