1971 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 289.3 289.0 288.5 288.5 288.9 289.4 289.6 289.2 288.8 288.6 288.4 288.0 287.5 287.3 287.4 287.2 286.7 286.6 286.8 287.4 287.3 286.7 286.1 286.0 286.4 286.2 286.0 285.4 285.5 286.0 285.8 34 Hudson Bay 293.3 294.4 296.1 297.7 299.4 299.8 299.5 298.9 296.5 293.7 292.6 291.5 289.4 291.9 293.7 294.0 293.0 292.3 292.5 294.1 293.5 292.6 292.9 292.0 293.9 295.7 296.1 295.3 293.7 292.9 292.8 36 Hudson Strait 286.5 286.4 287.9 287.1 285.7 288.8 289.7 288.3 286.9 288.2 287.8 285.5 283.0 281.6 282.5 282.2 281.9 282.5 285.3 285.7 283.5 281.3 281.1 281.2 283.2 284.8 288.1 286.5 282.9 280.6 280.7 98 Bering Strait 290.1 289.7 287.4 285.4 285.4 287.1 287.1 286.5 287.4 287.3 287.5 288.4 288.0 285.7 285.3 286.2 286.4 287.1 287.3 286.8 285.6 285.3 285.4 285.4 285.0 284.1 283.8 284.2 285.4 286.7 286.2 128 Arctic subocean 274.5 273.8 273.1 274.0 274.6 273.9 273.5 273.1 272.3 271.7 271.4 270.8 272.1 273.3 272.5 271.2 270.8 270.8 271.2 271.7 271.9 272.1 271.0 272.1 272.1 272.7 271.8 268.0 265.6 265.7 264.1 130 Chukchi Sea 281.3 282.4 281.9 280.3 281.7 283.3 283.0 284.1 284.1 284.0 284.1 285.2 285.7 286.5 286.1 286.6 285.5 282.6 280.6 279.5 281.0 282.3 283.8 284.6 284.0 281.4 281.2 281.2 281.3 281.9 279.9 132 Beaufort Sea 297.0 298.1 295.8 292.3 290.6 291.7 291.9 290.7 290.8 291.5 290.9 287.6 287.0 287.8 287.3 287.3 288.0 289.1 291.0 291.8 291.9 290.3 287.7 287.2 288.0 288.0 287.2 288.5 290.5 292.7 291.6 134 Arctic Archipelago 285.6 286.3 287.1 286.8 282.8 281.0 282.4 283.6 281.5 278.1 278.0 276.0 276.2 276.6 276.6 277.3 278.1 278.2 278.1 279.3 281.9 283.6 283.1 280.3 278.9 278.8 277.7 277.6 277.7 278.2 277.1 136 Foxe Basin 282.5 282.7 283.4 283.7 284.2 283.1 281.4 281.6 280.9 280.7 279.3 278.9 277.2 277.7 277.3 276.8 277.1 277.1 278.0 278.5 278.1 277.6 278.9 278.3 278.4 278.4 278.1 277.5 277.1 276.8 276.3 138 Baffin Bay 273.7 273.3 272.8 273.4 273.8 273.8 272.8 271.1 269.8 269.8 269.8 269.7 272.9 272.2 271.7 269.6 269.0 268.1 268.8 269.3 268.7 268.3 267.2 268.4 268.6 269.9 268.8 267.9 266.4 264.7 263.6 139 South Greenland 274.7 274.6 274.6 275.0 275.4 275.2 275.3 274.9 273.8 274.2 273.4 273.3 275.1 275.3 273.8 272.0 270.6 269.7 270.0 270.1 269.9 270.7 271.6 271.4 271.7 270.8 270.7 270.0 268.9 268.5 269.7 140 Greenland Sea 271.9 270.1 270.7 271.8 272.9 273.1 273.4 272.6 270.0 270.2 270.5 269.6 272.4 272.7 272.5 270.0 267.9 267.6 267.0 268.5 269.0 268.1 265.5 265.3 266.9 267.0 266.3 264.3 264.7 265.8 265.5 142 Norwegian Sea 289.0 288.6 286.8 287.4 288.2 288.3 286.6 284.0 284.6 284.1 283.8 284.1 284.3 284.4 283.9 283.6 284.4 284.4 285.4 284.5 282.6 284.5 287.0 285.6 285.5 286.5 287.4 283.7 282.6 282.4 281.9 144 Barents Sea 285.6 285.9 286.6 286.9 288.2 290.5 290.3 290.0 289.8 288.1 287.1 287.5 288.2 287.1 287.0 288.2 286.8 285.6 285.3 288.0 288.2 283.3 281.8 282.9 284.5 286.1 286.7 286.8 288.1 287.9 286.3 146 Kara Sea 292.4 291.1 290.1 290.5 291.3 292.0 292.5 291.7 292.1 292.3 292.5 293.2 292.4 292.3 292.3 291.1 290.5 290.5 290.4 291.6 291.9 291.8 291.8 291.7 289.9 288.0 287.0 285.4 285.8 287.0 287.6 148 Laptev Sea 289.1 290.0 289.7 289.7 290.0 290.2 290.8 291.8 293.0 294.0 293.8 292.9 291.4 289.5 289.7 291.0 291.2 290.4 290.0 287.8 286.8 286.1 285.3 286.5 289.4 289.9 290.4 289.8 290.0 290.2 289.9 150 East Siberian Sea 293.9 289.4 285.0 285.8 287.4 288.5 287.5 286.7 284.6 286.0 287.6 288.7 288.1 287.1 285.6 285.0 285.3 287.2 288.0 289.6 290.5 289.8 286.4 284.8 286.4 286.4 287.5 288.2 288.5 289.1 288.6 152 Gulf of Alaska 288.2 287.3 286.2 286.3 286.2 284.9 284.7 285.0 286.4 285.7 286.6 286.8 286.5 285.9 285.5 285.0 284.4 284.6 284.8 284.0 284.3 284.5 284.0 283.3 282.5 282.3 282.5 284.0 284.8 285.7 286.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 286.4 286.0 287.8 288.4 287.3 285.7 286.0 286.1 285.4 285.8 288.1 288.5 288.4 288.7 289.0 288.1 285.2 286.0 286.1 284.9 282.1 286.6 287.0 286.6 285.4 284.7 284.2 285.9 286.7 287.0 286.9