1953 12 - 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 255.0 255.0 255.0 255.4 256.0 256.2 257.1 258.4 259.4 258.4 257.4 256.5 255.9 256.1 256.2 255.2 254.7 254.5 254.9 255.6 255.5 255.6 255.4 254.7 254.4 253.5 252.3 252.4 252.5 251.9 250.7 34 Hudson Bay 267.6 265.9 261.1 260.5 262.9 264.1 264.7 262.5 264.2 264.5 263.6 264.5 263.8 261.5 259.5 258.5 259.7 262.5 262.0 260.9 258.3 255.5 263.0 264.4 262.4 259.0 257.5 258.2 254.4 253.2 254.0 36 Hudson Strait 266.6 269.2 269.6 260.1 264.7 263.8 262.3 262.4 259.1 256.4 255.6 258.6 258.8 255.5 255.3 256.6 253.7 252.4 250.0 245.8 244.1 245.8 249.5 250.5 250.5 249.6 248.0 255.1 255.7 248.9 247.1 98 Bering Strait 256.9 256.0 251.8 251.7 249.5 246.8 247.9 251.7 251.7 250.1 251.4 251.3 251.5 249.1 254.0 257.5 258.3 258.0 257.4 256.7 259.9 263.0 262.5 259.4 260.3 258.1 255.6 253.8 251.7 253.1 250.7 128 Arctic subocean 245.7 244.1 244.6 244.4 243.5 242.8 242.1 241.0 239.8 239.7 240.5 240.6 239.2 237.8 236.2 236.9 236.7 240.0 238.2 237.2 235.7 234.9 236.6 236.5 237.0 238.2 239.5 240.2 236.4 237.6 240.7 130 Chukchi Sea 253.8 254.9 252.5 249.6 246.4 242.8 241.0 244.1 242.1 241.2 240.9 241.5 241.3 241.9 240.6 241.4 244.8 244.2 248.1 249.1 252.0 254.3 257.3 255.8 256.1 255.4 253.4 248.1 247.0 247.7 245.8 132 Beaufort Sea 257.1 255.0 254.9 255.8 256.3 256.8 254.2 254.3 259.2 257.8 259.4 260.7 260.1 260.1 260.0 258.1 263.2 262.2 260.6 256.8 256.4 267.4 268.2 265.2 260.8 257.9 256.9 252.4 249.4 251.2 250.9 134 Arctic Archipelago 243.7 243.2 242.1 243.8 245.1 245.4 243.6 243.7 245.7 244.0 241.4 240.5 240.1 244.0 245.5 242.9 241.6 239.9 240.1 243.7 241.9 243.8 243.0 235.6 237.4 239.1 238.3 235.5 235.5 235.1 235.2 136 Foxe Basin 249.7 240.8 243.4 242.8 242.1 243.6 242.5 241.4 242.4 247.0 249.2 246.6 240.6 240.4 239.0 237.4 235.4 233.8 232.9 234.2 235.2 232.0 231.8 230.1 229.4 232.2 235.4 238.6 239.3 236.8 238.1 138 Baffin Bay 243.3 242.1 243.4 245.1 243.6 239.4 237.8 240.9 241.4 241.3 240.9 238.7 237.1 240.3 241.2 239.2 238.1 234.9 238.2 239.3 235.5 234.5 234.4 235.3 244.7 247.4 243.2 242.1 243.1 241.5 241.1 139 South Greenland 248.5 247.7 251.9 251.7 249.7 247.4 247.4 252.7 255.3 256.5 254.7 250.9 250.4 252.7 249.9 250.4 247.8 246.5 252.5 250.5 245.6 245.0 242.9 249.5 255.7 254.6 248.9 253.5 253.4 250.3 246.1 140 Greenland Sea 246.6 245.3 243.6 243.4 243.1 242.5 242.7 243.6 246.5 249.7 247.2 243.1 240.8 241.4 245.1 243.7 243.0 237.8 241.0 242.2 239.6 238.4 237.8 239.1 245.1 248.6 245.4 243.7 245.5 243.4 243.0 142 Norwegian Sea 275.9 276.4 275.2 274.2 273.4 277.0 277.5 276.7 274.7 273.8 276.1 275.3 275.1 275.3 274.8 275.0 272.8 272.3 272.5 274.1 275.7 276.6 276.2 276.5 275.5 273.8 271.4 270.1 270.1 274.5 274.2 144 Barents Sea 271.6 271.4 270.2 268.7 269.7 268.4 269.0 271.7 271.0 268.3 271.2 271.2 271.3 270.0 268.7 268.7 268.0 264.5 262.6 262.5 262.2 262.6 262.3 263.2 263.7 264.4 264.4 263.9 264.8 263.6 262.0 146 Kara Sea 256.9 258.6 260.2 261.5 261.9 264.0 265.8 266.0 264.8 262.6 262.0 261.2 262.0 263.5 261.8 259.6 257.6 258.4 259.9 262.8 262.2 260.9 260.3 261.3 259.7 258.6 257.9 258.9 260.1 258.2 255.8 148 Laptev Sea 241.7 243.5 246.7 249.2 250.4 250.6 252.2 256.9 260.7 259.5 254.6 251.7 249.1 250.0 252.2 250.6 248.4 246.9 245.5 248.0 253.0 251.6 245.4 240.6 241.1 242.3 242.5 242.1 245.3 247.4 248.1 150 East Siberian Sea 242.9 242.5 241.7 241.4 242.3 243.2 247.2 248.9 250.0 250.9 248.8 244.9 242.8 240.7 243.9 245.8 245.2 247.4 248.9 250.3 249.8 248.0 245.3 243.3 241.7 238.8 236.2 239.3 240.7 239.1 236.3 152 Gulf of Alaska 269.5 269.2 265.1 265.2 264.8 260.9 266.8 269.4 268.3 266.6 268.1 267.6 266.2 265.9 272.3 273.4 273.7 272.4 271.0 267.0 273.0 273.9 272.2 271.2 270.8 270.0 270.0 268.8 270.5 270.0 265.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 272.3 271.0 265.4 263.1 260.0 254.1 259.9 264.4 262.7 256.1 254.0 258.9 265.7 265.0 264.9 267.0 269.0 270.5 271.3 269.7 271.7 272.5 271.0 270.5 271.0 267.9 263.0 264.0 269.7 269.1 263.0