1953 10 - 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 274.8 274.5 274.0 274.2 274.1 273.6 273.4 273.1 272.6 272.5 271.9 271.9 272.3 272.4 271.9 271.6 270.6 270.0 269.7 269.2 268.9 268.7 268.0 267.0 265.6 264.6 264.3 263.4 262.1 261.8 262.0 34 Hudson Bay 284.6 285.1 284.2 281.9 278.7 279.6 281.0 281.9 282.5 283.0 280.1 281.7 284.4 284.5 284.3 284.3 283.6 284.0 283.9 284.4 283.9 282.0 280.0 278.6 277.2 273.2 275.2 276.0 274.6 271.2 269.6 36 Hudson Strait 276.7 275.4 276.8 277.4 274.2 271.7 272.8 273.9 274.0 274.3 274.2 272.6 271.6 278.7 277.6 273.9 271.7 270.6 269.8 267.3 274.5 274.5 272.0 266.9 272.2 273.6 272.9 267.7 269.6 267.6 264.2 98 Bering Strait 274.1 270.8 269.6 272.4 276.1 276.5 276.3 275.1 273.9 272.8 272.1 271.2 270.1 269.2 268.3 268.1 266.4 266.7 266.7 266.6 267.6 268.0 266.6 265.1 264.7 265.0 262.8 260.2 260.1 259.8 260.5 128 Arctic subocean 249.4 249.5 249.0 247.0 248.8 248.8 251.3 250.2 247.4 249.5 250.3 251.5 252.2 251.8 250.2 250.3 246.2 247.0 247.8 248.0 246.9 243.0 245.1 246.7 244.8 243.6 246.0 249.6 248.3 249.6 249.1 130 Chukchi Sea 272.8 269.4 268.1 268.4 269.9 271.1 272.8 272.7 272.9 270.2 268.7 267.5 267.0 264.9 265.5 266.6 265.0 262.8 263.6 263.7 263.7 263.3 259.7 258.3 257.8 257.1 256.2 257.4 258.0 256.5 257.2 132 Beaufort Sea 275.4 274.0 273.0 275.4 279.3 280.4 280.1 279.4 278.4 278.5 279.0 278.3 276.8 276.4 276.4 276.2 276.3 276.5 276.5 275.1 274.6 276.0 276.6 274.1 266.4 268.5 270.4 266.1 261.6 259.7 263.1 134 Arctic Archipelago 265.7 264.9 263.3 262.3 263.5 263.9 263.5 265.5 265.6 261.7 260.2 266.1 267.9 266.5 263.1 259.9 255.5 253.9 258.3 259.6 256.3 252.0 252.1 253.8 251.2 249.9 249.3 248.6 248.3 249.6 251.3 136 Foxe Basin 270.4 270.7 269.5 268.0 266.0 264.7 267.0 267.8 269.3 271.0 268.9 270.0 270.6 270.0 270.0 268.3 266.1 262.5 261.9 267.3 268.5 264.4 262.8 261.9 263.4 267.9 264.7 263.4 262.2 259.8 259.0 138 Baffin Bay 250.5 250.9 250.8 249.7 248.7 251.8 253.5 249.2 248.3 248.2 248.6 250.8 250.8 251.6 253.1 254.4 254.0 253.1 251.8 251.8 250.6 248.4 246.8 246.1 243.8 246.0 253.5 255.6 254.2 252.8 251.5 139 South Greenland 258.0 257.9 260.7 263.7 263.5 266.3 261.4 257.5 254.2 252.3 253.1 255.2 257.2 259.5 262.2 265.1 262.6 260.4 259.0 259.3 257.0 254.8 254.0 252.6 251.6 253.1 258.6 259.9 257.4 258.6 257.6 140 Greenland Sea 248.8 248.9 246.6 246.2 247.6 251.9 252.2 248.1 243.7 246.0 250.0 251.7 251.7 250.7 248.4 250.4 250.0 249.8 249.7 248.7 246.7 243.5 247.2 247.9 248.6 248.4 248.4 252.8 253.0 252.1 252.9 142 Norwegian Sea 282.8 280.7 280.9 278.8 278.1 278.6 278.6 280.6 280.7 279.2 280.3 281.7 281.2 278.9 275.6 276.4 278.3 280.4 281.0 280.6 280.5 279.4 279.6 279.9 279.2 280.0 279.7 281.0 280.8 278.8 278.1 144 Barents Sea 281.1 279.6 275.8 274.6 274.1 272.4 273.4 275.1 275.8 276.8 276.1 274.5 275.8 277.8 279.3 276.1 275.1 275.2 276.1 276.5 277.6 276.1 272.5 272.0 274.6 275.7 275.9 273.1 266.7 268.8 272.5 146 Kara Sea 280.8 280.5 280.4 280.7 279.6 276.9 276.5 277.2 277.3 277.6 277.7 276.5 276.4 276.0 274.4 274.1 273.7 273.0 271.9 270.7 270.9 272.0 271.2 269.1 267.3 265.5 264.4 264.7 264.9 264.7 264.1 148 Laptev Sea 271.0 271.9 272.3 272.4 273.1 273.1 272.6 271.1 270.2 269.9 269.2 268.8 269.0 269.2 269.3 269.4 267.5 266.4 266.0 265.2 264.0 264.5 265.2 266.1 264.8 262.6 259.0 255.5 252.7 254.3 255.5 150 East Siberian Sea 275.2 275.1 275.7 275.6 274.0 270.2 268.9 267.1 264.8 264.8 263.9 260.7 260.6 261.1 261.0 261.1 261.7 260.3 259.0 258.7 258.3 259.9 260.8 262.2 264.5 263.4 261.0 259.4 261.8 263.2 262.6 152 Gulf of Alaska 275.6 273.4 273.8 280.2 280.8 280.2 278.7 278.3 277.6 278.3 278.2 277.0 277.4 277.3 276.3 275.7 275.1 275.4 275.2 274.8 276.1 276.7 273.8 270.9 271.6 270.8 266.9 265.8 266.9 268.4 269.1 154 Southeast Bering Sea 278.5 274.5 271.0 276.3 279.6 279.9 280.6 280.3 279.9 278.7 277.2 276.7 278.0 277.9 276.6 276.6 275.3 274.3 272.7 273.0 273.8 273.7 271.6 270.4 268.8 267.4 266.4 265.8 261.5 258.2 260.4