1957 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 256.7 256.3 256.2 255.9 255.4 254.6 254.1 254.6 254.5 254.8 254.8 255.9 255.6 254.8 253.7 252.8 253.7 254.3 254.4 253.8 253.6 253.8 254.4 254.1 252.3 250.8 249.9 249.7 250.0 250.6 252.1 34 Hudson Bay 259.0 258.2 261.3 261.2 261.0 259.9 259.1 259.5 260.1 259.9 257.5 260.5 260.2 259.7 259.7 260.2 262.9 266.9 267.3 263.8 261.9 259.5 260.7 265.7 264.7 261.6 256.4 252.9 252.4 252.1 253.1 36 Hudson Strait 263.6 265.2 266.4 264.4 258.0 251.1 252.1 253.9 253.6 254.2 261.4 262.6 253.9 255.9 254.3 246.3 248.8 251.3 268.2 269.2 267.9 268.6 255.8 251.6 259.2 264.0 264.2 257.4 264.5 265.6 262.1 98 Bering Strait 257.0 258.3 257.5 256.1 256.7 256.3 255.1 255.2 258.7 261.9 262.8 262.4 259.5 256.0 253.9 251.4 248.4 245.1 244.6 244.5 244.7 244.7 245.3 244.6 243.6 244.3 244.0 244.3 242.0 248.1 251.0 128 Arctic subocean 236.5 236.6 237.1 239.3 241.2 242.3 240.4 241.7 241.2 235.0 237.5 237.7 232.4 233.0 238.2 238.8 238.0 237.7 238.6 238.2 236.8 237.7 237.9 237.8 234.2 235.1 235.7 234.5 237.7 242.0 248.2 130 Chukchi Sea 256.7 255.8 255.4 254.3 253.3 251.3 248.4 247.5 259.3 262.9 260.6 255.1 255.0 254.1 249.5 246.4 244.8 241.2 242.7 243.7 243.8 245.3 245.1 240.4 238.8 238.7 240.0 241.0 237.9 238.5 240.1 132 Beaufort Sea 254.9 254.1 255.5 255.5 254.2 253.8 256.1 260.0 260.8 261.1 265.0 264.4 259.3 255.0 255.0 254.3 256.5 255.1 250.6 248.3 246.1 246.2 250.3 249.8 247.9 246.8 247.4 249.0 250.5 250.8 254.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 243.4 242.8 242.7 243.8 242.7 244.3 243.3 243.4 244.3 246.7 243.8 239.4 236.4 237.8 238.2 237.5 239.1 239.7 237.3 235.2 236.4 237.0 236.3 234.7 234.5 233.0 235.9 240.3 246.6 248.7 246.5 136 Foxe Basin 253.5 254.8 258.2 258.4 255.3 251.6 248.4 248.9 246.3 246.9 247.3 248.9 248.0 242.2 241.0 237.4 234.1 237.9 243.1 247.1 245.1 253.6 250.9 241.4 242.4 240.4 233.7 237.1 239.9 245.8 249.9 138 Baffin Bay 243.6 244.1 247.5 249.5 248.2 245.1 243.0 243.4 240.9 240.2 241.1 241.8 243.6 246.9 242.7 235.2 233.9 234.1 234.1 236.7 239.8 242.4 251.4 249.5 238.3 237.2 237.3 239.8 238.6 237.2 241.8 139 South Greenland 254.3 255.7 255.6 253.9 251.9 248.8 243.5 245.0 246.0 247.8 246.1 254.5 258.4 263.6 253.0 246.0 239.4 240.9 240.3 242.8 244.1 252.4 257.2 251.4 245.3 247.4 249.7 253.0 249.0 243.6 245.7 140 Greenland Sea 241.5 240.5 239.2 240.3 239.7 238.8 236.2 239.2 239.1 236.1 235.8 235.6 240.8 245.9 247.1 238.8 238.3 235.7 239.7 243.7 245.0 243.2 246.1 246.5 239.6 242.2 244.1 243.3 243.4 238.5 239.9 142 Norwegian Sea 276.7 276.4 276.8 276.8 273.7 275.1 271.7 266.1 262.9 264.2 263.7 264.9 265.3 268.1 275.2 275.3 274.6 273.9 274.6 275.2 274.0 273.4 272.6 271.6 272.5 274.1 274.2 272.2 270.2 267.0 265.7 144 Barents Sea 263.9 266.3 266.5 267.3 268.4 263.6 264.2 263.3 261.6 265.8 265.9 263.1 261.3 261.1 260.7 263.4 269.0 268.7 267.2 266.4 267.6 265.5 266.3 265.9 263.5 263.9 265.2 265.5 267.9 267.7 265.1 146 Kara Sea 261.0 259.4 258.6 258.1 259.3 260.8 260.3 259.3 258.7 259.8 261.6 264.6 265.1 262.3 260.3 260.7 261.6 261.7 260.2 259.6 260.9 260.9 259.9 259.3 257.0 253.4 252.4 253.7 255.5 258.1 261.0 148 Laptev Sea 256.2 256.4 253.2 252.2 249.0 247.7 249.1 251.0 248.8 245.1 241.0 239.6 241.3 242.0 244.4 244.3 247.2 249.5 252.2 252.6 249.6 249.6 249.5 249.7 249.9 248.5 247.2 243.7 240.1 238.4 239.6 150 East Siberian Sea 245.4 244.1 245.5 245.2 244.1 242.9 241.1 240.4 238.5 239.0 242.4 246.3 245.8 245.8 245.1 244.1 242.9 242.3 246.1 246.5 247.0 247.7 248.0 247.5 247.4 244.6 243.3 242.2 243.5 243.0 242.3 152 Gulf of Alaska 270.6 272.0 270.8 269.2 271.0 270.6 269.2 268.0 271.5 273.3 269.6 267.6 268.4 266.7 263.9 262.5 260.0 258.7 258.4 259.5 260.2 260.7 260.7 258.7 256.7 258.3 261.9 261.8 261.0 266.4 266.7 154 Southeast Bering Sea 273.5 273.9 269.1 270.4 270.3 266.3 261.9 265.6 273.9 272.4 269.5 271.8 271.3 269.5 260.3 254.7 253.3 250.3 247.6 244.5 244.0 247.9 248.7 246.9 244.9 242.8 242.6 243.5 246.0 246.8 247.1