1959 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 270.3 271.0 271.1 271.7 272.0 272.3 272.8 273.9 275.0 275.2 275.2 274.9 274.9 275.1 276.0 277.3 277.6 277.2 277.2 277.6 277.9 278.2 278.5 278.9 278.8 278.6 278.8 278.9 279.4 280.8 281.6 34 Hudson Bay 278.4 278.3 277.4 278.8 278.0 277.8 279.3 281.1 283.1 283.3 281.8 279.5 278.9 279.2 281.1 281.4 281.8 280.6 279.6 280.7 280.7 282.8 284.6 286.3 285.1 283.4 282.8 282.5 283.5 284.0 284.0 36 Hudson Strait 274.9 276.4 273.5 272.7 273.2 273.7 272.7 270.4 268.4 271.9 273.7 274.2 273.7 273.3 273.4 275.3 274.0 273.8 273.9 273.9 273.9 274.1 273.3 274.5 276.1 276.2 276.6 276.8 273.6 273.4 274.8 98 Bering Strait 272.0 272.0 272.4 273.0 273.1 273.1 272.7 273.8 273.9 273.6 274.4 274.1 275.3 276.4 278.2 282.1 282.3 281.3 280.4 279.0 278.7 278.8 278.9 278.2 278.5 278.3 278.6 278.8 278.2 278.7 279.3 128 Arctic subocean 256.9 257.2 256.9 256.2 256.5 258.5 259.4 259.4 259.0 260.8 260.1 257.7 259.2 259.9 260.5 261.2 262.0 265.3 266.1 266.0 265.7 265.5 266.5 267.2 268.2 269.7 269.8 269.9 270.3 271.0 271.1 130 Chukchi Sea 272.4 273.6 273.8 272.8 271.5 271.8 270.4 272.0 270.7 268.5 272.1 272.7 274.1 274.7 275.3 277.0 276.1 275.3 274.3 273.7 274.2 275.0 275.5 276.1 275.5 276.3 276.0 275.6 275.2 276.7 278.1 132 Beaufort Sea 267.7 267.5 268.6 269.1 272.2 274.0 274.9 276.4 276.9 275.0 275.6 277.5 280.1 282.0 284.5 285.8 284.2 281.4 280.3 281.2 283.0 283.5 281.5 278.1 277.1 278.3 279.7 280.7 279.1 278.4 278.8 134 Arctic Archipelago 259.8 260.2 261.6 262.2 262.1 262.5 262.8 264.1 264.1 264.6 265.4 268.2 269.7 269.9 270.2 269.8 270.1 271.1 272.0 272.0 270.3 268.7 268.6 268.5 268.8 269.4 270.9 271.0 269.6 269.1 269.3 136 Foxe Basin 266.3 267.9 268.1 266.3 265.4 264.6 262.1 262.2 262.1 265.6 267.7 266.9 265.3 266.8 270.2 273.1 274.0 273.8 273.7 273.1 273.0 272.5 272.1 273.1 272.9 273.0 273.0 272.3 270.6 272.1 273.1 138 Baffin Bay 255.8 256.8 258.1 260.3 260.0 261.0 262.4 261.9 261.5 258.7 255.9 256.8 258.2 258.4 262.5 265.9 268.1 269.6 269.0 269.4 268.6 270.3 269.9 270.1 270.3 271.5 270.2 269.2 270.4 270.2 271.3 139 South Greenland 264.3 267.6 267.1 266.9 265.7 266.7 266.9 267.2 268.1 266.3 268.5 270.0 268.6 270.2 272.1 273.4 274.0 273.6 273.1 271.0 272.0 272.1 271.3 271.6 273.1 272.2 270.5 270.8 272.0 273.1 273.1 140 Greenland Sea 255.5 254.9 253.7 254.0 257.7 258.1 260.2 262.9 264.9 262.2 259.5 260.7 260.9 259.6 260.6 264.8 267.3 267.2 268.5 268.7 270.1 270.2 270.9 269.3 270.8 273.1 271.2 268.7 269.7 271.1 272.5 142 Norwegian Sea 280.0 281.4 280.8 279.7 277.8 277.4 276.3 278.4 280.6 281.8 282.4 282.7 283.8 283.2 280.6 278.7 277.4 276.7 277.0 277.0 278.0 279.7 280.0 280.6 280.5 278.9 279.9 279.9 281.9 282.2 280.3 144 Barents Sea 279.4 282.4 284.2 284.3 284.5 284.6 281.9 281.1 280.7 278.9 280.0 281.4 280.0 279.0 282.8 283.9 281.1 278.7 278.5 278.1 277.8 276.7 276.2 275.8 276.3 277.5 278.1 277.6 277.5 279.9 281.9 146 Kara Sea 273.3 273.7 273.7 273.7 273.1 272.6 273.7 275.6 277.9 279.4 279.6 277.9 276.7 276.3 275.4 276.7 277.8 278.6 280.1 281.5 281.5 281.6 282.1 284.0 284.0 282.8 282.9 283.2 284.5 286.1 287.2 148 Laptev Sea 264.9 266.4 266.6 268.1 269.3 270.7 271.3 271.7 273.2 273.5 273.1 273.1 273.8 273.8 273.6 274.7 275.4 275.1 274.4 275.0 275.7 275.7 276.7 276.7 276.0 276.5 277.5 277.6 278.8 282.1 283.6 150 East Siberian Sea 270.0 269.1 268.5 270.5 272.1 272.6 272.2 271.5 272.0 273.1 272.5 272.2 272.9 273.4 273.5 275.1 273.9 273.8 273.7 273.6 273.7 273.6 273.8 274.4 274.8 274.9 275.0 275.1 276.1 281.4 282.1 152 Gulf of Alaska 274.9 275.6 275.4 275.4 275.2 275.3 275.6 275.9 275.8 275.0 274.6 275.6 277.0 278.0 280.2 282.9 283.7 281.0 279.4 278.4 278.1 279.3 282.0 281.8 282.6 282.4 282.2 283.1 282.9 281.3 280.7 154 Southeast Bering Sea 274.6 278.0 278.5 278.0 278.0 277.0 277.8 277.9 278.0 276.7 276.7 278.7 279.6 281.8 284.5 285.5 287.5 286.8 283.3 280.4 281.1 284.4 284.3 281.4 282.1 283.9 286.4 287.4 286.4 286.5 287.3