1963 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 258.3 259.3 259.3 258.2 256.5 255.9 256.1 254.8 253.7 254.8 255.1 255.0 254.4 254.1 254.0 254.6 254.9 255.0 254.7 254.5 253.7 254.2 254.8 255.2 254.7 253.8 252.7 252.0 252.4 254.2 256.1 34 Hudson Bay 259.0 260.4 261.7 262.6 264.8 265.2 264.4 261.6 256.5 255.5 257.9 258.1 254.4 251.8 252.0 252.1 251.8 252.9 253.0 254.6 255.5 258.6 264.9 264.9 260.0 254.9 252.3 251.8 251.9 257.4 267.0 36 Hudson Strait 268.5 261.9 256.7 253.2 250.7 251.4 252.4 251.8 246.5 245.9 243.9 246.6 247.4 251.0 260.6 264.8 262.0 266.9 265.6 262.6 260.6 259.1 260.0 260.9 260.9 254.0 251.1 247.8 245.7 246.5 248.0 98 Bering Strait 258.4 261.7 264.0 262.3 258.0 255.9 257.6 258.1 262.5 268.8 266.6 268.9 265.1 260.9 261.8 261.6 260.4 259.8 259.3 261.5 263.3 264.3 260.7 256.4 253.6 255.7 257.7 259.2 261.7 260.6 259.0 128 Arctic subocean 239.4 239.5 239.9 241.3 248.4 248.4 241.7 242.8 243.9 245.0 249.1 247.0 249.4 251.8 246.7 241.6 240.6 246.8 252.0 251.1 245.7 243.9 245.5 245.3 247.9 249.1 243.4 239.6 244.8 245.0 246.1 130 Chukchi Sea 246.3 249.5 253.3 251.5 251.5 256.0 261.1 261.2 263.0 255.2 262.5 264.0 254.3 260.8 266.5 265.4 262.9 260.7 258.8 256.6 263.2 264.1 258.9 254.9 254.1 254.4 256.2 254.4 256.5 255.2 253.0 132 Beaufort Sea 263.8 268.2 270.4 271.0 268.3 263.7 262.0 258.7 260.2 264.3 263.5 260.2 258.7 257.3 253.4 252.4 252.8 251.1 248.0 249.5 251.1 256.9 256.7 255.8 252.0 251.0 250.7 254.1 262.4 269.0 267.8 134 Arctic Archipelago 244.6 244.5 247.0 245.1 245.0 244.4 246.1 243.9 245.3 248.3 249.7 244.2 243.2 248.2 246.5 241.7 246.6 257.3 258.9 256.6 254.8 253.4 250.5 246.3 246.7 245.2 243.4 244.8 245.9 248.6 249.0 136 Foxe Basin 251.8 250.5 243.5 242.1 242.6 239.1 240.5 240.9 239.5 240.0 238.1 241.6 240.8 240.4 250.5 261.7 269.6 265.9 259.8 252.4 250.8 248.5 243.5 248.3 256.3 254.3 250.9 247.5 240.4 237.5 237.3 138 Baffin Bay 245.8 254.0 255.5 254.3 250.8 250.2 248.9 243.2 240.8 245.5 246.7 250.2 251.4 251.2 250.8 255.5 257.5 254.4 250.8 249.3 249.3 248.5 246.9 246.9 245.8 243.9 242.7 241.2 240.9 240.3 240.4 139 South Greenland 259.4 264.0 264.8 260.5 253.6 257.8 258.6 254.3 251.4 256.1 257.2 260.5 260.6 260.9 260.5 261.1 261.3 259.7 255.0 252.0 252.5 252.6 247.2 245.1 247.1 248.6 249.9 250.2 249.0 246.6 247.5 140 Greenland Sea 240.9 252.8 257.1 255.7 249.4 249.3 249.2 246.1 241.6 245.9 250.3 252.6 254.2 255.8 252.5 255.4 253.0 247.7 245.5 242.9 241.2 243.1 242.7 242.0 243.1 243.2 241.6 237.9 241.3 240.8 240.8 142 Norwegian Sea 273.4 274.4 273.9 274.5 275.0 275.1 272.7 271.9 272.9 273.5 271.0 272.2 275.1 273.5 273.7 271.8 267.1 266.1 263.2 263.0 267.3 269.3 276.1 275.9 274.9 273.4 273.3 276.2 276.8 276.1 274.2 144 Barents Sea 267.5 267.0 266.6 263.1 260.3 263.0 265.3 264.8 260.4 258.1 255.2 255.5 255.5 257.6 257.6 257.1 252.6 249.6 251.2 254.5 256.6 258.2 258.9 265.8 265.7 264.0 263.2 262.1 263.6 268.7 268.9 146 Kara Sea 261.1 261.0 260.5 259.5 255.9 255.9 256.6 257.0 257.9 259.0 259.4 258.4 258.8 257.5 255.9 258.2 259.4 258.2 260.1 259.4 255.1 254.7 256.8 258.3 258.5 257.7 256.1 255.0 254.4 257.1 259.9 148 Laptev Sea 256.9 255.3 252.7 251.8 252.5 249.0 249.6 247.8 244.6 242.8 242.2 244.6 246.4 246.6 247.7 247.1 247.3 250.1 247.8 246.2 246.7 244.8 244.3 246.5 249.2 250.8 249.2 246.1 244.0 242.4 243.1 150 East Siberian Sea 250.4 247.7 245.3 243.8 245.3 245.7 242.5 241.7 241.8 245.1 245.3 239.9 238.5 242.4 248.5 251.0 252.5 250.4 251.2 251.1 248.8 248.4 248.3 246.8 246.4 246.0 245.8 245.3 243.6 241.5 241.9 152 Gulf of Alaska 274.1 274.8 275.0 273.1 270.5 268.2 267.6 269.4 272.1 273.6 274.1 274.5 272.3 267.2 266.0 264.5 263.0 265.7 272.1 272.6 271.8 272.0 270.0 268.5 267.9 271.2 272.3 272.5 273.5 272.2 270.5 154 Southeast Bering Sea 264.1 268.0 268.9 265.7 261.0 266.3 270.5 274.0 274.0 268.0 269.7 270.0 267.7 273.1 273.0 271.8 265.3 264.3 264.8 273.2 275.6 274.5 272.2 266.3 265.5 268.0 269.4 271.0 273.2 270.6 261.3