1962 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 257.6 256.7 256.6 256.3 256.3 254.8 253.5 252.4 252.4 254.3 256.4 257.4 256.4 255.6 254.5 254.0 254.0 254.4 255.3 256.9 256.6 255.0 254.1 253.1 253.7 255.0 254.7 253.9 252.8 252.2 252.7 34 Hudson Bay 270.4 270.5 269.0 266.4 264.9 264.7 265.4 262.9 258.5 254.9 253.8 259.3 259.5 259.3 258.9 259.7 259.4 258.6 256.2 258.7 263.8 261.2 253.7 252.1 251.8 252.6 252.5 255.2 253.5 251.1 253.4 36 Hudson Strait 262.9 256.0 263.2 261.3 267.4 270.9 270.6 269.3 266.4 264.6 267.9 263.4 253.6 250.2 248.5 246.7 248.4 249.6 250.0 251.1 256.8 258.8 255.2 251.6 246.2 247.5 247.7 247.7 258.6 258.4 255.0 98 Bering Strait 248.8 248.1 249.1 249.7 247.9 246.5 250.4 250.6 251.9 262.9 263.3 265.3 267.6 267.8 262.9 260.1 261.2 260.0 259.4 257.4 256.4 261.4 268.3 269.6 268.6 264.5 258.9 255.2 248.4 248.2 248.3 128 Arctic subocean 242.2 246.5 247.6 244.2 241.8 241.5 245.7 245.9 241.4 236.1 238.0 237.6 233.9 236.1 238.4 239.2 236.8 239.1 239.0 238.0 240.1 241.9 246.8 248.9 248.9 252.3 260.4 261.4 254.3 253.5 246.6 130 Chukchi Sea 251.2 245.2 241.9 240.9 239.4 236.7 251.8 259.0 262.0 257.5 256.1 259.4 258.5 255.9 257.5 254.8 253.1 252.8 252.4 248.9 253.3 267.7 269.7 267.2 267.7 265.4 262.1 253.4 252.5 252.8 250.6 132 Beaufort Sea 255.9 254.0 254.3 254.5 262.4 261.8 256.5 252.1 250.3 254.2 263.4 265.0 264.2 266.2 263.8 262.6 259.6 257.4 258.0 262.8 260.2 253.2 256.8 261.5 264.0 263.1 258.4 251.3 248.0 249.6 251.1 134 Arctic Archipelago 256.1 255.8 251.4 246.5 249.3 252.7 250.9 246.0 243.5 243.9 243.4 242.3 243.0 243.9 243.0 240.0 239.9 242.7 249.0 250.5 246.3 245.5 245.8 244.8 241.8 244.8 245.1 243.5 246.3 244.0 241.0 136 Foxe Basin 252.1 252.7 252.0 251.8 249.6 248.5 246.0 247.3 248.8 250.6 251.6 249.0 247.4 246.0 248.8 248.2 241.4 240.5 240.7 244.9 247.3 239.4 237.2 240.0 249.4 248.7 247.9 251.6 249.6 246.7 250.3 138 Baffin Bay 240.5 241.3 246.3 247.1 245.7 240.3 240.7 244.0 243.2 244.4 248.5 254.0 251.4 244.2 243.2 242.4 241.3 241.7 245.3 247.4 243.2 238.6 241.4 242.5 253.3 262.0 265.3 262.2 262.1 251.3 252.1 139 South Greenland 246.4 248.7 256.7 258.4 257.3 252.8 248.0 247.6 253.9 253.3 256.3 259.6 253.6 246.3 246.4 247.5 248.9 250.7 252.8 254.0 251.0 248.1 249.3 251.1 255.9 261.8 264.1 264.8 261.0 254.9 255.1 140 Greenland Sea 237.8 239.3 242.1 244.0 241.9 238.7 236.7 240.4 240.5 238.5 242.1 245.5 246.0 241.5 244.4 243.4 240.0 240.4 243.5 248.3 250.7 246.8 243.5 245.3 249.0 255.0 260.5 260.1 260.2 252.9 254.5 142 Norwegian Sea 274.2 275.9 273.9 272.3 275.8 275.0 272.7 274.4 274.4 272.9 268.3 266.1 264.6 263.6 265.3 265.4 263.1 263.4 266.3 269.5 269.6 274.8 275.4 275.9 274.7 270.0 267.7 261.8 262.4 267.5 272.2 144 Barents Sea 264.3 261.7 262.6 259.4 258.5 260.0 260.2 256.7 260.3 266.6 267.5 266.5 262.9 265.4 264.6 262.7 260.1 254.9 257.4 260.4 260.0 262.0 265.9 269.4 270.9 268.3 263.8 260.7 257.9 255.9 256.1 146 Kara Sea 263.5 262.0 261.6 260.9 257.6 255.4 253.7 254.6 256.4 258.9 259.7 258.7 259.1 257.9 257.0 258.7 260.5 261.9 263.5 265.4 263.7 260.7 257.2 252.9 252.6 254.8 255.6 256.4 257.6 259.2 258.2 148 Laptev Sea 252.2 251.4 249.8 253.5 256.4 253.1 249.3 245.1 242.6 246.1 251.2 251.6 248.3 247.3 246.2 242.0 241.6 244.6 245.3 247.2 247.7 246.1 245.5 243.7 243.3 242.9 242.5 242.3 241.4 242.1 246.0 150 East Siberian Sea 245.6 243.2 241.7 241.6 241.2 241.5 242.3 243.7 243.6 242.3 244.1 244.8 246.7 248.4 246.5 248.4 251.9 249.4 247.5 243.7 241.4 244.1 246.0 244.3 245.7 253.8 257.0 255.4 251.9 251.2 251.6 152 Gulf of Alaska 263.5 264.2 263.2 262.4 262.0 257.9 256.7 258.2 267.6 275.0 275.1 274.5 274.6 274.4 271.2 269.9 270.6 271.6 272.3 271.3 267.6 268.4 272.6 274.0 274.8 270.0 264.0 259.8 255.4 255.5 256.1 154 Southeast Bering Sea 253.4 252.2 252.5 250.2 249.7 250.4 250.5 254.9 262.0 274.0 273.8 273.8 270.7 267.4 262.6 259.9 258.3 259.0 262.5 262.9 269.0 274.2 274.2 273.0 271.6 265.0 264.8 261.6 258.0 255.1 255.0