1960 12 - 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 254.1 253.9 254.8 255.0 256.8 258.2 259.4 259.7 258.5 256.9 256.6 257.5 257.6 257.1 256.2 255.6 255.5 255.8 254.9 253.4 253.9 254.4 254.7 254.2 253.5 253.2 254.1 254.7 255.1 253.9 251.5 34 Hudson Bay 265.3 266.4 266.1 263.9 260.9 260.3 257.4 258.5 260.3 255.8 255.7 261.8 266.5 266.3 263.4 260.2 258.5 256.9 255.0 253.4 253.9 256.0 258.2 260.9 258.6 254.3 257.3 258.7 257.9 255.4 250.7 36 Hudson Strait 259.4 260.0 261.7 264.7 260.4 255.3 255.5 246.3 244.8 248.2 249.1 257.7 259.2 255.5 255.5 263.8 269.3 268.8 258.7 257.6 252.4 255.5 257.3 251.9 250.4 249.3 249.3 249.5 249.5 250.0 249.0 98 Bering Strait 257.7 256.9 253.5 250.3 261.0 264.0 266.4 269.1 267.9 267.9 264.1 260.2 262.7 265.5 265.2 264.5 262.6 260.9 255.9 255.2 263.8 264.1 263.0 261.5 259.4 257.4 260.8 263.1 264.1 260.0 253.3 128 Arctic subocean 236.4 236.1 235.8 238.3 240.5 242.9 245.5 243.3 243.4 241.8 240.5 241.2 241.4 244.1 244.7 243.2 244.6 250.6 250.3 248.7 249.5 248.0 248.4 245.4 241.8 240.4 239.5 239.3 240.2 240.2 239.4 130 Chukchi Sea 255.0 250.7 245.4 242.9 247.2 255.2 259.6 264.6 266.0 264.7 262.2 256.3 256.8 256.1 257.3 264.3 266.1 265.6 262.7 254.9 253.3 254.8 256.4 256.4 256.0 248.4 250.8 256.7 259.3 256.5 248.3 132 Beaufort Sea 260.6 257.9 255.4 250.6 254.5 260.9 263.6 266.4 264.8 265.4 266.6 267.2 265.2 264.6 267.6 264.3 258.0 252.0 247.3 249.9 259.9 268.5 267.3 260.0 257.7 261.5 262.6 263.3 262.9 260.0 252.7 134 Arctic Archipelago 249.6 247.2 245.5 241.4 241.9 245.2 251.3 247.1 242.0 246.5 256.4 256.4 253.6 251.1 253.4 251.8 247.6 246.7 253.9 253.8 250.7 250.4 248.8 247.4 248.2 248.6 245.7 242.2 239.9 239.9 240.0 136 Foxe Basin 246.9 248.6 248.7 243.7 241.5 237.8 237.1 238.4 240.2 242.7 246.6 250.3 248.6 245.8 247.6 250.1 254.9 259.9 258.1 253.6 249.8 248.6 246.3 245.8 243.9 240.1 241.4 244.4 244.3 241.9 243.4 138 Baffin Bay 242.5 240.0 240.5 240.9 240.1 239.8 242.6 242.2 242.3 247.6 249.7 250.6 247.6 247.0 247.3 244.1 239.4 246.8 253.8 250.9 245.9 243.9 243.5 245.0 246.1 243.2 242.3 240.9 242.7 244.3 243.8 139 South Greenland 250.2 250.4 249.7 247.5 247.0 246.4 251.9 256.8 261.1 262.7 258.0 254.6 255.0 256.6 255.0 250.2 249.4 259.0 261.0 250.7 247.2 245.6 251.7 251.7 248.7 246.5 246.3 247.7 250.4 248.8 252.2 140 Greenland Sea 236.9 234.5 232.6 235.2 236.8 235.7 240.6 246.2 246.2 249.3 251.1 252.9 246.9 246.7 245.4 243.5 238.8 240.7 249.3 247.6 242.6 243.4 243.5 240.7 243.0 242.2 241.0 237.7 237.0 241.1 241.7 142 Norwegian Sea 275.5 275.4 275.2 273.2 270.5 269.9 267.2 267.2 263.8 261.7 262.1 268.7 272.6 271.3 272.1 276.2 276.3 273.9 271.3 269.7 266.4 266.5 267.6 270.4 270.7 273.5 274.8 272.8 270.7 268.6 269.4 144 Barents Sea 257.5 266.0 269.7 269.9 269.4 269.8 269.0 265.4 262.9 260.9 257.5 257.8 259.6 263.3 263.3 263.8 266.0 266.6 264.9 260.1 262.1 262.7 262.8 266.0 268.4 269.1 269.5 268.1 266.5 264.1 262.4 146 Kara Sea 258.7 257.9 261.3 263.0 265.0 265.8 267.0 266.2 262.7 258.4 257.1 257.5 257.1 256.6 254.0 254.4 256.4 257.5 257.1 255.9 255.5 254.0 253.8 253.3 253.2 255.0 256.4 258.5 260.6 259.3 257.1 148 Laptev Sea 238.9 238.8 242.2 247.9 252.4 254.9 255.4 255.2 253.8 251.8 251.8 252.3 250.6 247.9 247.9 249.5 251.2 251.1 249.8 247.8 246.5 246.1 246.1 245.5 245.2 244.2 244.1 244.7 245.1 245.5 244.5 150 East Siberian Sea 241.1 240.9 240.0 240.1 242.6 243.5 245.7 248.6 249.8 249.1 249.6 249.8 249.1 248.5 245.6 245.0 248.3 249.6 249.6 249.7 249.2 248.6 249.3 250.8 251.2 250.2 249.1 245.8 244.0 244.8 245.5 152 Gulf of Alaska 267.9 269.6 267.3 267.6 272.2 273.2 274.7 274.7 274.6 272.8 271.8 269.7 271.8 273.5 272.0 271.7 268.2 266.0 260.9 265.2 274.5 273.9 273.9 272.6 269.7 271.9 273.0 274.5 273.6 267.1 264.2 154 Southeast Bering Sea 271.0 271.0 265.1 267.3 273.0 273.4 273.8 274.4 272.7 272.5 269.8 265.7 272.9 271.9 272.0 273.5 273.8 273.3 265.1 271.3 272.1 272.0 271.0 266.9 268.7 270.1 273.2 273.7 269.7 265.2 264.4