1963 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 288.6 288.9 289.2 289.5 289.3 289.0 289.1 289.0 288.9 288.1 287.8 288.0 288.1 288.2 288.1 287.9 287.5 287.2 287.0 286.8 286.1 285.7 285.5 285.5 285.6 285.1 284.5 284.0 283.4 283.8 284.0 34 Hudson Bay 293.5 293.1 293.8 294.9 295.8 296.0 296.0 294.6 294.2 294.4 294.1 293.0 291.9 292.0 292.0 291.9 293.2 294.4 293.9 294.4 293.2 291.3 291.2 292.0 292.6 292.5 292.5 291.5 289.1 289.2 290.1 36 Hudson Strait 287.6 289.7 289.8 290.3 290.3 290.6 289.2 285.2 284.4 284.9 284.3 283.3 283.7 284.5 283.4 283.1 283.3 284.3 285.8 284.7 282.4 282.1 284.2 283.9 283.7 283.5 283.5 284.0 282.9 280.5 282.0 98 Bering Strait 288.6 286.9 285.5 284.2 284.9 285.5 285.5 283.6 283.4 284.5 285.5 288.7 290.1 291.6 290.9 287.3 286.4 287.5 285.9 284.7 284.9 285.1 285.7 287.7 288.3 287.1 283.8 285.2 285.3 286.5 286.5 128 Arctic subocean 274.4 274.7 274.4 274.6 274.4 274.2 274.3 274.2 273.9 274.1 274.9 274.5 273.2 272.3 272.2 272.9 272.8 272.4 272.8 273.0 272.8 272.2 270.1 268.9 269.2 269.2 269.0 267.1 265.4 266.4 267.1 130 Chukchi Sea 287.1 283.1 281.2 280.0 280.7 283.0 282.9 280.5 279.3 279.9 281.3 283.0 284.9 286.0 285.4 280.8 280.8 281.0 278.7 280.7 282.3 283.2 282.0 281.7 281.2 280.2 279.4 281.7 281.4 282.4 281.8 132 Beaufort Sea 288.5 289.4 290.3 290.8 289.9 290.9 292.1 293.1 293.8 292.8 290.8 292.0 292.8 293.8 294.2 294.3 292.6 293.6 294.6 292.6 288.9 286.8 288.2 289.6 291.7 291.9 291.8 289.6 290.0 291.6 292.6 134 Arctic Archipelago 281.9 281.5 281.6 282.3 282.2 283.0 282.8 284.7 286.3 287.0 285.1 282.0 282.6 283.2 283.4 285.6 285.5 280.7 280.5 280.9 280.4 279.2 279.0 282.0 283.5 282.8 280.2 279.5 278.0 277.8 275.2 136 Foxe Basin 286.0 284.0 283.2 282.1 282.0 283.6 284.4 283.8 283.5 283.0 281.9 283.1 282.2 281.5 281.2 281.0 280.8 281.3 280.1 279.9 280.7 281.7 280.7 279.0 279.6 278.9 276.4 275.9 276.1 275.5 275.8 138 Baffin Bay 274.3 274.6 273.9 273.3 272.9 273.2 273.5 273.0 272.0 272.0 273.4 274.0 272.5 272.2 271.4 272.2 272.0 272.4 272.5 271.6 271.4 271.1 268.7 267.4 266.6 266.4 266.3 266.6 265.1 264.0 265.4 139 South Greenland 273.9 273.1 273.2 273.6 274.0 274.7 274.7 274.7 274.8 274.3 274.4 274.0 273.5 273.0 273.3 273.1 272.8 272.5 272.2 272.0 271.9 271.4 270.3 269.7 269.8 269.5 268.4 268.5 268.8 269.6 271.3 140 Greenland Sea 270.9 272.8 273.0 272.4 271.9 271.5 271.9 272.4 271.5 270.0 271.4 272.1 271.0 270.4 269.9 269.8 269.3 268.5 267.7 267.1 266.8 266.7 265.2 263.5 261.9 261.0 261.6 260.7 260.6 260.3 260.2 142 Norwegian Sea 291.7 289.7 287.4 286.9 289.1 289.4 288.5 289.1 289.1 288.3 286.7 286.6 287.1 285.9 286.3 286.5 286.3 286.4 287.6 288.3 286.7 286.0 285.6 285.7 284.6 285.8 285.5 285.0 283.1 283.7 285.2 144 Barents Sea 288.0 289.3 291.1 291.1 285.6 281.7 282.5 283.6 284.9 285.4 286.2 287.4 286.8 287.1 286.3 286.2 286.8 286.9 287.0 288.5 288.7 288.4 289.2 289.9 290.1 290.9 290.9 290.2 289.9 290.7 290.6 146 Kara Sea 288.3 289.5 291.1 291.8 292.5 291.5 291.3 291.8 292.1 291.4 291.6 291.6 291.1 290.6 291.6 292.0 291.4 290.9 291.1 290.9 290.5 290.4 288.7 287.3 286.8 286.4 286.5 286.2 285.5 285.6 285.5 148 Laptev Sea 296.9 296.8 295.7 295.3 293.2 294.4 295.4 295.7 294.1 291.6 290.6 290.5 291.4 290.6 289.1 288.0 286.8 286.3 285.7 285.3 285.8 287.5 288.4 287.7 286.7 285.2 284.2 284.4 284.5 285.2 285.3 150 East Siberian Sea 293.9 293.9 291.0 293.2 296.1 292.9 288.6 286.0 286.8 281.9 278.8 280.9 283.7 286.1 285.8 286.9 286.4 283.1 282.4 282.8 279.4 277.3 280.1 281.5 282.0 281.6 281.2 278.5 276.7 277.6 277.9 152 Gulf of Alaska 286.5 286.9 287.1 284.8 283.9 282.8 283.7 284.2 284.3 286.6 290.2 291.9 292.9 292.8 291.1 288.4 286.9 287.3 286.3 285.6 285.1 285.8 288.0 289.3 289.8 287.2 284.9 285.8 287.1 288.3 288.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 287.0 287.9 288.1 285.4 283.0 283.7 285.1 284.8 284.0 285.9 289.9 292.1 293.9 294.1 290.4 287.2 287.9 286.0 285.1 285.7 286.2 286.0 286.2 286.8 287.1 282.8 284.9 285.9 286.6 287.6 287.6