1960 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 274.2 274.2 274.5 274.8 274.4 273.8 272.8 272.5 271.9 271.5 270.1 269.1 269.4 269.5 269.2 268.3 267.3 266.4 266.2 266.3 266.2 266.1 266.7 267.5 266.3 265.5 265.4 264.3 263.6 263.3 263.8 34 Hudson Bay 281.2 281.0 282.8 284.7 284.9 284.7 284.0 283.8 282.9 282.0 280.8 279.0 279.8 280.3 280.2 279.3 276.6 272.2 269.7 270.9 271.9 271.3 270.5 275.8 276.6 276.9 277.3 275.7 274.3 273.0 274.0 36 Hudson Strait 275.0 275.6 276.7 276.5 275.8 277.7 276.7 275.7 275.0 273.7 273.7 272.9 273.0 272.8 272.2 271.5 273.9 274.6 273.0 271.2 269.4 269.3 269.5 272.0 273.0 272.0 272.6 274.1 274.1 269.7 270.2 98 Bering Strait 276.1 275.6 274.0 273.3 271.4 270.5 268.6 267.8 269.0 269.4 269.6 269.1 267.2 268.8 269.4 267.7 268.9 267.9 268.2 269.6 271.3 271.4 270.0 266.8 266.5 266.3 265.5 263.3 263.5 263.8 265.4 128 Arctic subocean 256.0 253.4 255.5 257.5 260.5 258.9 257.4 259.5 264.8 264.1 257.6 251.8 250.3 248.2 246.2 244.8 246.2 247.8 249.8 252.3 253.3 253.8 254.6 256.7 256.3 256.0 254.1 247.4 247.3 245.3 244.6 130 Chukchi Sea 275.5 275.3 275.3 274.3 269.3 264.4 263.6 263.6 262.9 262.7 263.0 263.2 262.9 262.9 265.6 269.8 270.3 271.1 271.4 270.5 269.8 268.9 266.6 267.9 265.6 263.9 261.0 259.6 260.8 259.7 261.7 132 Beaufort Sea 277.8 278.9 280.1 279.1 279.2 278.7 278.4 276.4 273.1 275.8 275.6 273.1 272.0 271.6 274.0 273.8 271.9 269.4 269.8 268.9 268.5 268.6 272.1 271.9 268.0 267.3 265.7 264.5 263.9 268.9 269.7 134 Arctic Archipelago 266.7 265.2 266.0 269.2 270.2 269.6 268.1 270.5 270.7 267.5 262.2 260.9 262.1 264.7 262.0 257.4 255.3 254.8 255.6 256.1 259.3 257.4 255.3 257.5 260.4 260.7 260.4 260.1 257.8 255.0 258.6 136 Foxe Basin 270.9 270.0 271.1 271.6 271.9 271.5 271.2 271.2 270.7 270.7 270.8 269.6 267.5 268.6 270.2 270.9 268.0 267.0 268.3 268.0 267.4 268.4 269.3 267.9 269.0 271.8 269.6 267.5 265.5 263.5 261.8 138 Baffin Bay 258.7 260.6 262.2 261.2 259.9 260.9 260.5 260.7 261.5 264.1 264.9 263.9 262.9 257.9 252.2 255.7 257.1 255.4 256.8 261.7 264.2 262.7 264.5 264.3 260.5 258.8 259.3 260.4 259.4 257.6 251.1 139 South Greenland 265.4 268.7 268.4 266.3 266.6 266.3 267.0 267.0 265.7 266.9 267.1 267.9 270.1 268.7 265.9 263.6 261.5 262.0 265.1 266.3 265.5 266.9 266.5 264.8 260.5 256.3 261.4 263.9 262.7 261.3 254.8 140 Greenland Sea 254.3 256.4 257.3 256.4 254.3 253.8 255.2 257.0 256.8 263.5 262.7 259.4 262.8 262.4 250.3 247.5 249.0 252.1 253.4 257.7 260.8 257.9 261.0 262.0 256.3 253.5 251.4 251.6 250.4 250.8 248.1 142 Norwegian Sea 280.3 279.4 279.1 279.5 277.3 278.4 277.4 277.6 276.9 274.7 273.5 273.8 274.5 275.8 277.9 279.0 277.0 276.2 275.7 274.2 273.4 271.8 273.4 273.2 273.0 271.5 271.1 270.6 272.3 272.2 271.1 144 Barents Sea 277.2 276.2 274.8 275.6 275.5 273.2 272.1 271.8 271.7 271.8 270.9 272.7 274.2 271.8 270.4 270.6 272.6 270.2 269.3 268.7 269.3 270.2 268.8 267.1 266.0 267.4 266.4 265.3 264.1 265.6 266.5 146 Kara Sea 280.1 280.1 280.2 278.7 276.5 275.6 274.8 274.2 273.3 270.7 268.3 268.5 269.5 271.3 272.9 272.3 271.6 271.5 269.6 267.1 265.3 266.6 269.8 270.3 268.6 268.1 266.7 264.7 264.4 264.0 265.8 148 Laptev Sea 266.5 266.3 266.8 270.2 273.1 272.6 269.7 268.9 269.1 269.2 267.5 264.2 262.2 260.3 261.4 260.9 258.5 259.4 261.7 262.8 262.1 260.7 259.2 260.4 259.4 256.8 258.6 258.5 257.4 257.2 257.6 150 East Siberian Sea 268.5 266.1 265.3 264.9 263.8 265.3 265.9 264.3 263.8 264.4 264.4 265.1 267.2 267.5 261.8 257.4 257.3 256.3 256.7 259.3 259.0 257.6 258.2 257.7 257.7 258.1 258.8 258.1 257.4 255.3 255.3 152 Gulf of Alaska 278.8 278.6 277.4 277.9 275.7 275.2 274.0 275.4 277.4 277.5 276.8 276.4 276.7 276.7 276.2 275.9 276.0 274.8 273.0 277.4 278.4 278.1 275.0 272.8 275.6 275.1 273.9 272.1 272.5 273.7 274.4 154 Southeast Bering Sea 279.6 278.6 279.4 278.6 276.7 275.4 271.6 276.0 276.9 277.0 277.0 277.7 277.7 276.4 273.7 273.7 274.4 274.3 273.5 277.4 278.7 278.7 275.5 274.2 272.3 270.2 268.7 268.2 267.7 268.2 267.5