1973 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 288.9 288.4 288.3 288.3 288.4 288.2 288.2 288.5 288.6 288.1 287.9 287.6 287.9 287.5 287.1 287.0 287.0 287.3 287.3 286.8 286.9 286.8 287.0 286.9 286.6 287.0 287.4 286.9 286.4 285.8 284.7 34 Hudson Bay 298.1 298.6 297.6 297.4 297.3 296.1 294.7 295.0 295.5 296.4 296.0 294.0 296.4 297.1 297.0 297.3 297.1 297.1 296.6 292.3 292.0 291.3 292.5 293.7 292.6 293.8 295.3 294.3 292.7 292.6 293.4 36 Hudson Strait 286.1 288.3 288.6 291.1 292.5 291.2 289.4 288.0 289.2 290.6 290.5 288.7 291.0 290.0 289.7 290.7 288.8 288.8 290.1 290.8 290.3 285.4 282.9 283.2 282.2 283.7 285.8 284.2 284.0 285.6 285.2 98 Bering Strait 284.8 285.5 286.1 286.6 286.2 285.3 284.6 285.2 284.8 282.4 282.5 282.7 281.8 280.5 281.0 282.4 284.3 286.4 287.3 286.9 286.1 283.5 282.2 282.5 282.3 282.4 282.5 280.7 279.6 280.0 279.5 128 Arctic subocean 274.5 274.3 274.8 274.0 273.4 273.6 273.3 272.3 272.4 272.5 272.2 272.4 272.5 272.3 272.2 271.5 272.0 272.4 271.8 270.4 271.3 272.7 273.6 273.2 271.7 270.3 269.7 269.9 272.0 272.2 271.4 130 Chukchi Sea 283.8 283.4 285.3 288.3 287.9 284.0 282.9 284.1 284.0 278.2 277.7 277.8 279.4 280.7 281.6 283.1 283.7 284.2 285.2 283.9 283.9 281.3 281.4 281.5 280.4 279.4 280.8 279.5 277.9 278.7 278.0 132 Beaufort Sea 290.5 290.3 291.0 291.2 289.9 290.4 292.6 293.0 292.4 290.2 289.1 289.6 289.4 287.5 285.9 283.7 283.1 283.6 285.0 287.0 290.1 291.3 291.7 290.3 289.1 287.4 286.1 284.3 283.6 284.0 284.5 134 Arctic Archipelago 285.4 282.6 281.4 283.4 284.2 284.8 284.5 285.2 284.8 283.9 282.1 283.2 283.2 279.8 278.1 277.6 277.3 276.2 276.2 276.3 276.4 278.7 279.0 279.6 280.8 282.3 282.2 281.5 280.4 278.7 278.7 136 Foxe Basin 277.4 277.7 278.6 279.4 282.4 281.2 280.6 280.9 279.7 277.8 279.2 280.4 280.6 280.5 280.5 280.0 279.3 278.2 277.9 279.6 278.9 277.3 278.7 278.1 278.2 278.7 278.4 278.8 279.6 279.2 279.3 138 Baffin Bay 272.6 273.1 273.2 273.2 273.1 272.9 272.5 271.8 271.4 271.3 270.4 269.5 270.5 270.5 270.9 270.6 271.0 270.6 269.7 269.9 271.6 272.3 272.6 270.8 270.0 269.8 270.0 269.5 269.8 270.4 270.1 139 South Greenland 272.7 272.8 273.4 273.7 274.2 273.6 273.7 274.3 273.6 272.5 272.8 273.7 273.4 273.1 273.4 273.8 273.3 273.1 273.3 273.9 275.2 275.7 275.1 274.6 274.1 273.9 272.7 271.8 271.8 270.9 270.7 140 Greenland Sea 271.8 270.7 271.5 272.4 271.3 270.9 270.0 268.8 267.6 268.8 269.2 267.1 267.1 268.5 268.5 267.8 267.0 267.4 267.2 268.1 273.0 272.5 273.1 271.0 267.8 266.8 266.7 266.7 266.3 266.1 266.1 142 Norwegian Sea 281.9 282.0 283.2 286.9 286.6 284.8 284.3 280.5 280.5 283.1 283.6 285.0 285.4 286.4 286.3 287.7 289.2 285.7 282.3 281.8 280.3 281.2 281.5 281.0 280.9 282.3 284.5 285.5 285.2 285.4 284.9 144 Barents Sea 288.0 289.1 289.8 289.7 289.0 288.8 290.3 292.0 293.2 293.2 293.6 293.0 292.0 290.6 290.2 289.4 286.6 289.5 291.6 291.7 291.3 289.7 285.4 283.1 283.1 283.0 282.4 282.2 282.7 282.6 281.9 146 Kara Sea 291.5 289.2 287.8 288.2 289.0 289.6 290.1 290.6 292.6 293.5 294.2 293.9 294.3 294.5 293.6 292.8 292.3 291.7 289.9 289.5 290.4 291.3 292.1 292.1 291.7 292.3 292.8 293.0 292.6 291.8 289.7 148 Laptev Sea 291.5 292.3 292.3 291.8 291.6 291.2 289.9 289.4 289.0 287.1 285.3 284.7 284.2 283.5 283.8 285.4 287.5 289.6 290.9 290.9 289.0 288.1 289.2 289.8 290.3 291.1 291.7 291.7 290.9 289.2 288.1 150 East Siberian Sea 293.0 291.6 293.7 287.8 288.8 289.0 292.9 292.5 285.7 284.5 283.8 285.1 286.9 287.1 285.3 284.9 284.2 283.2 284.4 283.8 282.3 281.3 280.9 280.4 281.1 282.1 285.1 284.2 287.0 284.3 277.1 152 Gulf of Alaska 278.9 279.3 280.4 282.1 283.8 281.7 279.6 279.3 278.9 278.6 282.4 283.1 280.1 279.0 279.7 280.5 281.5 285.3 287.9 288.6 281.8 279.8 279.6 279.4 281.0 282.0 279.1 278.5 278.2 278.1 277.6 154 Southeast Bering Sea 283.7 285.3 287.3 287.8 285.5 284.3 283.8 286.0 286.4 285.9 284.5 285.1 284.5 285.4 286.6 287.5 289.9 290.8 290.4 289.6 286.6 286.4 286.0 286.2 283.0 284.3 284.4 283.2 281.9 282.1 283.0