1953 05 - 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 272.1 272.9 273.3 273.4 274.3 274.4 274.9 275.3 275.9 275.9 275.6 276.0 276.6 276.5 276.6 277.7 278.1 277.8 277.7 277.5 278.1 278.9 280.1 280.6 280.3 280.6 281.3 281.4 282.2 282.9 283.1 34 Hudson Bay 275.6 278.0 279.4 279.7 280.8 282.6 283.1 282.9 282.4 281.0 277.0 276.4 278.6 279.4 279.8 281.5 282.3 281.7 280.8 280.9 281.9 282.6 283.1 283.6 283.1 283.1 283.5 283.8 285.7 286.0 285.7 36 Hudson Strait 273.3 273.2 272.7 271.3 269.1 266.1 268.7 268.4 269.0 269.2 272.3 273.9 274.2 274.1 273.7 274.7 274.6 274.8 274.9 275.6 274.7 279.1 279.0 277.5 278.3 278.2 276.9 274.9 275.2 277.6 277.7 98 Bering Strait 273.0 273.7 274.1 273.6 273.6 272.6 272.9 273.3 273.6 273.8 274.0 274.6 275.7 276.5 277.8 280.0 280.7 280.2 280.5 280.7 280.6 280.4 280.6 281.1 280.6 280.7 280.2 280.3 280.7 282.5 285.0 128 Arctic subocean 258.7 261.1 263.8 264.0 264.1 266.1 266.7 266.3 265.3 266.3 267.3 267.3 266.8 264.8 264.2 265.1 263.8 262.6 262.9 263.1 262.7 262.9 264.7 267.3 268.9 268.9 269.6 269.1 269.9 270.7 270.9 130 Chukchi Sea 272.3 272.1 272.3 272.9 271.2 270.3 270.9 270.1 270.2 269.9 270.1 269.6 271.0 272.1 273.2 275.0 276.2 275.8 275.1 274.4 274.4 274.5 277.0 277.8 277.0 277.2 276.9 277.5 277.9 280.5 281.6 132 Beaufort Sea 273.7 273.9 274.7 275.3 277.0 276.8 276.7 276.4 275.6 276.1 277.1 278.8 280.6 280.4 280.1 281.7 282.3 282.1 282.0 281.5 281.5 281.5 281.5 280.9 282.0 283.2 284.4 284.0 283.4 283.0 283.5 134 Arctic Archipelago 268.5 264.6 263.7 265.9 266.7 267.0 267.8 268.0 268.9 270.6 272.1 272.8 272.9 272.6 272.1 271.6 271.2 270.5 270.5 271.0 271.6 272.2 272.4 270.6 271.1 271.6 271.9 272.3 272.6 272.4 272.7 136 Foxe Basin 273.4 272.5 268.6 263.3 263.5 264.9 265.6 266.3 270.3 273.3 273.6 273.6 273.8 274.1 273.8 273.9 273.5 272.6 272.2 273.2 273.7 273.8 273.8 273.9 273.0 271.4 271.4 272.3 272.9 272.8 272.8 138 Baffin Bay 262.9 263.3 263.0 264.4 267.4 269.1 268.5 267.3 268.6 270.7 269.5 269.1 268.9 267.3 265.5 264.3 262.2 261.1 261.9 261.5 263.0 266.1 268.7 268.4 269.6 268.5 267.7 267.2 267.3 267.2 266.9 139 South Greenland 266.2 265.9 266.5 267.5 270.3 270.7 269.8 270.8 272.4 271.9 271.9 272.1 271.6 271.4 270.0 269.0 268.5 268.5 268.5 268.5 270.0 271.7 272.5 273.9 274.5 274.3 273.9 272.6 271.2 269.9 270.9 140 Greenland Sea 262.1 264.4 265.2 265.3 267.6 271.0 270.0 266.2 267.3 267.0 266.6 264.2 265.3 264.0 262.5 262.4 262.4 262.0 262.4 260.9 261.2 263.1 266.4 268.0 268.3 267.1 267.5 269.1 268.6 266.7 267.5 142 Norwegian Sea 281.5 280.5 279.2 279.6 278.6 278.8 279.2 278.7 280.2 278.8 279.4 280.4 279.4 279.5 280.6 282.5 282.2 281.8 281.6 283.1 281.0 282.3 280.3 277.2 278.7 279.5 277.7 276.9 279.6 281.0 282.0 144 Barents Sea 274.8 275.1 275.7 272.8 271.9 272.1 274.4 277.4 280.3 279.3 277.0 275.3 277.3 280.2 283.0 285.8 287.0 287.3 284.8 281.4 281.9 283.4 281.9 282.7 278.5 277.9 279.2 281.1 282.4 283.7 283.4 146 Kara Sea 274.0 275.1 275.1 275.5 276.7 276.1 276.3 277.8 278.6 278.7 279.6 280.4 279.8 278.9 278.7 279.3 280.1 279.9 280.4 280.3 281.2 282.3 284.6 285.1 285.4 286.3 287.7 287.2 288.7 290.9 291.4 148 Laptev Sea 269.8 270.4 271.1 271.1 271.5 272.1 273.0 272.6 273.1 273.4 273.6 274.2 274.9 274.7 275.0 277.3 278.0 277.2 277.3 277.5 277.9 278.3 280.1 281.0 280.4 280.6 282.1 283.3 283.4 282.0 281.0 150 East Siberian Sea 270.9 272.2 272.3 272.5 272.7 271.6 272.0 272.8 272.8 272.5 272.0 272.4 273.1 273.2 273.3 273.2 273.6 273.2 273.3 273.3 273.4 273.5 273.8 276.5 275.0 274.9 274.6 274.8 275.0 277.3 279.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 276.3 278.4 278.8 277.1 276.6 276.8 276.9 277.2 277.4 277.1 276.1 276.8 278.0 278.1 279.2 281.1 280.7 279.9 281.0 280.4 280.3 281.8 283.0 283.2 281.8 281.4 280.9 280.6 282.7 285.0 284.6 154 Southeast Bering Sea 276.1 280.9 282.2 279.7 278.4 277.8 278.0 277.4 280.2 281.0 280.5 280.0 279.7 280.3 281.2 282.2 282.9 283.9 285.2 285.8 283.1 282.6 282.9 281.8 282.4 282.8 282.2 281.7 284.4 286.4 283.9