1958 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 255.8 255.0 254.8 255.8 256.3 256.4 255.4 255.1 255.0 254.7 255.2 254.3 253.9 254.4 254.3 254.4 253.9 252.6 251.4 251.8 252.2 252.7 253.1 251.9 251.6 251.3 250.4 250.2 250.0 249.3 249.2 34 Hudson Bay 257.4 258.3 261.4 261.8 257.4 254.6 251.2 250.9 251.5 253.4 253.8 252.9 253.0 256.0 255.7 254.0 255.5 254.5 250.9 250.9 255.1 261.0 259.6 256.4 260.4 262.0 261.5 260.6 261.3 262.8 264.9 36 Hudson Strait 257.0 252.8 254.2 254.5 262.3 265.4 265.9 265.1 264.7 263.5 261.2 256.9 253.6 252.4 250.7 250.1 251.0 250.1 250.8 248.6 247.0 250.9 264.6 260.9 253.7 252.4 253.4 259.1 262.9 259.8 250.5 98 Bering Strait 260.4 258.6 257.2 261.1 262.2 259.9 260.9 260.1 257.6 255.7 255.9 257.6 259.4 260.8 260.2 259.3 257.3 255.6 256.6 257.8 258.8 258.1 260.0 258.1 254.6 251.4 248.9 252.2 253.6 251.1 250.1 128 Arctic subocean 250.4 249.4 248.5 249.2 253.3 255.8 253.9 245.4 249.1 250.6 248.3 242.5 238.2 238.4 241.5 242.4 241.3 241.3 239.1 240.0 244.7 248.5 247.9 245.4 243.3 247.9 247.9 244.5 245.0 243.1 238.2 130 Chukchi Sea 260.7 254.7 255.9 268.7 268.8 264.2 261.7 261.5 262.7 257.7 254.4 254.6 254.0 255.4 255.3 255.4 254.3 251.8 248.2 247.5 250.1 250.8 251.0 247.9 247.6 245.5 239.9 240.2 243.4 242.8 241.2 132 Beaufort Sea 255.2 257.8 258.8 255.2 251.8 253.4 256.8 258.6 255.5 251.2 250.2 250.4 254.4 257.2 252.5 255.1 253.5 250.5 251.4 254.3 259.1 258.4 260.0 261.7 259.6 257.0 252.4 254.1 258.7 258.9 260.3 134 Arctic Archipelago 245.0 246.9 248.0 248.9 252.8 254.0 254.0 254.2 250.5 245.2 245.6 248.3 248.2 244.8 242.7 238.2 237.1 237.5 238.9 241.9 244.6 251.8 250.7 249.8 249.3 247.7 246.7 244.5 244.2 244.1 243.3 136 Foxe Basin 244.0 242.5 244.5 246.4 247.8 259.1 263.8 258.8 257.1 255.0 250.5 245.9 242.3 239.2 239.2 242.5 243.5 246.4 251.3 253.8 258.7 265.3 262.8 255.7 253.6 244.5 246.6 247.9 248.7 245.4 244.7 138 Baffin Bay 255.9 254.3 249.7 248.5 252.2 252.4 248.9 247.2 247.8 248.2 246.1 241.7 239.3 240.3 243.4 244.8 241.3 239.4 240.5 247.5 254.8 253.1 249.4 250.9 254.0 255.5 252.2 250.0 248.2 244.3 241.8 139 South Greenland 262.1 263.4 253.9 254.4 256.5 254.0 253.3 254.2 253.9 252.8 250.2 246.5 246.5 248.9 253.5 253.8 253.4 252.3 250.9 252.2 252.3 251.3 257.1 258.8 261.6 259.5 257.2 256.1 251.7 249.2 249.5 140 Greenland Sea 254.1 256.6 253.9 249.0 247.5 248.9 245.3 240.1 246.6 247.7 245.3 238.9 237.2 237.6 240.2 242.4 242.0 241.8 240.0 241.6 247.4 247.7 246.7 247.5 252.4 255.0 253.2 250.1 249.0 244.4 240.2 142 Norwegian Sea 271.1 275.5 276.9 274.1 271.9 270.5 268.7 269.2 267.2 265.0 268.0 267.5 267.0 265.3 264.8 263.6 266.0 266.9 267.6 270.8 274.0 273.7 271.5 271.0 269.8 268.7 266.7 267.3 270.6 272.2 271.9 144 Barents Sea 256.3 253.5 252.3 255.5 255.6 254.7 253.0 253.7 255.5 259.1 261.0 261.8 260.1 258.2 260.3 266.2 265.2 263.9 261.9 261.1 256.6 251.4 250.9 249.6 251.6 255.3 259.5 258.4 253.8 254.8 258.1 146 Kara Sea 256.6 256.4 258.4 262.1 262.6 260.7 259.2 260.9 260.9 261.7 261.8 258.8 259.9 259.8 259.3 260.2 260.2 259.2 257.7 256.6 254.1 253.4 253.0 250.5 248.5 247.3 245.9 246.1 246.7 246.5 246.2 148 Laptev Sea 255.2 249.5 245.5 243.0 246.6 253.2 250.0 246.5 247.8 246.0 251.2 253.8 249.2 249.5 250.1 246.7 246.0 244.1 242.5 242.8 241.0 241.0 242.3 242.0 241.3 242.5 242.6 241.7 239.6 237.6 236.2 150 East Siberian Sea 246.2 246.3 244.7 248.3 251.0 251.1 255.3 254.6 254.0 253.2 251.4 250.4 248.4 249.2 249.1 252.3 250.3 247.1 244.8 244.3 242.1 241.4 241.8 242.6 242.4 243.6 245.0 246.7 242.9 240.3 244.2 152 Gulf of Alaska 266.2 264.2 265.5 266.2 263.6 261.8 262.6 262.4 262.7 268.9 270.5 272.7 273.4 272.4 273.7 272.5 272.3 271.2 273.2 273.8 273.0 271.1 271.8 270.9 269.0 264.8 266.3 266.9 266.6 265.9 260.7 154 Southeast Bering Sea 259.8 257.0 271.1 273.4 272.6 270.0 269.7 264.9 264.0 269.5 270.0 270.6 270.2 267.1 267.1 268.2 267.3 265.8 268.4 268.9 268.8 266.8 263.2 262.6 262.9 263.8 263.1 250.1 251.7 256.0 254.2