1954 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 273.2 272.4 272.1 271.9 272.4 272.5 273.0 273.3 273.4 273.6 273.7 272.8 272.0 271.6 272.0 272.3 272.5 272.4 271.8 271.4 271.1 270.5 269.5 268.7 267.5 267.2 267.4 267.1 267.0 267.0 266.4 34 Hudson Bay 279.3 278.4 278.3 277.0 274.8 276.4 280.1 282.8 283.1 283.5 284.4 283.0 281.6 279.9 280.8 281.1 280.2 281.5 282.4 282.8 283.0 281.9 278.0 275.1 274.8 275.0 275.2 273.4 271.0 270.3 269.2 36 Hudson Strait 278.4 274.2 273.1 272.0 271.2 270.6 272.7 272.8 273.8 272.4 273.6 275.8 275.3 276.5 277.2 282.3 281.7 276.4 274.6 274.2 272.6 273.9 276.1 272.8 266.1 267.3 270.3 269.0 266.7 269.7 269.3 98 Bering Strait 277.1 274.1 274.8 275.2 274.2 271.9 270.1 269.7 271.9 272.0 270.3 269.3 268.2 268.0 268.5 269.1 268.4 268.2 266.9 267.1 266.3 265.8 266.9 269.0 269.2 268.3 267.3 266.6 267.9 268.7 268.7 128 Arctic subocean 253.2 253.2 255.2 253.3 252.1 252.3 252.1 252.3 253.9 257.4 258.0 254.0 255.2 253.3 254.1 256.8 257.3 250.8 247.9 245.8 246.3 252.5 253.7 253.2 249.8 246.1 244.1 245.7 246.3 246.2 246.4 130 Chukchi Sea 274.1 276.1 276.8 275.5 271.0 270.2 267.2 267.2 269.1 269.7 269.2 267.5 266.3 266.2 266.3 265.8 266.1 265.2 263.7 264.1 263.9 263.6 264.8 266.9 268.4 268.8 266.6 263.4 264.9 267.4 267.7 132 Beaufort Sea 275.5 272.2 271.4 272.4 274.9 274.8 274.4 274.8 277.0 277.3 276.3 273.1 271.0 272.5 275.7 277.3 279.3 277.8 277.6 277.5 275.4 271.2 269.6 272.7 273.5 273.5 272.7 270.9 271.1 271.2 270.6 134 Arctic Archipelago 264.4 263.5 263.3 262.9 267.1 268.4 266.2 261.5 260.1 261.6 262.1 261.5 263.4 265.0 265.6 263.3 263.9 265.1 262.3 263.4 266.2 260.9 253.5 255.9 258.0 255.5 251.6 252.9 253.0 252.1 252.0 136 Foxe Basin 269.4 268.3 267.8 267.9 267.9 269.5 269.5 267.8 266.8 265.3 266.3 268.5 269.6 271.0 271.3 271.5 269.2 267.3 267.7 264.7 270.4 272.7 265.7 261.3 261.7 263.3 263.4 261.6 258.7 260.6 261.1 138 Baffin Bay 252.1 251.1 252.8 255.1 255.1 254.7 258.4 263.6 261.7 259.9 257.8 255.6 253.7 252.7 254.3 259.4 262.1 258.3 250.9 247.8 250.3 259.5 259.2 254.0 246.7 245.8 246.3 251.7 253.7 253.5 253.2 139 South Greenland 261.2 261.7 263.5 263.6 263.1 262.5 266.1 267.0 264.4 262.8 262.6 260.8 258.2 256.0 255.0 257.6 264.7 265.5 260.0 255.0 252.8 256.3 262.1 261.5 257.5 257.1 257.6 254.7 257.4 259.1 260.3 140 Greenland Sea 248.9 248.5 250.4 252.5 255.7 255.6 254.9 260.0 258.2 259.7 259.5 256.0 253.1 250.5 248.8 252.2 256.3 256.1 249.9 247.0 244.4 251.4 255.4 255.1 243.8 239.8 241.9 245.5 246.0 249.0 249.9 142 Norwegian Sea 278.5 278.2 280.0 282.6 281.2 279.6 278.9 277.9 278.4 278.0 278.0 278.7 278.3 277.8 276.3 274.2 274.2 273.2 272.6 274.6 275.9 276.3 274.5 275.1 274.6 274.4 274.9 275.9 277.1 276.9 276.5 144 Barents Sea 281.0 280.4 280.6 281.1 280.8 279.2 277.6 276.8 276.2 275.8 276.4 276.8 277.6 277.0 276.8 274.9 273.7 271.4 269.9 270.0 269.7 271.3 274.5 275.9 275.7 277.1 277.5 275.2 272.1 271.4 271.8 146 Kara Sea 277.1 276.9 275.4 274.9 276.0 276.4 276.7 277.0 277.6 277.9 278.3 277.7 276.9 276.7 277.3 277.5 277.2 277.7 278.4 277.6 276.5 273.9 272.3 271.2 270.6 271.6 272.8 272.8 272.8 272.0 271.0 148 Laptev Sea 268.7 268.6 268.6 268.4 269.1 269.5 269.5 269.7 269.8 270.2 271.0 270.9 270.3 269.9 268.9 267.3 266.6 267.6 268.7 269.5 269.5 269.7 268.1 265.9 263.8 261.7 262.6 263.2 264.4 264.1 261.3 150 East Siberian Sea 272.2 272.4 272.6 272.0 273.3 273.5 272.0 268.6 266.0 265.1 264.8 265.5 265.6 264.7 264.9 264.5 263.6 262.3 261.5 262.7 263.5 265.2 265.3 263.4 262.1 261.8 260.1 259.2 259.7 262.0 265.2 152 Gulf of Alaska 283.9 279.2 277.5 278.7 278.4 277.7 277.4 278.7 278.6 277.9 277.4 276.4 276.0 276.7 277.7 277.5 275.8 276.8 276.1 275.8 274.6 273.4 275.8 276.4 275.2 275.3 274.5 275.5 276.7 276.6 277.1 154 Southeast Bering Sea 287.2 286.1 283.9 283.7 281.8 279.6 279.2 279.9 278.9 277.9 277.3 276.6 276.2 275.6 275.0 275.0 275.3 275.1 271.5 270.1 270.6 271.1 277.6 277.6 276.2 275.8 274.4 277.5 278.5 278.4 277.6