1956 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 251.3 250.1 249.7 249.8 250.6 251.8 253.5 254.6 255.4 254.4 253.3 252.4 251.5 250.9 249.6 249.0 249.0 249.9 251.1 252.2 252.5 252.9 253.3 254.1 254.1 253.0 252.3 252.1 251.5 251.8 253.8 34 Hudson Bay 258.9 260.2 258.6 257.6 257.8 254.2 255.1 260.3 262.8 263.0 262.1 258.7 257.2 256.1 251.1 249.2 250.0 252.0 252.5 253.9 256.7 258.4 258.1 259.4 260.7 260.1 258.6 259.4 258.8 256.0 256.8 36 Hudson Strait 245.5 250.0 249.9 246.1 256.0 255.9 248.1 249.4 265.4 266.5 266.6 264.1 254.5 248.3 245.7 243.2 245.2 246.0 250.2 260.1 263.3 262.6 261.3 259.7 258.1 254.4 254.3 255.9 256.4 248.1 246.6 98 Bering Strait 253.2 249.1 251.0 249.5 249.0 254.0 255.8 252.2 252.5 251.5 253.3 257.0 257.9 260.1 259.8 256.6 253.1 253.5 252.5 252.3 249.7 250.4 253.1 252.2 252.6 251.9 255.0 256.3 257.6 258.5 260.2 128 Arctic subocean 235.8 237.9 238.6 240.2 242.5 242.2 239.6 241.5 241.6 240.4 237.9 235.6 235.8 246.8 246.5 243.6 241.1 236.2 235.1 237.4 238.0 237.3 236.3 237.4 242.3 242.1 237.6 234.5 238.5 246.0 247.7 130 Chukchi Sea 242.5 246.4 245.4 241.4 255.3 263.0 258.0 247.7 251.5 260.6 263.3 263.5 265.9 260.9 263.1 254.6 248.0 244.4 244.5 244.9 241.1 239.8 239.3 242.7 254.7 258.5 258.0 260.4 260.6 252.4 249.5 132 Beaufort Sea 254.4 248.5 248.0 246.5 243.5 245.3 250.3 250.6 249.4 246.8 246.8 249.5 250.1 250.1 250.4 251.4 251.4 256.1 257.8 258.8 257.2 256.4 255.7 255.0 254.2 252.8 251.8 251.7 252.5 254.3 258.5 134 Arctic Archipelago 235.9 235.5 238.8 239.8 241.0 241.2 242.7 244.8 246.1 244.9 242.5 242.3 242.3 244.5 245.5 249.8 248.7 247.0 248.5 248.5 249.7 247.5 247.9 251.6 252.8 248.2 249.2 253.1 246.2 247.5 251.0 136 Foxe Basin 238.4 236.9 236.8 239.9 241.4 244.4 244.4 249.3 257.2 253.6 259.7 259.8 249.1 241.9 242.2 240.3 241.7 246.7 247.9 247.9 247.4 250.9 251.9 248.8 252.6 255.1 247.0 246.3 242.0 235.7 238.1 138 Baffin Bay 242.7 239.9 236.6 236.5 235.7 238.0 241.1 242.2 240.5 241.4 243.1 248.8 249.3 243.3 240.1 237.5 238.4 238.3 236.8 243.3 244.0 245.0 245.7 242.6 238.4 242.2 238.7 242.1 243.7 244.1 245.7 139 South Greenland 254.9 252.9 244.0 244.2 243.5 247.4 251.1 251.0 247.2 245.2 247.4 253.6 252.8 247.7 243.7 240.0 242.7 242.5 241.9 244.6 250.1 249.9 249.1 248.2 243.8 247.0 253.3 252.9 251.6 252.8 255.5 140 Greenland Sea 242.5 240.9 240.7 243.5 246.2 245.8 242.8 241.7 238.0 235.7 235.0 238.8 242.4 241.6 238.2 237.1 239.1 239.3 237.2 235.9 240.0 239.2 240.2 238.4 233.4 236.1 237.8 246.1 255.9 254.3 252.4 142 Norwegian Sea 268.6 271.0 275.5 276.5 276.2 276.0 274.1 270.3 268.7 268.7 267.3 269.3 270.3 269.8 269.1 268.7 268.2 266.2 267.6 270.4 268.6 265.4 267.6 266.6 265.4 266.6 268.6 267.3 264.7 262.3 264.7 144 Barents Sea 259.5 258.5 262.3 265.8 267.8 271.3 271.2 267.9 263.7 261.7 258.8 256.3 256.7 259.6 261.4 262.9 262.3 262.3 265.5 265.3 263.0 263.3 262.9 260.2 254.8 249.5 249.6 249.2 249.4 254.7 266.0 146 Kara Sea 251.5 250.3 248.8 249.7 251.6 254.4 258.1 259.8 260.3 259.5 257.0 253.8 253.0 252.1 250.1 249.3 249.2 251.0 254.0 254.8 255.1 256.0 258.3 261.5 262.5 260.9 259.3 257.2 255.3 256.5 257.3 148 Laptev Sea 248.9 249.2 249.2 249.4 248.8 247.3 247.4 248.6 249.3 248.4 246.5 243.5 241.6 241.3 242.3 241.2 240.9 241.5 241.7 243.5 245.4 245.8 243.6 243.8 243.8 242.7 241.0 239.1 238.7 240.2 241.3 150 East Siberian Sea 244.6 241.4 242.4 245.5 248.0 248.8 248.3 250.8 260.0 257.8 254.8 255.3 252.3 252.9 252.8 259.1 259.3 254.1 253.9 251.2 243.8 243.8 246.2 248.2 250.6 246.0 243.0 242.5 242.0 239.8 243.1 152 Gulf of Alaska 266.3 261.4 265.8 261.0 256.5 258.2 263.0 260.5 259.1 257.3 258.6 261.0 262.3 262.4 261.8 260.2 262.2 267.6 267.4 267.4 266.1 268.4 267.2 265.0 261.4 261.9 261.1 262.3 265.9 270.0 272.4 154 Southeast Bering Sea 250.1 255.7 269.3 253.0 254.3 267.4 268.1 264.2 259.8 252.4 255.9 259.5 262.9 265.1 264.8 260.5 256.3 254.0 258.5 257.8 253.8 252.3 249.7 249.7 253.4 260.6 266.4 269.1 270.0 265.3 265.3