1966 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 251.6 252.0 251.8 250.5 249.0 248.1 248.7 249.1 249.7 249.2 249.2 249.7 249.2 248.4 248.2 248.6 248.9 250.0 250.8 250.5 250.0 250.2 250.1 250.2 250.9 250.6 249.3 249.3 249.1 249.8 250.4 34 Hudson Bay 252.7 253.3 253.5 250.0 248.2 249.0 250.0 252.6 252.2 251.5 252.3 254.6 255.0 253.0 254.3 257.6 259.4 260.5 259.5 254.3 249.7 247.2 247.7 248.4 249.2 248.2 246.2 248.5 252.7 257.0 259.0 36 Hudson Strait 245.1 246.6 250.3 250.6 247.4 244.8 247.2 249.0 249.5 243.9 244.0 242.9 243.8 256.9 271.1 270.0 267.6 264.9 264.8 263.2 260.8 253.9 254.1 261.7 261.7 254.6 264.5 266.1 264.8 264.7 265.0 98 Bering Strait 250.1 252.1 254.0 254.5 250.8 247.5 251.7 251.4 249.4 249.2 248.2 247.2 247.9 247.9 249.8 249.0 246.1 244.7 251.4 251.9 251.1 254.6 258.8 260.4 259.1 258.6 258.0 255.7 253.9 254.7 259.7 128 Arctic subocean 239.0 237.5 240.7 243.8 241.1 230.9 228.8 235.6 241.5 245.4 245.7 245.2 240.1 239.1 237.8 239.9 241.6 240.8 240.5 239.8 237.4 234.3 234.4 232.7 236.6 243.1 243.1 245.6 248.7 248.0 246.3 130 Chukchi Sea 253.4 261.7 262.4 259.8 255.7 249.6 250.2 251.0 249.6 247.9 249.0 248.3 248.4 248.4 249.3 247.3 243.3 245.8 245.9 243.1 248.4 255.0 262.1 264.4 266.2 264.5 260.7 261.8 257.3 252.1 249.0 132 Beaufort Sea 243.6 244.1 243.1 241.7 241.9 243.5 247.4 247.3 245.7 245.1 247.6 248.9 249.9 248.9 249.2 251.2 250.8 250.2 245.3 244.6 242.8 244.5 246.3 247.8 246.1 243.0 242.6 245.6 248.3 249.3 249.9 134 Arctic Archipelago 239.1 237.7 238.5 244.1 250.2 250.7 246.3 237.5 236.1 234.4 233.4 236.5 237.3 239.2 242.3 242.5 241.0 238.6 237.6 235.0 236.3 237.5 234.9 231.6 234.4 235.5 234.7 234.8 238.4 241.6 243.7 136 Foxe Basin 241.7 242.0 240.1 240.3 243.5 247.4 250.4 245.0 242.3 233.3 235.1 231.9 238.2 243.7 247.7 252.8 255.3 254.6 252.4 251.6 249.2 239.0 234.8 242.8 250.7 247.7 244.6 245.5 243.8 242.3 246.2 138 Baffin Bay 238.8 237.0 236.8 239.0 238.6 234.5 235.5 239.1 246.9 248.0 249.5 250.2 240.2 241.2 240.8 241.1 245.2 248.3 251.4 245.6 241.1 240.0 232.0 231.3 237.1 239.4 239.8 241.7 243.4 245.5 245.4 139 South Greenland 246.2 246.1 247.5 248.9 246.8 245.7 247.1 247.7 250.2 253.9 258.0 259.4 259.9 261.9 261.0 255.6 251.1 250.4 250.9 251.9 252.6 251.1 242.3 241.0 243.1 245.4 245.7 245.1 243.9 246.0 247.0 140 Greenland Sea 235.4 235.1 235.2 237.0 236.7 234.1 233.8 237.2 242.7 246.0 250.2 253.8 253.2 246.7 245.4 241.9 242.0 241.2 245.4 245.1 240.7 236.9 232.9 231.6 234.5 239.7 238.7 242.7 244.5 244.8 243.6 142 Norwegian Sea 264.7 261.8 263.3 268.2 270.5 274.9 274.1 272.9 270.4 270.6 270.3 268.9 265.4 264.8 267.3 270.6 266.1 264.9 264.8 264.5 266.6 267.6 266.3 267.1 267.4 267.9 267.9 263.3 266.9 267.7 266.2 144 Barents Sea 259.3 255.0 255.6 254.4 252.7 252.7 258.0 261.8 261.5 261.0 262.4 262.7 255.4 253.2 254.1 255.3 255.7 255.7 258.5 258.8 257.0 257.5 260.9 263.3 260.0 258.9 258.8 256.6 254.5 252.7 247.7 146 Kara Sea 261.8 262.9 261.5 258.6 256.0 255.7 254.4 254.8 256.7 255.9 254.0 254.2 253.7 251.0 248.2 248.2 250.0 252.0 252.7 254.7 254.9 255.6 255.7 255.8 257.1 256.2 254.4 255.4 253.3 251.1 251.4 148 Laptev Sea 248.7 250.7 250.9 247.8 244.9 240.0 239.4 239.5 240.2 240.5 239.2 237.4 237.3 237.5 236.9 236.7 236.3 240.6 243.2 245.0 248.6 250.0 250.3 247.7 247.9 248.5 245.7 241.0 238.6 240.2 239.6 150 East Siberian Sea 246.1 240.6 239.1 240.1 241.3 241.4 241.6 240.4 238.9 237.0 237.0 240.0 240.3 239.5 238.2 238.7 239.5 239.9 241.3 241.9 242.4 242.9 242.6 243.1 245.7 245.8 243.3 243.5 243.5 245.8 249.6 152 Gulf of Alaska 254.9 252.7 253.5 254.8 255.1 259.1 263.7 262.2 262.0 262.3 259.6 260.7 262.8 266.8 267.9 268.0 265.4 265.0 269.7 269.1 263.3 265.3 267.9 268.4 265.8 266.2 266.1 263.3 265.2 268.7 270.6 154 Southeast Bering Sea 250.7 261.3 263.6 263.3 261.3 263.7 268.9 269.1 266.4 265.5 266.0 265.4 260.4 262.5 263.3 261.4 265.0 268.7 271.1 269.1 267.7 273.5 273.5 273.5 271.9 273.2 273.2 270.4 267.8 265.2 270.0