1973 01 - 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 255.3 255.0 254.8 255.2 255.5 255.9 255.7 255.8 256.2 256.3 255.0 253.4 253.4 253.1 252.5 252.6 252.6 252.9 252.5 254.2 253.5 254.3 254.6 253.3 251.8 251.0 250.6 250.4 250.7 251.0 250.9 34 Hudson Bay 261.8 259.7 257.3 254.2 250.2 248.2 247.6 251.6 254.1 256.9 259.1 259.2 260.6 261.3 261.3 259.0 258.4 261.6 260.8 263.0 266.0 266.2 267.1 268.9 268.8 264.8 259.1 255.6 255.1 255.6 260.0 36 Hudson Strait 260.7 256.2 247.6 251.2 247.9 244.2 242.3 243.4 245.7 247.3 248.1 247.4 249.0 249.2 247.9 248.6 243.5 246.8 249.5 249.1 249.3 253.1 265.9 263.3 255.7 258.7 257.3 252.1 251.1 248.6 247.2 98 Bering Strait 257.5 259.0 263.7 264.5 263.2 264.2 263.4 265.0 262.2 258.0 251.5 248.9 247.1 247.3 246.5 245.4 247.3 248.5 247.8 250.1 246.9 247.3 247.8 244.2 244.6 248.5 254.3 259.5 261.4 257.7 249.0 128 Arctic subocean 243.1 243.2 242.8 244.1 247.6 252.2 251.8 249.7 244.6 243.9 244.2 241.1 240.9 244.0 243.3 244.9 245.7 246.2 245.1 248.7 248.2 243.7 247.2 247.2 250.9 249.0 241.1 239.1 241.3 245.5 244.7 130 Chukchi Sea 260.0 268.0 267.3 270.0 267.7 264.4 265.2 269.8 263.8 253.9 247.5 239.9 242.5 244.9 244.4 240.9 240.1 241.1 243.4 245.4 243.0 239.8 238.4 237.3 241.0 250.9 254.3 251.5 248.9 243.2 243.7 132 Beaufort Sea 259.4 257.2 255.0 258.5 258.2 259.0 261.4 262.7 266.0 265.5 262.2 258.5 255.7 254.6 250.6 248.9 251.3 253.3 257.6 258.7 258.0 262.0 264.4 263.0 257.1 254.4 254.3 259.2 264.2 265.6 261.4 134 Arctic Archipelago 245.9 245.0 244.7 244.4 245.7 256.2 259.7 258.2 253.1 252.6 250.5 242.7 238.8 238.9 238.6 238.6 238.9 239.3 239.5 245.3 245.4 244.7 246.7 247.7 243.5 241.9 239.2 238.7 244.7 250.9 248.7 136 Foxe Basin 244.5 241.1 245.1 237.6 234.2 238.5 243.3 247.8 247.5 245.7 241.9 241.1 241.6 240.8 238.7 242.2 243.2 242.3 240.3 238.7 239.4 242.6 252.6 253.9 248.1 246.5 244.9 242.2 240.0 239.0 238.3 138 Baffin Bay 236.0 237.7 237.0 235.2 242.1 244.4 247.2 250.0 254.9 255.2 250.4 247.8 252.3 251.9 254.6 255.3 253.2 251.6 251.9 249.9 251.2 252.4 252.0 252.3 252.3 251.4 246.8 241.2 240.9 241.2 240.7 139 South Greenland 243.5 244.7 247.4 246.9 247.8 250.2 259.9 261.3 265.9 263.6 257.6 261.3 259.8 258.3 257.7 255.4 252.6 255.8 255.4 253.1 257.9 257.6 257.7 254.0 253.1 252.9 251.3 248.4 247.5 248.7 252.9 140 Greenland Sea 236.2 236.9 236.4 237.3 239.6 245.2 246.3 253.5 256.0 262.0 260.0 249.6 253.8 254.4 250.9 252.7 253.7 253.3 254.4 252.3 253.0 250.5 248.7 248.9 248.0 248.1 247.9 241.5 239.0 242.7 242.4 142 Norwegian Sea 276.3 275.7 274.3 276.0 276.3 274.9 276.5 275.1 276.2 275.5 275.8 274.6 273.9 271.6 272.7 272.9 272.3 273.2 271.1 271.5 268.4 270.8 270.3 276.1 275.8 274.2 270.7 270.6 272.0 273.2 273.8 144 Barents Sea 271.6 269.7 269.0 267.1 268.0 267.0 262.4 262.0 259.0 258.6 259.1 261.9 268.7 267.4 266.8 267.3 265.8 258.5 253.9 263.5 262.8 262.6 262.8 259.2 257.5 254.4 246.0 242.8 244.6 251.1 254.8 146 Kara Sea 258.7 258.3 258.3 260.7 262.0 260.1 258.2 257.2 257.1 256.2 256.0 255.3 254.8 255.0 255.4 256.4 257.0 257.1 255.8 256.0 252.5 254.5 253.5 250.1 248.0 247.5 249.8 250.9 249.5 248.8 248.9 148 Laptev Sea 247.6 250.1 251.1 251.7 253.2 255.3 253.5 249.6 250.1 252.8 250.9 248.5 248.2 245.9 244.5 246.9 247.6 246.2 245.7 247.9 248.0 247.9 247.2 247.2 246.8 245.5 246.1 246.2 245.8 245.8 246.3 150 East Siberian Sea 250.2 246.5 245.5 244.4 244.6 244.6 244.4 243.2 242.2 242.4 242.2 241.1 242.2 245.1 244.1 243.8 241.9 241.8 241.9 244.3 243.0 242.0 239.2 240.0 241.9 241.9 242.2 243.8 243.1 243.2 241.9 152 Gulf of Alaska 265.2 263.5 267.8 267.2 267.8 270.6 270.9 269.4 268.3 265.6 265.2 263.0 258.6 254.8 256.2 255.4 259.4 260.4 259.5 261.4 257.9 261.7 259.8 255.3 255.3 261.0 269.2 269.8 271.3 268.6 263.8 154 Southeast Bering Sea 261.2 269.9 271.1 268.7 273.5 271.8 274.0 273.7 272.6 268.5 262.4 256.9 249.5 246.9 247.3 245.9 245.0 243.6 243.1 248.4 241.8 242.3 243.4 245.2 249.5 261.9 271.3 273.3 273.2 254.6 252.5