1972 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 288.2 288.6 289.1 289.3 289.1 288.7 288.0 287.7 287.7 287.6 287.7 287.9 287.6 287.1 286.7 286.5 286.3 286.3 286.2 285.8 285.4 284.6 285.1 285.2 285.3 284.7 284.6 283.9 283.9 283.5 283.2 34 Hudson Bay 289.6 288.7 289.7 290.9 290.9 290.9 290.6 291.5 292.9 293.5 293.6 293.1 293.5 294.9 295.6 296.2 297.1 296.1 295.8 296.4 294.8 292.3 294.6 295.4 296.5 296.8 296.8 294.4 292.7 293.3 292.2 36 Hudson Strait 286.9 284.2 285.8 284.6 284.2 284.2 284.2 284.3 283.4 283.3 284.0 284.1 285.4 286.1 285.1 286.0 284.4 281.5 282.8 282.2 283.8 281.0 280.5 281.3 282.1 280.8 283.6 283.8 282.5 279.5 282.3 98 Bering Strait 288.8 288.6 289.2 290.5 290.8 289.7 288.7 287.8 287.3 287.4 289.0 289.7 288.3 287.5 286.9 286.5 286.2 286.4 286.7 287.0 287.0 286.5 286.0 284.9 283.9 284.7 284.8 284.4 283.5 284.1 284.1 128 Arctic subocean 272.9 273.7 273.7 273.8 274.1 273.9 273.6 273.7 273.6 274.6 272.7 273.0 272.8 272.8 272.2 271.4 271.7 271.2 270.4 270.5 271.4 270.6 269.4 270.2 270.1 269.3 269.0 267.6 265.8 266.0 265.4 130 Chukchi Sea 288.5 290.1 290.7 290.9 288.8 286.7 285.5 287.0 287.4 286.2 285.9 286.5 287.4 286.8 286.9 285.6 285.3 284.8 284.2 283.9 284.3 285.4 285.9 285.7 283.1 282.9 284.1 285.4 284.9 283.6 282.0 132 Beaufort Sea 290.4 290.2 288.4 288.4 290.0 291.7 291.6 291.9 291.4 288.9 289.0 289.5 290.4 291.4 292.9 293.0 292.5 291.2 290.8 292.9 294.4 294.5 293.8 293.5 292.6 290.0 289.0 289.2 288.4 285.6 285.5 134 Arctic Archipelago 278.9 278.9 278.0 278.4 279.8 282.7 283.3 283.3 282.6 281.2 281.3 282.6 281.6 278.8 278.7 279.2 279.3 278.1 277.1 277.5 278.7 278.6 278.6 279.6 279.7 278.1 277.0 275.7 275.7 275.2 275.4 136 Foxe Basin 277.2 276.6 277.1 277.1 277.7 279.0 278.2 277.5 277.2 276.8 277.6 277.7 279.5 277.6 274.5 274.0 274.2 273.9 274.7 274.7 275.2 274.9 274.0 273.8 274.5 275.4 275.0 275.5 275.8 275.1 274.3 138 Baffin Bay 270.9 272.2 273.1 273.3 273.6 272.8 271.7 270.7 270.3 271.5 271.2 271.1 270.1 270.0 269.6 269.0 268.2 268.7 267.8 268.1 268.7 268.7 269.5 269.0 268.0 266.1 265.5 264.1 266.7 265.4 262.9 139 South Greenland 274.0 274.8 275.4 275.6 275.1 275.3 274.7 274.3 273.6 272.5 272.2 272.1 271.7 271.6 270.8 270.4 270.4 270.0 269.6 270.5 270.3 271.2 270.8 268.9 268.6 268.6 268.0 269.1 271.3 271.1 271.1 140 Greenland Sea 270.0 271.4 272.0 272.9 273.2 272.1 270.9 270.1 269.0 270.1 271.2 270.8 269.5 268.2 267.2 267.2 267.6 266.5 266.8 267.1 268.1 266.7 269.5 266.8 266.5 264.6 264.2 260.3 268.0 266.5 263.6 142 Norwegian Sea 290.1 288.6 287.1 284.9 284.7 286.0 288.5 288.6 289.5 286.6 284.4 284.6 286.3 287.4 286.7 285.9 285.6 283.2 283.9 285.4 283.1 283.2 284.4 283.6 283.1 283.2 284.8 285.1 284.1 285.6 286.2 144 Barents Sea 291.5 292.0 292.3 294.4 297.0 295.0 293.4 294.6 297.7 298.3 296.3 293.9 292.2 288.7 287.2 287.3 286.8 289.4 291.3 290.9 290.8 291.6 292.5 293.2 289.8 288.2 290.5 288.9 287.9 283.8 282.5 146 Kara Sea 292.9 294.2 294.5 293.5 292.0 291.3 291.4 291.5 290.6 289.5 289.9 291.0 290.6 289.6 289.4 289.3 288.3 288.8 288.5 287.3 287.1 286.1 286.7 286.8 287.7 287.4 286.3 286.0 286.3 286.7 286.4 148 Laptev Sea 292.1 292.0 293.6 294.1 293.3 291.0 288.1 286.2 288.0 289.0 288.5 287.8 288.0 288.0 286.1 284.7 284.8 285.9 286.6 284.7 283.8 283.8 283.2 283.5 283.9 282.9 283.7 283.5 283.5 283.0 283.5 150 East Siberian Sea 285.3 286.8 289.0 289.4 290.3 291.0 291.1 288.6 284.3 287.1 288.6 289.5 288.9 287.2 287.2 287.3 287.4 287.0 283.6 281.3 276.8 275.9 278.1 278.6 278.4 280.0 279.9 278.9 280.3 281.6 282.2 152 Gulf of Alaska 287.5 288.0 287.1 286.5 285.8 285.2 284.4 285.1 285.6 287.4 288.6 288.9 285.9 283.0 280.7 281.6 281.6 281.9 285.2 286.3 285.7 280.5 279.8 278.4 279.4 280.5 283.3 281.8 279.2 279.1 279.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 293.3 292.5 291.7 291.5 291.3 288.5 287.8 287.7 288.6 290.3 292.1 290.1 285.3 286.2 286.3 286.4 286.3 286.7 285.7 285.0 284.7 284.6 285.7 285.1 285.2 285.5 285.9 285.8 286.0 286.1 286.4