1968 09 - 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 283.2 282.2 281.6 281.0 281.2 281.6 281.1 281.3 281.4 281.7 281.8 281.0 280.7 280.6 280.3 279.9 279.5 279.1 278.5 277.9 277.3 276.7 276.2 276.0 275.9 276.3 276.3 276.2 276.0 274.4 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 289.1 289.6 289.1 288.4 287.3 286.7 286.8 287.7 289.6 291.8 292.8 292.7 291.9 292.3 292.7 291.5 290.3 290.2 290.1 288.9 287.0 285.8 285.4 283.8 283.1 282.6 282.1 282.5 285.4 286.4 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 284.1 282.3 284.9 289.2 290.5 290.5 288.2 284.5 281.6 280.9 280.4 279.5 279.6 281.2 283.8 286.7 291.2 291.5 290.3 288.4 286.5 283.1 278.3 278.9 281.0 281.0 278.8 278.0 277.8 278.3 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 283.1 283.2 283.5 283.8 284.1 283.4 282.9 283.6 281.4 281.3 281.0 280.3 279.9 280.3 279.8 279.5 277.9 278.1 277.6 276.7 276.7 276.0 274.5 273.3 272.7 273.4 274.5 274.6 274.8 274.2 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 265.2 265.4 264.5 264.6 265.1 265.3 265.9 268.3 269.9 268.8 265.8 264.5 261.2 261.4 262.1 261.2 261.2 260.5 260.0 258.6 256.9 257.4 257.5 256.7 260.0 261.1 262.3 259.9 256.6 254.0 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 283.8 284.1 283.7 282.9 282.5 282.0 281.9 281.8 280.4 280.7 280.7 279.1 278.6 278.1 276.4 276.2 275.9 276.0 276.3 276.6 277.2 275.7 272.9 271.8 271.9 271.9 270.4 270.9 271.8 272.1 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 285.1 283.1 282.1 282.6 283.3 283.6 282.3 284.5 286.1 286.5 286.9 286.4 285.1 284.1 283.6 283.1 282.5 280.2 278.6 278.3 278.7 279.0 278.4 278.4 278.5 278.9 279.6 281.4 282.4 280.2 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 278.7 277.9 275.7 274.3 274.0 275.2 275.4 275.2 275.6 276.7 276.6 276.3 275.1 275.7 276.0 275.2 274.6 273.7 272.9 271.3 270.3 270.4 270.8 271.0 271.1 271.8 272.3 271.8 269.8 267.6 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 275.7 276.2 276.4 276.1 275.4 276.7 277.4 276.2 275.4 274.5 274.7 274.9 275.2 275.4 275.6 275.6 275.9 275.5 274.6 273.8 273.5 271.5 269.6 270.5 271.1 272.1 271.7 272.3 271.8 271.8 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 264.3 260.8 259.8 260.4 262.4 264.7 266.8 270.6 271.4 270.1 266.9 266.7 266.7 267.8 268.2 266.7 264.7 264.4 264.0 261.5 259.5 258.3 257.2 258.3 258.3 255.8 256.8 259.2 258.8 254.5 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 272.1 268.6 266.7 266.3 269.8 271.6 272.2 274.2 273.7 271.4 273.4 274.0 273.5 272.6 272.3 271.8 271.8 271.7 270.9 268.8 266.5 263.4 265.4 266.8 265.4 263.7 261.1 258.6 260.5 260.0 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 264.0 260.1 259.0 260.5 261.2 266.9 265.0 266.7 272.6 270.9 267.5 268.5 266.2 265.6 264.1 261.4 259.1 258.3 257.1 256.8 255.8 254.6 252.6 253.2 253.5 251.7 252.7 254.3 253.7 251.2 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 287.5 287.2 287.2 288.3 289.5 288.8 286.9 286.5 286.6 285.5 284.0 281.8 281.6 280.8 280.2 280.3 279.2 277.6 278.9 277.8 279.2 279.0 276.9 275.9 276.0 277.5 279.9 282.2 283.5 281.2 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 281.4 282.9 286.6 288.2 287.8 286.9 282.2 280.8 279.9 279.2 278.9 280.2 281.1 281.1 280.4 279.4 276.5 275.7 276.3 276.2 277.7 278.3 279.1 280.8 280.9 279.4 277.3 275.7 277.0 277.8 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 286.1 283.9 281.4 279.7 280.3 280.9 280.1 280.9 281.6 282.6 282.9 280.9 280.6 280.3 279.6 280.3 281.3 280.8 279.9 279.8 279.6 279.0 278.0 277.6 278.4 280.6 282.0 281.6 279.2 275.0 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 283.8 284.3 286.1 284.4 283.0 284.1 284.3 282.1 280.4 280.6 280.2 278.7 278.7 279.1 279.1 278.1 277.4 277.3 277.1 277.2 276.7 276.7 277.2 276.8 275.9 275.5 274.4 273.9 273.3 273.1 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 287.1 284.9 284.0 284.8 285.1 283.5 283.5 281.1 279.5 278.4 278.6 278.3 280.1 280.0 279.3 278.2 276.9 277.6 277.0 276.9 276.1 275.9 275.0 274.0 273.5 273.8 273.3 273.5 274.3 273.0 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 284.1 283.3 283.5 284.0 284.2 284.2 283.1 283.2 282.2 282.3 280.8 280.4 280.5 281.7 281.9 280.9 280.6 280.1 279.9 278.6 278.4 277.9 277.7 278.3 278.5 278.5 279.7 279.5 278.0 275.1 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 285.4 286.8 287.8 287.8 287.4 286.9 286.7 287.0 285.3 284.2 284.7 284.8 284.4 283.6 281.9 279.3 280.7 280.8 279.7 278.1 278.1 278.7 279.6 279.7 278.5 278.6 278.8 278.1 273.7 273.7 -9999.0