1963 01 - 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 253.0 253.4 253.6 253.9 254.9 254.8 253.9 253.8 253.7 252.9 253.1 253.6 253.2 252.5 252.5 251.8 250.0 250.9 253.3 253.2 253.0 252.7 254.5 255.1 255.9 256.1 255.5 254.7 256.4 258.3 257.4 34 Hudson Bay 258.0 261.9 261.3 261.3 264.5 265.5 262.4 259.9 259.2 251.9 247.6 247.8 249.7 246.7 247.2 248.9 248.5 246.0 248.9 247.2 245.3 245.1 249.8 251.2 249.6 249.8 251.9 252.4 251.0 253.4 255.9 36 Hudson Strait 258.2 265.1 263.7 261.2 262.1 263.1 261.2 260.0 262.4 266.8 267.1 254.8 255.2 257.4 247.9 246.3 247.0 245.6 248.3 242.4 256.6 248.5 241.9 243.4 242.7 244.0 246.6 249.8 251.0 249.2 248.8 98 Bering Strait 246.0 246.3 247.0 247.3 246.8 247.6 247.5 246.4 247.0 256.0 258.1 261.1 262.5 263.0 268.4 269.7 270.9 271.6 272.6 271.3 266.1 261.5 262.2 263.5 270.6 271.0 269.9 268.8 270.8 271.7 268.4 128 Arctic subocean 242.9 239.2 237.2 242.6 243.4 236.2 237.7 240.5 243.5 245.0 242.2 243.3 248.6 252.2 245.5 243.8 239.1 237.7 236.1 233.0 233.6 240.2 242.7 238.6 239.8 240.7 243.6 249.0 247.1 248.6 254.0 130 Chukchi Sea 247.4 244.2 244.4 241.8 242.4 242.2 236.7 248.2 252.1 250.1 244.6 255.3 258.5 255.7 266.6 269.4 273.2 272.8 271.4 266.1 264.0 262.3 260.6 267.2 271.1 271.6 270.9 272.4 272.6 272.7 269.7 132 Beaufort Sea 250.2 248.3 250.3 254.4 257.3 257.3 255.8 253.6 246.8 244.5 252.8 254.2 250.2 248.0 254.4 257.9 255.3 261.8 268.0 261.7 254.4 245.5 249.7 252.9 255.5 261.5 263.5 260.1 264.0 267.0 259.5 134 Arctic Archipelago 241.4 242.9 241.4 241.6 241.7 239.6 239.1 247.6 252.0 244.9 239.3 242.9 247.3 248.2 242.3 241.4 238.5 239.3 237.8 236.2 242.6 246.7 247.3 248.1 245.8 246.7 244.9 245.8 248.0 241.8 237.4 136 Foxe Basin 245.9 250.5 256.6 255.0 250.7 255.4 262.4 265.2 258.0 253.8 258.3 265.6 254.2 250.1 249.8 242.8 240.7 238.4 240.4 245.9 250.2 263.2 263.2 245.2 242.4 241.6 239.1 239.1 246.0 247.8 244.7 138 Baffin Bay 251.6 246.4 245.9 252.3 246.2 241.8 248.8 252.2 257.5 256.1 255.3 260.7 262.6 260.9 256.8 251.0 239.1 239.2 240.9 242.4 244.6 248.5 250.9 249.0 246.3 249.7 245.1 241.8 247.3 261.2 258.8 139 South Greenland 254.5 254.4 252.6 253.2 251.9 250.6 250.8 253.1 255.5 255.9 258.4 260.8 262.0 261.6 262.3 253.1 243.0 248.5 255.7 256.7 258.8 259.6 259.9 251.7 256.7 255.3 250.0 247.2 257.5 263.5 264.3 140 Greenland Sea 253.3 247.8 240.2 248.1 250.9 238.6 242.7 245.5 250.3 254.1 256.2 256.9 254.3 256.3 256.4 254.4 239.7 236.8 244.4 243.9 240.8 242.5 243.8 242.4 238.5 247.0 245.5 241.1 246.9 258.8 264.4 142 Norwegian Sea 270.7 270.4 269.7 269.6 264.8 265.6 267.1 267.8 266.3 266.6 268.6 269.6 266.8 263.1 262.2 266.2 274.6 275.3 273.2 269.8 273.1 272.9 272.4 271.8 274.3 272.3 275.0 275.0 274.5 270.8 266.3 144 Barents Sea 257.8 258.2 258.0 259.9 262.2 260.2 261.3 261.6 259.4 256.2 253.4 253.0 251.2 250.7 250.8 252.6 251.2 253.6 256.0 254.9 257.2 259.4 258.6 259.4 259.8 256.0 257.9 263.3 264.8 264.1 261.9 146 Kara Sea 256.8 256.8 258.4 256.9 258.0 258.5 256.1 256.0 257.1 258.5 257.5 257.2 257.9 256.1 252.9 250.6 251.4 252.9 253.9 256.9 258.3 258.7 259.8 260.6 261.0 259.3 258.0 257.1 259.1 260.4 259.0 148 Laptev Sea 248.1 249.4 248.7 247.7 249.4 252.1 251.7 249.5 246.4 246.3 249.3 248.6 243.7 245.5 248.6 248.3 244.3 242.6 245.6 246.8 246.3 246.6 249.3 251.8 254.2 254.2 251.2 249.5 249.1 250.1 251.5 150 East Siberian Sea 248.9 246.9 249.4 249.8 247.7 245.2 246.8 247.7 246.8 242.1 242.6 241.8 242.3 243.6 243.3 244.6 247.4 250.4 251.0 250.4 248.8 249.1 251.4 251.5 250.6 251.8 254.5 250.9 251.1 253.8 255.1 152 Gulf of Alaska 256.6 262.8 263.3 263.5 262.9 266.2 264.0 255.3 259.3 266.4 272.1 274.4 274.0 273.8 273.7 273.3 272.8 272.6 275.0 275.0 273.4 272.5 272.9 272.8 272.7 272.2 271.8 269.6 270.2 272.3 272.5 154 Southeast Bering Sea 254.8 254.3 252.7 251.9 247.4 248.1 247.1 246.8 264.3 272.9 274.8 275.1 274.7 274.6 275.2 275.2 275.1 275.3 274.7 274.4 274.1 274.7 274.2 275.1 275.2 275.1 274.9 274.6 274.9 273.4 271.8