1968 05 - 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 271.7 270.9 271.2 272.2 273.1 273.7 274.4 275.3 275.0 275.0 275.5 276.7 276.4 276.4 276.4 276.2 276.0 277.1 279.0 279.0 279.1 279.4 279.8 280.1 280.6 280.9 280.4 280.0 280.5 280.4 279.9 34 Hudson Bay 278.0 276.7 276.0 275.5 276.1 278.2 279.2 279.7 278.7 277.0 279.0 282.2 283.8 284.0 283.4 281.9 280.6 279.9 281.0 281.8 282.7 283.5 283.1 284.6 287.5 288.0 287.7 285.8 285.6 284.9 284.2 36 Hudson Strait 273.0 273.2 273.3 273.5 273.1 271.2 269.4 272.9 274.0 273.6 269.7 270.4 273.3 274.0 274.1 273.4 273.8 274.0 277.7 274.4 273.9 274.3 274.4 272.6 271.7 273.3 276.4 277.0 276.2 275.6 276.3 98 Bering Strait 268.7 269.0 270.0 270.7 271.8 272.5 273.3 273.6 273.8 273.6 274.0 274.8 273.5 272.8 273.0 273.5 273.6 274.7 281.0 279.7 277.6 276.1 276.9 276.9 276.7 279.6 278.3 277.3 277.7 277.6 277.3 128 Arctic subocean 260.2 259.7 257.3 257.6 258.1 260.4 262.4 265.0 263.9 262.9 264.8 270.4 271.0 270.7 266.7 268.9 268.1 265.5 264.6 265.3 265.2 265.0 265.4 265.3 264.6 264.0 267.0 267.8 268.2 269.0 269.4 130 Chukchi Sea 267.6 267.1 267.7 270.7 272.1 271.8 272.1 273.5 273.9 273.3 273.6 274.3 272.2 272.2 272.4 272.6 272.3 273.3 273.9 272.7 271.8 273.5 274.1 273.8 274.2 276.1 275.0 274.0 273.9 273.8 273.8 132 Beaufort Sea 274.7 274.1 274.8 275.4 276.2 275.9 275.7 276.2 275.7 277.2 278.0 278.0 276.6 275.6 275.8 277.1 278.5 281.3 284.9 284.4 282.9 281.1 281.9 282.0 281.9 282.0 281.8 281.4 282.2 282.1 281.8 134 Arctic Archipelago 265.3 265.9 266.9 267.2 267.3 266.6 266.4 267.6 267.6 268.2 269.1 269.8 269.9 269.8 269.2 269.9 271.2 271.0 271.2 270.9 270.9 268.7 269.0 270.4 270.3 270.0 269.8 270.2 271.9 273.1 273.3 136 Foxe Basin 264.1 263.4 263.4 268.9 270.1 269.5 268.2 267.0 267.2 270.0 271.0 267.8 267.9 269.9 273.3 273.3 273.8 273.1 273.2 272.6 272.2 272.1 270.3 267.7 270.3 272.1 271.1 269.7 272.2 272.9 273.0 138 Baffin Bay 260.2 257.0 256.0 259.1 262.8 266.3 267.5 267.4 265.9 265.3 267.4 269.9 270.1 268.4 267.4 268.3 267.7 267.3 267.4 268.1 266.5 265.0 266.1 265.0 264.8 264.1 264.1 268.0 270.6 270.8 271.2 139 South Greenland 266.9 266.7 268.1 270.0 270.6 270.2 270.1 269.2 267.6 268.1 269.5 270.0 269.4 269.7 269.8 269.8 270.9 272.2 272.8 271.7 271.1 271.3 272.6 272.8 273.1 272.7 271.9 271.7 271.7 272.2 271.6 140 Greenland Sea 258.0 257.4 256.9 257.6 259.1 263.1 262.7 262.8 262.1 263.0 263.5 266.9 270.3 269.8 269.3 270.8 269.0 269.7 268.8 268.8 268.5 269.0 269.4 270.7 270.7 269.3 269.0 269.2 269.7 270.2 269.5 142 Norwegian Sea 275.9 274.2 274.5 274.3 276.3 275.8 276.2 275.2 274.0 276.9 279.5 279.1 276.5 276.1 275.6 276.0 276.5 277.4 277.9 274.8 274.7 275.9 276.9 277.8 279.5 281.7 280.8 281.5 282.2 279.6 281.0 144 Barents Sea 276.5 275.7 276.7 277.7 278.6 276.6 277.1 279.1 278.4 276.1 276.6 281.3 278.5 274.7 275.1 274.8 273.7 275.5 278.9 280.1 279.5 278.5 276.5 277.0 278.7 280.1 280.8 281.8 283.3 284.0 280.0 146 Kara Sea 274.4 273.5 274.4 276.5 278.6 278.5 279.4 280.3 279.9 280.5 280.6 279.7 278.2 279.1 279.1 278.2 278.1 280.1 279.7 280.8 283.5 285.6 286.7 286.9 285.6 285.0 285.0 285.4 284.7 283.2 283.5 148 Laptev Sea 272.3 270.4 268.4 268.1 267.6 268.6 270.3 272.8 273.8 272.6 272.4 274.8 275.4 275.7 276.8 276.7 276.2 276.4 280.1 279.9 278.4 279.2 279.1 279.6 281.8 282.8 280.0 277.3 280.2 281.4 279.2 150 East Siberian Sea 259.1 258.9 263.3 265.0 265.1 269.1 269.1 269.4 268.8 270.8 270.9 271.6 273.5 273.9 273.8 273.7 273.9 274.5 280.2 276.9 276.0 276.1 276.0 275.0 274.7 275.8 277.0 277.1 276.2 278.6 280.2 152 Gulf of Alaska 273.3 273.6 273.5 274.4 275.0 274.4 274.5 274.7 275.2 275.6 276.9 278.8 277.1 276.3 276.3 275.5 275.9 280.4 286.2 286.9 279.7 277.1 277.1 276.7 279.2 280.3 277.2 276.4 276.7 276.5 275.7 154 Southeast Bering Sea 271.2 272.6 273.8 276.3 277.4 274.6 274.7 274.5 274.8 274.9 277.1 282.9 282.0 276.7 276.0 275.6 275.8 280.8 285.9 287.6 287.2 285.3 284.4 284.6 284.6 283.6 283.5 282.1 281.3 280.7 279.6