1953 04 - 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 268.1 268.8 269.4 269.1 268.5 267.8 266.9 266.8 267.9 268.6 268.4 268.5 268.4 268.1 268.4 268.9 269.8 270.9 271.7 272.0 272.1 272.5 272.5 272.7 273.3 273.8 273.7 273.5 272.8 272.2 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 273.7 273.7 273.5 273.7 273.9 273.6 273.5 273.6 273.4 272.3 271.3 270.5 269.6 269.3 268.3 268.0 268.8 270.8 273.0 274.6 274.9 275.1 274.9 274.8 274.9 275.5 275.6 275.8 276.2 276.0 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 272.5 273.5 273.3 273.5 273.7 273.7 273.5 273.2 273.1 273.2 273.2 273.1 272.7 272.3 271.8 269.9 267.2 267.6 268.9 270.7 272.5 273.4 273.6 273.6 273.3 273.5 273.7 273.4 273.5 273.2 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 268.0 268.0 268.9 269.1 268.8 267.2 267.4 269.9 272.1 272.4 272.3 272.1 267.1 262.8 266.6 269.3 270.8 272.7 272.8 271.2 271.3 271.5 272.0 272.6 273.0 272.8 271.7 271.8 272.1 272.6 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 255.8 257.5 259.4 258.1 256.2 256.2 258.1 260.0 258.3 254.9 252.6 249.3 248.4 251.0 251.8 250.7 251.7 252.0 254.2 255.5 259.5 263.5 264.8 266.4 266.0 266.3 266.3 264.8 259.9 257.8 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 260.5 261.0 262.3 262.2 259.3 259.2 269.3 272.0 272.2 273.2 273.4 269.4 263.7 259.4 260.0 261.9 265.0 267.2 268.7 270.0 268.9 268.6 269.6 270.6 271.0 269.9 269.0 269.5 269.7 270.6 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 269.3 271.0 272.4 272.9 272.8 271.2 269.4 269.0 269.8 268.6 264.2 262.5 261.2 260.7 264.1 267.9 269.9 271.2 272.9 273.6 273.5 272.8 272.2 273.0 274.1 274.8 274.7 274.5 274.1 274.1 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 264.2 265.8 268.8 270.5 270.8 269.8 269.6 267.2 264.0 261.1 258.0 257.9 259.6 260.3 261.3 261.4 263.6 263.9 263.6 263.7 265.4 267.4 268.3 270.0 271.1 271.9 272.0 272.4 272.0 271.6 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 264.8 269.9 270.8 270.2 270.1 271.2 268.9 270.1 269.3 267.2 265.0 263.5 263.1 262.7 263.4 266.9 267.8 266.5 267.2 267.4 267.9 270.8 270.4 272.3 273.4 273.4 273.7 273.2 273.3 273.7 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 253.5 258.0 260.4 259.8 261.4 260.6 256.8 257.1 256.8 254.3 251.7 251.9 251.4 251.6 252.9 255.3 258.1 257.7 257.6 256.6 255.9 260.4 264.7 266.0 266.1 266.0 265.8 263.9 260.3 259.6 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 257.6 262.4 265.4 267.5 266.7 266.3 261.7 259.8 259.9 260.9 260.9 260.7 262.1 265.1 266.2 270.3 271.1 270.6 268.5 266.8 264.9 264.1 265.2 266.9 267.4 268.7 268.1 266.9 266.6 265.8 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 250.9 252.8 257.9 257.0 255.0 255.0 250.1 250.9 254.4 251.5 249.9 248.2 248.6 247.9 249.8 249.9 252.9 253.7 252.2 252.3 251.7 258.5 262.5 263.9 265.2 264.7 262.6 262.5 260.0 258.2 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 271.2 274.7 277.2 276.8 275.5 275.1 274.5 273.3 273.6 273.2 275.2 276.4 276.6 275.4 275.1 276.2 274.8 273.8 272.7 276.1 277.0 276.0 277.9 277.7 278.9 278.1 277.2 279.1 280.0 280.7 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 270.8 268.8 269.7 274.1 274.3 272.5 272.8 272.7 272.2 272.5 273.0 271.4 272.8 273.9 274.0 274.0 275.0 278.6 279.1 277.4 276.6 277.3 276.3 275.0 279.1 280.0 279.7 278.1 278.8 277.0 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 271.8 272.3 271.0 269.8 270.1 268.2 267.1 267.9 270.1 272.0 272.9 273.3 273.6 273.9 274.0 273.7 274.2 275.5 276.5 276.7 276.8 276.4 276.8 276.6 276.4 276.8 277.1 276.8 274.7 273.7 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 266.1 267.6 268.8 265.8 263.1 263.9 261.3 260.3 262.4 265.2 267.8 270.5 271.6 270.9 268.7 268.3 269.1 269.9 271.2 272.1 272.3 272.3 270.1 270.2 270.8 271.3 270.9 271.3 271.8 270.9 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 264.3 260.4 260.2 261.6 258.0 260.7 263.8 260.9 264.9 268.3 267.4 269.5 269.8 268.8 269.1 267.5 265.0 263.7 263.5 266.3 266.8 268.6 269.1 267.7 268.6 269.6 270.0 269.2 267.8 269.5 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 272.1 273.4 273.7 273.0 272.4 271.3 271.3 272.6 274.1 275.1 275.7 275.5 274.3 271.5 272.0 274.4 275.4 277.4 277.5 274.3 274.2 274.1 273.8 274.2 275.3 275.7 275.6 276.3 275.8 275.8 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 273.6 273.7 273.8 272.9 270.0 270.5 273.0 273.8 274.1 274.4 275.7 276.9 275.0 271.4 266.6 274.1 274.9 278.9 279.3 274.8 274.6 274.4 273.9 273.9 275.0 275.9 274.8 275.4 275.7 275.3 -9999.0