1971 01 - 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 252.7 253.0 255.2 255.4 255.4 255.1 255.2 253.4 250.9 249.9 250.4 251.9 251.7 250.3 249.6 249.0 249.3 250.9 252.5 252.9 252.3 251.9 250.7 250.2 250.8 251.6 253.1 253.5 254.4 254.0 253.7 34 Hudson Bay 262.4 261.9 260.4 257.3 257.7 258.1 257.6 257.7 256.6 252.4 247.5 245.3 247.1 248.4 249.9 251.9 252.7 255.1 261.4 265.6 263.5 261.4 256.3 250.3 248.7 249.2 250.6 252.4 252.1 248.6 248.7 36 Hudson Strait 260.4 260.2 259.5 256.9 257.7 256.9 255.1 252.1 251.7 252.6 250.0 247.8 243.1 246.0 250.9 253.8 264.1 262.3 253.8 253.2 255.7 255.0 256.2 255.5 252.3 248.4 259.6 265.8 260.7 249.8 247.5 98 Bering Strait 248.3 249.9 259.1 263.7 267.8 265.2 261.8 256.1 250.2 252.6 258.7 261.2 259.7 254.3 253.0 250.0 247.0 246.2 248.1 247.2 246.3 246.0 244.7 241.5 246.0 247.8 250.2 250.0 248.7 249.4 250.7 128 Arctic subocean 244.1 249.5 249.4 247.0 238.9 235.0 233.7 231.6 232.6 236.2 237.2 236.1 234.7 236.0 240.5 246.0 245.5 244.2 243.0 241.1 234.2 234.6 233.8 234.9 234.0 235.2 235.4 235.6 237.3 240.9 244.0 130 Chukchi Sea 241.6 237.6 241.8 248.5 251.2 258.2 263.3 253.1 253.9 262.0 263.3 261.7 265.4 264.4 263.5 261.4 258.3 253.2 242.5 240.1 240.5 240.2 238.2 241.2 242.7 245.9 251.1 251.5 250.2 246.2 242.3 132 Beaufort Sea 255.5 253.8 253.5 256.5 261.2 263.3 263.8 256.6 248.9 245.9 248.2 251.1 249.8 245.4 241.9 242.9 244.8 255.3 259.5 255.5 253.8 252.3 248.2 246.8 244.6 245.7 245.2 244.2 245.6 244.7 245.6 134 Arctic Archipelago 252.2 251.4 250.0 247.3 244.3 245.0 248.0 244.6 242.0 243.3 243.8 241.5 240.3 236.7 235.0 237.8 242.9 244.4 247.3 249.6 248.3 245.3 238.8 236.3 236.5 235.9 234.5 235.2 243.1 249.4 250.1 136 Foxe Basin 248.9 249.3 248.7 251.0 252.5 247.2 246.5 250.6 248.5 240.6 234.3 239.3 240.7 241.3 249.4 255.1 252.0 248.0 247.4 246.0 248.5 249.7 247.3 247.2 246.4 245.7 242.5 253.5 264.5 265.7 257.2 138 Baffin Bay 249.9 242.4 245.3 247.6 245.3 238.3 235.9 236.9 237.9 239.9 239.5 241.8 242.1 243.0 246.8 247.0 242.3 241.5 240.5 237.8 235.6 236.0 238.0 239.5 240.0 239.4 238.6 239.9 250.2 254.5 250.7 139 South Greenland 256.0 249.6 247.7 248.4 247.4 247.3 246.9 248.2 248.3 247.4 247.7 251.3 252.7 254.2 257.0 255.6 253.0 249.1 242.9 241.0 241.4 243.8 245.3 247.1 247.8 249.5 247.5 250.1 256.5 257.3 255.2 140 Greenland Sea 251.6 240.0 244.4 244.8 244.2 235.5 230.9 232.1 233.8 236.2 238.5 243.4 246.1 245.9 245.4 246.5 245.7 240.1 234.9 235.4 237.3 239.4 237.5 238.2 237.7 236.4 236.2 237.3 240.6 247.6 246.6 142 Norwegian Sea 269.7 271.6 272.2 266.8 265.6 267.7 273.0 274.9 277.5 279.3 276.6 274.3 273.9 273.6 273.3 270.0 268.2 271.4 270.6 273.1 272.9 271.6 271.8 272.4 273.5 273.0 269.5 265.1 267.0 268.1 267.3 144 Barents Sea 265.2 262.0 261.4 261.9 259.4 258.3 260.4 262.4 262.1 270.6 271.3 265.2 260.5 262.7 259.0 252.4 255.0 255.1 259.7 263.7 265.6 265.5 267.1 269.3 270.5 271.7 271.0 269.6 265.9 265.4 264.4 146 Kara Sea 254.8 260.4 264.6 262.1 259.9 259.8 258.2 255.6 252.5 251.3 254.2 258.8 256.6 253.9 250.6 249.6 250.8 253.7 257.4 258.4 258.2 257.6 256.9 257.5 259.5 261.0 263.4 263.4 263.6 261.5 260.7 148 Laptev Sea 239.4 237.7 242.0 247.9 248.8 249.9 252.6 250.1 248.1 243.9 242.3 242.9 246.1 245.7 247.7 245.2 244.3 246.6 244.3 243.7 244.4 245.3 247.6 247.2 244.9 245.2 249.6 249.5 250.0 250.0 249.6 150 East Siberian Sea 237.4 237.3 238.7 238.6 241.8 242.2 249.4 252.5 251.5 249.2 250.8 254.0 254.7 251.9 251.7 251.0 247.8 242.2 239.2 238.0 236.9 237.2 236.6 241.1 251.3 251.7 251.3 249.4 247.9 251.9 254.8 152 Gulf of Alaska 263.3 266.4 272.0 273.0 273.5 272.3 266.1 261.1 255.2 254.7 257.6 259.8 259.6 255.8 253.2 250.0 253.1 255.4 260.7 260.5 257.4 255.9 253.2 250.0 254.6 258.6 260.8 260.3 258.8 261.4 266.4 154 Southeast Bering Sea 260.7 267.2 273.3 272.8 270.5 261.3 256.8 258.9 258.7 264.4 266.4 269.3 268.9 265.1 260.6 256.6 251.6 253.1 262.3 261.2 253.7 250.0 251.1 254.7 246.7 248.3 248.8 248.2 249.9 250.4 254.4