1953 11 - 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 262.6 261.6 261.0 261.3 261.8 261.5 260.9 261.2 261.0 260.5 259.2 258.8 258.7 258.9 259.5 259.8 259.6 258.8 257.9 258.3 258.6 258.4 257.5 257.0 257.2 257.7 257.8 257.6 256.3 254.8 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 271.9 272.8 271.8 271.4 273.8 274.8 273.1 272.7 274.3 273.1 272.5 273.7 275.3 275.8 276.9 276.6 275.7 272.4 268.2 266.7 268.0 270.1 270.2 269.8 268.9 268.1 267.7 269.1 270.0 268.7 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 262.4 260.4 260.1 262.8 265.8 270.3 272.2 270.9 267.1 268.4 268.2 267.5 265.6 259.1 258.5 261.3 271.2 272.3 270.3 266.9 263.0 267.1 270.0 270.7 269.5 273.1 272.1 267.4 264.6 264.7 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 261.0 259.1 260.2 260.6 261.1 258.5 260.7 262.3 262.2 262.6 263.4 264.0 263.3 263.7 262.7 259.3 261.8 261.5 259.5 259.8 259.4 257.3 256.9 258.6 261.5 260.6 259.5 260.0 257.8 254.9 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 249.4 251.0 248.3 246.9 249.3 248.2 250.4 245.2 241.2 241.4 240.1 240.0 244.0 245.7 244.1 244.8 244.0 244.8 245.4 246.1 245.9 248.4 250.1 246.1 248.8 248.4 246.4 243.7 244.7 246.1 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 256.4 255.4 254.4 259.3 262.9 264.6 265.6 268.1 268.7 264.9 260.1 258.0 257.7 255.9 255.6 252.5 259.3 261.0 261.2 257.8 255.8 254.0 251.6 249.8 252.5 253.1 252.4 252.6 253.9 252.9 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 265.2 264.3 265.3 267.9 266.9 263.5 262.4 265.7 266.1 267.3 266.6 269.5 269.7 270.5 270.4 268.1 264.7 260.8 260.6 262.1 263.0 262.3 260.8 259.5 262.7 263.6 263.7 264.0 261.9 258.0 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 253.8 256.2 255.2 256.6 258.4 255.0 249.7 250.5 251.9 253.3 248.4 246.9 249.8 255.5 260.2 260.1 254.0 247.1 244.9 246.4 247.2 245.7 244.3 246.9 249.1 248.7 248.1 250.0 248.6 245.6 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 257.0 250.8 254.8 256.1 259.7 268.1 265.1 251.0 252.0 254.4 255.7 250.4 247.6 243.0 252.3 256.8 260.0 260.6 257.6 249.7 249.5 252.8 252.2 244.4 248.6 255.1 256.5 251.5 254.9 256.5 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 248.1 247.6 251.7 254.2 253.4 255.4 254.0 249.9 245.0 238.1 236.7 235.4 236.2 237.4 238.9 239.9 239.4 241.6 250.1 251.0 247.4 247.8 246.5 240.6 241.1 243.1 247.0 246.5 244.5 242.4 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 256.7 259.4 261.2 260.2 259.4 260.5 256.3 254.7 250.1 244.5 245.7 246.1 250.1 251.8 253.4 251.8 248.5 253.0 255.9 255.8 256.2 257.9 255.8 252.2 250.5 249.8 261.5 259.9 253.5 250.2 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 250.7 251.8 256.4 260.0 257.2 253.1 253.2 248.5 242.8 239.3 238.3 235.1 232.2 234.5 238.2 244.7 246.4 247.2 246.7 247.6 248.3 251.0 249.7 247.6 243.7 243.5 242.9 244.9 245.2 245.7 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 277.7 277.4 276.5 277.0 277.2 276.3 278.7 278.0 276.3 275.8 276.1 275.8 273.4 273.2 272.6 276.9 276.7 277.6 274.6 274.9 275.2 273.7 275.2 275.2 275.6 276.2 277.7 277.3 274.6 276.0 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 271.9 270.6 268.2 268.0 268.5 270.1 270.6 270.3 272.2 272.7 270.3 271.0 271.7 270.7 267.3 265.8 265.7 266.5 265.5 263.9 262.9 262.3 260.9 258.9 259.0 263.7 266.8 269.6 270.8 270.1 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 264.2 261.7 260.4 259.6 259.2 259.3 260.0 260.3 259.9 259.5 257.6 256.1 255.6 255.4 256.3 258.8 260.2 260.3 259.7 261.2 261.9 260.8 259.3 259.4 259.6 259.1 256.2 255.3 254.3 254.5 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 256.8 255.9 253.9 254.9 256.1 256.9 256.1 256.9 257.4 257.6 255.8 254.5 251.8 251.3 252.0 252.1 250.6 250.2 249.8 249.9 248.7 247.4 246.8 247.2 246.6 248.4 250.0 249.1 246.9 243.2 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 261.1 256.1 254.6 256.2 255.5 251.1 249.5 252.9 253.0 252.6 252.0 251.7 250.7 249.3 248.5 248.1 247.6 246.4 245.4 247.7 252.1 253.0 251.7 250.8 249.7 249.4 249.1 248.3 246.4 245.1 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 269.3 269.5 270.2 266.8 266.4 264.9 264.8 264.9 267.5 272.1 273.4 273.6 273.5 273.6 272.7 270.5 271.5 272.0 269.2 267.9 268.2 268.7 271.0 272.4 271.5 273.0 272.5 270.4 267.0 265.8 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 269.0 269.4 265.3 259.4 261.1 261.7 266.5 268.6 268.3 266.3 266.4 268.6 269.6 269.2 268.4 267.1 273.0 272.1 268.7 270.0 269.5 267.3 268.7 268.5 270.8 272.4 271.4 269.0 269.1 271.7 -9999.0