1972 09 - 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 282.8 282.7 281.9 280.9 280.3 280.5 280.2 280.6 280.8 280.8 280.2 279.6 279.4 279.2 278.6 278.0 277.4 276.7 276.2 276.3 276.1 275.9 275.7 275.1 274.4 274.1 273.6 273.3 273.4 273.4 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 289.8 289.8 290.2 287.4 286.5 286.4 284.7 286.3 287.9 288.3 287.2 284.7 284.5 285.4 284.0 280.9 280.2 281.9 283.0 283.6 281.7 279.2 279.3 278.4 277.9 277.1 277.6 278.1 278.7 279.7 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 287.1 284.7 283.0 283.5 282.4 284.3 283.9 282.7 280.1 278.8 280.4 279.1 276.1 275.4 277.8 276.9 276.9 276.4 275.0 275.5 278.2 279.9 275.6 275.2 275.8 274.9 273.6 274.1 276.1 276.3 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 283.4 284.7 287.0 287.2 284.4 283.9 282.1 280.6 279.3 279.5 278.7 279.2 279.2 277.6 276.9 275.6 274.3 272.8 272.4 273.5 273.9 273.7 273.8 273.8 273.2 274.8 274.1 272.7 271.4 270.7 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 266.0 266.9 266.0 267.1 268.0 267.6 267.7 265.3 266.5 269.9 268.0 264.7 263.3 261.4 259.3 260.6 258.8 260.5 260.4 256.1 257.2 257.9 255.3 255.8 258.2 258.0 259.0 259.0 259.1 256.2 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 280.9 283.6 285.2 285.1 283.2 282.8 281.9 279.2 279.3 278.5 277.0 276.4 275.4 275.0 273.9 272.9 273.4 273.5 273.5 275.0 275.5 275.5 275.3 274.8 274.2 274.1 274.1 273.5 269.8 267.7 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 287.2 287.4 285.0 282.8 282.5 280.5 281.2 283.0 283.2 281.8 281.0 281.3 282.6 282.1 280.3 279.4 277.1 275.6 274.8 274.5 273.9 273.1 273.1 273.1 273.2 273.3 274.1 273.9 275.0 276.3 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 276.2 276.0 273.1 272.2 273.4 274.0 273.3 273.6 272.9 272.6 271.8 271.1 270.6 269.5 269.2 269.2 268.2 267.6 267.4 266.9 266.5 266.5 265.9 263.8 262.8 262.8 264.1 264.9 264.4 261.3 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 273.7 274.5 274.4 276.6 276.4 275.6 275.9 275.5 274.3 273.0 272.8 272.8 273.1 273.1 273.1 273.1 273.0 272.9 272.1 269.4 268.6 269.4 269.6 268.9 268.5 267.3 265.6 266.6 269.1 268.8 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 262.7 263.8 264.2 264.0 263.3 262.8 264.1 267.4 271.1 270.5 266.4 264.3 266.2 266.8 264.7 264.9 263.8 264.7 263.8 261.8 260.1 261.1 261.5 260.3 263.3 266.0 266.3 263.3 259.8 256.9 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 269.6 269.7 271.3 270.1 267.7 268.5 270.7 272.2 272.4 272.0 270.5 271.0 271.1 270.3 267.6 268.4 268.9 268.4 267.8 267.0 266.6 266.4 268.7 267.9 268.7 270.5 268.6 265.8 265.2 263.4 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 260.3 259.7 261.0 260.7 262.6 263.4 263.1 262.0 266.4 266.9 264.6 265.2 263.7 264.1 260.1 261.1 260.0 261.0 257.7 258.2 255.7 257.5 257.4 257.5 259.3 261.9 263.9 262.2 260.0 254.7 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 285.2 284.0 282.3 279.2 280.5 282.0 284.6 283.5 281.8 282.7 283.7 282.7 281.6 280.9 280.9 282.3 282.6 280.7 280.4 280.3 280.7 279.7 279.4 279.5 279.5 277.6 276.5 277.5 278.9 279.8 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 283.7 284.7 283.9 283.3 281.1 280.8 281.6 282.6 284.0 284.1 283.4 282.9 282.8 282.0 283.0 283.7 282.3 278.9 276.9 276.9 277.2 278.0 278.8 280.4 281.2 280.5 278.4 278.0 278.2 277.4 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 286.2 285.9 284.3 283.2 283.5 284.3 283.7 283.4 282.6 282.2 282.0 281.5 281.6 281.3 280.6 280.7 280.7 280.1 280.0 280.5 281.2 281.4 281.3 279.9 277.3 276.2 275.8 275.7 276.1 276.9 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 283.1 281.3 280.4 280.3 280.0 280.7 280.7 281.0 280.9 281.9 282.5 281.9 280.8 281.3 283.0 282.8 281.5 279.4 277.5 277.1 277.4 277.0 275.7 276.2 275.8 274.4 272.9 273.2 273.9 274.2 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 280.8 280.7 279.0 278.2 276.5 277.2 276.1 277.2 277.7 277.7 276.3 277.0 276.9 275.8 274.1 273.9 275.7 275.5 275.3 275.3 275.0 274.9 275.2 273.3 272.8 273.2 271.7 269.4 268.7 269.6 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 279.3 284.9 286.1 283.7 278.1 278.3 278.7 278.4 280.5 281.4 281.2 281.7 281.4 279.3 279.1 278.2 276.0 274.4 274.6 275.3 275.2 274.7 275.7 276.2 275.4 275.8 275.6 275.9 277.0 277.3 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 286.9 287.5 286.2 285.4 283.8 284.6 285.6 285.6 284.2 283.5 284.2 284.2 283.4 282.0 282.0 277.9 277.5 277.5 277.8 278.8 280.6 281.4 281.6 281.4 281.7 281.1 278.9 278.9 278.2 273.7 -9999.0