1969 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 274.4 273.8 273.8 273.8 273.7 273.2 272.9 272.6 272.6 272.0 271.5 271.5 270.9 270.5 269.9 269.3 268.4 267.7 266.6 265.7 265.2 265.2 264.7 264.2 264.1 264.4 264.1 262.8 262.1 262.0 262.1 34 Hudson Bay 279.3 279.8 279.7 280.4 281.7 281.3 281.0 280.2 278.5 277.3 275.8 276.6 276.4 276.8 276.0 275.5 274.1 273.9 272.6 270.5 269.3 268.2 269.7 269.4 268.6 269.4 271.2 271.8 271.5 272.1 273.6 36 Hudson Strait 273.5 273.8 273.5 273.0 273.6 273.8 280.5 280.9 278.1 274.5 274.7 273.3 272.6 272.3 272.3 272.8 272.6 270.1 268.8 267.8 267.0 267.4 269.0 268.5 268.0 266.8 267.1 267.8 268.7 267.6 268.4 98 Bering Strait 276.5 275.2 275.3 275.1 274.8 276.1 276.2 275.2 274.3 273.4 274.1 274.5 274.9 275.2 275.0 273.9 272.4 271.0 272.6 271.0 266.5 265.9 266.0 266.7 268.3 266.5 265.0 263.4 263.7 263.8 262.9 128 Arctic subocean 261.5 259.3 257.3 259.9 260.8 258.9 254.8 255.3 261.3 263.5 261.0 255.0 254.7 254.0 251.9 250.7 257.3 259.9 257.3 253.0 250.9 249.8 249.9 248.5 248.6 250.4 252.6 249.3 248.2 244.5 244.5 130 Chukchi Sea 273.1 270.8 269.9 269.2 269.8 271.8 273.5 272.7 271.1 272.5 271.7 272.0 272.7 273.8 274.0 273.1 271.4 268.7 268.8 268.6 268.2 270.3 272.5 272.2 273.2 270.0 262.8 259.3 258.5 257.0 257.2 132 Beaufort Sea 279.1 277.6 278.4 280.5 281.6 280.7 281.4 281.0 279.3 278.0 278.0 279.2 279.6 278.9 278.0 277.0 274.4 272.4 269.5 267.4 265.7 265.0 264.7 265.3 267.6 270.2 269.3 265.2 265.1 266.6 267.3 134 Arctic Archipelago 272.2 272.0 271.4 273.6 274.6 272.7 269.1 267.2 268.9 270.1 270.7 270.4 269.4 267.2 267.1 263.6 259.5 261.0 260.0 257.6 257.7 258.3 259.6 259.7 262.6 263.5 265.2 259.5 255.0 252.7 255.8 136 Foxe Basin 269.8 270.7 270.4 270.4 270.6 271.7 271.6 271.4 271.5 269.5 270.3 270.3 270.6 268.9 266.5 268.0 268.6 269.2 268.3 267.7 267.2 266.6 265.6 264.9 264.2 265.0 265.2 266.0 266.2 264.1 261.6 138 Baffin Bay 255.1 254.5 253.7 254.6 254.5 253.7 253.4 251.7 253.7 257.6 258.6 257.1 252.6 250.6 250.9 249.7 250.3 251.5 251.0 250.0 251.2 251.6 251.7 250.2 248.8 248.5 250.3 248.8 249.1 247.7 246.3 139 South Greenland 258.8 258.4 258.3 256.4 255.4 255.5 254.4 256.7 263.5 263.3 262.5 259.8 258.1 257.8 256.2 256.6 257.4 256.4 256.9 257.2 260.5 261.5 257.2 256.4 254.6 254.2 251.8 253.5 256.6 253.5 249.6 140 Greenland Sea 251.4 248.7 248.9 249.0 248.0 246.9 245.5 245.3 246.2 255.0 255.7 252.7 246.5 244.1 246.6 250.2 251.1 252.3 250.0 247.1 248.4 248.7 247.4 246.7 247.2 249.3 250.4 250.6 248.2 245.4 245.0 142 Norwegian Sea 277.1 275.7 278.0 279.0 278.3 278.9 280.6 279.8 279.7 277.0 277.1 278.4 278.4 278.7 279.4 280.8 279.3 281.6 280.9 277.6 276.2 275.6 276.3 276.6 277.7 276.7 275.5 276.0 274.5 273.7 273.5 144 Barents Sea 279.6 278.9 279.6 278.8 276.7 276.7 276.6 276.6 277.3 277.7 275.9 274.2 273.5 273.1 272.6 273.3 273.9 273.3 275.0 274.6 273.7 272.9 269.2 266.3 265.4 268.0 267.9 268.0 268.4 267.4 265.9 146 Kara Sea 278.2 277.4 277.5 276.9 276.2 275.8 276.5 276.9 276.6 274.8 273.7 274.4 274.1 274.0 273.3 272.3 271.1 270.3 268.8 268.6 269.5 269.8 268.4 268.5 267.6 266.3 264.4 261.8 260.8 262.7 265.0 148 Laptev Sea 272.7 271.8 271.6 271.0 270.9 269.1 268.0 267.2 267.4 266.7 266.7 266.9 267.0 266.6 265.4 265.5 265.2 263.6 262.1 262.7 260.7 261.2 261.8 259.7 260.5 261.3 260.3 259.3 257.2 255.8 253.2 150 East Siberian Sea 270.5 270.3 269.7 269.3 270.1 268.2 264.5 263.9 264.9 265.2 264.4 263.4 262.0 260.6 260.4 259.4 258.7 258.3 257.2 255.7 256.5 256.8 256.0 255.1 252.6 255.2 261.0 264.0 264.5 261.3 259.5 152 Gulf of Alaska 279.9 279.4 279.9 280.3 279.2 281.1 281.5 281.6 278.8 277.5 279.7 280.1 280.4 279.5 279.8 279.1 278.8 278.8 278.2 275.9 273.7 272.3 270.9 271.1 272.0 272.0 270.9 274.0 275.4 275.2 275.7 154 Southeast Bering Sea 281.4 280.0 279.8 279.4 279.7 283.0 283.4 281.0 278.7 277.4 280.8 281.3 282.2 282.5 282.0 281.1 281.5 281.2 280.3 277.1 274.3 272.5 275.9 277.0 276.8 275.6 272.6 270.4 270.5 268.8 267.0