1968 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 251.6 251.4 251.2 250.7 250.6 251.2 251.3 250.9 250.4 251.3 252.4 251.8 251.5 251.6 251.1 250.8 251.0 252.1 252.3 251.8 251.5 251.7 252.4 252.2 251.6 250.8 249.7 250.4 250.9 250.6 250.6 34 Hudson Bay 246.4 243.4 244.5 245.0 244.1 241.9 242.3 244.1 245.3 250.8 256.6 258.0 258.7 258.9 260.3 261.3 262.9 265.2 265.5 264.4 262.9 260.2 258.8 260.7 262.8 259.4 251.5 250.3 254.4 255.5 255.1 36 Hudson Strait 255.5 250.4 242.4 241.3 239.7 246.2 246.5 247.2 246.2 246.9 250.7 251.3 254.0 255.9 248.0 244.4 249.3 256.4 258.1 255.5 251.9 247.7 245.1 246.4 254.7 256.8 255.0 248.3 246.1 254.0 252.1 98 Bering Strait 265.2 267.9 267.0 263.9 265.0 264.8 263.8 263.4 261.3 260.8 257.3 253.2 255.0 255.2 252.5 251.6 248.3 245.8 246.4 247.8 250.1 254.4 257.4 255.5 257.6 265.2 265.7 263.8 262.0 255.1 248.3 128 Arctic subocean 240.0 241.9 242.3 243.7 244.2 243.9 242.9 241.3 239.6 235.5 237.5 238.8 243.1 242.5 242.1 240.3 238.7 237.8 238.9 238.2 238.0 237.2 236.6 235.4 236.0 235.4 233.3 237.2 238.0 235.1 235.4 130 Chukchi Sea 268.1 268.7 265.8 268.2 268.1 271.1 267.4 267.8 263.4 260.3 263.7 264.1 263.4 252.0 248.0 247.2 243.6 243.3 242.8 242.7 239.1 244.9 247.3 246.4 258.9 261.3 256.2 261.9 260.6 246.8 246.0 132 Beaufort Sea 254.1 254.5 253.0 253.3 248.1 249.9 250.3 250.4 249.2 248.5 247.4 249.5 252.5 258.6 259.3 259.1 256.2 256.9 256.7 257.8 256.3 258.5 263.1 263.2 258.9 255.8 253.4 253.8 250.9 247.9 244.2 134 Arctic Archipelago 235.6 238.2 241.3 240.2 243.5 243.6 240.3 239.8 240.8 240.6 245.1 245.1 244.2 244.4 247.9 247.2 245.8 243.7 242.2 241.3 240.7 240.2 240.8 238.5 235.9 237.8 238.6 240.8 240.9 237.6 237.1 136 Foxe Basin 242.1 252.4 248.5 244.0 241.5 243.1 246.3 246.8 245.4 245.0 247.4 247.6 250.6 244.5 244.3 247.8 249.2 244.7 245.0 243.8 242.6 241.5 239.5 240.3 242.5 240.4 236.7 240.0 240.8 243.3 242.2 138 Baffin Bay 232.2 237.2 243.2 246.1 244.8 242.6 240.0 241.0 243.5 245.6 247.9 246.1 241.7 237.9 238.9 240.4 240.5 239.1 239.9 240.1 241.2 239.2 241.3 242.6 237.6 234.0 232.4 234.7 234.4 233.0 235.5 139 South Greenland 241.0 245.3 247.1 248.3 247.9 246.8 247.5 249.6 251.6 256.7 257.8 252.5 250.1 247.3 246.4 246.8 250.1 253.0 250.8 247.6 248.6 248.5 257.4 256.9 248.1 245.3 244.2 248.2 244.1 244.0 247.4 140 Greenland Sea 234.1 236.4 240.1 240.0 239.2 238.3 237.1 238.6 239.6 240.4 244.4 244.7 239.1 236.9 236.8 237.2 237.5 239.3 240.4 240.1 240.7 239.4 238.4 242.3 239.4 232.5 235.5 239.5 238.9 238.3 236.2 142 Norwegian Sea 268.7 268.4 267.5 266.2 265.4 264.5 265.2 266.5 267.3 265.9 265.2 266.1 267.2 269.2 270.1 267.8 266.9 267.6 274.4 276.7 275.0 274.1 273.1 271.1 270.9 267.8 271.6 270.7 271.0 271.0 270.6 144 Barents Sea 258.2 255.7 252.8 257.0 258.8 255.6 253.1 252.7 252.4 252.9 249.8 249.2 252.7 256.9 257.9 257.6 254.1 254.2 256.3 257.3 256.3 256.2 253.5 250.1 248.1 248.9 251.3 256.1 261.9 262.7 263.8 146 Kara Sea 258.8 258.4 258.4 257.1 257.8 260.4 260.2 257.4 256.1 255.8 255.9 257.1 255.3 254.4 253.2 252.8 252.1 251.9 250.9 249.8 250.1 251.3 252.0 251.7 251.6 251.6 251.8 252.7 253.5 253.6 254.8 148 Laptev Sea 247.6 245.6 244.0 242.6 242.8 244.0 247.4 247.5 245.7 243.8 245.5 242.4 242.1 240.9 239.3 239.9 244.5 248.5 249.7 249.0 248.1 247.3 246.8 247.5 247.6 245.9 245.3 244.9 244.9 244.0 246.7 150 East Siberian Sea 245.8 246.0 245.3 242.9 244.7 245.9 247.3 246.8 247.5 253.0 253.5 248.4 247.0 248.6 247.8 242.9 241.3 246.6 251.2 250.7 250.0 249.2 247.8 244.1 241.9 242.7 244.3 246.7 247.6 254.5 257.8 152 Gulf of Alaska 270.5 271.7 271.6 268.3 268.8 266.3 263.3 262.4 262.6 262.8 258.6 254.0 256.9 258.3 258.8 263.0 262.1 261.3 258.9 260.7 262.7 271.4 272.7 267.1 268.2 268.6 268.3 266.5 267.0 265.4 254.1 154 Southeast Bering Sea 274.3 274.3 270.2 272.0 270.7 267.2 266.7 267.0 265.8 262.1 260.3 260.1 256.8 257.4 253.8 250.3 249.7 248.0 246.1 247.1 261.3 263.5 262.0 268.0 273.2 273.1 272.8 268.4 268.9 269.4 257.1