1972 05 - 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 272.9 272.7 272.2 271.9 271.9 272.5 273.9 274.4 274.1 274.6 274.8 274.9 276.1 276.8 276.6 276.2 276.2 276.4 276.8 277.4 278.6 277.6 276.7 276.9 277.4 277.6 278.7 279.8 279.5 279.5 279.6 34 Hudson Bay 277.2 277.8 277.9 277.5 276.5 275.4 276.1 277.8 279.1 280.3 281.0 281.2 282.9 284.4 285.1 284.9 284.4 285.0 286.6 287.4 288.0 288.0 286.2 285.7 286.3 286.7 287.4 286.3 284.9 285.4 287.6 36 Hudson Strait 261.5 266.8 269.4 272.2 271.9 270.7 270.0 268.8 267.7 269.7 271.0 270.6 272.3 272.0 272.4 273.7 273.1 270.6 273.1 273.9 272.6 270.6 269.7 271.9 273.3 273.6 275.4 275.5 273.7 272.4 273.3 98 Bering Strait 272.3 272.2 272.1 272.0 273.0 275.1 278.8 275.8 273.8 273.2 271.9 273.4 273.5 274.1 272.8 273.3 274.1 274.6 274.9 274.4 275.5 273.4 273.1 273.8 274.0 274.0 278.1 282.8 280.7 276.8 276.7 128 Arctic subocean 257.0 258.7 260.2 259.0 259.2 260.2 260.1 261.8 262.9 262.4 261.1 262.5 263.0 265.5 265.4 265.4 265.2 264.5 263.3 264.0 264.5 265.8 265.2 263.9 263.2 264.8 267.8 266.9 264.1 266.9 268.9 130 Chukchi Sea 270.2 270.4 268.9 270.1 272.1 273.3 274.3 273.0 272.9 273.0 272.8 273.7 274.0 273.7 271.5 272.7 271.5 270.7 269.6 269.3 271.3 272.7 274.0 274.3 274.5 274.8 276.2 279.4 275.8 274.6 274.6 132 Beaufort Sea 274.7 274.8 275.0 274.6 274.2 275.3 279.9 279.4 276.6 276.1 274.9 275.8 277.6 277.4 275.4 275.0 277.4 278.5 280.0 284.1 284.9 282.5 277.4 277.3 278.3 279.7 283.3 287.1 287.6 284.2 281.9 134 Arctic Archipelago 266.1 266.9 267.1 266.9 265.9 267.7 268.1 267.8 267.3 266.8 265.6 264.6 266.4 266.7 267.5 266.4 265.5 266.5 267.1 268.3 267.7 268.3 269.4 270.9 271.4 271.4 271.0 271.2 271.2 270.9 270.2 136 Foxe Basin 268.6 270.8 269.3 267.7 268.0 268.6 266.9 266.6 267.0 268.4 268.9 269.0 266.8 263.7 266.5 270.2 268.8 265.2 265.8 265.4 265.1 266.3 269.0 272.4 273.1 273.3 272.8 270.7 271.5 271.0 270.2 138 Baffin Bay 264.5 264.2 264.0 262.2 261.2 262.6 263.2 265.1 264.8 265.5 266.9 266.9 268.6 268.6 267.3 265.9 263.6 263.1 264.2 265.3 266.8 268.1 268.7 268.1 266.6 265.8 265.5 264.6 264.9 266.9 267.7 139 South Greenland 267.6 268.1 266.5 265.8 266.4 267.1 268.1 268.7 270.0 271.0 271.3 271.2 270.5 268.5 267.9 267.1 268.2 266.8 267.4 269.0 270.2 270.9 271.8 272.1 272.8 271.8 270.0 269.2 269.7 269.2 268.3 140 Greenland Sea 264.5 265.2 262.2 261.2 258.6 262.8 267.3 268.4 269.3 269.7 269.8 269.9 270.1 270.6 267.7 267.3 266.5 266.3 265.5 267.3 269.9 271.4 270.9 269.7 268.7 265.0 264.2 264.9 264.1 267.3 268.0 142 Norwegian Sea 276.0 276.8 277.0 277.0 276.5 278.6 280.7 276.7 276.7 276.9 276.7 275.7 276.4 278.7 278.0 278.3 280.4 281.6 281.3 282.0 283.1 278.0 277.1 278.0 278.9 278.2 279.5 280.0 276.4 277.7 278.1 144 Barents Sea 272.6 272.0 273.2 273.0 275.3 272.6 275.3 271.5 270.4 272.2 273.3 273.6 273.8 274.6 274.9 275.5 275.8 276.2 277.2 281.0 284.5 282.1 279.0 277.9 279.2 280.0 281.6 283.4 282.1 281.3 281.5 146 Kara Sea 276.9 274.4 272.2 272.0 272.7 273.9 275.4 277.7 277.6 278.2 278.9 279.0 281.4 282.5 281.0 279.3 278.8 279.1 278.3 277.1 278.1 277.9 278.9 279.9 280.2 279.8 281.1 283.3 284.1 284.9 284.5 148 Laptev Sea 270.9 272.5 273.1 272.0 271.9 271.6 271.7 272.1 271.8 271.7 271.7 270.9 271.4 272.8 275.9 276.1 276.8 277.1 277.9 278.5 279.4 277.4 274.3 273.8 275.1 276.7 276.0 275.8 275.9 277.0 277.4 150 East Siberian Sea 271.3 271.0 271.8 272.0 271.6 271.4 270.5 270.9 272.5 273.0 273.3 273.3 273.4 273.9 274.3 274.6 274.5 274.2 273.6 273.0 277.4 273.7 273.3 273.2 272.5 272.7 273.1 273.9 273.6 273.8 273.8 152 Gulf of Alaska 273.5 273.8 274.2 274.7 275.2 278.9 282.8 281.9 275.6 275.4 274.4 274.4 275.1 275.1 274.5 274.4 274.8 274.8 275.1 276.8 277.5 274.2 274.2 274.7 274.9 275.4 281.0 282.8 282.3 280.2 278.8 154 Southeast Bering Sea 273.6 274.0 274.2 274.6 274.3 277.5 280.2 277.6 274.9 274.9 274.5 274.5 275.3 277.9 275.5 274.5 274.8 274.9 274.9 274.1 275.6 274.3 274.7 275.4 275.2 275.3 281.3 282.2 278.9 279.9 280.0