1962 08 - 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 289.7 289.4 289.2 289.5 289.2 288.2 287.9 287.3 287.3 287.2 287.4 287.5 287.7 287.6 287.6 287.6 287.3 286.7 286.3 286.0 286.0 285.7 285.7 285.5 285.6 285.7 285.2 284.3 283.6 283.7 284.2 34 Hudson Bay 293.3 292.3 290.3 291.7 293.1 292.1 292.1 293.4 295.1 295.5 295.3 294.6 294.4 294.4 293.1 290.9 291.0 291.3 291.0 292.6 294.0 294.4 293.4 292.8 293.2 293.7 293.0 291.6 290.5 290.1 291.2 36 Hudson Strait 287.9 285.6 281.7 283.5 284.5 282.0 282.8 284.4 287.1 290.0 290.5 287.4 287.2 287.6 288.1 286.7 285.8 283.7 283.5 283.1 283.0 286.7 286.4 286.2 286.6 286.5 285.8 284.7 286.1 286.6 283.9 98 Bering Strait 292.1 290.8 290.2 288.7 287.3 287.2 288.3 287.9 288.1 289.6 290.5 291.5 291.6 291.4 291.0 289.6 288.5 288.4 288.7 288.7 287.8 286.5 285.0 284.4 284.2 284.3 283.7 283.6 283.6 282.1 279.2 128 Arctic subocean 275.2 274.7 274.5 274.4 274.6 275.4 275.2 274.8 274.3 274.0 274.0 273.2 271.8 271.8 272.2 272.6 271.9 271.5 270.3 270.5 270.2 269.6 269.4 268.5 267.2 266.1 266.8 267.4 268.5 271.6 272.1 130 Chukchi Sea 286.6 286.7 285.7 284.8 284.3 285.2 286.3 285.8 287.3 288.3 287.6 288.6 289.1 289.7 288.8 287.5 285.5 283.7 284.1 284.7 284.1 282.0 280.8 281.5 280.9 280.8 281.6 281.4 280.7 276.9 275.7 132 Beaufort Sea 294.0 292.4 291.9 292.7 291.6 290.7 290.7 290.6 289.7 289.7 290.9 291.8 292.2 291.8 292.8 293.0 292.0 289.5 289.2 289.4 289.0 288.1 288.2 287.7 286.0 286.6 286.5 286.3 286.5 286.6 285.6 134 Arctic Archipelago 278.7 279.5 281.4 282.5 285.1 285.4 285.1 284.7 283.7 283.4 284.3 284.1 284.9 284.3 281.2 283.9 285.1 283.5 280.9 279.2 279.9 281.4 283.3 283.7 282.9 281.7 281.7 281.6 280.2 279.3 279.8 136 Foxe Basin 281.9 282.0 281.0 280.6 281.5 282.0 283.2 282.6 280.5 281.0 281.0 280.6 279.8 280.1 279.7 280.6 281.6 281.4 280.3 278.7 278.0 277.3 277.7 279.6 280.8 279.9 279.8 280.3 280.9 279.1 278.5 138 Baffin Bay 274.5 274.1 273.6 273.9 274.3 274.9 274.8 274.3 273.0 273.3 272.8 271.5 270.4 269.8 270.0 269.8 270.1 270.2 269.6 269.4 267.5 265.5 264.4 264.9 265.5 266.8 267.4 267.8 268.8 269.8 270.4 139 South Greenland 274.3 274.8 274.0 273.7 273.6 273.4 273.6 274.3 274.2 274.0 273.3 273.0 273.4 272.5 272.0 272.0 272.3 273.3 273.7 274.0 273.7 272.5 271.1 270.9 271.6 271.1 270.6 270.9 270.9 269.9 269.8 140 Greenland Sea 272.0 271.2 271.4 272.2 271.9 272.4 272.6 271.8 271.5 270.8 269.8 268.5 268.4 267.4 266.7 267.9 266.3 268.8 269.5 270.9 270.1 266.1 263.6 264.1 266.3 265.4 264.9 263.6 263.6 265.8 268.6 142 Norwegian Sea 285.6 284.5 285.2 286.7 286.3 284.9 283.9 285.5 284.2 284.9 286.4 284.7 283.4 282.0 283.5 284.8 285.4 286.0 286.6 285.9 285.8 285.7 285.5 285.1 285.0 284.6 284.2 283.4 282.7 282.6 282.2 144 Barents Sea 285.7 286.3 286.7 287.9 288.8 289.1 289.4 288.3 288.5 286.7 286.4 286.5 287.3 285.8 285.1 284.4 283.4 283.8 285.5 285.3 284.9 282.2 283.2 286.0 286.5 285.7 286.1 285.0 285.0 284.4 283.8 146 Kara Sea 294.1 294.2 294.2 293.8 291.9 291.0 290.9 290.1 289.7 288.8 288.4 289.1 289.5 290.0 291.8 292.7 291.8 289.8 288.3 286.9 286.9 286.5 287.5 287.6 288.0 287.8 287.2 286.8 287.5 287.9 288.9 148 Laptev Sea 294.1 295.1 295.7 296.6 295.3 291.7 288.8 286.5 286.0 287.0 287.4 287.4 287.4 287.4 287.2 287.7 287.9 287.5 288.4 289.4 290.5 290.3 288.9 286.4 287.0 288.2 287.5 285.6 283.0 284.2 285.6 150 East Siberian Sea 285.0 281.6 284.8 284.3 287.4 288.2 288.8 286.4 285.5 285.0 286.0 287.2 288.7 288.8 286.0 284.6 286.9 289.7 289.8 285.2 282.0 285.7 288.6 290.8 290.7 288.6 286.5 281.2 274.1 275.5 279.5 152 Gulf of Alaska 291.4 290.6 290.6 287.5 286.6 286.3 286.6 285.8 285.5 287.0 288.9 289.8 289.4 289.1 288.6 288.0 287.5 287.2 286.6 286.9 286.4 285.4 284.6 284.1 283.8 283.3 284.5 286.4 288.0 286.4 283.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 292.8 292.8 289.8 286.5 286.5 288.1 287.5 286.9 289.8 291.2 293.1 293.8 292.7 291.0 289.7 288.5 288.9 289.8 289.5 289.4 287.9 287.5 286.4 285.1 283.8 284.3 285.2 286.8 288.0 284.0 282.7