1973 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 273.9 274.1 273.7 273.5 273.6 274.4 274.1 273.9 274.1 273.5 273.5 274.6 275.8 275.2 275.2 275.4 275.6 276.0 276.5 277.9 276.4 276.9 277.5 278.0 278.7 279.8 281.5 280.9 280.7 281.0 281.4 34 Hudson Bay 277.4 278.0 278.4 279.3 278.8 281.9 283.0 282.5 281.2 279.6 278.8 279.6 280.8 283.3 283.2 282.2 283.4 283.3 284.0 284.9 284.4 285.5 285.5 286.1 287.4 288.5 289.0 287.1 286.0 286.4 286.2 36 Hudson Strait 272.7 270.9 271.6 272.2 268.9 269.6 273.0 273.9 273.7 273.1 273.3 276.3 277.3 273.3 273.4 273.8 274.1 273.8 274.6 280.4 276.0 275.7 275.5 275.3 276.6 279.3 278.9 275.3 274.5 274.3 275.0 98 Bering Strait 270.9 270.9 271.5 272.3 272.5 273.0 271.6 272.1 272.8 272.9 273.4 273.6 276.3 274.6 274.1 273.6 273.6 273.3 274.3 275.0 273.6 273.8 274.2 274.4 274.6 276.4 279.2 278.9 275.9 276.2 276.4 128 Arctic subocean 262.5 261.6 260.6 258.1 256.9 257.1 257.1 257.3 258.4 258.3 259.8 259.2 259.3 260.0 261.5 261.1 260.0 261.9 266.7 267.1 263.9 265.0 266.1 267.7 268.3 269.1 268.8 271.5 272.3 273.2 273.7 130 Chukchi Sea 266.6 266.7 269.8 271.1 271.0 270.6 268.8 267.4 268.9 270.2 272.2 272.8 273.3 273.5 273.5 272.2 271.9 271.5 269.5 270.4 270.5 270.7 272.5 272.9 273.3 275.1 278.7 278.9 275.6 275.3 275.6 132 Beaufort Sea 278.5 279.0 278.5 277.6 279.0 280.2 279.2 277.8 278.3 277.6 277.9 280.8 285.1 284.9 282.0 282.2 280.6 277.8 278.8 280.2 279.5 280.8 281.9 283.5 284.2 286.0 287.4 286.7 285.0 284.5 283.6 134 Arctic Archipelago 270.0 270.9 268.1 263.7 263.3 264.6 264.9 265.4 267.2 269.1 269.4 270.3 271.5 270.6 269.6 269.9 268.5 267.8 266.9 268.8 270.3 271.6 273.2 273.9 273.8 276.1 278.3 277.9 276.3 276.0 276.2 136 Foxe Basin 271.5 269.7 270.2 267.1 258.8 259.0 264.4 265.9 267.1 267.8 268.3 267.3 268.4 270.3 269.2 270.3 271.6 272.7 271.4 270.9 270.8 270.5 273.0 273.9 274.1 273.5 272.9 273.7 274.1 274.1 274.2 138 Baffin Bay 263.3 263.7 261.7 261.6 262.4 262.1 259.5 257.3 258.7 255.9 257.7 258.4 258.9 258.2 257.0 255.3 257.3 265.8 267.8 263.1 260.7 262.0 264.2 265.9 267.2 268.6 268.1 269.5 270.1 271.2 271.9 139 South Greenland 269.3 269.0 267.8 267.6 266.3 263.8 260.7 262.9 265.6 263.5 263.3 265.1 265.9 265.1 265.0 264.0 265.9 270.2 271.6 271.3 270.1 270.0 269.4 269.2 269.3 269.7 269.7 270.1 271.3 271.0 270.4 140 Greenland Sea 261.7 262.1 261.8 262.7 264.0 263.2 258.7 257.9 256.4 255.5 257.7 259.6 258.6 256.9 257.3 257.5 255.1 262.7 270.4 267.2 261.4 261.9 263.4 264.9 267.0 266.5 265.6 267.3 267.1 267.2 269.1 142 Norwegian Sea 275.9 275.4 275.0 275.0 276.4 278.1 276.2 276.5 276.3 276.5 276.1 276.4 278.9 276.3 275.4 276.4 276.7 277.2 278.2 281.8 279.9 279.8 279.7 277.4 277.6 278.7 281.7 277.4 277.8 278.7 278.9 144 Barents Sea 276.5 276.4 277.9 277.7 276.2 277.6 277.3 275.8 274.5 276.3 279.9 282.9 284.9 281.8 281.3 282.9 282.3 279.9 280.0 283.8 278.8 279.0 278.4 278.7 277.3 275.6 280.9 277.9 277.3 277.4 278.4 146 Kara Sea 277.4 277.2 276.6 276.6 277.4 278.0 276.5 276.2 276.4 275.2 274.2 274.4 274.1 275.2 277.3 278.2 278.2 278.1 277.6 279.4 277.7 278.7 279.8 280.6 282.3 283.8 285.5 284.1 283.8 284.2 284.8 148 Laptev Sea 271.7 272.0 271.2 270.7 271.7 272.9 274.0 274.3 274.6 274.3 274.6 276.2 278.4 273.4 273.0 273.4 274.4 275.4 276.3 279.2 275.7 274.9 274.5 274.6 274.6 275.4 278.3 279.7 282.1 282.5 283.5 150 East Siberian Sea 269.4 269.7 269.9 270.2 267.9 267.2 270.4 271.7 272.5 271.6 271.6 271.4 270.4 269.4 270.3 270.9 271.8 272.5 272.1 272.1 275.7 277.7 277.9 277.0 276.3 276.3 277.4 279.5 281.1 282.4 283.1 152 Gulf of Alaska 275.0 274.4 274.3 274.5 274.7 274.4 274.1 274.3 274.3 274.0 274.4 275.9 279.2 277.9 276.8 275.0 275.3 274.7 276.2 277.5 275.4 274.4 275.0 275.7 275.6 276.5 278.7 275.7 274.7 274.9 275.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 272.6 273.4 273.7 274.5 276.3 278.1 274.8 274.2 273.3 273.8 274.5 277.2 282.4 282.8 275.0 274.7 274.9 275.3 279.0 280.4 277.8 277.0 276.1 277.1 277.3 279.3 282.2 281.7 279.4 280.5 280.8