1966 10 - 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 274.9 274.2 274.4 274.7 274.9 274.8 273.9 273.0 271.6 270.8 269.9 269.1 268.9 268.8 268.5 267.8 267.0 266.0 266.0 266.5 266.3 265.8 265.5 264.9 264.6 265.0 264.7 264.1 264.1 263.6 263.2 34 Hudson Bay 280.8 280.8 280.6 281.3 283.3 284.5 282.0 280.9 280.6 280.0 279.1 278.0 276.7 275.4 276.1 276.4 275.7 274.3 274.7 277.0 278.9 277.4 276.3 276.9 278.5 275.7 273.8 269.4 268.4 270.0 269.6 36 Hudson Strait 278.4 278.2 277.6 277.0 276.8 276.8 274.5 274.7 274.5 275.1 277.0 277.4 275.6 274.7 272.3 270.1 270.0 270.9 272.0 273.3 272.3 271.2 273.1 273.5 272.9 271.9 269.8 268.2 269.1 267.6 266.1 98 Bering Strait 278.2 277.0 276.6 275.8 273.7 272.9 272.6 272.4 272.2 272.3 271.5 268.7 269.5 269.5 268.3 268.0 266.5 264.8 264.1 262.9 260.4 259.9 261.2 260.0 258.6 257.8 257.4 258.8 260.2 260.5 262.2 128 Arctic subocean 250.1 249.9 254.3 254.6 252.9 255.5 256.2 253.4 250.0 249.0 250.0 249.6 250.8 250.6 248.5 246.6 244.7 245.0 247.8 249.9 250.1 249.4 250.2 250.4 247.7 245.3 243.9 242.8 245.9 242.0 246.1 130 Chukchi Sea 277.2 276.6 276.2 276.0 274.0 274.3 274.4 272.8 272.2 271.3 271.5 270.4 270.1 269.0 268.9 268.5 266.3 263.7 262.6 261.5 261.7 261.7 262.4 262.9 261.9 260.3 258.5 258.4 260.6 260.7 261.0 132 Beaufort Sea 280.4 278.8 279.1 280.5 280.7 278.3 277.5 277.9 276.8 275.9 274.7 272.4 271.5 273.8 273.9 273.3 272.1 270.3 270.4 269.1 266.2 264.7 267.4 269.4 267.3 263.7 260.6 260.9 264.6 265.4 264.7 134 Arctic Archipelago 266.1 265.5 265.4 264.0 262.8 262.8 262.6 261.8 259.0 258.1 256.8 255.0 253.9 254.2 254.7 253.7 251.4 251.0 253.7 256.4 256.9 256.3 255.4 256.6 258.6 258.6 256.5 253.9 251.9 250.6 250.3 136 Foxe Basin 274.3 273.5 273.4 273.4 272.7 272.9 273.3 272.8 271.2 269.6 268.4 268.3 269.6 269.0 268.5 266.8 269.3 269.4 269.4 269.1 267.2 267.6 269.1 267.8 269.4 270.3 269.5 268.5 266.7 262.7 265.5 138 Baffin Bay 261.4 258.5 259.1 258.6 258.3 258.1 257.3 259.3 260.2 261.1 260.1 256.8 256.2 258.3 254.8 253.2 254.3 254.2 252.8 252.5 251.9 256.4 261.7 261.1 258.9 258.4 254.7 255.1 255.9 253.5 254.8 139 South Greenland 265.4 265.2 262.4 261.3 262.0 260.5 263.1 265.8 265.5 265.5 263.5 262.6 262.7 265.3 264.7 261.7 258.7 257.7 255.3 254.4 257.4 264.6 267.2 265.9 263.1 262.4 262.8 264.7 264.9 259.5 263.9 140 Greenland Sea 252.6 251.4 251.8 251.7 251.3 251.9 252.0 252.7 253.2 254.0 256.1 254.7 252.6 256.6 258.2 251.7 248.3 247.4 246.3 247.1 247.3 250.2 260.1 260.4 256.4 255.9 251.3 249.9 250.2 248.1 250.4 142 Norwegian Sea 278.4 279.1 278.3 276.6 276.3 277.0 278.7 278.7 275.5 276.0 276.2 277.2 278.9 277.8 277.5 278.2 277.4 278.9 278.3 276.7 278.3 278.3 277.3 276.6 273.8 272.2 272.6 271.8 274.1 276.8 277.3 144 Barents Sea 275.2 275.5 280.2 281.7 280.7 275.7 272.3 274.0 275.8 274.9 271.8 269.8 269.2 268.9 269.1 267.6 268.0 266.2 270.0 270.7 266.8 267.6 268.1 272.6 272.7 271.8 268.4 265.7 264.0 262.5 263.5 146 Kara Sea 280.8 279.6 278.9 279.0 279.4 280.8 278.6 274.7 272.5 271.1 271.9 273.0 272.4 269.7 268.6 269.7 271.1 271.0 269.3 269.1 269.1 268.0 265.0 261.3 262.6 268.4 270.8 269.7 268.8 266.8 265.2 148 Laptev Sea 268.6 269.3 271.4 273.1 273.0 272.0 273.8 273.7 269.9 268.6 265.9 265.1 267.8 269.4 268.9 265.1 263.0 261.2 263.5 265.4 265.0 263.3 262.8 263.4 260.8 257.2 257.9 261.7 262.2 262.7 259.5 150 East Siberian Sea 268.5 266.1 265.2 264.6 265.5 266.3 266.0 266.7 267.3 265.6 263.1 259.9 258.3 260.8 264.6 266.3 262.5 261.1 259.3 259.7 260.9 259.4 257.8 255.1 256.5 259.9 262.0 257.3 254.9 260.6 263.2 152 Gulf of Alaska 279.6 279.1 279.6 278.5 277.8 277.3 276.3 276.4 276.0 275.7 274.4 275.6 276.2 275.6 274.9 275.2 272.5 271.4 270.1 269.1 267.8 268.4 266.8 266.1 265.7 265.6 267.4 270.4 272.6 271.8 272.9 154 Southeast Bering Sea 281.6 281.0 280.7 279.2 280.1 278.3 276.6 277.3 277.0 275.9 277.3 279.0 278.6 276.3 274.7 273.2 271.0 269.1 266.7 265.3 262.8 263.3 263.3 262.5 262.1 261.2 260.4 263.6 267.1 268.9 270.0