1953 01 - 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 254.1 254.2 253.3 252.6 252.4 252.1 251.8 251.0 251.3 251.4 250.4 250.1 250.8 252.0 252.2 252.7 252.2 252.5 253.4 254.1 254.4 254.6 254.1 252.9 252.6 252.1 251.7 251.9 251.5 251.3 250.8 34 Hudson Bay 264.1 262.3 260.3 259.7 255.7 251.5 253.1 258.8 264.9 267.0 262.5 257.5 252.6 249.4 250.9 255.9 257.2 254.9 251.9 256.0 257.6 260.7 262.3 260.3 258.5 260.0 260.3 256.6 255.1 256.0 255.5 36 Hudson Strait 257.7 258.4 252.5 251.2 255.9 250.4 250.1 248.4 250.8 260.9 261.9 259.3 247.9 247.2 246.8 244.6 241.7 250.4 249.5 247.5 243.8 245.1 243.7 245.5 244.5 242.2 244.8 253.4 261.1 259.6 251.8 98 Bering Strait 255.6 256.5 253.0 255.4 262.0 262.8 260.4 254.9 250.9 248.8 246.1 245.3 244.4 249.0 245.6 242.0 244.1 247.6 251.5 254.0 253.3 252.7 250.9 251.7 250.8 248.1 248.6 249.7 249.5 247.9 247.1 128 Arctic subocean 249.8 248.9 241.0 239.2 238.9 238.8 241.9 251.2 250.8 244.2 239.8 238.5 238.2 237.9 239.0 238.4 237.4 237.3 235.0 236.4 236.1 235.2 234.2 235.5 237.3 242.6 249.6 248.3 244.7 244.2 241.7 130 Chukchi Sea 249.7 246.4 247.1 253.8 268.8 270.7 263.7 258.1 253.8 249.3 250.9 248.2 247.1 249.3 243.4 238.0 238.2 241.3 241.3 235.1 232.1 233.7 238.8 245.2 241.7 245.5 249.9 251.6 253.1 249.1 248.6 132 Beaufort Sea 258.7 262.0 262.2 258.1 253.6 249.3 246.5 245.3 246.0 245.7 244.1 240.8 241.8 245.1 247.8 247.0 246.5 246.4 250.6 252.5 255.7 259.2 260.4 256.6 249.4 246.7 246.4 247.7 247.2 242.9 243.6 134 Arctic Archipelago 247.5 247.0 244.9 245.8 243.7 242.2 244.6 242.5 241.2 240.4 241.5 240.5 239.3 239.2 238.2 236.3 231.7 232.3 234.1 234.2 236.0 238.9 240.0 239.7 238.9 240.0 240.7 238.2 236.9 238.7 241.0 136 Foxe Basin 266.6 254.8 253.5 252.8 250.5 253.4 249.3 242.2 240.2 240.6 241.1 246.8 252.7 251.9 242.9 234.4 234.5 235.7 235.5 233.8 235.4 238.2 234.5 233.5 238.9 239.9 239.2 238.6 247.3 249.8 248.2 138 Baffin Bay 262.4 256.8 251.5 244.8 242.2 246.5 247.8 247.1 248.5 247.4 243.4 243.4 247.3 250.0 243.4 236.5 234.8 236.3 236.4 238.2 248.1 250.5 247.0 243.4 245.4 245.7 244.3 244.7 241.5 241.6 244.1 139 South Greenland 262.7 258.4 255.6 252.5 258.5 261.8 259.9 251.7 252.0 251.4 248.0 249.8 256.1 255.7 246.2 241.7 239.6 250.0 251.4 249.2 255.2 256.0 252.4 249.3 253.2 249.5 247.6 249.9 246.6 251.5 255.2 140 Greenland Sea 259.4 258.2 250.3 245.6 244.4 242.7 242.7 247.2 250.5 246.0 240.0 239.7 240.6 243.2 240.8 239.3 237.9 238.2 237.2 237.5 242.7 244.9 247.2 247.4 248.0 251.2 255.5 250.2 245.0 243.2 242.7 142 Norwegian Sea 268.0 268.3 268.6 271.7 273.3 272.8 270.3 273.1 271.6 270.7 271.7 275.8 275.3 274.2 273.6 275.8 275.5 274.0 272.6 275.5 271.2 268.0 268.5 268.0 267.3 271.7 273.1 272.9 271.7 270.6 269.7 144 Barents Sea 254.6 253.3 259.3 259.9 256.5 259.2 265.0 264.8 262.7 262.6 261.4 263.5 266.8 265.6 269.6 268.5 268.4 270.1 269.4 266.2 264.8 263.3 260.6 260.2 260.0 256.1 252.9 254.9 258.0 260.9 260.9 146 Kara Sea 255.4 256.1 255.2 255.0 255.7 256.3 254.8 253.3 253.0 253.3 254.0 255.3 257.3 258.4 259.7 261.7 260.4 260.8 263.6 264.1 262.0 261.2 261.0 260.4 260.2 259.2 257.8 257.7 257.0 255.6 253.2 148 Laptev Sea 238.5 241.3 242.4 241.3 241.2 241.2 240.7 240.3 238.7 238.0 239.7 241.5 243.8 247.9 250.6 252.3 251.4 248.7 249.0 250.6 250.0 247.6 246.4 241.6 241.6 242.7 242.7 244.8 246.2 247.3 248.2 150 East Siberian Sea 238.5 238.4 239.4 239.7 242.4 245.2 248.3 247.2 248.7 250.9 249.5 248.4 248.0 248.3 246.9 247.8 248.1 246.4 243.8 240.7 241.2 240.0 239.7 242.5 251.7 254.5 253.7 254.1 251.7 249.7 247.5 152 Gulf of Alaska 269.9 270.5 267.4 270.2 269.9 268.3 262.6 257.0 252.8 252.5 251.4 252.2 256.8 262.7 263.1 263.1 266.3 267.6 270.7 270.6 269.5 268.9 261.2 260.7 258.4 250.9 253.8 255.1 255.7 258.1 261.1 154 Southeast Bering Sea 262.4 264.0 266.2 273.0 275.0 274.0 270.7 264.3 260.2 257.4 256.7 254.2 254.5 258.3 259.1 259.3 268.1 268.7 266.4 266.0 262.3 252.5 245.1 262.8 264.5 248.8 249.4 252.8 253.4 255.3 255.7