1970 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 276.1 274.8 273.1 271.5 271.2 271.2 270.7 269.8 269.3 268.9 268.3 268.2 268.0 268.3 268.0 267.8 267.7 267.3 267.3 267.0 266.8 266.4 266.2 266.6 267.3 267.7 268.1 269.2 269.0 268.5 267.6 34 Hudson Bay 286.7 284.2 281.5 281.1 281.4 280.1 278.9 276.2 276.3 277.4 277.2 276.5 275.9 275.6 276.8 278.8 279.8 277.2 277.9 278.9 280.4 280.4 280.5 280.8 280.5 279.1 277.4 277.0 276.8 276.7 276.1 36 Hudson Strait 275.5 277.2 278.8 280.6 279.0 277.2 278.7 281.2 278.6 283.6 283.7 276.7 274.1 273.4 272.7 270.5 270.5 271.0 271.1 271.6 270.6 270.5 271.7 269.0 268.4 268.0 270.1 271.0 271.5 272.6 272.8 98 Bering Strait 272.7 272.8 271.9 270.2 268.6 272.9 273.6 272.8 272.2 271.1 269.1 266.6 267.8 268.7 267.8 266.0 265.2 264.2 262.9 263.5 262.8 261.5 261.8 260.4 258.8 258.1 261.1 268.7 268.6 266.6 267.6 128 Arctic subocean 257.6 257.6 258.9 259.8 262.6 262.5 260.3 255.5 251.1 250.5 251.0 250.7 253.2 255.0 254.9 251.2 252.0 254.3 253.9 249.4 245.0 248.5 251.1 258.4 263.4 262.6 259.6 254.9 254.9 257.1 258.5 130 Chukchi Sea 269.1 270.0 270.6 270.3 270.3 272.9 272.0 271.3 268.2 264.3 262.1 259.9 261.0 261.3 261.7 261.7 261.0 260.9 260.6 260.8 259.6 259.0 259.6 258.3 256.5 255.0 255.4 268.0 266.4 263.1 260.7 132 Beaufort Sea 279.2 277.3 276.7 275.2 271.4 268.2 270.2 272.3 272.4 272.5 272.2 270.3 269.5 271.1 272.2 271.8 269.0 270.2 270.8 271.3 270.9 269.9 269.3 268.9 267.7 266.6 267.8 270.1 272.4 273.4 273.9 134 Arctic Archipelago 266.4 265.6 264.9 262.9 261.9 260.7 260.7 261.0 261.4 260.3 259.6 260.4 258.6 257.2 255.7 257.0 258.3 256.8 255.8 257.0 256.6 260.1 264.4 268.8 269.9 268.3 268.0 266.4 265.7 268.3 267.7 136 Foxe Basin 269.9 271.7 273.0 272.9 272.8 271.0 269.2 271.1 270.1 268.2 272.5 272.6 268.8 265.6 265.1 266.1 267.7 269.9 270.3 269.7 267.0 263.3 263.4 266.2 268.5 270.8 271.6 271.7 272.7 271.0 269.6 138 Baffin Bay 256.7 257.9 258.1 258.7 263.2 266.6 264.1 257.5 256.6 255.6 256.8 260.1 259.9 259.6 257.2 252.3 251.5 252.9 256.9 261.0 257.8 252.2 248.2 253.1 257.4 260.1 260.0 260.6 259.2 256.7 254.3 139 South Greenland 263.5 263.4 260.6 260.0 264.3 267.8 267.3 263.8 263.5 261.3 258.8 262.0 265.6 268.0 267.1 264.7 260.7 257.4 264.0 266.1 265.3 261.5 258.0 253.0 252.7 255.5 257.6 258.0 257.6 255.3 253.9 140 Greenland Sea 259.7 257.5 254.2 253.6 256.5 260.8 260.9 257.5 253.5 252.7 252.2 259.5 260.1 260.0 259.2 255.4 250.2 248.7 251.0 255.4 253.5 247.4 245.8 250.2 255.1 258.8 258.3 256.3 253.1 249.3 249.3 142 Norwegian Sea 281.3 280.8 279.4 279.0 278.3 279.1 279.7 279.3 279.0 280.1 278.6 278.6 277.2 278.9 279.9 279.7 280.3 279.4 277.1 277.4 275.8 272.7 277.4 278.4 275.7 273.7 273.1 272.3 272.5 272.1 271.2 144 Barents Sea 277.9 276.7 276.6 275.9 276.5 277.2 275.0 273.5 276.7 277.5 277.1 277.2 275.8 274.5 272.7 273.1 275.1 273.6 273.7 275.8 276.8 276.2 276.0 273.2 275.8 275.5 274.4 273.1 270.5 270.7 268.9 146 Kara Sea 279.0 276.8 274.7 271.2 270.8 270.8 270.7 270.9 269.9 269.4 269.3 269.8 270.0 271.3 271.5 271.9 272.9 273.4 271.1 268.7 268.6 269.7 270.4 271.8 272.4 273.0 272.7 273.0 272.4 271.6 270.6 148 Laptev Sea 277.4 275.1 271.1 269.5 268.6 268.3 266.5 266.5 265.9 265.3 263.9 262.6 262.3 260.5 260.1 259.6 259.7 260.9 261.8 260.2 259.0 257.4 255.4 256.1 258.9 261.4 263.4 266.5 267.1 265.8 263.4 150 East Siberian Sea 270.7 272.6 274.7 274.8 272.8 271.3 269.8 266.1 263.5 261.9 260.6 260.1 259.7 261.2 260.1 259.0 256.9 256.0 254.6 254.6 256.5 257.6 258.4 256.7 253.8 253.3 254.3 254.2 254.8 255.9 255.8 152 Gulf of Alaska 277.5 276.8 276.2 273.7 273.4 275.6 275.6 276.1 276.1 275.8 275.6 275.1 275.5 275.2 273.0 270.9 271.0 270.0 268.1 267.4 267.2 267.7 267.0 264.8 266.0 270.3 272.5 274.3 275.3 275.4 277.8 154 Southeast Bering Sea 276.2 274.1 273.3 274.6 277.7 280.5 279.3 279.0 279.0 277.3 278.2 278.1 277.7 274.2 270.6 268.8 268.5 265.5 264.5 264.0 262.9 261.2 262.6 264.3 266.8 267.6 266.8 275.4 274.9 271.8 270.7