1960 08 - 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 287.9 288.0 288.0 288.3 288.0 287.9 287.9 288.0 288.2 288.2 288.1 287.8 287.4 287.1 287.0 287.1 287.1 286.8 286.6 286.6 286.6 285.9 285.1 284.5 284.6 284.5 284.3 283.7 283.4 283.6 283.7 34 Hudson Bay 294.0 293.9 293.5 294.2 294.3 294.2 293.7 293.2 293.9 294.8 294.7 293.0 292.2 291.8 293.9 296.3 296.3 295.7 296.7 296.3 294.7 293.2 291.8 292.3 293.1 292.2 291.1 290.6 291.1 291.7 292.1 36 Hudson Strait 285.0 284.4 283.4 282.2 282.9 284.1 284.3 284.5 283.8 282.8 282.3 283.6 285.1 284.7 283.2 282.4 286.9 287.2 287.9 287.9 287.4 286.3 284.0 282.7 284.9 290.1 287.4 284.6 284.5 283.9 284.7 98 Bering Strait 286.1 287.2 286.6 286.8 286.7 286.4 287.1 287.6 288.1 289.7 291.1 292.6 291.4 289.2 286.1 284.7 285.6 285.2 284.6 284.4 284.4 284.9 285.1 284.4 283.8 284.5 284.4 283.6 281.5 281.2 281.1 128 Arctic subocean 274.8 274.5 274.6 275.0 275.2 275.2 274.7 274.8 274.8 274.7 274.4 274.0 273.6 272.8 273.4 273.1 273.0 273.0 272.5 271.6 270.7 269.9 269.6 271.2 271.3 271.3 271.1 270.2 269.9 270.6 270.2 130 Chukchi Sea 283.9 284.6 285.3 287.1 287.2 285.5 285.0 285.0 284.7 283.5 286.8 288.1 287.9 285.6 283.5 279.7 283.1 283.5 284.4 284.9 285.7 285.9 285.5 284.0 283.7 283.4 281.7 280.2 279.7 280.1 279.7 132 Beaufort Sea 291.8 293.3 294.4 294.0 291.7 291.5 294.5 295.7 294.6 294.3 294.1 292.4 291.2 290.1 290.2 288.9 286.7 286.0 286.1 285.6 285.6 285.7 284.6 283.9 283.7 284.4 285.4 286.6 284.5 282.8 282.3 134 Arctic Archipelago 283.7 285.5 287.3 288.0 288.1 288.0 288.1 287.3 284.6 282.1 281.4 281.8 282.1 280.7 280.9 281.5 281.2 280.8 280.4 281.5 282.6 283.5 282.9 281.5 279.8 278.9 279.1 279.8 280.4 280.4 280.0 136 Foxe Basin 283.1 283.0 283.7 283.7 285.0 284.5 284.6 285.6 285.5 284.7 284.3 283.7 283.0 282.0 280.5 279.6 280.8 280.7 279.7 279.7 281.1 280.4 280.5 280.0 280.3 280.6 282.7 280.8 281.1 281.2 281.6 138 Baffin Bay 274.7 274.1 273.9 275.0 275.4 275.1 274.9 275.4 275.3 275.3 274.9 273.8 273.5 273.0 272.2 272.5 272.7 272.4 271.8 270.8 270.1 270.1 269.5 269.1 269.5 269.3 269.7 270.4 272.7 274.0 272.8 139 South Greenland 273.8 274.2 274.7 275.5 276.0 275.9 276.0 275.7 275.7 275.3 274.2 274.1 273.9 273.8 273.8 273.7 274.0 274.3 273.6 273.3 273.3 272.8 272.4 272.5 272.8 273.9 275.0 275.4 275.7 275.3 274.8 140 Greenland Sea 273.1 273.4 272.2 272.6 273.8 274.1 273.8 273.4 273.7 273.4 272.7 271.4 270.8 269.4 269.3 269.8 268.9 269.6 268.3 268.4 268.2 266.0 265.1 266.7 267.3 266.4 266.6 267.1 269.4 271.4 272.1 142 Norwegian Sea 292.0 291.3 290.4 289.0 289.1 288.6 288.7 288.4 288.2 288.2 287.4 287.2 286.9 286.4 287.0 287.2 286.6 286.4 285.4 287.0 285.7 285.9 286.9 287.0 287.1 286.7 284.8 284.8 283.5 281.8 281.9 144 Barents Sea 295.7 291.0 286.2 286.6 288.1 287.8 286.1 287.2 288.4 289.2 290.7 292.2 293.1 293.1 291.8 291.9 291.7 290.7 288.3 288.5 288.8 288.0 287.2 287.1 287.6 288.4 288.7 288.1 284.5 284.2 284.4 146 Kara Sea 289.6 289.4 289.5 289.8 289.5 289.9 289.6 289.6 290.3 289.4 288.4 288.3 288.2 288.2 288.7 288.9 288.8 289.1 289.8 289.9 290.4 290.1 289.1 287.5 286.6 286.0 285.9 285.2 285.6 286.2 286.2 148 Laptev Sea 288.8 289.5 290.6 289.2 287.9 287.7 287.7 288.0 288.6 289.3 290.3 290.1 289.2 288.9 286.7 286.3 287.4 287.6 286.1 286.1 286.2 284.4 284.4 284.9 286.2 286.6 285.5 283.2 282.1 282.5 282.7 150 East Siberian Sea 285.4 285.6 285.7 289.5 289.7 287.3 285.6 285.9 285.0 284.8 284.1 284.8 285.3 288.3 290.7 292.1 290.1 285.8 285.2 285.0 284.9 284.3 282.0 279.9 279.0 279.1 279.5 280.4 280.3 281.0 282.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 283.8 284.3 284.4 284.4 283.7 284.5 286.2 287.3 289.8 291.9 291.4 289.8 288.2 287.6 285.3 284.7 283.6 283.3 282.7 283.6 285.4 285.0 284.6 285.0 285.2 285.0 283.5 281.7 281.9 282.7 283.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 285.2 286.9 287.0 286.8 284.4 285.7 286.2 285.6 288.3 292.6 293.7 293.4 289.4 288.9 287.8 286.8 285.7 284.1 285.1 287.0 288.0 285.7 287.1 288.4 288.8 285.8 283.7 281.3 284.4 284.9 285.3