1965 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 254.0 253.1 253.9 255.2 254.9 253.5 252.7 252.7 252.9 252.6 252.2 252.3 252.2 253.2 255.7 255.8 254.0 253.0 252.3 252.4 251.8 252.5 253.8 253.4 252.3 252.5 251.5 252.8 253.3 253.2 252.3 34 Hudson Bay 264.3 264.6 266.0 267.0 265.1 263.5 263.8 263.5 263.6 262.9 261.3 261.0 261.1 260.2 260.1 259.9 259.1 258.8 261.8 263.8 263.9 263.0 259.6 258.2 258.7 256.6 254.3 254.1 258.0 258.8 254.2 36 Hudson Strait 255.6 253.0 255.4 260.5 257.6 260.3 258.4 253.5 250.6 248.9 246.8 247.1 249.0 249.3 253.8 258.2 257.7 250.5 249.7 255.4 259.8 261.0 258.2 255.6 253.5 250.6 252.6 255.6 253.7 252.6 252.2 98 Bering Strait 256.4 253.4 253.6 252.6 251.9 252.1 252.2 254.9 259.7 260.2 258.8 260.1 259.7 260.0 258.6 252.9 248.0 246.8 251.7 250.9 247.5 248.1 251.9 251.0 250.6 261.4 263.0 263.7 257.5 251.2 251.0 128 Arctic subocean 245.4 245.8 243.8 243.3 244.6 246.3 243.2 242.5 242.1 244.6 246.7 244.0 241.6 238.8 237.9 237.6 235.3 237.0 239.3 242.9 244.0 244.3 243.9 241.8 240.2 242.5 246.3 246.7 244.2 242.5 240.5 130 Chukchi Sea 250.8 246.4 248.7 250.2 249.7 248.6 247.6 246.6 249.8 248.3 251.1 252.5 251.2 252.1 249.7 246.5 242.0 241.5 241.4 241.1 240.7 244.5 251.0 255.8 260.8 270.6 267.4 265.9 254.2 254.6 245.8 132 Beaufort Sea 262.9 260.0 258.7 259.1 259.3 259.0 256.4 257.8 258.8 259.8 260.6 262.6 261.3 261.5 264.6 264.8 261.2 260.0 260.8 259.8 255.7 253.5 253.3 252.2 248.3 248.3 247.4 247.6 247.3 245.6 244.1 134 Arctic Archipelago 245.5 246.3 245.8 243.5 242.5 240.4 243.3 243.9 247.4 250.5 249.8 249.1 248.2 249.4 248.3 250.3 251.7 248.0 246.0 247.5 245.9 244.0 245.1 243.9 240.9 239.9 241.0 244.1 244.9 242.6 240.3 136 Foxe Basin 246.3 247.0 245.1 246.6 247.6 249.6 246.5 246.3 246.0 244.0 244.3 248.4 249.6 248.1 249.7 250.2 242.6 242.8 244.0 244.3 245.4 248.8 249.8 249.6 250.9 245.8 241.3 245.6 245.4 242.8 241.3 138 Baffin Bay 243.1 244.0 245.0 248.1 247.5 245.0 248.2 248.3 247.3 246.9 245.1 244.1 242.4 241.0 241.1 239.8 237.9 239.3 240.4 243.2 247.2 248.7 246.4 243.3 241.3 242.5 242.5 242.8 239.7 238.7 239.3 139 South Greenland 252.7 250.6 250.8 251.6 251.5 251.4 254.3 252.8 248.6 245.9 242.9 243.0 243.1 245.5 248.4 249.7 251.5 248.3 245.8 248.3 250.6 253.7 253.6 252.1 250.4 249.3 248.5 248.2 249.0 248.2 246.5 140 Greenland Sea 242.3 244.5 244.8 246.3 246.5 244.5 243.8 244.3 243.2 241.0 240.4 239.4 238.5 237.5 238.0 240.4 240.2 240.6 238.9 241.5 242.2 247.0 245.8 243.9 240.4 238.4 241.4 240.7 239.0 238.4 236.2 142 Norwegian Sea 269.2 267.7 265.4 265.9 268.1 267.7 267.0 268.7 267.3 265.5 263.8 263.4 266.1 266.7 264.7 265.3 264.3 268.0 271.1 272.0 270.0 266.9 265.0 264.2 266.0 267.8 268.2 267.8 267.1 264.7 264.5 144 Barents Sea 261.4 264.3 266.8 265.3 267.0 266.8 265.7 265.7 264.5 260.1 262.1 266.7 268.2 267.9 267.8 264.3 262.9 261.7 263.2 265.6 265.7 265.4 262.6 259.5 259.5 261.7 265.1 265.4 264.6 263.7 262.0 146 Kara Sea 256.1 253.1 255.0 258.3 258.3 255.7 254.6 255.0 255.0 255.0 254.6 253.0 253.3 256.1 261.5 262.2 261.0 260.0 256.4 253.5 251.9 254.1 258.4 259.2 258.9 256.9 254.9 257.4 259.1 259.7 260.3 148 Laptev Sea 242.1 243.8 243.6 244.3 244.4 242.7 239.6 237.9 237.7 237.9 238.0 238.8 237.8 240.0 245.4 247.6 245.2 242.8 240.7 241.9 243.2 243.7 245.9 246.6 245.3 246.5 243.3 245.9 248.5 252.1 251.0 150 East Siberian Sea 242.0 241.3 242.0 243.8 244.5 242.7 242.0 240.7 239.8 240.2 240.8 241.8 241.9 242.6 243.8 243.3 238.4 238.1 237.2 237.5 239.2 241.9 246.8 248.0 244.7 243.8 244.8 244.3 241.9 240.2 245.3 152 Gulf of Alaska 268.0 264.8 265.8 265.9 267.9 267.6 267.1 267.2 271.4 270.7 271.4 271.2 271.6 273.3 270.7 264.1 261.1 266.8 270.7 269.4 262.8 259.5 258.1 255.1 253.0 260.4 262.1 264.4 260.8 258.0 259.8 154 Southeast Bering Sea 264.0 261.0 265.2 264.4 259.0 255.6 255.8 270.8 272.9 271.8 273.0 271.4 271.2 267.3 259.3 252.8 254.1 266.2 265.7 257.7 246.3 246.0 248.6 252.1 253.3 270.6 270.7 270.3 263.7 266.6 266.3