1962 10 - 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 274.5 274.5 273.7 273.0 272.4 271.7 270.4 269.9 269.7 269.5 270.0 269.9 270.2 271.0 271.2 270.5 269.5 269.0 268.6 268.1 267.7 267.0 266.6 266.8 266.8 266.0 266.0 265.8 265.4 264.9 264.7 34 Hudson Bay 289.3 289.8 288.2 287.7 288.2 287.7 284.8 284.2 284.1 282.7 280.2 276.8 277.1 280.2 281.7 281.1 280.1 278.8 278.0 277.7 277.2 274.8 272.9 270.7 271.9 273.8 276.1 277.2 278.9 276.9 273.4 36 Hudson Strait 278.8 277.1 276.4 273.3 274.8 281.3 280.8 276.1 275.1 278.9 279.7 278.5 275.6 273.7 273.1 276.2 277.7 271.1 272.5 273.1 272.5 272.4 272.3 272.6 271.9 270.4 269.0 268.0 266.5 266.7 265.9 98 Bering Strait 274.8 275.1 274.8 273.6 273.7 273.5 273.4 271.9 270.2 269.4 269.1 268.1 267.3 268.4 270.2 270.9 269.6 268.5 267.7 266.4 263.9 263.1 265.7 268.5 269.7 268.0 267.0 265.9 267.2 265.6 268.6 128 Arctic subocean 253.5 253.6 252.5 251.5 252.3 250.6 249.4 250.1 250.2 249.6 249.0 250.1 249.4 250.6 249.1 248.1 247.4 245.6 245.9 246.4 246.1 244.9 244.9 246.6 245.3 246.1 249.4 256.4 255.2 248.0 246.5 130 Chukchi Sea 272.2 275.4 276.0 274.9 274.8 273.9 272.2 270.5 269.6 268.3 266.8 267.6 268.1 267.9 267.5 268.1 267.4 265.3 263.3 264.5 264.8 263.2 264.3 265.1 267.3 267.4 265.6 263.8 262.0 264.8 264.7 132 Beaufort Sea 281.6 280.7 280.1 278.9 277.9 276.5 277.1 277.1 275.8 274.7 273.0 271.9 270.1 271.2 272.7 275.2 275.2 273.8 272.4 272.1 270.4 268.9 268.5 270.9 275.0 276.8 276.9 276.4 276.0 273.7 270.8 134 Arctic Archipelago 268.9 266.2 262.0 261.0 262.7 262.1 260.9 262.7 262.0 258.6 257.6 258.4 258.4 257.7 257.6 257.0 255.7 256.5 260.5 261.6 259.1 255.7 253.7 253.8 252.4 255.0 262.4 267.2 264.3 260.1 257.1 136 Foxe Basin 271.1 270.9 270.7 268.2 267.8 269.5 268.3 267.0 270.7 272.0 271.6 272.2 271.1 268.5 264.3 262.0 261.0 262.8 263.7 264.7 265.7 266.0 264.9 265.0 264.8 264.0 262.1 264.6 269.5 266.5 262.6 138 Baffin Bay 257.4 257.3 257.2 256.6 256.2 254.6 252.6 251.6 252.1 256.4 257.4 255.2 259.0 260.1 257.5 252.8 248.3 247.3 248.4 247.9 247.4 245.2 245.7 247.3 247.0 247.9 250.5 253.0 252.8 251.4 251.0 139 South Greenland 264.0 264.6 265.5 266.0 263.9 262.2 259.1 258.5 262.4 265.5 269.8 269.2 266.3 266.4 265.1 261.2 254.7 261.9 260.8 252.3 253.1 251.9 252.0 254.6 255.6 256.1 257.0 255.9 255.9 255.0 253.7 140 Greenland Sea 255.0 257.4 257.8 256.6 255.4 255.4 254.7 254.3 253.0 250.4 255.6 253.5 252.4 253.7 252.8 248.9 247.0 245.3 245.0 244.3 243.0 241.6 241.0 242.0 242.4 242.0 243.1 245.9 244.5 242.0 242.4 142 Norwegian Sea 281.8 283.5 282.8 281.3 281.6 281.1 281.5 281.7 281.4 278.0 277.4 277.3 277.5 273.4 274.0 277.3 279.6 278.5 276.1 279.3 278.5 279.5 278.7 277.4 277.9 275.7 274.4 274.7 274.3 274.5 275.6 144 Barents Sea 281.4 281.6 281.4 281.6 280.4 277.7 277.4 277.0 278.4 278.8 274.5 272.7 271.5 272.9 272.8 270.8 270.2 270.1 269.4 268.8 267.8 267.6 266.7 267.8 268.6 270.8 274.9 274.2 273.6 274.9 273.9 146 Kara Sea 274.5 274.6 274.0 272.9 272.5 272.2 270.2 269.4 268.7 269.1 272.4 274.2 275.3 275.5 275.1 274.6 274.6 273.8 272.8 272.7 272.6 272.5 272.8 271.6 269.2 267.0 264.9 265.7 265.7 266.0 268.0 148 Laptev Sea 269.7 269.1 267.9 268.3 266.3 264.4 263.1 263.0 263.1 262.8 262.8 265.0 267.2 268.2 268.8 267.9 266.2 265.5 265.1 266.8 266.4 266.7 265.8 267.6 267.6 263.5 262.3 257.2 256.0 258.0 258.4 150 East Siberian Sea 265.7 265.1 264.7 264.2 263.7 264.4 265.5 265.8 264.6 264.6 264.4 263.7 263.1 262.9 262.5 260.9 260.6 262.2 262.5 260.4 264.1 263.7 263.9 261.4 262.7 260.7 255.5 255.8 250.8 250.9 252.4 152 Gulf of Alaska 278.5 278.7 279.0 277.2 276.5 276.9 277.4 277.5 276.2 276.3 275.7 275.0 274.6 276.7 278.5 278.2 276.5 275.5 275.0 273.5 272.1 273.6 274.2 276.3 275.5 275.3 275.6 275.1 273.5 273.9 276.5 154 Southeast Bering Sea 277.0 279.0 279.2 278.8 277.5 278.0 278.4 277.0 275.0 275.1 273.1 271.1 274.0 277.5 277.6 276.5 274.6 276.5 276.6 273.2 273.0 275.2 275.7 276.0 275.5 274.7 272.4 270.3 271.1 270.5 273.2