1953 03 - 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 257.7 259.4 259.8 259.6 258.5 257.9 258.9 258.2 258.3 258.6 259.2 259.3 259.6 260.9 262.0 262.7 262.9 262.8 262.8 262.3 261.5 260.9 261.2 261.9 262.8 263.9 264.6 265.7 265.9 266.6 267.4 34 Hudson Bay 256.4 261.1 264.1 264.0 260.0 257.2 260.5 261.7 261.1 263.6 267.3 265.6 264.8 267.0 267.5 268.4 270.0 269.7 270.4 271.2 271.1 271.0 270.5 270.4 270.6 272.2 273.3 273.6 273.0 272.3 273.1 36 Hudson Strait 251.9 249.4 254.3 257.3 264.1 262.6 256.9 250.6 250.9 248.4 254.0 256.2 255.1 259.7 260.5 259.4 260.8 262.8 267.3 270.0 269.1 265.6 266.4 270.9 271.8 268.7 271.9 272.4 272.1 271.1 271.7 98 Bering Strait 262.1 260.1 258.9 258.5 258.5 258.2 258.5 258.6 257.7 257.6 257.1 257.9 261.1 262.0 263.8 264.5 263.3 261.6 262.7 262.6 263.0 263.3 262.2 263.9 264.0 263.2 263.1 263.9 263.7 262.0 262.9 128 Arctic subocean 238.5 238.5 237.9 236.7 234.0 234.4 234.9 235.9 235.0 236.0 236.1 235.2 237.0 240.7 245.0 246.6 250.7 251.8 239.7 240.8 241.5 239.5 239.6 240.8 240.2 239.3 242.1 246.1 251.4 252.8 252.3 130 Chukchi Sea 255.6 253.5 252.1 252.0 251.1 252.4 254.5 257.1 256.8 257.0 257.6 258.5 260.9 262.6 259.7 257.8 253.9 251.6 252.4 252.9 252.3 253.5 254.2 255.4 254.8 253.3 253.6 254.3 254.3 254.0 257.0 132 Beaufort Sea 262.8 263.1 259.5 256.8 255.7 258.8 259.2 259.5 259.3 258.6 256.6 259.9 261.4 263.6 265.7 266.6 266.8 265.6 264.7 263.9 264.4 265.8 266.8 268.2 269.7 268.6 268.2 269.4 269.4 269.7 269.6 134 Arctic Archipelago 245.0 245.8 245.4 241.8 238.5 241.1 242.3 240.6 241.1 243.6 245.9 248.8 249.6 251.9 254.7 256.4 258.2 258.0 256.0 254.4 253.5 256.1 256.2 255.3 253.1 252.4 253.1 256.9 259.7 260.5 261.5 136 Foxe Basin 241.1 241.4 247.0 251.1 246.4 245.5 244.8 243.3 244.3 243.9 244.3 247.4 252.9 251.7 251.3 255.1 256.1 256.6 259.7 262.1 260.4 258.2 261.6 259.8 256.9 256.6 257.7 255.5 256.4 255.3 259.2 138 Baffin Bay 242.9 250.9 247.5 239.7 238.5 241.5 241.2 240.0 240.9 238.1 236.8 235.2 234.2 234.7 239.3 244.1 247.9 254.2 252.8 248.8 244.1 239.7 238.6 239.6 241.7 244.1 241.2 241.9 244.7 247.4 250.7 139 South Greenland 252.2 254.7 256.0 257.4 254.9 257.2 257.5 253.1 257.9 256.6 258.3 254.0 250.9 251.5 250.1 251.9 254.4 261.3 260.0 256.8 256.0 255.2 253.2 252.0 255.8 259.2 254.0 251.9 250.9 253.3 254.6 140 Greenland Sea 238.5 246.8 246.2 244.9 240.0 240.5 242.6 242.1 243.5 244.5 240.9 238.7 233.0 233.2 238.2 243.6 247.3 252.3 251.1 244.5 239.8 235.8 236.9 239.0 240.4 240.8 240.5 241.4 242.9 247.2 244.5 142 Norwegian Sea 276.2 275.8 271.4 274.2 276.2 276.7 272.9 276.5 275.2 274.8 275.7 276.8 276.9 277.0 276.8 276.3 276.0 275.1 276.0 276.1 276.7 276.5 277.0 275.5 274.2 275.5 271.7 272.2 272.4 272.3 269.9 144 Barents Sea 270.1 268.9 266.9 266.7 264.6 264.0 266.4 265.4 265.5 265.6 262.3 260.5 263.3 267.7 267.4 268.1 267.9 269.5 267.8 267.3 269.4 269.9 265.5 266.3 258.6 257.9 262.9 264.7 261.2 269.4 271.6 146 Kara Sea 263.9 265.9 266.7 266.6 265.9 264.5 266.3 265.7 265.9 265.4 265.5 265.1 265.4 265.6 266.9 266.5 264.2 261.7 262.6 264.1 263.0 260.9 264.0 265.7 266.5 268.1 269.1 270.6 270.2 269.5 270.9 148 Laptev Sea 253.8 256.0 257.2 258.6 259.1 256.1 255.7 254.7 254.1 255.2 257.0 258.4 258.2 259.0 259.5 259.9 260.9 261.5 261.5 258.6 257.3 257.4 255.3 256.1 261.1 262.9 264.5 267.6 270.2 270.2 267.9 150 East Siberian Sea 247.7 247.6 249.3 253.2 255.5 255.4 254.7 253.2 252.9 254.7 254.6 256.1 254.4 254.9 256.2 258.3 259.2 259.4 259.7 258.7 255.3 256.3 256.6 255.3 256.7 260.2 262.6 260.7 260.0 265.5 268.9 152 Gulf of Alaska 272.3 268.9 268.2 265.8 267.8 268.6 267.7 265.0 264.0 262.3 261.4 263.6 266.5 271.8 272.8 272.3 271.9 271.4 271.2 271.6 271.8 271.6 271.4 271.4 271.1 271.2 270.8 270.7 270.5 270.3 270.5 154 Southeast Bering Sea 273.0 268.2 263.1 262.2 262.0 261.6 259.5 261.6 263.3 263.1 260.9 265.0 271.2 272.4 272.7 269.4 269.2 269.3 268.1 268.7 269.6 269.5 270.0 271.1 271.4 268.2 261.4 261.8 263.2 261.8 266.9