1956 11 - 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 264.0 264.0 264.6 264.6 263.8 262.9 261.8 260.9 260.2 260.2 260.3 259.9 258.4 257.6 257.4 257.7 257.8 257.9 258.1 258.2 258.3 259.2 260.0 259.6 258.3 258.2 259.0 258.7 258.1 257.4 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 275.1 274.8 277.7 278.5 277.6 275.4 272.2 269.3 266.5 268.4 268.2 266.0 266.0 264.2 260.8 263.3 265.9 265.3 264.5 266.6 264.3 263.4 267.2 270.0 268.4 266.0 265.9 265.3 266.8 267.1 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 273.0 271.0 273.0 272.7 272.8 273.2 271.1 268.7 267.4 261.7 259.8 260.5 260.9 259.8 260.0 257.2 263.3 262.6 259.7 261.9 265.1 267.6 266.7 260.6 260.6 262.7 258.7 255.2 254.9 256.3 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 255.2 257.9 258.3 256.6 256.0 255.9 251.2 254.3 258.6 258.7 255.3 255.6 253.5 251.8 250.6 252.1 250.1 259.0 262.5 262.5 265.4 264.3 263.1 261.0 262.5 264.7 266.6 265.3 263.2 261.0 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 249.5 252.1 255.4 255.6 247.5 244.0 239.9 243.2 245.1 246.4 246.8 245.0 247.5 247.2 246.3 246.6 245.4 244.4 242.4 242.4 243.0 242.1 242.7 241.3 243.5 242.8 244.1 243.8 242.5 243.7 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 257.0 254.8 249.2 245.9 247.7 251.4 251.9 251.9 250.1 246.7 243.8 245.2 244.1 243.8 242.7 242.4 243.2 248.5 250.1 255.1 256.5 254.4 252.9 249.3 245.9 248.7 256.9 257.6 248.8 252.2 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 260.8 264.7 270.7 269.2 263.6 263.8 262.7 259.2 261.1 262.7 260.6 260.0 258.5 256.4 259.0 259.6 257.8 257.8 262.2 262.5 264.9 270.3 271.9 271.2 270.6 271.7 272.7 273.5 271.8 269.0 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 255.1 258.7 263.8 263.1 255.8 253.7 252.4 248.8 245.2 243.7 244.9 243.6 242.5 244.9 246.1 245.0 244.6 243.4 246.2 245.8 244.9 250.0 251.0 250.5 246.5 246.2 250.3 253.3 253.2 251.1 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 260.6 262.6 264.8 266.6 264.1 256.7 256.2 250.1 247.2 245.6 246.1 246.9 245.2 245.8 244.3 244.6 253.0 249.2 243.1 243.2 245.8 246.5 247.5 245.6 249.7 247.8 246.2 244.3 242.9 244.1 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 263.1 260.3 253.2 252.3 250.0 248.5 248.6 249.2 248.0 243.5 248.9 254.8 254.5 247.4 244.3 243.7 245.4 241.5 239.9 237.5 236.5 238.2 241.1 241.6 241.2 240.6 244.5 244.1 250.7 250.8 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 269.3 266.2 259.9 259.6 257.8 258.5 261.3 261.5 258.8 253.8 261.3 260.8 254.8 256.6 257.7 260.1 260.1 252.6 247.1 246.0 246.5 248.1 257.3 255.4 248.0 248.3 249.2 254.3 257.8 252.5 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 264.2 260.2 252.0 246.2 244.8 242.4 245.3 249.8 253.8 250.2 246.4 251.2 252.5 250.1 249.3 247.7 250.7 246.8 242.1 242.2 241.8 241.4 239.8 241.8 242.1 244.1 247.5 247.3 246.1 249.9 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 275.7 273.4 274.9 274.4 270.8 271.0 274.3 276.3 275.7 274.8 271.5 271.8 273.7 275.3 274.1 274.6 274.5 272.7 275.1 274.2 273.1 272.8 272.5 274.0 272.9 269.8 265.6 265.9 267.3 268.7 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 264.2 264.7 265.2 264.7 265.3 265.9 265.6 264.1 262.6 262.6 263.9 264.0 262.3 261.1 262.2 265.9 265.9 265.8 265.9 264.9 266.5 268.6 265.3 261.1 257.8 256.9 261.6 266.9 267.4 265.8 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 265.1 264.5 266.7 268.5 268.6 266.3 264.5 264.3 264.0 265.4 266.5 266.1 265.3 265.1 264.8 264.2 262.8 263.5 263.3 262.8 262.1 262.3 262.7 261.3 260.4 259.8 258.8 257.9 257.9 258.0 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 260.1 258.3 255.5 256.4 259.7 261.0 260.3 259.3 257.7 257.2 256.8 256.2 253.0 251.5 252.7 252.2 252.4 251.8 252.4 253.1 254.2 254.6 254.3 255.4 253.3 253.5 254.5 252.2 249.7 248.4 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 259.5 260.8 259.5 254.7 253.3 253.6 255.7 256.6 255.6 255.2 252.5 248.7 246.4 246.5 247.8 248.3 246.8 246.4 246.6 246.5 246.4 246.6 245.0 245.1 245.7 248.3 249.4 246.3 241.0 243.3 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 265.0 269.0 267.3 263.9 265.4 265.6 263.8 267.0 270.4 269.2 265.8 266.5 263.6 266.4 265.7 261.4 263.0 273.4 274.1 273.7 275.0 274.6 273.2 275.7 275.6 274.7 275.6 275.3 273.3 268.0 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 257.6 259.0 259.5 259.4 258.2 255.6 256.6 256.4 254.4 253.6 252.7 255.6 257.6 256.7 251.4 248.3 261.2 274.1 273.6 273.8 272.2 270.3 267.3 267.8 267.7 273.7 273.9 272.5 261.2 257.6 -9999.0