1956 05 - 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 271.5 271.7 271.9 272.3 273.2 273.4 273.6 273.9 274.2 274.2 274.3 274.8 274.9 274.9 275.1 275.5 275.8 276.2 277.3 277.8 278.1 278.5 278.8 279.0 279.1 279.6 279.7 279.4 279.5 279.5 279.9 34 Hudson Bay 273.9 274.3 275.0 275.0 274.3 274.0 276.9 278.9 278.0 278.0 279.0 278.6 278.6 278.6 278.9 279.4 279.8 280.1 281.4 281.3 281.8 280.7 279.4 281.3 284.5 286.2 286.3 286.7 286.7 285.6 285.2 36 Hudson Strait 268.5 266.6 268.5 271.1 272.3 270.9 268.9 268.5 270.9 269.3 269.0 267.9 268.3 272.4 273.1 273.2 272.3 269.3 270.4 269.8 270.8 270.0 268.2 270.0 270.4 273.4 273.7 273.2 274.0 273.7 273.2 98 Bering Strait 273.8 273.9 273.6 273.8 275.4 276.0 274.9 273.7 273.3 273.2 273.7 274.6 274.6 274.9 275.3 275.2 275.2 275.8 278.7 280.2 279.8 279.0 279.3 278.5 278.9 280.5 280.8 278.5 279.2 279.6 278.7 128 Arctic subocean 257.7 254.8 254.4 255.5 256.3 257.5 258.9 258.1 255.1 256.4 257.8 258.4 259.7 259.7 259.3 259.4 261.0 262.3 262.2 264.1 264.2 264.4 265.7 266.5 265.7 266.1 267.6 266.8 265.3 266.8 266.6 130 Chukchi Sea 274.1 274.2 273.6 273.6 274.4 274.2 272.8 271.5 271.7 271.0 272.0 272.8 273.3 273.7 274.0 274.1 274.1 273.8 273.8 273.9 273.3 272.3 273.7 274.9 275.9 277.8 278.2 278.1 278.0 276.4 274.7 132 Beaufort Sea 273.5 274.8 276.0 276.2 277.3 277.8 277.4 277.3 279.0 279.1 275.8 274.7 275.2 276.7 278.8 279.0 279.2 281.0 284.0 284.8 282.0 282.4 284.4 283.9 282.2 282.8 282.7 282.3 282.9 285.9 287.8 134 Arctic Archipelago 269.6 268.1 263.4 263.1 264.4 265.1 264.2 264.7 265.5 264.6 262.3 264.4 264.8 265.2 266.0 265.8 264.7 266.5 267.4 267.6 267.9 270.0 271.3 272.5 271.5 269.3 269.8 270.8 271.0 271.0 271.3 136 Foxe Basin 266.4 266.8 266.1 265.8 266.7 266.6 265.4 264.1 263.7 264.0 263.7 264.4 266.0 267.5 268.6 269.4 267.9 265.2 264.5 264.6 268.5 270.3 270.9 271.0 272.5 272.3 269.3 270.7 271.3 271.9 272.3 138 Baffin Bay 260.4 258.8 257.8 258.1 258.8 258.3 257.5 257.0 256.4 258.0 260.3 260.7 260.2 259.0 259.6 266.2 268.3 270.2 269.8 267.4 266.6 266.5 267.0 267.6 266.3 264.6 263.1 262.8 263.2 265.3 264.6 139 South Greenland 266.3 266.9 267.4 267.1 267.3 266.9 266.8 266.2 265.4 266.0 266.5 266.5 267.0 267.5 268.5 271.2 273.0 272.9 271.3 270.0 270.7 270.8 271.2 270.7 270.2 270.2 267.3 266.0 267.4 268.0 269.3 140 Greenland Sea 258.6 260.2 259.5 258.7 257.0 256.9 256.5 256.8 258.0 258.3 259.7 260.8 261.4 261.5 260.9 262.6 269.4 271.1 271.1 268.8 266.7 267.7 267.6 269.5 269.4 268.4 266.9 264.9 262.2 266.2 266.8 142 Norwegian Sea 277.4 277.8 278.1 278.0 279.8 279.5 278.7 278.4 278.2 279.4 280.7 281.7 279.7 279.4 279.2 278.7 278.6 278.6 277.5 278.1 280.1 281.9 283.0 282.8 282.2 280.2 282.4 283.1 280.6 279.9 282.6 144 Barents Sea 273.7 274.6 275.5 276.5 278.7 278.7 279.0 279.5 278.5 279.3 277.9 276.8 279.6 281.0 281.4 282.2 282.4 282.8 283.3 283.3 282.1 281.3 281.3 280.9 283.3 284.8 283.7 282.6 282.1 283.4 281.0 146 Kara Sea 273.9 274.4 274.9 275.5 276.8 277.1 277.2 277.6 278.7 279.0 280.2 282.0 281.6 280.5 280.0 279.8 280.2 280.6 281.9 283.1 284.4 285.7 285.9 285.6 284.4 284.4 284.9 284.9 285.3 283.6 284.6 148 Laptev Sea 269.6 269.7 270.4 270.7 271.4 271.7 272.0 272.7 272.9 272.6 271.9 271.8 271.8 272.1 271.5 270.9 269.8 269.2 269.6 270.9 272.3 273.6 274.2 274.4 274.8 275.8 277.1 276.9 276.4 277.0 277.2 150 East Siberian Sea 270.3 268.6 268.5 269.5 271.9 272.6 272.5 272.1 271.2 270.7 271.0 271.0 270.2 270.1 270.9 270.9 271.7 272.2 272.7 273.5 273.3 273.3 273.4 273.4 273.4 273.7 275.1 274.0 273.9 273.9 274.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 274.9 274.9 274.8 276.2 279.6 280.1 276.3 275.7 275.6 275.0 275.8 275.9 275.8 275.5 275.6 275.6 275.8 277.5 281.5 282.8 279.7 278.8 278.8 278.5 279.4 280.2 278.2 277.8 278.2 278.9 279.5 154 Southeast Bering Sea 275.3 274.7 274.4 274.8 279.3 279.9 276.5 276.4 276.3 276.5 277.6 278.1 278.0 278.3 278.4 278.3 277.8 280.9 283.0 283.0 283.6 282.9 281.6 283.0 285.3 285.4 280.9 280.1 280.1 280.3 280.8