1956 08 - 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 288.8 288.9 289.1 289.0 288.5 287.6 287.0 287.2 287.5 287.6 287.5 287.6 287.8 287.6 287.5 287.1 287.2 287.1 286.7 286.5 286.1 285.9 286.1 286.1 285.8 285.7 285.5 284.8 284.6 284.4 283.7 34 Hudson Bay 294.0 296.3 296.4 296.3 295.5 295.1 294.8 294.7 294.0 292.2 292.0 291.9 292.8 291.3 290.9 289.1 288.0 287.5 288.2 289.3 289.7 290.4 291.8 292.7 291.3 291.6 291.8 289.6 288.7 289.5 290.1 36 Hudson Strait 285.0 286.9 289.1 289.1 287.4 285.0 284.6 287.8 289.4 290.2 288.6 286.1 288.2 287.7 285.8 283.6 283.5 283.2 281.2 280.3 282.3 283.5 284.4 283.9 283.5 281.8 282.0 282.6 282.1 282.8 286.5 98 Bering Strait 286.5 285.4 287.3 288.0 287.8 286.9 286.7 286.8 286.2 285.5 286.1 285.1 284.2 285.0 286.3 287.4 288.4 288.9 288.7 287.6 286.2 284.6 283.8 284.2 284.1 283.4 282.7 282.4 282.4 282.5 282.4 128 Arctic subocean 275.4 275.0 275.3 275.3 275.2 275.0 274.5 274.5 274.3 274.0 273.6 273.8 273.4 273.1 273.7 273.6 273.2 272.6 272.2 271.6 269.5 269.2 269.3 269.3 269.7 269.8 269.6 269.1 265.5 263.6 267.1 130 Chukchi Sea 282.4 283.0 283.5 282.9 284.9 284.3 281.4 280.8 281.0 280.7 279.9 278.6 279.9 280.3 282.1 281.8 283.7 285.6 286.0 285.2 281.6 279.7 279.6 280.0 280.1 278.8 279.4 279.5 279.5 280.3 280.4 132 Beaufort Sea 291.5 290.6 291.6 291.8 290.5 289.8 288.9 288.4 290.1 291.2 290.9 289.4 286.6 286.5 286.9 285.9 287.3 290.6 293.0 293.2 291.4 290.1 290.8 291.0 290.2 289.9 289.0 285.7 284.7 283.0 282.5 134 Arctic Archipelago 284.8 284.3 284.3 285.7 286.8 286.9 285.2 283.6 282.9 281.7 280.3 280.1 278.0 277.4 278.5 278.8 279.2 280.2 280.6 280.9 282.2 281.6 279.4 279.1 279.0 279.3 279.1 278.2 276.3 274.1 273.1 136 Foxe Basin 279.2 280.1 280.4 280.4 279.5 280.0 281.7 281.9 282.5 283.2 282.4 281.3 280.6 281.3 280.1 280.2 280.5 280.6 280.3 279.1 278.5 279.1 278.9 279.4 280.2 280.7 281.1 280.8 280.8 279.8 278.2 138 Baffin Bay 273.7 274.6 274.0 274.1 274.3 274.3 273.6 273.9 274.0 273.5 272.0 271.6 271.4 271.7 273.2 273.2 272.8 271.3 269.5 268.2 267.7 268.3 268.1 268.2 269.4 269.0 270.9 270.0 268.8 268.2 266.4 139 South Greenland 275.1 275.3 275.6 275.5 275.0 274.5 275.0 274.8 274.6 274.2 274.0 273.6 273.6 274.4 274.2 274.0 273.6 273.6 273.2 273.0 272.5 272.8 272.3 272.6 272.8 272.6 273.2 274.4 274.4 274.6 274.1 140 Greenland Sea 273.6 273.3 273.2 272.9 273.3 273.6 272.6 272.5 271.9 270.9 269.1 268.7 270.3 269.7 271.3 271.4 270.1 269.1 268.4 267.5 266.1 265.0 265.8 265.1 264.8 265.4 266.9 269.1 268.4 267.7 266.1 142 Norwegian Sea 286.8 287.0 286.7 286.1 286.3 285.6 283.2 281.8 281.6 283.4 286.0 286.9 286.1 286.3 286.4 285.8 283.9 284.5 284.8 285.1 284.7 284.5 284.1 284.9 285.6 283.3 281.8 281.9 281.2 281.0 281.7 144 Barents Sea 289.1 289.0 288.3 288.8 290.7 288.9 286.9 286.8 286.9 286.0 285.3 286.5 287.3 286.9 286.4 286.7 287.3 287.6 288.1 288.1 288.1 287.6 287.0 286.6 286.7 287.5 286.8 285.7 285.6 284.0 282.9 146 Kara Sea 291.7 291.4 291.7 291.4 291.5 290.7 289.9 290.5 291.8 293.2 292.9 293.9 294.8 294.3 292.9 292.6 292.6 292.0 291.2 290.8 290.4 290.5 291.4 291.0 290.0 289.4 288.6 289.1 289.4 289.5 287.9 148 Laptev Sea 292.1 291.3 290.3 289.8 287.6 286.2 286.0 287.1 287.1 286.7 287.5 287.6 287.9 288.7 289.6 288.9 288.8 287.2 285.8 285.4 285.3 285.3 286.3 287.1 287.8 288.1 287.9 286.9 287.2 287.2 286.5 150 East Siberian Sea 288.6 290.5 289.8 289.1 286.7 284.4 284.3 282.3 282.1 283.0 284.9 287.0 287.2 287.3 288.9 290.2 290.7 291.3 290.2 289.1 287.7 286.1 282.3 280.0 280.7 281.8 282.4 281.7 282.0 281.8 280.3 152 Gulf of Alaska 284.3 284.7 285.8 285.9 285.9 285.9 285.5 286.4 287.8 288.0 290.5 290.6 289.8 288.7 286.6 286.7 287.5 287.6 286.3 284.5 284.3 283.6 284.1 285.1 284.6 283.8 283.1 282.8 282.5 282.5 282.9 154 Southeast Bering Sea 285.2 285.5 287.7 289.6 289.2 287.4 290.4 291.5 291.4 290.1 290.3 290.6 291.3 289.3 288.2 289.1 290.2 290.6 289.0 287.0 286.8 286.1 286.2 285.6 286.7 286.6 285.2 285.6 285.5 285.6 285.8