1970 08 - 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 288.6 288.8 288.5 288.1 288.4 288.6 288.3 287.8 286.9 286.5 286.5 286.9 287.2 286.9 286.4 285.8 285.6 285.6 285.5 285.3 285.6 285.3 285.2 284.8 284.7 284.8 284.9 284.9 285.0 284.6 284.0 34 Hudson Bay 293.5 292.6 293.3 293.9 295.4 297.5 299.1 300.1 299.4 297.5 298.3 298.6 297.8 296.0 294.9 294.0 294.7 294.1 292.1 290.9 291.6 292.2 292.6 292.2 291.9 291.5 290.5 290.5 290.3 290.1 291.5 36 Hudson Strait 288.7 288.3 288.1 285.9 283.0 284.0 284.0 286.1 287.6 288.7 291.2 293.0 291.3 288.4 285.5 287.3 286.0 286.7 289.3 288.2 287.3 285.2 283.8 283.5 283.3 282.7 283.6 285.6 286.3 284.8 283.3 98 Bering Strait 285.2 285.6 285.6 285.7 286.1 285.6 285.9 285.9 285.3 285.6 285.1 285.7 287.6 287.9 287.1 285.6 285.1 285.3 284.6 283.2 283.8 282.7 282.3 282.9 283.8 284.4 285.7 286.8 286.7 285.4 284.3 128 Arctic subocean 273.3 273.2 272.9 273.2 273.2 272.8 272.1 271.9 271.7 272.1 271.9 272.1 271.8 271.2 271.3 270.6 269.5 270.0 269.7 270.2 271.2 272.6 272.8 272.1 270.4 269.5 266.6 265.4 267.1 271.3 271.0 130 Chukchi Sea 281.3 282.7 283.7 283.5 281.6 281.4 283.2 283.3 282.8 283.5 284.9 285.7 287.2 286.8 286.9 285.4 283.2 283.5 283.6 280.5 281.1 280.4 280.8 281.7 281.9 282.5 282.9 282.8 281.5 281.8 282.3 132 Beaufort Sea 291.4 293.8 292.9 292.4 293.5 296.6 296.4 294.9 291.4 289.8 289.0 289.2 289.5 289.0 291.1 291.2 288.8 287.3 288.5 288.8 290.8 290.2 289.5 288.2 287.4 286.8 287.2 288.6 289.8 289.5 288.8 134 Arctic Archipelago 279.6 282.8 283.3 282.8 282.6 283.7 284.7 284.4 284.3 283.4 282.6 282.3 281.7 281.4 281.4 280.5 280.1 278.9 278.1 278.3 279.9 281.0 281.0 281.0 280.4 280.3 279.9 279.0 279.3 281.2 281.3 136 Foxe Basin 276.3 278.8 280.3 280.3 279.6 279.7 280.1 280.9 281.2 281.0 281.1 280.7 279.5 278.1 277.8 277.8 277.1 277.8 279.8 278.9 278.0 278.5 279.2 278.4 278.2 278.2 278.3 278.9 279.0 278.0 277.6 138 Baffin Bay 272.7 272.4 272.1 270.9 270.7 271.7 270.8 270.7 270.2 269.3 267.8 268.5 268.9 268.4 268.3 267.3 267.2 268.4 268.3 269.6 272.3 273.0 272.4 269.6 268.0 266.7 265.6 263.6 263.6 265.7 265.6 139 South Greenland 273.2 273.8 273.4 274.6 275.6 275.8 274.4 274.2 273.6 272.6 271.6 270.6 270.7 271.5 273.7 273.5 272.8 272.6 272.8 274.0 274.9 275.6 275.8 274.8 274.0 272.5 271.3 270.7 269.5 267.8 266.8 140 Greenland Sea 271.6 271.8 272.1 270.9 269.6 269.6 267.2 268.1 267.7 267.6 267.5 267.9 267.2 268.0 269.3 267.0 267.7 267.3 268.2 267.7 271.8 273.6 273.7 269.8 266.1 264.0 263.1 261.6 259.0 259.6 262.8 142 Norwegian Sea 285.6 289.5 290.9 291.2 290.5 287.0 282.8 284.7 285.5 285.6 284.1 284.0 287.9 289.5 287.3 288.1 289.6 290.1 289.1 289.0 288.0 286.2 285.1 283.9 283.3 283.9 285.2 283.3 284.9 283.9 285.1 144 Barents Sea 292.2 291.0 290.1 291.3 293.8 293.8 292.2 290.2 288.3 288.4 288.8 290.3 291.1 290.3 287.1 287.1 287.5 289.3 291.3 289.8 289.3 289.3 287.5 282.9 281.9 281.8 282.6 283.2 283.5 284.1 283.9 146 Kara Sea 293.4 293.8 293.3 291.1 290.6 289.9 289.6 288.4 288.0 288.2 288.8 289.4 289.9 289.8 288.8 287.6 287.2 287.9 287.8 288.0 287.4 287.3 287.7 288.0 288.2 288.6 288.4 288.0 288.5 287.9 285.3 148 Laptev Sea 291.8 290.4 290.2 290.7 290.5 288.7 287.8 287.7 286.9 286.6 284.9 284.1 284.8 285.8 285.8 285.9 286.6 286.4 286.6 285.9 284.9 283.6 282.8 284.0 285.6 287.0 287.7 287.5 287.2 284.9 285.8 150 East Siberian Sea 284.9 283.8 282.3 281.6 285.2 286.9 284.8 283.3 280.3 280.4 282.8 285.4 286.5 285.6 283.3 283.0 283.8 284.7 282.8 284.5 285.2 282.5 283.0 282.9 279.9 280.2 283.2 285.9 286.3 287.3 286.7 152 Gulf of Alaska 283.8 284.0 284.2 286.0 286.4 285.8 284.1 283.1 283.3 284.2 285.1 286.0 285.5 284.2 284.4 283.6 282.5 282.4 282.7 282.3 282.1 282.1 281.9 282.7 284.5 285.2 285.9 285.6 284.5 283.0 283.1 154 Southeast Bering Sea 285.2 284.7 286.1 286.4 285.0 284.9 283.9 284.4 286.6 288.4 289.8 288.2 286.8 288.5 289.0 284.9 283.7 284.8 285.4 284.3 284.5 283.5 283.3 283.0 286.2 288.1 288.5 286.1 285.6 285.5 285.9