1961 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 249.9 250.2 250.9 250.8 250.7 250.1 249.3 249.8 251.0 251.6 251.5 251.6 251.9 252.0 251.7 252.3 252.7 252.2 253.1 254.4 255.0 254.9 254.2 253.2 253.6 254.1 254.9 254.7 254.2 253.5 253.1 34 Hudson Bay 248.8 249.7 255.0 258.6 261.1 262.2 258.9 256.5 259.6 260.8 258.6 257.5 259.0 261.7 262.4 262.2 260.6 254.1 252.5 252.1 250.2 249.5 248.4 246.8 249.3 252.2 255.4 254.2 250.8 250.5 249.5 36 Hudson Strait 249.5 246.5 249.8 247.9 248.6 249.2 247.5 247.3 243.9 242.5 242.7 240.6 239.6 241.6 257.2 254.3 248.7 242.9 241.0 242.1 240.1 241.4 245.5 255.6 259.5 256.9 254.0 248.7 249.7 248.8 248.3 98 Bering Strait 253.0 255.5 255.2 254.5 252.6 250.2 251.2 250.7 250.3 250.5 251.0 255.9 256.5 254.5 252.0 253.0 254.7 257.6 263.6 267.2 267.2 269.0 268.7 269.7 268.8 268.7 267.5 261.9 259.8 256.1 256.0 128 Arctic subocean 237.8 237.5 238.1 236.7 235.3 236.0 235.1 233.7 235.0 234.5 234.3 236.3 238.5 239.1 240.8 241.6 245.0 244.0 240.8 239.2 237.0 242.8 244.6 244.1 245.2 241.3 240.4 242.9 247.2 245.7 240.1 130 Chukchi Sea 247.9 249.9 248.8 246.3 245.5 244.5 246.8 247.9 249.4 249.2 247.1 248.4 248.9 245.6 246.3 247.9 245.1 248.1 256.0 266.2 269.9 269.0 266.4 266.9 267.5 266.6 265.2 264.4 261.0 259.4 259.6 132 Beaufort Sea 248.3 256.1 258.5 257.1 256.0 252.9 251.5 253.2 252.9 248.6 247.9 251.7 256.7 256.9 255.2 256.8 257.8 258.0 260.1 263.5 262.8 261.9 260.8 259.9 260.9 263.4 261.4 255.6 253.7 251.9 249.3 134 Arctic Archipelago 238.2 238.5 239.9 239.7 240.3 239.4 236.8 235.4 235.4 236.6 236.3 236.7 239.8 237.5 234.0 236.0 240.2 244.4 242.5 242.4 241.6 242.1 241.1 242.8 250.9 252.1 248.7 248.5 246.9 244.6 243.3 136 Foxe Basin 243.6 241.2 237.6 240.7 243.5 243.4 244.6 240.5 232.4 232.3 233.8 234.3 233.7 236.9 242.0 237.8 235.8 241.6 242.1 239.7 239.0 239.1 248.5 251.7 251.8 246.8 245.4 245.0 249.2 249.4 244.3 138 Baffin Bay 243.3 244.2 242.0 240.9 241.5 241.8 241.9 244.1 244.2 242.8 244.1 244.2 240.3 238.2 236.3 239.0 242.3 238.4 237.5 243.1 248.5 250.7 250.2 250.9 250.4 249.1 248.7 248.0 246.8 244.5 239.9 139 South Greenland 254.6 253.6 249.9 250.9 251.0 253.0 254.4 253.6 252.7 253.5 255.2 252.2 247.0 245.0 245.5 249.4 250.8 250.9 257.1 258.3 258.8 261.5 260.5 260.0 259.2 256.3 256.0 254.9 254.6 250.8 248.1 140 Greenland Sea 243.0 243.1 241.1 238.2 238.6 239.2 240.4 240.0 243.4 244.5 245.2 250.7 254.8 252.8 250.7 244.3 243.8 241.7 237.8 245.8 251.9 255.5 254.3 248.9 246.6 244.7 246.3 247.3 247.3 242.8 236.7 142 Norwegian Sea 269.4 268.0 269.8 269.9 269.6 267.9 268.0 267.7 267.7 267.6 268.0 271.7 273.0 274.6 274.9 275.0 274.5 273.7 273.0 271.4 269.2 269.3 266.6 266.1 271.0 271.8 272.9 274.2 273.2 270.2 269.3 144 Barents Sea 261.5 262.8 262.8 261.8 264.5 269.7 269.2 267.5 264.8 264.0 264.8 265.4 263.8 262.5 259.7 257.7 256.1 258.6 263.0 263.1 261.9 259.8 260.3 256.8 254.5 253.3 254.1 252.9 260.3 264.0 265.4 146 Kara Sea 254.1 253.2 254.0 253.5 252.6 251.1 249.7 253.0 256.4 257.6 257.1 255.7 255.0 257.0 257.8 258.5 257.6 256.4 257.4 257.9 260.3 258.2 256.2 255.6 255.6 255.5 258.3 261.3 258.6 256.9 258.5 148 Laptev Sea 243.6 241.0 240.4 240.2 239.4 239.0 238.2 237.9 238.9 241.3 242.4 242.0 241.7 239.5 238.3 240.3 243.9 245.2 244.9 245.7 247.0 249.2 248.4 244.0 241.2 243.0 243.2 244.4 248.6 252.0 253.6 150 East Siberian Sea 243.5 243.4 241.9 239.6 239.0 236.2 238.8 240.5 241.5 242.2 242.1 242.0 241.7 241.6 241.5 240.8 240.6 240.3 241.6 243.1 241.9 241.4 245.1 247.0 248.8 250.0 251.8 251.7 252.7 253.7 249.8 152 Gulf of Alaska 269.5 271.6 270.0 269.4 268.3 265.0 265.4 261.9 260.9 264.1 269.8 270.4 270.2 269.3 267.0 267.1 267.9 272.3 274.5 275.1 275.4 274.8 272.8 273.3 273.6 273.8 270.5 268.8 264.6 261.8 265.8 154 Southeast Bering Sea 267.3 267.5 265.7 264.9 261.1 256.8 263.4 263.6 262.3 260.9 262.7 270.3 269.7 266.6 259.2 258.1 265.8 272.0 274.5 274.9 275.5 274.0 273.7 274.8 274.8 274.5 271.6 270.3 270.1 264.2 261.1