1970 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 255.0 254.9 254.9 253.7 252.7 252.2 253.5 253.6 252.3 251.6 252.4 253.8 254.3 254.1 253.2 251.9 251.3 251.1 250.1 250.8 251.8 252.0 253.4 254.1 254.6 253.4 252.8 253.0 253.1 252.4 251.9 34 Hudson Bay 259.6 257.2 255.7 255.3 254.3 254.0 256.9 257.0 255.4 255.3 257.8 259.4 257.2 255.0 255.8 257.5 257.2 253.9 250.5 248.5 247.4 248.4 251.7 252.5 257.7 258.3 254.8 255.6 257.3 259.6 262.1 36 Hudson Strait 264.8 255.6 256.7 256.0 251.0 245.6 243.3 244.5 246.7 244.6 247.9 249.8 249.6 247.0 249.1 251.9 256.6 256.0 253.7 253.4 249.7 248.8 244.5 243.7 251.2 263.8 270.8 271.1 268.8 261.7 259.7 98 Bering Strait 252.2 249.9 249.6 249.6 253.1 252.9 252.7 252.5 252.8 255.8 256.1 257.4 257.9 257.6 258.4 259.1 262.4 267.2 265.2 268.2 268.2 264.5 260.8 263.9 257.5 254.2 250.8 247.5 246.8 247.1 245.1 128 Arctic subocean 243.5 239.4 237.6 238.2 241.3 244.2 244.2 243.2 243.3 242.5 242.2 243.0 241.6 240.8 238.2 238.1 236.7 236.2 237.7 237.4 237.1 239.5 254.5 253.5 255.6 253.4 245.8 245.7 248.0 247.7 244.4 130 Chukchi Sea 257.8 256.0 255.8 260.1 262.9 255.8 251.1 250.4 250.6 250.8 251.6 250.4 250.8 248.8 250.0 260.9 265.7 270.4 268.9 269.6 269.9 265.2 259.4 255.1 247.4 244.1 245.4 248.7 248.7 243.8 244.9 132 Beaufort Sea 246.8 243.3 244.6 245.5 247.4 247.9 248.4 249.2 251.2 254.4 255.2 257.4 258.7 259.4 258.6 255.8 252.2 250.7 249.1 251.5 255.2 257.6 259.6 263.5 265.6 261.1 259.6 255.3 254.0 255.6 255.5 134 Arctic Archipelago 239.7 237.3 237.1 238.8 239.7 240.3 242.4 244.8 243.9 242.9 239.9 242.1 246.6 248.7 247.8 245.8 241.2 238.8 236.2 235.3 234.5 234.7 235.9 235.0 238.6 241.5 243.5 245.5 244.7 245.1 247.3 136 Foxe Basin 247.5 240.4 238.7 237.1 236.4 236.8 241.0 243.7 243.5 242.2 242.4 240.5 238.8 243.8 248.7 248.1 246.0 241.2 241.7 242.6 242.1 244.3 246.8 240.7 244.1 252.8 256.5 264.6 265.8 262.5 252.0 138 Baffin Bay 242.6 242.0 243.9 240.0 233.5 234.4 240.5 239.3 236.6 235.2 235.9 235.4 236.8 241.3 242.6 241.8 237.9 234.3 233.4 235.3 246.3 256.2 264.0 262.4 259.2 250.8 249.3 254.8 260.5 259.6 256.6 139 South Greenland 250.7 251.5 250.5 247.4 246.0 250.8 258.9 254.1 250.3 242.4 240.8 241.1 250.7 255.6 255.1 250.4 247.0 243.3 242.3 253.1 259.2 266.0 265.9 264.7 259.4 252.8 257.0 261.8 263.2 261.2 257.9 140 Greenland Sea 242.6 240.4 240.2 239.7 235.6 238.7 245.0 244.2 237.6 236.6 236.5 235.4 235.6 238.5 240.1 240.5 238.5 237.2 236.8 236.2 247.8 256.0 263.8 264.6 261.2 252.4 249.7 252.6 260.9 262.0 257.4 142 Norwegian Sea 270.6 271.2 271.2 271.4 273.6 273.8 273.4 275.6 276.6 276.8 275.7 273.0 273.2 274.3 274.1 275.8 275.6 275.7 276.6 275.4 272.5 271.5 270.8 273.7 274.5 274.5 273.6 268.6 267.4 266.3 265.9 144 Barents Sea 263.5 261.9 263.5 267.5 267.1 263.3 264.6 268.7 268.4 269.1 269.8 267.8 263.8 262.8 258.7 262.0 265.7 267.4 267.5 266.8 264.1 263.2 263.5 263.2 263.3 263.7 266.7 265.6 261.2 257.6 262.0 146 Kara Sea 262.6 264.4 262.5 257.9 256.2 256.5 257.3 257.8 256.2 255.2 256.7 260.2 261.7 260.0 255.7 251.4 251.1 252.1 252.4 252.4 253.0 251.2 252.9 254.1 254.3 254.1 254.2 255.0 255.4 253.7 252.0 148 Laptev Sea 248.6 252.6 256.6 257.4 252.8 249.2 247.9 247.9 245.6 244.7 245.7 245.9 244.5 245.4 246.9 245.6 243.2 242.5 242.8 244.2 244.2 243.8 244.6 245.6 246.3 245.4 244.7 243.4 242.8 241.7 240.2 150 East Siberian Sea 255.4 259.7 258.9 257.1 259.6 258.3 256.1 252.8 250.0 246.2 244.7 243.6 243.0 242.9 244.3 244.4 248.2 251.6 249.5 246.7 247.3 246.5 243.3 240.6 240.5 240.1 240.3 239.5 238.8 237.6 237.3 152 Gulf of Alaska 253.7 251.6 250.0 250.6 254.7 260.2 263.9 266.8 267.4 269.6 269.7 271.8 272.1 271.1 268.8 265.6 265.3 268.5 266.3 270.6 271.5 269.6 272.8 274.4 271.3 270.5 260.7 260.6 259.9 259.1 258.6 154 Southeast Bering Sea 265.0 258.1 254.9 252.2 254.4 254.8 257.1 258.4 258.7 258.8 264.4 265.5 264.6 264.0 262.3 268.9 273.1 274.2 272.4 274.8 274.5 272.4 274.3 274.0 272.1 261.5 247.5 248.6 247.8 248.2 258.0