1961 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 255.9 256.1 256.7 256.8 257.3 256.9 255.7 254.8 253.0 251.6 251.1 251.8 252.9 253.0 253.0 253.4 252.1 251.7 251.8 252.7 253.1 253.0 253.3 253.6 253.0 252.5 252.4 253.1 254.0 254.6 255.1 34 Hudson Bay 261.3 261.3 263.3 264.4 263.8 262.8 260.5 259.2 257.7 256.9 255.4 253.9 254.5 253.7 256.5 257.5 258.3 254.7 251.9 253.1 256.7 259.2 260.6 263.2 265.1 262.7 259.0 257.3 259.4 259.8 258.3 36 Hudson Strait 266.9 263.2 262.1 256.7 263.2 270.1 270.9 268.2 264.8 257.9 255.3 253.6 262.0 260.8 256.4 253.8 246.6 249.6 251.6 250.3 253.5 262.8 267.5 268.7 268.8 271.5 270.2 270.6 270.0 266.1 257.2 98 Bering Strait 255.3 254.0 251.7 248.2 246.0 246.4 249.6 255.5 264.0 267.5 267.1 264.9 261.3 254.2 250.0 248.6 244.7 244.5 245.9 246.8 244.4 243.7 241.5 238.6 238.6 244.1 245.6 242.1 239.4 245.4 257.9 128 Arctic subocean 252.7 250.0 250.5 251.7 250.9 253.7 251.8 247.4 241.7 238.8 236.3 237.7 240.5 242.4 239.7 243.0 246.9 245.0 242.1 249.5 250.8 241.7 240.7 240.0 237.6 240.9 242.9 248.6 250.5 245.1 245.4 130 Chukchi Sea 259.1 252.5 248.3 244.7 241.2 242.0 247.8 253.5 260.8 262.5 263.9 259.0 248.4 244.6 243.2 245.9 245.2 246.5 250.7 251.3 248.4 245.2 243.6 240.7 243.8 239.4 236.4 235.4 236.9 239.0 251.4 132 Beaufort Sea 247.5 251.6 253.7 255.8 255.5 253.7 250.1 249.7 248.7 252.0 255.1 261.1 260.0 258.0 254.4 252.9 243.5 240.8 243.6 246.5 245.0 244.6 247.4 248.0 243.4 242.3 249.1 255.6 255.4 251.7 255.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 254.3 253.9 253.8 250.3 248.4 245.0 241.7 240.8 242.5 243.4 242.7 240.5 245.8 248.8 243.3 239.5 238.7 242.9 243.1 242.7 242.5 242.5 243.3 242.6 245.5 247.0 243.8 246.6 247.3 248.4 244.3 136 Foxe Basin 257.6 255.4 257.6 250.7 259.3 262.6 262.8 258.8 253.1 247.6 247.8 241.3 240.7 245.0 241.7 241.1 236.5 245.1 250.2 247.0 242.7 245.2 246.1 249.8 252.2 257.0 259.7 260.4 262.1 263.8 256.1 138 Baffin Bay 250.6 250.2 250.6 251.1 251.3 253.1 253.4 245.4 238.1 238.1 237.7 237.8 237.2 241.0 246.7 254.5 253.6 246.8 253.9 257.3 252.9 244.8 243.9 246.9 245.9 243.5 247.7 253.8 254.0 257.4 260.5 139 South Greenland 249.7 252.6 252.2 250.8 252.1 252.7 251.8 250.6 249.6 248.3 247.3 248.6 249.3 253.2 257.0 260.4 256.4 261.1 263.7 262.7 263.5 261.5 255.7 252.0 253.8 252.3 250.2 250.3 254.2 262.1 263.4 140 Greenland Sea 254.2 249.9 249.9 248.7 246.8 248.3 249.9 249.5 237.9 235.4 235.0 237.6 239.7 240.8 247.6 251.8 255.2 253.2 249.7 254.1 256.7 246.6 243.4 242.9 242.5 238.6 239.5 247.2 253.4 252.0 255.9 142 Norwegian Sea 269.3 266.6 267.0 267.6 268.8 269.4 271.0 270.6 267.5 266.5 266.6 265.7 266.2 270.5 274.0 276.2 276.3 275.7 275.0 273.1 267.8 266.3 271.6 270.4 266.8 264.3 268.5 268.0 268.9 268.1 267.5 144 Barents Sea 261.9 263.7 263.4 263.6 264.4 265.4 267.4 265.4 263.2 266.7 265.9 263.8 260.9 260.1 262.3 264.4 266.1 268.1 267.9 264.7 261.5 260.4 258.3 257.0 256.7 256.8 258.1 259.8 262.5 262.0 262.5 146 Kara Sea 258.2 258.4 261.3 264.6 265.5 262.8 261.2 258.9 255.6 251.4 251.3 254.9 257.9 256.8 256.0 255.1 255.4 256.0 255.8 257.1 257.9 257.7 257.8 257.9 256.0 255.0 255.0 255.4 256.6 256.5 256.0 148 Laptev Sea 253.4 253.3 251.1 249.5 251.5 252.2 249.1 247.1 244.6 242.5 240.3 239.0 241.5 244.8 244.7 245.7 245.1 243.8 243.9 245.1 246.9 248.6 250.7 251.8 251.6 250.6 249.3 248.6 248.1 247.9 247.6 150 East Siberian Sea 245.9 245.3 246.0 243.0 243.5 246.5 248.4 251.1 249.7 245.7 244.3 244.5 243.7 248.4 254.7 258.1 255.8 254.4 252.7 251.0 250.1 248.7 250.5 251.4 250.5 252.2 251.6 250.8 248.9 246.5 244.7 152 Gulf of Alaska 265.0 266.5 261.5 260.6 258.5 263.7 264.1 269.4 272.3 274.2 273.8 273.1 273.0 270.8 265.1 258.5 256.3 253.7 253.1 253.6 256.4 257.3 254.7 253.6 252.3 256.1 257.8 254.6 254.9 267.8 273.4 154 Southeast Bering Sea 271.5 269.3 262.2 254.6 252.7 253.2 261.8 274.6 276.1 275.5 274.8 272.7 267.8 261.8 252.1 250.9 250.9 250.3 251.7 253.7 253.2 249.4 246.4 245.6 244.1 243.8 240.9 239.8 244.1 270.4 272.4