1964 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 254.8 254.8 255.1 255.2 254.7 254.9 255.2 256.2 256.7 255.9 255.4 255.0 254.1 253.0 253.3 252.8 252.1 251.7 251.4 252.3 253.3 252.1 250.9 251.9 252.6 252.5 252.1 251.5 250.8 249.9 248.9 34 Hudson Bay 254.2 251.2 250.8 253.8 256.5 259.9 263.4 264.8 267.7 268.7 265.4 262.2 259.6 256.3 252.7 249.0 249.0 249.2 248.6 248.9 251.8 251.6 250.8 252.1 253.1 250.8 252.8 256.2 257.2 254.0 252.8 36 Hudson Strait 255.8 264.4 264.7 260.1 257.3 252.7 252.3 253.1 255.2 261.0 265.4 265.1 263.9 260.8 259.8 252.1 249.2 248.0 247.6 247.4 246.4 255.0 256.2 255.8 268.9 265.5 261.9 252.7 252.5 258.8 258.8 98 Bering Strait 253.0 252.2 253.1 253.3 254.6 253.9 253.1 251.5 248.5 244.6 240.8 243.0 242.2 242.7 250.1 255.2 252.7 256.1 254.5 256.7 262.3 261.6 255.6 256.8 255.9 251.2 247.6 245.2 246.7 249.5 244.0 128 Arctic subocean 247.8 250.0 252.7 248.2 237.3 235.8 238.2 238.8 235.3 238.0 240.3 243.9 242.2 241.5 243.6 243.7 244.1 248.0 247.6 247.7 249.7 245.9 244.2 246.1 248.3 248.5 239.9 238.4 238.2 238.7 238.2 130 Chukchi Sea 256.8 247.2 242.6 240.5 240.7 239.9 239.9 239.8 237.8 237.2 235.2 242.9 245.3 247.4 246.9 244.9 245.8 255.2 263.2 268.4 265.9 258.8 261.2 258.0 245.1 251.3 256.7 246.3 246.6 248.5 239.4 132 Beaufort Sea 250.6 254.3 253.7 257.3 260.8 265.6 266.3 266.3 262.7 255.3 248.9 247.2 245.7 242.2 243.6 246.6 249.4 249.1 247.7 248.9 251.8 250.6 249.4 249.6 249.7 246.6 246.2 245.7 243.9 242.6 243.7 134 Arctic Archipelago 251.6 252.1 251.6 248.2 249.0 252.1 252.0 248.7 252.8 254.1 250.8 246.2 243.1 244.3 244.8 244.1 242.0 245.0 246.8 247.4 245.1 243.1 243.2 241.6 239.5 237.8 237.0 237.5 237.4 236.2 239.2 136 Foxe Basin 244.5 247.0 249.5 252.7 248.0 249.2 250.4 255.0 253.3 257.3 260.7 255.4 244.7 242.8 242.2 245.3 245.8 241.4 239.3 240.2 245.4 247.5 256.7 257.2 249.4 248.6 245.1 241.2 246.4 251.7 252.9 138 Baffin Bay 244.0 244.6 249.2 254.8 248.0 241.8 242.1 243.5 239.3 240.2 246.6 248.7 247.2 245.3 248.4 249.2 250.0 250.5 247.0 250.0 247.1 240.7 246.5 252.7 256.0 253.1 249.1 246.6 241.0 238.8 245.2 139 South Greenland 254.6 253.1 259.4 260.4 250.3 247.8 247.7 247.7 246.7 244.0 246.9 249.8 249.9 250.1 252.7 255.3 255.4 251.3 254.9 261.3 254.5 247.9 250.7 254.7 254.7 257.3 255.4 254.4 248.2 246.1 247.8 140 Greenland Sea 240.9 244.4 243.7 250.4 247.9 242.7 242.3 242.6 241.1 237.0 240.9 244.3 245.2 245.3 246.6 246.8 247.5 248.3 246.4 253.8 252.2 243.4 242.5 247.4 247.8 247.2 243.8 242.4 242.2 238.2 238.6 142 Norwegian Sea 267.5 270.8 270.6 270.2 268.3 271.1 274.0 274.9 275.9 275.3 274.6 274.8 274.5 269.5 271.0 272.1 272.1 269.4 271.5 271.9 274.5 275.4 275.4 271.7 270.5 269.0 268.4 269.1 269.4 270.4 271.1 144 Barents Sea 251.5 253.1 264.4 266.8 267.2 271.6 272.1 270.3 269.7 272.1 272.1 271.2 270.0 269.4 269.3 267.6 265.6 262.2 258.1 253.7 254.3 256.6 257.6 259.2 261.5 263.3 264.4 260.6 258.1 259.9 261.4 146 Kara Sea 261.3 260.9 260.9 259.5 258.9 257.5 256.4 258.0 259.4 260.1 262.4 262.9 262.3 260.7 259.9 259.6 258.7 257.0 256.5 256.3 257.7 257.6 256.2 256.3 258.0 260.5 259.9 259.2 259.9 258.4 255.5 148 Laptev Sea 254.7 255.1 251.3 248.4 246.2 245.8 245.8 249.1 250.7 249.6 248.0 246.4 246.7 246.6 246.5 244.5 242.8 242.3 243.3 245.4 246.5 244.2 241.6 242.6 241.6 243.1 244.7 244.7 243.0 241.5 240.8 150 East Siberian Sea 246.1 243.8 243.1 242.5 245.5 246.0 246.8 249.7 251.4 247.4 245.8 250.4 252.3 251.7 252.5 250.5 247.8 252.0 252.2 253.5 252.2 249.7 244.7 245.1 248.3 247.4 241.3 241.2 240.2 237.8 237.4 152 Gulf of Alaska 265.7 267.7 268.9 270.3 271.0 270.0 270.2 268.1 260.4 255.5 254.1 250.9 248.6 248.9 259.8 266.7 265.1 260.4 255.9 256.5 263.6 263.4 256.7 262.7 263.2 255.6 255.5 253.9 252.6 260.5 257.6 154 Southeast Bering Sea 267.9 268.6 266.8 261.7 255.6 248.8 249.5 253.5 252.9 255.8 258.7 245.3 249.9 257.4 268.6 267.6 265.1 265.7 264.2 261.7 265.6 266.6 260.0 263.1 256.8 251.4 264.7 263.2 262.8 270.7 259.0