1959 10 - 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 275.0 274.9 274.4 273.6 272.3 271.6 271.4 271.2 271.1 270.7 270.5 269.9 269.4 269.4 268.7 268.0 267.8 267.0 266.0 265.4 265.1 265.4 266.3 266.0 265.1 264.1 263.4 263.4 263.2 263.5 262.9 34 Hudson Bay 277.8 280.2 281.6 280.6 277.3 276.2 275.5 274.1 273.2 272.6 272.6 272.5 272.7 273.1 274.0 273.5 273.0 272.9 271.7 270.1 272.2 276.1 277.5 276.1 273.1 272.1 271.0 270.8 270.3 273.7 275.5 36 Hudson Strait 273.9 274.0 277.3 276.3 275.0 272.6 274.1 273.2 271.7 272.4 272.5 273.2 272.4 271.7 271.0 270.3 269.5 269.4 268.1 266.6 267.7 267.1 273.0 277.9 275.8 274.0 272.7 269.5 267.0 267.8 270.1 98 Bering Strait 276.4 275.5 274.3 274.6 273.4 272.4 270.7 270.2 269.4 267.8 266.4 267.0 266.6 266.2 264.8 264.8 264.6 263.1 263.0 263.9 263.1 264.2 266.8 267.1 265.5 264.7 266.0 266.8 269.0 267.9 264.4 128 Arctic subocean 259.8 257.7 252.2 252.3 251.7 250.8 252.9 254.9 258.5 259.7 256.9 255.7 251.2 249.0 248.0 247.5 247.7 247.4 245.0 245.6 244.5 244.5 245.3 245.4 246.3 246.2 247.3 244.6 245.0 249.1 250.8 130 Chukchi Sea 277.7 274.9 273.8 275.3 276.6 276.9 277.1 275.4 273.2 270.9 269.6 268.4 267.0 265.8 264.6 268.0 268.4 268.9 267.8 265.7 263.4 263.1 262.8 261.9 263.9 265.3 265.8 266.0 265.5 263.0 260.6 132 Beaufort Sea 281.4 280.7 278.4 273.2 271.7 269.9 267.8 268.2 268.2 267.7 267.3 268.0 271.6 273.6 271.3 267.9 269.3 268.9 265.5 265.6 268.8 269.1 272.0 273.1 271.8 269.9 267.9 266.1 268.2 273.1 271.1 134 Arctic Archipelago 262.1 261.4 262.2 264.4 263.6 262.7 260.9 260.1 260.9 260.6 260.1 259.1 258.1 260.2 262.7 262.0 259.3 257.8 256.8 255.6 250.2 250.1 251.3 251.9 252.6 254.5 254.5 256.5 254.3 255.6 258.0 136 Foxe Basin 267.5 266.8 268.3 268.0 267.4 270.5 268.9 267.8 265.0 263.4 264.2 264.8 263.8 263.3 262.5 263.2 263.5 263.5 262.5 262.3 260.0 256.8 257.5 262.2 263.5 260.2 260.0 260.2 261.6 259.1 262.1 138 Baffin Bay 264.6 264.1 262.2 261.8 260.1 259.6 263.7 265.2 266.5 265.5 266.3 261.8 258.5 254.3 250.2 248.5 251.0 251.9 250.7 251.8 254.1 256.8 257.9 254.7 253.8 252.5 251.5 249.2 248.3 248.4 245.9 139 South Greenland 268.7 268.5 268.5 267.6 266.0 267.5 268.2 267.2 271.0 270.5 270.1 269.2 266.8 263.1 258.7 257.5 261.5 260.8 259.9 262.1 263.2 263.7 261.1 257.7 261.9 259.4 262.5 265.4 265.6 258.2 253.0 140 Greenland Sea 259.1 258.7 257.7 257.1 256.3 255.7 263.4 264.3 268.9 269.0 266.9 263.7 259.3 256.3 249.9 247.9 248.4 250.7 254.4 251.3 252.6 256.1 257.9 256.5 256.6 253.7 249.8 245.3 247.6 248.6 246.8 142 Norwegian Sea 280.9 281.3 283.1 283.6 282.9 282.0 280.9 280.3 280.1 279.3 278.5 278.5 278.6 279.8 282.0 281.4 279.5 278.2 278.4 278.2 276.8 274.8 273.3 275.3 274.2 273.6 274.0 277.9 276.7 274.1 276.8 144 Barents Sea 275.8 274.9 274.8 276.4 277.7 277.2 274.8 273.1 273.5 273.6 273.4 272.7 272.7 272.6 272.8 271.6 270.1 270.4 271.8 272.3 269.3 266.2 265.2 263.5 264.7 266.2 267.7 269.8 271.1 274.1 273.8 146 Kara Sea 278.2 277.9 277.4 276.3 274.7 274.0 274.8 275.3 274.9 274.9 275.3 274.7 273.1 273.8 274.1 274.0 273.3 270.9 269.4 268.1 267.3 267.2 268.6 268.9 268.0 266.7 265.7 266.5 265.3 263.1 261.9 148 Laptev Sea 275.4 274.5 272.9 271.8 271.3 270.3 269.4 268.8 268.0 267.1 267.0 267.9 268.5 268.1 266.9 266.4 265.9 266.4 265.6 265.2 263.4 261.1 259.9 259.9 258.8 257.5 255.6 253.9 253.6 254.6 254.4 150 East Siberian Sea 268.8 269.8 270.3 270.4 270.7 271.7 271.7 272.6 272.8 271.5 270.0 265.1 262.8 263.0 261.4 262.1 261.7 259.9 258.4 257.8 256.0 257.6 260.3 258.7 255.3 253.7 253.9 255.1 254.6 255.1 257.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 279.9 279.4 276.7 276.6 276.3 275.3 272.9 271.0 271.3 271.8 271.9 276.3 275.5 273.9 271.9 272.0 270.1 269.2 271.7 274.2 275.0 276.9 277.6 277.0 275.4 276.0 276.1 276.1 277.1 275.6 275.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 280.3 279.0 280.1 280.5 280.4 278.7 279.0 279.0 275.5 274.5 274.9 273.1 270.7 274.0 274.3 273.2 270.0 271.2 272.6 273.2 276.4 277.2 273.6 272.3 272.1 276.9 278.0 278.2 278.4 275.9 273.5