1971 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 274.5 274.6 274.6 274.4 274.0 273.7 273.4 273.0 273.0 273.3 272.5 271.7 271.5 271.4 270.8 269.9 269.0 268.6 268.3 268.5 268.5 268.6 268.6 268.2 267.6 266.8 265.8 264.8 263.7 262.4 261.8 34 Hudson Bay 282.7 283.0 283.0 283.6 283.0 282.8 282.1 280.2 281.9 282.3 279.7 278.3 279.4 278.7 275.8 273.2 275.4 278.0 281.3 281.4 280.8 280.1 280.6 281.1 281.6 279.0 275.3 271.7 269.2 270.6 272.8 36 Hudson Strait 276.6 275.2 274.2 274.3 276.1 275.3 274.5 273.0 273.2 274.1 274.1 273.8 273.4 273.4 273.9 272.9 269.8 268.5 269.6 277.2 275.6 275.4 272.7 273.8 275.3 274.1 274.1 274.8 273.6 268.7 268.7 98 Bering Strait 273.4 272.2 271.7 269.2 268.1 269.1 270.1 271.8 271.8 271.8 272.6 270.2 269.9 269.4 270.6 272.7 271.0 269.5 268.1 265.0 262.0 262.3 263.1 262.8 261.5 264.0 266.5 267.4 266.6 265.1 263.8 128 Arctic subocean 263.3 262.7 261.1 259.0 257.0 253.5 251.8 252.9 254.4 254.6 256.4 256.9 258.0 253.5 250.5 249.7 250.0 249.2 248.6 253.4 252.4 250.5 250.9 248.3 247.4 246.7 247.4 248.0 245.3 243.8 244.0 130 Chukchi Sea 269.8 269.8 269.0 268.0 265.8 269.4 269.7 269.0 268.3 267.2 269.1 268.2 266.9 273.6 274.4 273.5 272.1 270.0 269.3 267.1 265.7 267.0 266.2 264.9 265.4 271.6 272.4 269.8 267.7 265.0 264.8 132 Beaufort Sea 275.8 278.2 278.9 277.9 277.3 277.4 276.5 277.3 278.4 278.2 276.2 274.6 272.9 271.4 269.6 270.8 273.2 273.2 272.1 269.9 269.0 270.1 271.1 270.5 269.9 267.9 266.0 266.2 270.8 270.5 267.5 134 Arctic Archipelago 270.1 269.0 268.9 268.2 268.7 266.9 266.1 266.8 267.0 266.4 261.7 263.9 264.1 262.8 259.4 258.4 260.9 266.6 269.0 268.3 266.4 263.1 261.0 260.7 259.3 258.5 256.3 256.3 255.8 257.9 260.1 136 Foxe Basin 272.3 271.5 272.1 272.3 272.3 271.4 270.1 269.7 269.8 270.2 269.7 270.0 268.3 266.8 266.7 265.3 263.4 264.9 268.6 271.1 270.5 269.1 265.9 265.5 267.4 270.5 271.2 269.8 266.0 262.0 265.7 138 Baffin Bay 258.7 261.4 261.0 258.9 256.6 256.8 254.2 248.6 245.4 246.6 248.9 250.6 252.0 251.0 250.3 249.7 248.7 248.5 247.7 252.5 256.3 257.7 255.3 248.8 248.2 250.1 251.0 252.3 252.4 250.4 247.2 139 South Greenland 259.3 262.3 262.2 264.2 265.2 262.4 260.6 258.4 255.0 252.5 253.4 256.6 258.3 258.9 257.8 257.4 256.0 254.6 252.5 255.1 259.4 258.9 256.4 255.4 255.7 258.7 261.0 259.4 257.9 256.2 256.6 140 Greenland Sea 252.2 255.9 257.3 255.2 252.7 252.2 250.5 245.8 247.1 247.2 250.3 250.1 249.5 248.5 246.9 245.9 245.0 244.4 242.2 242.8 246.7 248.4 247.9 244.4 243.1 245.8 247.0 247.0 246.4 245.0 242.6 142 Norwegian Sea 280.2 278.3 277.3 276.3 278.1 280.8 279.6 275.3 274.4 276.0 277.0 274.7 273.4 273.4 274.4 276.4 278.3 277.4 276.2 275.8 275.0 273.0 273.2 276.7 276.5 276.4 277.6 277.0 277.1 277.3 277.9 144 Barents Sea 275.2 275.3 273.8 272.8 272.8 273.3 274.4 274.5 273.5 272.4 273.5 275.6 274.8 273.1 270.5 270.2 270.8 271.8 272.5 272.3 272.7 272.4 271.6 268.3 264.5 263.6 263.8 269.6 270.8 270.4 272.2 146 Kara Sea 277.7 277.2 277.8 279.0 279.0 278.5 277.9 278.7 280.0 281.2 278.8 276.3 276.1 277.9 278.3 275.9 272.7 270.5 270.3 270.7 270.9 271.9 273.0 273.9 273.4 272.7 271.1 267.2 264.4 262.5 262.3 148 Laptev Sea 273.5 272.7 273.0 272.6 271.9 272.1 273.3 272.0 269.4 269.8 272.2 272.8 272.0 270.5 270.7 271.7 268.7 267.5 264.5 265.2 265.0 264.6 264.1 264.5 263.7 260.2 259.5 261.5 259.2 254.8 252.0 150 East Siberian Sea 273.7 273.1 271.6 269.8 269.5 267.4 267.5 268.4 268.0 268.0 266.4 263.7 264.1 264.8 265.5 263.9 263.7 263.4 262.4 260.7 262.1 261.9 260.9 259.8 257.9 256.7 256.0 254.7 255.3 255.7 253.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 276.7 277.0 276.8 274.5 273.8 274.1 276.0 276.3 275.8 276.8 275.1 273.9 273.4 272.2 273.6 275.6 274.5 273.6 272.2 271.6 271.5 270.9 270.6 268.6 266.5 268.7 271.1 273.8 272.5 271.7 272.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 280.5 279.0 275.6 271.0 271.5 274.2 275.7 275.1 275.3 276.1 275.0 274.9 275.1 274.8 276.6 277.3 276.8 275.6 273.4 271.8 268.0 271.5 271.1 269.3 272.8 274.1 274.4 273.7 273.6 274.2 273.6