1968 12 - 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 250.8 250.7 250.4 250.4 249.6 248.8 249.2 249.5 249.2 248.7 250.4 252.1 253.9 255.4 255.6 254.8 254.8 254.3 253.6 253.5 253.6 252.1 250.4 250.9 250.4 249.6 248.4 248.0 248.5 250.0 250.2 34 Hudson Bay 269.0 262.6 262.5 262.7 260.8 258.4 258.6 260.2 260.7 259.5 259.8 255.5 253.2 256.0 259.8 260.1 262.6 262.3 261.9 260.1 258.9 257.6 255.0 251.6 251.0 252.2 252.5 253.5 253.5 253.8 253.7 36 Hudson Strait 267.3 266.8 264.0 256.9 262.1 263.9 262.4 254.3 254.4 259.1 258.1 253.2 248.4 245.0 245.8 255.2 266.0 266.8 266.3 261.7 259.1 261.2 260.9 265.1 265.2 258.2 264.9 264.1 265.0 265.1 262.7 98 Bering Strait 248.1 249.3 246.9 250.7 250.8 251.0 249.6 250.6 250.8 248.9 250.1 251.6 253.9 253.3 257.4 258.9 256.0 255.8 262.9 266.2 262.7 261.3 259.1 262.3 257.0 253.3 248.3 246.9 247.4 246.0 244.6 128 Arctic subocean 247.8 248.8 242.4 239.9 236.2 236.7 234.4 236.2 241.2 243.3 245.5 243.8 244.0 244.9 243.7 245.5 249.2 251.3 252.0 249.5 242.2 237.2 235.2 239.8 240.0 238.9 238.4 243.2 244.4 244.0 241.5 130 Chukchi Sea 242.1 242.9 244.1 247.8 247.7 246.8 246.1 251.3 257.0 253.7 246.3 244.1 243.6 246.2 249.3 253.3 248.4 248.8 253.6 257.6 266.9 267.6 265.5 257.2 255.2 260.9 257.5 248.9 245.6 241.7 244.0 132 Beaufort Sea 255.8 254.1 253.7 252.2 249.3 248.2 254.0 253.8 251.5 249.1 246.9 249.8 253.8 258.1 260.0 262.6 265.5 262.9 260.7 257.8 256.9 253.3 250.4 253.3 252.9 248.2 243.5 242.7 243.4 244.1 246.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 241.0 241.4 242.0 243.1 241.7 238.6 242.4 247.2 245.9 243.9 245.3 246.9 248.6 247.3 246.1 247.0 254.6 257.1 253.4 249.5 247.8 241.7 239.5 243.7 244.7 245.7 244.6 243.0 242.2 243.6 244.8 136 Foxe Basin 253.2 255.0 253.7 250.1 248.2 244.3 238.9 244.4 255.0 251.8 242.0 241.1 241.1 241.6 244.2 251.0 254.2 254.4 254.4 255.9 251.6 250.3 241.1 243.5 264.0 270.8 267.2 266.1 261.1 257.3 252.8 138 Baffin Bay 252.6 251.1 248.9 247.2 244.6 242.6 242.2 241.1 242.9 242.8 244.4 245.2 245.6 245.5 243.0 241.9 242.6 242.9 243.5 243.6 241.4 238.7 243.8 247.2 248.6 257.2 258.1 255.3 251.8 251.3 248.6 139 South Greenland 261.3 262.0 260.3 257.5 254.2 255.1 257.6 257.5 255.4 255.6 257.9 257.1 253.3 250.6 248.1 249.7 247.9 245.5 244.4 244.6 245.3 244.6 247.2 251.9 257.2 259.9 262.7 264.1 264.8 263.3 260.5 140 Greenland Sea 251.9 251.0 247.9 246.5 245.2 244.1 244.2 246.6 246.4 242.8 241.9 241.8 241.1 242.6 241.4 241.5 242.4 243.3 243.7 243.9 242.1 239.6 238.5 245.8 247.2 251.1 253.6 251.6 246.6 243.7 242.3 142 Norwegian Sea 273.6 274.5 276.0 276.1 276.2 276.2 274.3 274.1 274.5 274.2 274.9 275.3 275.9 275.6 272.2 269.7 269.2 270.4 269.6 271.4 273.4 274.3 272.8 272.3 270.5 269.1 267.6 268.3 270.5 271.0 267.9 144 Barents Sea 255.7 257.4 257.9 253.0 254.5 254.2 252.9 250.5 249.6 252.3 256.9 264.5 265.8 267.3 265.9 255.9 262.1 262.5 263.6 263.6 263.0 266.0 267.9 266.4 264.9 264.0 261.9 260.8 262.7 266.0 266.1 146 Kara Sea 246.5 249.8 248.3 246.7 246.2 247.5 247.3 246.2 246.5 247.5 252.0 256.6 259.8 259.2 258.0 256.6 253.6 252.8 251.8 255.9 258.7 255.2 252.6 252.5 250.7 247.6 244.8 244.2 245.5 246.9 247.4 148 Laptev Sea 236.7 236.0 237.7 240.1 240.5 240.0 242.1 244.1 242.5 240.1 242.7 245.2 251.1 256.2 254.7 250.9 249.0 248.0 244.5 240.1 240.2 242.1 239.7 237.3 236.3 236.8 238.7 238.9 240.7 247.2 249.8 150 East Siberian Sea 240.3 240.8 248.5 259.7 259.5 250.5 243.2 242.3 240.7 237.4 235.3 236.2 237.6 243.0 244.2 242.8 241.9 240.1 240.0 240.3 242.1 241.5 241.1 247.4 247.7 246.5 245.2 244.2 243.6 246.1 246.8 152 Gulf of Alaska 264.5 264.9 259.9 260.6 259.9 259.8 260.0 258.1 257.6 263.4 266.5 267.9 267.8 267.8 270.9 271.4 264.7 269.8 271.2 270.0 266.3 263.7 264.0 265.3 264.8 262.4 258.5 257.8 257.4 258.7 257.7 154 Southeast Bering Sea 266.3 261.1 250.6 251.1 249.0 246.6 245.6 247.3 248.7 257.2 263.8 261.7 260.6 258.3 270.8 269.6 262.9 274.3 273.9 271.9 271.2 270.6 266.6 266.7 264.5 264.2 259.4 260.9 263.1 263.1 255.2