1955 01 - 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 253.1 254.0 254.5 254.9 255.5 255.5 256.5 257.0 256.8 256.1 255.7 255.8 256.1 256.8 256.7 256.3 256.3 256.5 256.5 256.6 256.1 255.8 255.3 255.2 254.4 254.3 253.9 253.7 253.9 254.0 252.5 34 Hudson Bay 260.1 259.2 258.0 260.0 261.4 261.1 261.4 260.7 258.7 256.4 255.3 255.8 258.0 258.8 258.0 257.5 257.7 256.9 257.6 259.9 259.2 258.9 257.4 256.7 255.6 253.7 252.6 252.7 251.7 254.9 256.4 36 Hudson Strait 252.7 246.0 254.9 255.6 255.3 267.2 270.0 269.8 269.8 267.0 261.4 259.1 254.0 260.8 267.2 266.5 263.0 259.5 257.2 253.9 247.6 246.5 250.0 250.6 252.8 252.0 251.8 250.9 252.5 254.0 258.0 98 Bering Strait 251.6 254.8 253.1 247.8 249.9 251.4 251.9 257.3 261.5 264.3 261.8 257.3 258.6 258.9 256.1 252.3 251.3 256.3 257.9 258.1 257.4 261.0 262.1 262.1 262.2 261.5 260.4 261.4 260.6 257.8 255.3 128 Arctic subocean 242.4 244.0 244.8 249.6 250.8 247.4 246.7 245.8 244.4 242.3 246.3 251.5 246.6 238.8 239.1 239.0 241.5 239.3 238.7 239.0 238.6 240.8 241.4 242.9 241.0 235.4 237.4 237.2 235.4 234.1 235.9 130 Chukchi Sea 240.2 240.3 239.5 244.4 242.7 238.2 236.4 251.5 255.8 261.3 259.7 253.6 253.5 252.8 251.4 249.7 250.1 250.9 252.1 252.6 253.5 255.9 259.7 263.6 261.0 256.6 255.5 259.4 259.7 257.1 248.1 132 Beaufort Sea 247.8 252.3 259.7 260.2 259.5 260.8 262.9 259.0 255.6 256.6 260.2 261.9 261.5 258.2 255.7 253.0 250.1 252.6 255.2 257.5 258.3 259.9 261.5 259.3 256.7 259.4 259.6 260.6 259.2 257.0 253.2 134 Arctic Archipelago 240.4 243.1 246.9 247.5 244.3 245.2 248.3 248.1 246.6 244.2 243.7 246.7 247.7 246.6 243.5 238.4 238.5 241.3 244.2 245.2 242.3 239.1 237.2 237.6 236.5 239.2 239.7 237.8 237.2 238.2 238.1 136 Foxe Basin 240.5 242.3 247.3 250.5 253.8 254.9 264.7 265.3 265.9 261.0 253.4 255.8 253.9 252.5 253.1 252.7 246.6 242.6 245.4 242.2 240.8 244.6 248.1 247.5 240.3 242.2 244.1 244.1 242.0 242.1 249.2 138 Baffin Bay 247.6 245.0 243.1 250.9 253.4 251.0 248.5 253.8 252.5 247.8 248.0 246.5 245.6 240.9 237.1 237.6 239.2 236.7 234.4 233.7 233.1 233.3 236.4 237.5 233.8 233.4 235.4 238.4 240.5 241.3 237.3 139 South Greenland 256.8 258.6 260.0 261.6 261.3 258.9 255.9 258.2 258.9 258.2 255.1 253.3 250.1 251.0 250.8 253.4 253.6 250.1 243.9 240.1 239.2 237.7 240.5 241.5 241.7 243.2 245.4 249.0 253.5 252.7 247.6 140 Greenland Sea 246.8 249.5 244.6 248.3 255.4 254.6 248.5 250.0 249.7 243.8 240.5 246.6 246.5 239.6 234.3 234.7 236.7 236.3 235.6 234.8 234.5 237.7 239.5 236.5 232.8 237.3 237.7 237.5 240.7 240.8 237.3 142 Norwegian Sea 275.4 272.0 271.2 274.7 271.8 272.6 272.2 267.2 268.5 269.1 269.8 269.8 266.7 267.7 266.8 266.5 266.6 266.7 266.2 269.0 269.1 272.3 273.4 274.1 273.2 273.6 272.5 270.5 269.7 270.0 269.9 144 Barents Sea 263.7 266.5 265.6 266.0 265.1 260.8 258.9 258.0 258.2 260.8 265.5 269.9 269.5 267.0 266.4 265.5 264.8 268.8 268.3 266.3 263.1 260.8 262.3 264.6 265.1 265.3 263.8 262.2 260.7 258.4 256.0 146 Kara Sea 253.5 255.5 256.2 256.6 257.2 256.9 258.4 258.7 258.3 257.6 258.9 260.4 262.4 264.8 265.8 265.6 266.3 264.9 263.8 264.8 265.3 263.9 262.5 263.1 262.5 261.3 261.3 261.1 261.7 261.2 258.4 148 Laptev Sea 251.4 249.9 248.2 248.0 248.4 250.6 253.0 254.6 255.6 254.4 250.2 247.5 247.4 251.0 253.7 254.8 255.7 256.4 257.5 255.4 255.1 254.9 251.5 249.8 249.4 249.6 246.1 243.7 243.8 244.8 245.1 150 East Siberian Sea 249.1 246.6 247.4 246.6 246.3 244.2 243.1 241.9 244.4 245.5 245.5 241.9 236.7 237.6 240.9 243.6 244.3 245.6 245.4 244.3 243.2 241.9 241.9 243.0 244.1 245.4 247.3 248.6 250.1 251.7 250.7 152 Gulf of Alaska 265.8 271.4 269.7 264.4 268.6 270.1 270.0 270.0 272.4 272.6 270.6 270.6 271.8 272.2 268.2 265.2 262.6 268.4 270.3 269.7 271.4 273.0 272.1 271.9 271.7 270.8 271.8 270.4 267.5 267.3 268.1 154 Southeast Bering Sea 270.4 271.8 263.7 244.6 249.0 250.3 267.0 273.4 274.3 273.4 269.6 266.9 272.0 271.8 268.2 266.3 265.3 270.7 269.8 268.6 271.5 272.1 272.6 272.0 271.2 272.7 272.7 268.8 268.6 269.2 267.8