1972 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 254.2 252.8 252.5 252.6 252.1 252.0 251.3 250.9 250.2 249.1 247.7 246.3 246.8 247.9 249.2 250.1 249.6 248.1 247.6 247.8 247.9 247.5 247.1 247.0 247.9 249.2 250.9 251.9 252.2 252.5 253.5 34 Hudson Bay 263.5 261.6 254.1 252.2 253.2 256.6 254.7 254.2 256.2 255.4 252.9 250.6 248.1 246.0 248.9 256.6 257.8 253.5 247.6 246.2 251.2 253.8 252.1 246.1 245.6 245.9 249.2 251.8 252.9 255.6 254.8 36 Hudson Strait 250.9 259.3 258.3 255.9 248.8 245.8 250.6 250.2 242.8 245.9 245.1 247.6 248.2 252.5 246.6 244.1 245.1 246.7 247.3 247.1 241.7 242.4 256.0 254.3 249.0 250.0 243.0 242.4 244.0 245.4 246.7 98 Bering Strait 259.2 260.3 260.9 258.6 255.3 249.3 247.7 246.5 244.4 240.5 241.6 245.4 248.9 250.4 252.7 252.4 249.7 248.7 251.9 255.0 255.8 253.2 250.4 251.4 254.2 263.8 267.3 268.5 267.4 261.8 261.0 128 Arctic subocean 240.8 239.9 240.4 239.3 240.3 239.3 240.3 245.4 252.5 252.7 253.4 242.4 237.2 238.5 238.5 244.6 246.5 245.8 248.6 246.9 246.0 248.2 249.2 243.4 237.3 240.3 240.9 242.4 246.2 245.0 244.4 130 Chukchi Sea 249.6 255.6 259.7 259.5 247.5 244.9 243.0 241.6 242.2 240.8 242.8 245.4 244.4 243.7 245.1 250.1 260.9 262.4 262.0 259.2 254.4 250.2 249.9 250.9 256.6 268.0 268.0 268.0 265.0 259.4 256.2 132 Beaufort Sea 262.8 258.5 254.6 252.2 250.8 249.4 248.1 250.1 251.3 246.9 242.8 241.2 241.8 246.5 253.8 253.4 249.3 244.2 247.1 250.4 251.4 247.2 245.4 244.2 247.3 254.5 259.3 261.7 265.6 265.9 261.7 134 Arctic Archipelago 243.4 242.8 241.1 237.5 234.1 234.9 235.5 237.5 240.1 238.9 238.4 237.5 237.4 237.0 236.4 233.9 234.3 238.3 240.7 242.2 240.1 238.4 236.2 238.7 245.6 246.0 243.2 243.9 244.9 243.8 245.2 136 Foxe Basin 233.9 238.5 242.0 245.9 246.5 243.6 243.3 241.1 236.8 236.1 240.9 241.6 240.4 241.9 241.1 238.6 233.8 232.8 229.5 232.2 231.9 231.7 234.8 235.3 236.3 236.5 233.1 236.3 238.5 238.6 238.5 138 Baffin Bay 242.2 237.9 244.2 246.6 248.8 252.7 255.7 255.7 256.9 256.1 253.0 246.9 247.0 246.4 250.5 254.7 255.4 254.4 248.0 244.0 244.2 246.3 239.5 238.2 236.6 235.7 245.2 248.3 245.2 244.7 247.2 139 South Greenland 254.8 251.1 260.5 259.3 262.2 262.6 261.1 260.1 259.6 259.1 257.1 257.1 257.2 256.5 259.2 259.5 256.5 250.8 247.3 251.4 252.8 247.0 243.3 243.7 243.6 245.3 255.7 255.2 253.2 253.3 259.2 140 Greenland Sea 246.3 245.2 247.3 251.7 250.8 254.2 254.8 253.5 256.2 256.0 257.5 253.1 254.2 252.2 250.4 254.5 254.3 256.9 258.0 255.2 250.7 247.0 246.3 245.5 240.9 236.2 242.6 249.0 250.6 251.2 252.7 142 Norwegian Sea 274.4 273.0 272.3 270.5 270.0 272.2 270.6 269.5 267.9 267.3 268.6 270.6 270.6 269.3 268.5 267.3 266.7 267.0 268.4 270.4 270.3 273.4 274.7 275.5 273.6 270.8 269.9 269.2 268.5 265.5 264.2 144 Barents Sea 267.4 263.8 264.2 265.7 261.1 265.5 267.4 262.6 258.8 264.7 259.0 252.4 253.4 258.4 259.3 258.7 261.9 264.4 262.6 255.9 254.6 258.0 260.1 261.0 258.9 257.2 255.2 252.8 254.6 258.9 261.5 146 Kara Sea 254.8 253.4 255.0 256.8 255.5 253.8 252.6 252.2 251.7 250.2 248.9 247.8 248.9 251.7 252.3 250.7 248.7 248.0 247.7 247.7 247.6 248.0 248.1 250.1 251.8 252.2 252.5 252.7 252.3 253.0 255.8 148 Laptev Sea 243.1 242.5 240.1 242.1 245.7 246.6 246.9 246.8 243.6 242.4 241.8 240.2 240.4 239.9 239.6 241.5 242.3 241.2 243.0 243.9 241.4 240.1 240.6 240.8 241.0 240.7 240.5 241.5 241.9 242.0 242.5 150 East Siberian Sea 244.9 243.6 246.9 246.1 244.7 242.5 241.1 240.0 238.3 238.2 238.6 239.0 240.0 240.0 239.8 241.6 242.1 238.4 238.0 239.5 240.4 240.0 241.4 242.4 242.8 243.8 244.7 244.7 243.7 242.3 244.6 152 Gulf of Alaska 266.9 265.3 269.2 268.3 267.4 266.0 265.1 262.3 259.5 253.2 250.4 254.1 261.7 264.3 264.8 259.2 253.5 252.5 253.8 255.9 257.4 257.4 255.8 256.9 261.1 265.1 270.7 272.2 272.6 268.1 268.6 154 Southeast Bering Sea 269.8 271.8 272.2 270.3 267.8 264.8 256.4 251.7 248.0 246.6 246.2 249.9 255.5 255.4 252.4 250.3 255.4 258.0 260.2 260.4 258.3 257.7 260.3 265.8 272.8 273.9 273.7 273.8 272.0 271.1 272.6