1960 01 - 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 253.6 253.1 252.3 252.0 252.3 251.7 250.9 251.3 251.1 250.3 249.5 249.2 250.0 250.9 250.8 250.4 251.6 252.7 253.2 252.6 252.8 252.4 252.0 252.3 253.1 253.8 253.6 253.3 253.7 253.4 255.0 34 Hudson Bay 258.6 257.4 254.0 249.2 249.7 249.8 248.6 247.6 250.3 254.0 258.4 260.9 260.3 260.0 259.1 259.6 259.8 260.1 260.3 259.5 259.0 259.1 258.1 257.8 257.2 254.6 253.5 253.3 256.0 257.0 260.8 36 Hudson Strait 249.7 251.3 253.1 250.3 246.9 241.4 239.2 238.5 238.6 238.2 242.7 247.0 259.1 263.5 263.0 269.4 269.1 269.0 272.0 269.1 264.8 260.4 255.6 254.2 262.0 262.8 260.9 253.2 255.9 252.8 242.9 98 Bering Strait 253.8 258.2 265.9 267.7 265.7 262.1 259.1 260.2 260.5 256.2 250.2 245.0 244.4 246.2 244.2 247.0 255.8 258.4 261.4 258.6 258.5 258.4 260.2 261.8 260.6 259.1 257.2 255.4 254.3 255.2 260.1 128 Arctic subocean 235.9 243.3 243.9 241.0 248.1 247.8 243.3 247.3 257.2 255.1 250.2 247.6 242.1 242.3 241.6 243.1 253.6 253.5 252.9 250.1 243.4 236.3 234.0 237.7 246.3 247.6 245.8 243.7 251.3 251.7 246.1 130 Chukchi Sea 243.9 255.1 256.7 258.9 261.2 258.0 252.5 255.4 253.4 245.1 240.1 238.6 240.1 239.6 236.5 235.3 238.1 242.6 244.3 243.2 245.7 248.2 253.7 260.6 263.9 261.9 256.8 252.6 249.5 244.5 246.2 132 Beaufort Sea 255.2 253.0 254.4 254.7 255.8 253.8 253.8 254.3 254.1 254.3 250.9 248.9 254.3 257.9 257.7 253.3 257.0 261.0 262.2 258.9 255.8 253.7 254.0 253.5 251.7 251.3 246.0 244.9 251.7 255.0 265.5 134 Arctic Archipelago 243.5 240.8 241.6 240.1 238.3 236.6 236.4 238.3 239.0 236.4 236.5 239.9 243.4 246.4 251.5 252.2 249.7 252.4 252.9 252.4 249.7 244.0 239.0 239.2 239.4 237.6 237.8 242.3 242.8 239.1 242.1 136 Foxe Basin 247.2 245.5 238.5 239.9 245.3 244.9 244.6 245.2 244.0 239.9 240.7 241.2 247.8 254.3 252.0 253.7 261.9 263.0 262.4 261.9 259.6 249.7 242.2 237.2 245.1 251.4 254.8 253.7 243.3 244.0 239.6 138 Baffin Bay 241.2 243.3 244.8 243.1 247.4 250.6 252.9 260.6 260.8 253.3 251.9 249.3 247.3 247.3 247.8 247.7 251.8 253.3 252.5 251.9 250.5 242.3 236.4 239.5 243.4 247.1 249.0 253.1 253.4 251.2 252.1 139 South Greenland 248.1 248.4 247.8 251.3 258.3 259.2 260.5 265.0 260.6 260.5 262.0 260.5 260.0 260.1 260.8 261.4 260.5 259.6 258.8 254.4 253.2 248.8 247.6 248.2 252.1 256.3 257.3 255.9 252.0 252.6 251.1 140 Greenland Sea 246.3 246.7 244.2 249.2 257.0 256.9 253.7 259.6 262.3 262.6 253.2 254.7 253.0 243.8 245.9 243.0 246.3 252.5 249.6 248.9 244.9 242.5 237.9 251.1 252.7 253.2 252.0 251.3 251.1 250.5 247.3 142 Norwegian Sea 275.4 273.5 272.8 274.5 274.8 274.3 271.1 266.7 273.2 274.3 264.2 262.1 266.3 271.1 270.3 267.5 267.6 263.9 266.0 267.6 268.7 272.7 273.4 273.6 274.6 272.5 270.1 266.6 263.8 266.4 268.5 144 Barents Sea 261.7 264.6 268.1 268.0 263.7 259.1 252.8 254.1 253.1 255.2 258.7 258.3 256.8 254.2 255.6 256.5 255.7 255.3 257.8 261.3 261.5 260.7 260.8 260.6 259.6 260.7 257.4 252.2 255.5 255.6 257.2 146 Kara Sea 260.3 257.4 253.8 255.0 255.6 255.9 254.8 252.8 250.8 249.6 247.8 246.6 247.2 249.9 249.2 248.2 247.6 247.7 247.9 248.8 252.0 254.7 255.9 256.2 257.0 258.1 257.8 257.4 255.4 254.1 254.7 148 Laptev Sea 243.2 243.3 242.6 240.7 239.3 239.8 241.7 242.6 243.3 241.9 239.9 240.0 241.0 240.7 240.6 240.3 241.8 243.7 243.9 242.2 242.4 242.7 242.7 242.3 243.7 246.9 251.0 251.8 252.4 252.4 251.8 150 East Siberian Sea 246.1 247.0 248.2 248.7 247.2 247.0 248.1 246.6 245.3 242.6 246.3 250.5 250.4 247.3 245.7 242.0 242.3 242.5 242.6 243.8 246.0 246.9 245.3 243.3 244.3 245.5 248.6 250.9 251.0 251.1 250.6 152 Gulf of Alaska 271.6 271.4 273.7 274.3 274.4 270.8 265.5 267.3 269.1 264.1 261.6 258.5 257.8 258.3 260.2 265.4 271.4 272.5 272.9 271.3 270.0 268.0 267.5 267.5 267.7 267.2 266.2 268.3 270.1 270.1 272.6 154 Southeast Bering Sea 271.5 272.5 272.0 274.4 273.2 267.7 266.2 272.6 270.4 269.2 260.8 247.7 246.2 253.7 256.8 266.0 265.4 267.7 271.6 270.9 271.8 272.9 273.1 273.1 272.9 271.1 271.5 268.3 266.9 259.1 256.3