1953 09 - 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 283.5 283.3 283.2 283.9 284.2 284.0 284.1 284.0 283.9 283.7 283.6 283.2 282.4 281.4 280.8 280.9 280.9 280.6 280.0 279.2 278.5 278.0 277.6 277.0 276.3 275.7 275.8 275.8 275.2 274.8 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 292.7 289.8 287.0 287.0 286.8 287.4 289.9 290.7 290.7 289.9 288.1 286.0 285.6 285.7 285.2 285.6 286.0 285.3 285.0 282.8 282.6 284.1 284.8 284.0 282.8 281.6 282.7 283.3 283.0 282.9 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 284.4 283.6 280.9 282.5 284.8 284.6 283.5 282.1 280.9 281.9 281.2 279.8 277.9 277.3 276.7 276.5 278.4 279.2 280.8 282.2 282.5 279.6 274.3 277.7 276.2 273.5 274.9 275.3 274.0 274.8 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 282.8 282.3 282.9 283.6 283.2 281.7 281.3 282.3 282.9 283.1 283.1 282.7 282.4 282.2 282.5 281.9 281.1 281.8 281.3 280.9 279.9 278.0 277.6 277.7 276.8 277.2 276.2 275.4 275.0 274.9 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 272.9 271.2 271.4 270.1 267.2 265.4 264.8 266.9 267.9 266.2 265.6 265.9 266.8 266.9 264.9 265.7 262.8 256.4 257.7 257.5 258.3 257.9 264.9 265.4 261.7 257.0 255.6 252.3 251.8 251.1 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 278.4 280.2 281.0 278.8 277.5 275.4 276.7 279.2 281.1 282.2 282.5 280.8 279.6 279.1 280.1 280.1 279.6 278.8 280.2 280.5 279.4 278.9 277.2 276.4 275.6 275.1 273.7 272.8 275.7 275.9 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 284.7 285.4 285.7 287.7 287.8 287.8 287.4 285.9 284.8 285.0 285.9 287.3 287.2 285.5 284.4 283.7 282.3 282.8 281.9 281.1 281.5 281.6 281.0 281.1 280.8 278.9 278.4 276.9 275.2 274.8 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 280.3 281.0 280.7 280.2 279.0 277.5 278.0 276.7 272.7 273.3 274.2 275.5 276.4 277.1 276.9 275.6 273.6 272.7 271.6 270.0 268.2 268.0 268.0 268.8 268.5 268.2 269.0 269.8 269.4 267.4 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 279.5 280.2 280.4 280.6 280.8 278.7 279.3 279.1 277.8 274.1 273.0 272.4 272.1 272.4 273.6 274.1 274.3 273.6 272.3 271.5 271.8 272.1 271.9 272.3 271.9 270.9 270.7 270.2 269.9 269.6 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 268.9 267.9 268.1 266.9 266.1 266.4 267.5 267.8 268.9 266.9 264.1 263.0 262.7 261.7 260.6 260.7 260.8 259.1 258.0 259.5 259.6 260.2 262.5 259.9 258.7 257.1 255.8 254.1 254.2 252.3 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 271.0 270.6 269.4 269.1 271.4 272.6 273.0 272.4 272.1 271.5 271.1 270.2 269.6 267.8 266.0 267.5 269.6 268.6 267.4 267.8 268.2 269.0 269.2 265.3 263.6 262.8 262.5 261.5 260.2 258.0 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 267.9 266.2 265.5 266.4 262.6 261.1 264.8 265.1 264.4 263.6 262.2 261.3 263.0 262.4 261.0 258.9 259.7 256.5 255.1 256.1 257.5 257.9 257.8 258.7 258.9 255.7 252.7 252.1 249.7 249.1 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 282.7 283.6 283.3 280.6 280.8 282.8 283.9 281.6 281.2 280.9 279.7 281.2 281.5 282.7 283.8 284.3 284.1 283.3 283.7 283.1 282.4 281.6 280.2 280.6 282.7 281.3 282.7 283.5 282.7 281.8 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 284.7 282.6 283.6 285.1 283.7 280.6 280.3 280.9 280.0 281.0 281.0 281.1 280.7 280.9 281.0 280.9 278.9 279.2 278.9 280.0 279.3 277.9 278.0 277.4 276.3 276.4 277.6 278.4 279.0 279.7 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 287.7 289.0 289.6 290.3 290.4 289.3 288.2 288.0 289.4 289.6 289.7 288.9 287.1 286.2 286.4 288.4 288.6 287.7 286.0 284.2 282.1 281.1 279.8 278.2 278.3 279.9 281.1 281.8 281.9 281.7 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 279.1 279.2 279.6 281.2 283.7 285.3 285.4 284.9 283.6 283.5 284.4 284.7 283.0 280.3 279.3 277.8 277.6 279.0 280.9 281.6 281.4 280.2 279.0 279.1 276.6 273.5 273.1 272.3 271.2 270.9 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 281.6 280.9 280.2 281.5 282.6 284.7 284.9 284.8 284.7 283.6 283.4 283.5 284.6 282.3 279.3 276.5 278.2 279.2 276.6 273.9 273.4 272.8 273.8 276.0 277.7 277.9 275.1 276.0 274.3 273.7 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 282.3 281.7 283.9 284.8 284.5 282.5 282.8 282.8 282.9 282.9 283.3 283.2 283.2 282.0 281.2 281.6 281.8 281.0 280.5 280.7 280.7 280.3 280.7 280.5 278.3 278.6 278.1 277.4 276.2 275.8 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 282.9 283.4 284.8 285.9 286.0 285.8 285.0 284.7 286.3 286.6 286.7 285.4 284.9 285.0 284.4 284.5 284.5 283.6 283.1 282.8 282.1 282.1 282.3 281.5 280.4 280.3 279.4 276.0 276.6 278.3 -9999.0