1968 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 273.1 272.5 272.6 272.8 273.4 273.7 273.2 272.6 272.5 272.7 272.3 271.9 271.1 270.4 270.0 270.0 270.2 269.8 268.7 267.9 267.8 267.6 267.7 268.1 267.8 267.0 266.3 265.9 264.6 264.0 264.3 34 Hudson Bay 284.7 281.2 279.0 278.4 279.5 280.1 280.7 280.1 279.5 279.4 279.7 280.0 281.7 281.8 280.2 278.9 279.7 279.1 279.4 278.9 277.7 276.1 275.2 275.9 276.6 275.5 274.2 273.4 273.7 275.3 277.2 36 Hudson Strait 278.7 278.5 279.9 279.8 278.1 275.9 276.0 277.1 277.6 278.4 278.9 278.1 277.6 278.3 279.6 276.2 273.6 275.5 273.3 276.8 276.1 273.7 273.1 274.3 275.5 274.7 274.0 273.4 272.6 272.6 272.5 98 Bering Strait 274.1 274.2 274.3 273.4 271.7 270.6 271.2 272.4 273.5 272.4 271.4 268.8 267.0 265.8 265.2 265.4 265.9 264.5 262.8 264.8 265.2 263.2 264.3 266.7 267.3 266.1 266.1 265.2 265.3 264.7 266.0 128 Arctic subocean 252.4 250.5 254.8 260.6 263.1 262.3 265.5 268.5 266.2 264.3 259.7 255.6 250.8 248.4 247.9 246.2 245.3 245.2 249.7 250.0 251.9 251.3 253.3 258.8 257.4 249.3 245.1 244.6 247.3 247.1 251.3 130 Chukchi Sea 272.2 273.1 271.8 270.7 269.6 270.8 272.0 274.0 274.5 274.0 273.1 270.4 270.9 267.9 266.6 266.2 266.1 265.4 264.9 266.4 266.4 264.5 265.2 267.2 268.1 266.7 267.8 266.1 266.3 267.5 269.3 132 Beaufort Sea 276.5 275.3 277.4 278.3 277.8 275.4 272.9 272.2 272.9 273.2 273.0 272.0 271.2 271.0 270.7 270.7 274.8 274.5 273.1 271.1 270.7 271.9 272.8 273.2 272.9 271.9 270.6 271.2 271.3 270.2 268.5 134 Arctic Archipelago 266.6 265.8 266.2 267.9 269.7 270.5 270.7 269.6 267.6 267.7 265.2 264.3 265.0 265.4 264.8 262.6 263.4 268.6 268.7 263.9 260.8 259.6 261.7 264.1 262.0 259.3 257.0 255.2 253.3 255.6 257.8 136 Foxe Basin 271.7 272.0 272.1 272.0 271.6 272.8 272.9 272.7 271.4 271.6 271.0 270.9 270.7 271.9 272.6 271.6 270.8 270.2 271.5 271.2 270.6 270.1 268.0 266.5 267.4 268.6 268.1 266.8 269.7 271.2 268.9 138 Baffin Bay 252.7 254.2 257.9 262.4 265.3 265.1 266.5 268.4 266.3 263.1 259.3 256.1 250.4 248.8 249.9 252.6 250.8 251.7 255.0 255.9 255.8 257.2 257.7 258.4 254.5 253.1 249.5 245.6 247.4 253.5 260.3 139 South Greenland 260.3 262.2 261.5 263.2 266.9 271.7 270.2 266.3 266.5 265.4 262.2 259.2 256.0 253.9 255.1 262.3 261.7 263.1 263.4 262.4 260.0 261.7 263.3 261.2 257.4 255.2 254.6 256.1 257.9 258.8 258.9 140 Greenland Sea 250.2 249.5 250.6 257.4 260.3 263.5 260.8 265.0 265.3 263.1 257.2 253.4 247.3 244.6 241.9 244.3 245.3 244.1 245.1 247.1 247.4 249.1 251.6 252.7 251.0 250.3 247.0 239.6 242.9 246.3 250.6 142 Norwegian Sea 279.1 278.3 279.3 276.6 272.8 274.3 275.8 275.3 274.6 274.4 274.6 277.9 278.4 274.8 272.8 273.6 274.3 274.7 275.0 278.4 277.0 275.2 272.6 270.9 274.6 273.4 271.9 273.9 274.3 272.1 269.1 144 Barents Sea 278.0 278.0 278.0 278.4 278.2 278.0 275.2 274.4 274.8 274.4 272.3 271.1 272.7 276.1 275.7 272.9 269.5 268.3 268.5 268.8 269.8 269.0 267.3 264.6 263.8 263.6 262.6 263.1 264.9 269.4 270.9 146 Kara Sea 274.2 275.1 275.4 275.2 275.7 276.3 276.3 275.8 277.0 277.8 278.2 278.1 275.9 274.2 274.3 275.2 275.2 272.9 269.9 268.7 270.0 271.4 271.4 270.9 271.6 271.8 270.9 270.4 264.9 262.9 263.9 148 Laptev Sea 270.6 268.6 268.8 268.3 269.2 269.2 268.3 266.1 263.5 265.0 266.6 268.6 270.1 269.4 268.5 267.9 268.4 268.2 265.8 264.8 265.5 263.3 263.8 265.5 264.6 263.5 265.8 267.4 265.7 259.6 255.5 150 East Siberian Sea 271.6 269.7 268.3 267.0 267.0 267.0 265.5 265.6 266.4 267.3 267.5 266.9 264.9 265.4 265.2 263.2 261.9 264.2 264.7 262.2 259.1 258.2 256.5 256.4 256.6 255.8 254.8 253.6 254.8 256.1 256.1 152 Gulf of Alaska 275.4 276.1 276.8 276.3 276.2 276.0 275.6 275.1 275.2 274.8 273.7 271.9 271.2 271.6 271.4 271.8 271.4 271.1 271.7 271.8 272.0 273.2 273.6 275.1 274.1 273.1 274.0 272.2 271.9 271.6 271.5 154 Southeast Bering Sea 278.4 278.6 278.1 276.4 276.6 279.4 279.7 277.9 278.0 277.2 275.6 274.3 272.8 272.1 269.6 269.7 268.4 268.3 269.8 271.0 270.1 268.3 269.8 271.7 271.1 270.9 270.3 268.7 273.9 273.6 273.5