1961 11 - 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 265.1 264.1 263.6 263.2 261.6 260.7 259.8 259.5 259.5 259.4 259.5 259.6 259.6 259.7 259.4 259.4 259.7 260.0 259.2 258.8 258.5 258.4 258.3 257.4 256.4 256.2 256.4 255.3 254.6 255.1 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 272.2 271.4 272.7 272.4 269.8 269.9 269.1 268.9 268.3 271.7 273.0 271.9 271.2 272.3 270.5 267.1 268.2 270.3 269.8 265.8 264.7 266.5 267.8 266.9 265.7 263.5 264.4 263.5 260.8 258.8 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 272.8 272.0 269.5 275.0 271.8 269.9 268.6 267.3 263.6 260.7 258.6 264.9 270.1 268.8 268.0 268.7 264.6 262.9 264.4 268.7 267.9 266.7 267.8 269.1 271.4 268.3 264.8 266.9 268.2 268.6 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 260.9 259.9 258.3 263.6 265.1 265.1 264.4 262.1 258.1 255.4 254.9 256.3 257.4 258.7 266.9 266.4 262.2 257.1 254.1 256.2 256.0 252.9 253.2 255.2 255.6 255.8 258.8 262.9 259.2 254.8 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 255.7 250.1 249.1 244.4 242.9 241.0 242.6 240.4 242.3 246.7 246.4 244.9 249.7 248.2 251.2 255.2 255.2 250.5 247.6 243.9 243.6 245.0 247.2 248.9 249.2 249.3 245.0 248.3 254.6 256.0 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 268.4 266.6 264.4 262.7 260.7 259.8 258.2 255.7 253.3 252.5 254.1 256.9 256.1 260.7 261.0 261.3 256.6 249.9 249.0 250.2 249.4 249.1 254.3 250.6 256.9 259.9 265.4 269.2 266.2 260.8 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 263.0 257.9 257.6 258.8 263.5 264.3 264.0 265.3 265.4 262.6 259.7 263.3 267.3 267.0 267.7 271.1 270.9 266.4 260.5 256.1 257.4 256.1 255.0 254.2 254.9 254.8 254.2 251.1 248.3 247.4 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 257.9 256.7 255.7 254.8 251.9 248.7 248.5 245.1 245.9 248.4 249.6 252.8 253.5 251.2 251.6 256.5 259.2 257.6 251.2 247.8 246.8 245.1 249.3 250.7 251.1 251.6 248.5 245.1 247.1 252.7 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 264.4 258.7 256.2 253.6 252.1 253.8 253.9 248.8 244.5 244.2 246.0 252.5 258.5 256.3 249.4 249.0 248.9 255.0 259.3 257.9 253.0 249.9 245.3 243.5 245.9 246.7 252.8 258.3 259.1 254.9 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 257.1 255.7 253.4 252.0 250.5 249.5 247.2 246.7 249.8 251.4 250.8 249.1 248.1 247.0 249.5 247.4 247.2 247.2 245.9 244.6 244.3 243.1 242.0 240.2 240.6 238.9 240.0 239.5 243.8 250.4 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 255.6 257.9 261.0 259.5 255.7 253.9 252.1 253.6 255.8 257.7 262.7 261.7 259.1 259.9 254.8 254.6 257.4 257.0 255.3 259.3 253.9 251.0 250.1 246.3 243.4 255.2 254.3 246.7 245.6 248.0 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 255.7 254.3 252.1 249.1 249.8 253.1 252.1 248.8 250.5 252.9 253.6 251.9 245.2 245.1 245.7 247.1 246.1 247.2 244.6 243.5 241.5 239.3 239.0 240.3 239.9 237.3 238.5 239.4 248.5 254.4 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 274.8 275.6 274.6 275.0 275.6 277.7 277.2 277.2 277.7 277.0 275.9 273.9 276.5 277.3 277.7 276.1 273.5 273.2 276.2 276.7 276.9 276.4 275.3 275.1 274.4 273.0 271.6 269.8 270.4 270.4 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 274.7 273.3 273.9 275.2 275.2 274.0 272.1 270.5 267.4 263.3 260.9 260.1 262.7 265.0 266.1 267.8 267.3 268.7 268.4 265.2 265.6 266.5 265.4 262.1 256.3 257.9 260.6 261.7 260.6 261.6 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 269.4 269.8 268.6 267.1 263.3 261.2 261.3 261.7 262.1 262.3 261.9 259.3 257.7 257.2 256.3 257.0 258.4 260.3 261.0 263.7 264.2 264.8 264.4 264.0 263.2 260.8 258.9 256.5 256.4 257.5 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 258.6 258.4 258.2 257.1 255.8 253.8 251.2 251.1 251.9 251.2 252.1 253.6 253.5 253.2 253.2 251.5 250.7 252.9 253.8 252.8 254.2 255.8 254.7 250.8 249.1 249.3 251.5 251.7 250.6 252.4 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 259.4 254.6 252.0 249.3 247.7 249.8 249.5 249.5 251.7 251.7 253.6 253.6 255.7 254.7 251.6 250.4 252.2 252.1 252.3 251.3 248.8 248.7 247.5 247.8 248.1 249.9 252.0 250.3 248.6 245.9 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 266.0 265.5 266.5 273.0 272.7 273.7 273.9 272.6 268.9 267.3 265.6 271.0 270.5 271.8 274.4 273.6 269.6 266.6 267.6 268.6 269.0 262.0 259.8 266.6 265.7 265.8 265.8 265.5 264.9 261.2 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 271.8 271.4 272.6 274.6 273.4 275.2 275.2 272.9 270.1 261.3 257.4 258.4 260.2 273.6 275.2 273.1 269.0 269.9 270.8 269.7 265.4 262.6 269.6 270.8 256.9 258.1 266.6 273.5 272.4 271.2 -9999.0