1955 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 256.1 255.3 253.3 252.2 251.9 252.4 252.3 254.7 255.4 254.8 254.0 253.0 252.2 252.9 253.6 253.0 252.5 250.8 249.7 250.4 251.9 251.7 252.2 251.3 249.7 249.7 251.0 252.3 252.9 253.2 252.7 34 Hudson Bay 261.9 258.5 255.8 255.9 255.8 255.3 255.7 257.2 259.7 260.8 263.3 264.6 261.8 259.4 258.5 256.0 253.4 249.6 247.0 248.3 253.4 255.4 260.9 260.7 256.2 260.4 264.6 262.1 259.8 262.2 261.1 36 Hudson Strait 265.2 263.9 257.7 260.2 258.0 260.3 263.1 267.9 267.9 268.1 266.7 258.2 255.1 254.8 255.0 256.7 256.2 255.0 263.3 264.1 266.3 263.0 255.2 252.8 255.4 253.3 255.1 263.6 263.8 259.1 252.0 98 Bering Strait 254.2 254.6 253.7 254.5 254.7 252.4 250.2 252.8 252.2 249.7 248.9 258.0 265.6 264.4 266.4 266.8 260.3 256.8 252.6 256.9 261.8 262.0 258.7 253.2 254.4 254.4 257.8 258.0 252.1 253.0 256.0 128 Arctic subocean 235.1 236.8 241.0 240.6 239.0 240.7 243.4 245.8 243.7 240.4 238.6 240.3 242.1 239.2 238.2 240.6 239.5 239.3 243.4 246.9 251.4 250.1 248.5 241.8 240.0 238.9 240.1 238.0 236.4 233.2 233.2 130 Chukchi Sea 243.9 244.8 247.0 251.3 254.0 255.6 249.7 246.5 240.9 240.9 243.0 254.1 260.2 269.2 266.9 268.7 268.4 261.4 266.2 267.9 270.0 268.0 248.6 261.1 265.5 254.8 251.8 245.4 241.9 237.4 239.0 132 Beaufort Sea 254.3 253.9 254.6 251.7 251.1 250.6 247.9 257.3 258.6 258.5 255.8 251.1 253.8 258.3 261.1 258.0 250.0 244.0 243.1 245.2 248.7 248.2 246.1 243.4 247.1 251.3 250.7 255.9 263.0 263.4 260.9 134 Arctic Archipelago 241.2 245.6 245.9 245.7 246.1 243.7 242.9 244.4 250.1 251.9 250.7 247.9 243.8 243.1 241.0 238.5 239.3 242.6 243.4 243.9 243.8 243.5 243.6 245.9 245.0 244.2 244.4 246.1 245.3 243.0 239.1 136 Foxe Basin 250.6 246.6 244.9 244.0 241.9 245.5 257.7 261.1 256.8 251.9 251.7 251.7 252.2 249.4 247.5 246.0 253.1 253.9 260.8 260.9 255.7 248.8 247.0 248.1 245.7 246.5 252.9 256.8 245.3 244.2 239.9 138 Baffin Bay 240.2 240.8 239.4 240.7 239.4 240.6 241.4 244.5 246.0 243.0 238.4 242.6 243.7 242.8 241.8 241.2 242.9 248.1 249.5 251.3 251.8 250.9 249.8 248.3 244.1 240.8 244.4 246.5 245.7 238.5 241.4 139 South Greenland 253.9 251.4 247.6 244.8 245.2 248.5 248.5 248.3 249.6 250.8 248.1 247.3 249.8 256.0 255.3 252.3 253.9 255.4 255.0 252.0 249.4 248.2 249.0 250.3 249.9 245.4 244.3 248.2 251.8 251.4 253.3 140 Greenland Sea 235.8 241.5 241.7 240.9 244.5 246.2 244.4 248.0 248.3 243.4 237.8 239.5 242.3 242.5 243.6 243.2 241.5 242.5 242.7 244.0 248.7 248.7 250.2 249.0 242.9 233.6 237.4 240.6 241.8 238.9 238.7 142 Norwegian Sea 272.7 271.6 270.2 272.4 275.0 274.4 271.5 270.4 267.8 266.5 263.8 264.5 265.6 264.1 261.9 261.8 261.9 263.3 264.1 264.7 265.9 269.8 270.8 270.8 270.5 272.5 273.5 274.2 273.8 273.4 270.6 144 Barents Sea 257.4 255.1 256.1 256.5 257.9 257.6 253.1 252.3 254.5 255.8 255.5 251.8 253.8 256.2 255.3 251.7 251.4 253.0 252.2 251.2 251.3 250.5 253.5 256.9 257.7 257.0 258.5 265.8 266.5 261.1 259.6 146 Kara Sea 264.6 260.4 255.2 254.2 256.7 260.4 261.1 261.9 260.2 260.4 259.2 255.1 252.3 255.8 258.5 257.6 253.9 251.7 252.1 252.8 254.2 255.9 254.9 250.8 247.8 247.8 248.0 249.2 251.0 252.8 252.1 148 Laptev Sea 250.7 255.2 253.3 247.8 242.4 241.1 243.0 246.8 250.1 247.1 245.6 244.4 241.8 238.9 238.9 242.8 248.8 246.6 242.3 241.7 240.6 239.4 241.5 246.1 244.9 245.2 245.2 245.0 247.3 248.9 248.6 150 East Siberian Sea 249.5 249.8 254.4 255.3 249.0 245.5 246.8 250.6 249.7 247.9 247.6 249.5 247.6 245.3 243.8 245.5 260.6 263.1 259.3 261.8 260.6 251.6 254.9 255.0 248.0 244.5 246.3 245.9 243.2 246.7 249.5 152 Gulf of Alaska 264.0 266.2 266.7 269.2 268.9 263.0 262.1 265.1 263.3 257.5 258.6 267.3 269.4 265.2 266.6 267.8 266.5 261.0 254.5 255.5 260.3 261.4 260.9 253.1 254.4 256.1 266.0 269.8 270.7 270.3 269.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 257.6 262.2 258.3 266.8 268.6 265.9 255.9 251.4 248.1 251.9 265.6 273.1 273.0 270.2 270.0 267.7 270.0 264.7 259.8 258.1 263.3 268.5 267.6 256.5 264.6 267.6 269.9 264.1 256.8 248.1 251.8