1972 03 - 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 254.6 254.9 255.3 255.8 256.2 255.8 255.1 254.9 255.2 256.6 256.9 257.4 259.0 260.4 260.5 260.6 260.1 259.8 260.5 261.0 260.9 261.1 261.6 262.1 262.6 263.2 263.2 263.3 263.6 264.1 264.6 34 Hudson Bay 248.1 249.5 251.2 254.3 257.4 258.4 257.1 256.2 255.9 261.0 264.5 266.8 269.0 272.2 272.6 270.9 266.8 263.2 263.7 264.9 265.4 265.5 265.6 266.4 266.8 267.4 268.6 269.6 270.1 270.5 270.7 36 Hudson Strait 243.5 243.5 246.7 246.5 248.6 249.8 248.9 252.6 250.4 245.8 250.5 254.2 250.9 260.1 267.9 270.4 270.9 263.2 253.0 252.9 251.7 252.3 256.7 259.8 260.9 262.9 264.5 265.5 266.7 268.1 267.7 98 Bering Strait 251.6 251.8 253.2 255.1 254.9 252.0 250.0 250.3 254.3 259.1 259.8 257.0 257.2 258.0 258.5 259.9 259.2 259.1 260.3 261.3 261.0 261.9 261.3 262.2 264.6 264.3 263.4 263.2 261.3 257.9 258.8 128 Arctic subocean 244.4 243.0 243.4 244.8 246.4 245.2 248.8 247.1 251.8 245.2 246.1 245.4 244.0 242.3 239.8 240.3 239.8 239.6 238.4 239.5 241.0 239.8 239.4 238.6 236.3 240.7 241.7 243.1 243.3 243.5 248.2 130 Chukchi Sea 253.4 251.4 254.9 254.3 251.2 249.7 250.9 251.3 255.3 258.3 254.0 254.0 251.0 250.9 251.6 250.9 250.7 250.8 250.4 250.4 247.6 247.5 248.6 249.7 251.6 250.2 251.0 252.9 252.2 252.8 256.9 132 Beaufort Sea 250.2 252.1 254.0 255.1 255.9 254.4 251.0 250.8 254.2 259.1 262.9 265.9 266.6 267.3 266.5 264.7 264.6 264.5 265.2 268.1 268.2 267.8 267.6 267.6 268.5 268.9 268.3 268.4 268.3 265.9 264.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 242.0 242.2 242.7 243.3 244.0 244.7 244.2 246.2 247.1 247.0 247.5 249.4 251.1 251.8 250.3 245.5 245.9 247.6 248.8 251.2 255.2 256.3 257.5 259.9 259.5 257.8 257.0 257.3 259.4 260.8 257.4 136 Foxe Basin 238.2 237.6 240.4 240.8 240.0 240.0 241.9 242.0 243.3 243.9 242.8 243.5 243.7 248.9 251.2 250.4 250.0 248.2 245.3 246.1 246.4 252.1 253.9 255.9 257.8 258.3 257.3 259.6 258.3 258.2 262.4 138 Baffin Bay 247.3 247.5 252.1 252.4 252.5 250.8 253.5 255.7 251.8 244.0 240.0 236.1 237.2 237.6 236.6 241.5 244.1 248.9 248.4 240.3 235.1 238.2 238.1 236.9 236.3 239.7 241.7 243.5 244.9 245.3 248.3 139 South Greenland 255.9 256.5 256.8 258.6 256.5 256.5 258.4 258.3 255.8 254.9 247.9 244.2 246.3 249.6 252.9 256.5 260.4 261.0 262.6 256.7 247.4 247.1 248.7 248.5 248.6 250.9 255.5 255.8 257.1 255.9 256.3 140 Greenland Sea 250.3 250.4 252.6 252.4 250.7 250.5 250.2 251.8 255.3 253.7 246.3 241.9 240.3 238.1 236.6 241.4 246.7 247.9 246.1 241.9 237.6 240.5 241.8 238.8 240.5 246.8 246.7 243.1 242.3 241.3 243.3 142 Norwegian Sea 272.3 272.4 269.7 271.4 272.2 272.0 271.1 270.8 269.0 268.9 275.2 275.4 275.2 272.3 274.5 275.5 274.6 276.9 277.6 276.0 276.1 275.1 272.7 272.6 273.0 273.0 271.8 272.4 272.5 273.7 273.5 144 Barents Sea 263.1 266.0 263.4 263.6 265.3 262.9 259.5 256.5 256.7 259.8 263.0 267.5 270.0 269.0 267.1 268.4 269.8 265.4 272.0 272.1 271.4 272.1 272.1 271.6 271.4 271.2 270.9 270.2 272.1 273.3 272.9 146 Kara Sea 259.8 259.0 258.7 258.8 259.6 259.8 258.6 256.9 255.4 256.6 257.0 257.3 260.0 261.2 262.3 263.5 262.1 262.5 263.7 265.0 265.5 264.8 266.4 267.8 269.5 270.4 269.9 269.3 268.9 269.8 270.8 148 Laptev Sea 259.1 258.3 257.9 256.4 254.2 253.3 253.9 255.1 256.1 255.4 255.4 256.4 257.9 259.9 257.6 255.0 256.6 258.1 257.9 258.5 260.0 259.6 259.1 257.0 256.0 256.8 256.1 257.7 259.5 261.1 262.5 150 East Siberian Sea 255.1 255.6 253.9 251.6 252.8 253.1 256.8 258.6 260.2 260.5 256.3 253.4 254.4 255.4 255.7 257.1 253.0 251.9 251.7 252.1 255.4 257.6 258.3 258.7 257.1 253.8 251.6 251.3 253.0 255.9 255.4 152 Gulf of Alaska 258.5 259.8 259.3 261.7 262.3 257.7 255.8 254.9 260.4 264.8 265.6 266.9 268.3 267.1 268.3 269.2 267.3 270.6 271.9 272.0 270.8 270.6 269.5 271.3 271.3 271.2 271.5 271.7 266.8 265.7 265.2 154 Southeast Bering Sea 258.9 259.5 257.5 261.4 260.9 258.3 257.4 255.5 254.6 256.2 257.3 257.0 256.9 256.3 258.4 258.7 261.2 261.8 263.2 264.6 262.4 259.0 257.4 272.4 272.4 272.6 271.7 264.4 256.3 258.9 265.9