1972 10 - 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 273.4 273.5 273.2 272.6 271.8 271.8 271.4 270.3 269.8 270.8 271.2 270.6 269.8 268.9 268.5 267.8 267.3 267.4 268.4 269.3 268.3 267.2 265.3 264.8 264.1 264.1 262.9 262.2 262.5 263.0 262.5 34 Hudson Bay 279.0 281.1 283.9 284.3 280.2 278.6 279.0 277.1 275.0 277.2 275.1 275.6 276.2 274.7 274.6 274.0 268.2 267.5 272.5 275.6 275.2 272.2 271.9 272.6 272.4 272.9 268.8 267.7 266.5 268.2 271.8 36 Hudson Strait 273.6 274.2 272.3 277.8 278.7 273.4 270.1 272.2 271.6 269.6 272.0 270.1 268.2 269.5 270.6 269.0 270.4 270.8 268.3 267.3 270.9 272.3 269.3 265.9 267.9 271.3 269.5 266.3 268.8 264.3 264.9 98 Bering Strait 269.7 268.1 267.0 267.3 269.3 269.9 271.1 269.8 270.0 272.4 272.2 271.8 270.2 272.1 273.6 271.9 270.6 270.1 268.9 267.1 266.9 267.9 269.3 268.7 269.6 269.7 269.6 269.4 269.3 266.0 263.3 128 Arctic subocean 254.4 251.5 252.1 253.5 253.4 252.9 252.1 250.4 252.4 252.6 249.3 249.0 250.3 253.3 253.1 253.7 254.3 252.8 254.7 266.4 263.5 256.1 253.2 248.9 246.7 249.1 250.8 252.7 251.3 253.9 250.4 130 Chukchi Sea 267.7 266.6 266.8 267.8 266.9 266.0 271.7 274.1 274.4 273.8 272.3 268.8 268.1 267.6 271.1 272.1 271.7 271.1 268.6 268.3 268.5 269.1 270.3 271.2 273.3 273.2 272.8 272.4 270.0 267.2 266.5 132 Beaufort Sea 277.5 277.2 276.5 271.8 272.1 274.3 274.3 270.5 269.4 269.1 272.3 275.9 275.0 274.6 274.8 272.7 269.9 273.5 273.8 271.9 269.5 270.6 269.4 268.8 268.0 265.2 264.8 266.2 267.9 271.1 268.7 134 Arctic Archipelago 260.2 262.5 265.6 266.1 261.4 259.1 259.6 259.1 258.3 259.1 262.9 264.2 263.0 257.8 255.3 253.5 254.4 255.5 257.8 260.7 257.6 258.0 257.4 253.6 251.7 252.6 251.2 251.8 254.6 260.7 258.6 136 Foxe Basin 268.7 265.8 265.9 272.3 272.0 266.5 259.1 256.5 259.5 262.1 261.2 259.0 257.7 261.1 265.2 267.4 267.0 264.3 265.3 262.8 260.1 258.6 256.2 256.5 256.2 254.5 254.6 251.3 249.7 250.5 261.1 138 Baffin Bay 255.5 256.2 254.5 255.2 255.9 255.9 256.1 255.0 255.4 261.2 261.4 256.7 250.3 251.0 251.9 249.9 258.4 259.4 265.8 268.8 261.8 254.0 251.3 250.4 249.7 251.4 255.4 257.5 255.6 254.9 251.9 139 South Greenland 264.8 265.4 260.8 258.4 258.0 260.8 260.4 258.7 260.7 266.0 263.5 256.7 254.5 255.0 254.2 259.8 265.7 266.0 269.0 268.9 262.5 258.2 257.0 254.8 252.4 252.9 254.5 253.4 255.4 257.8 257.7 140 Greenland Sea 252.6 253.4 252.4 248.7 247.9 247.6 249.1 248.1 248.8 254.0 258.1 252.3 249.8 250.5 250.2 249.2 254.3 256.5 261.9 267.4 264.4 259.7 256.3 250.7 245.2 245.2 247.9 249.5 250.2 252.5 250.4 142 Norwegian Sea 281.5 279.8 278.3 279.6 277.2 279.2 280.5 280.9 279.7 279.5 277.9 276.4 277.5 278.3 278.7 277.6 276.1 275.0 275.8 274.6 273.3 273.3 274.5 274.6 275.5 275.7 275.7 275.0 275.1 275.2 275.3 144 Barents Sea 276.9 277.1 276.9 277.2 276.7 275.5 275.6 274.3 272.9 275.5 275.8 275.5 274.2 272.8 274.2 273.8 273.3 272.8 271.7 272.2 273.1 273.6 272.9 273.4 273.4 272.9 271.3 270.5 269.8 267.9 264.5 146 Kara Sea 278.6 278.5 276.4 275.8 275.8 276.5 276.2 275.4 274.8 274.5 274.3 273.2 272.5 270.7 269.4 268.7 268.9 269.2 270.3 271.4 271.7 270.8 267.1 268.5 268.4 268.9 267.3 266.0 266.5 266.3 265.6 148 Laptev Sea 273.2 272.0 272.8 271.5 270.6 270.8 269.7 270.0 269.4 269.1 270.6 271.0 270.1 268.4 267.8 267.3 266.6 265.4 263.6 263.9 263.5 262.2 258.3 255.8 254.3 254.7 253.6 251.7 252.2 252.5 252.2 150 East Siberian Sea 270.0 269.5 270.3 271.0 270.6 269.1 266.6 264.6 265.4 265.2 266.5 266.2 267.6 268.0 266.3 265.3 263.4 262.3 260.7 260.9 260.6 261.3 262.0 263.1 260.6 258.4 256.1 254.7 255.2 254.3 252.9 152 Gulf of Alaska 274.0 273.8 270.9 274.9 276.4 275.9 273.0 272.3 271.5 274.6 276.1 276.3 276.3 278.7 280.1 276.7 276.2 275.3 274.3 272.8 273.5 273.6 274.3 273.8 272.7 272.7 272.1 272.9 274.7 273.7 271.5 154 Southeast Bering Sea 271.6 272.0 272.2 276.4 275.6 274.2 275.2 277.0 277.9 279.3 279.2 277.8 278.2 281.1 282.1 277.3 275.8 275.5 274.9 275.4 275.2 274.6 274.4 271.7 274.7 274.9 274.5 274.8 274.3 271.1 272.9