1973 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 272.9 272.5 272.4 272.7 272.5 272.6 273.0 272.4 271.6 271.3 271.6 271.8 272.2 271.4 269.8 269.0 268.8 268.9 269.2 269.2 268.8 267.8 267.3 266.8 266.6 266.1 265.5 265.6 265.1 265.0 264.4 34 Hudson Bay 285.6 284.3 282.8 282.6 281.9 281.9 282.2 283.6 283.2 282.6 282.1 281.3 280.7 280.1 277.9 276.1 276.0 276.8 278.0 279.8 280.5 279.4 277.0 276.0 276.8 274.5 273.6 276.1 276.0 274.6 273.7 36 Hudson Strait 275.9 277.7 275.3 274.0 277.0 276.6 275.1 275.0 274.7 275.5 278.6 277.6 274.5 275.8 275.2 274.6 274.4 273.6 273.5 272.4 270.9 271.9 271.8 268.1 267.8 270.6 268.9 267.4 271.0 272.9 273.7 98 Bering Strait 273.1 272.8 273.3 272.5 272.0 272.0 270.3 267.9 270.7 270.9 267.9 266.4 268.5 268.0 267.4 267.6 268.7 268.6 266.5 265.4 264.7 262.6 262.5 262.3 264.5 266.7 265.5 265.8 266.1 266.8 265.3 128 Arctic subocean 252.7 250.1 249.2 253.1 254.9 258.9 262.9 264.2 265.5 265.6 265.0 263.1 259.8 259.1 259.9 254.5 254.4 254.4 254.8 254.5 252.7 249.7 247.3 246.7 242.5 246.5 250.6 255.7 256.9 255.8 251.3 130 Chukchi Sea 274.8 271.2 271.9 272.0 271.7 270.0 269.0 267.6 269.6 269.6 266.3 265.6 265.9 268.1 267.5 269.7 268.4 267.6 266.0 265.5 265.1 263.7 266.1 267.1 268.1 268.1 265.4 265.1 264.5 263.7 264.2 132 Beaufort Sea 276.9 277.3 277.3 275.5 274.2 273.6 273.0 272.9 272.6 274.8 275.5 275.0 273.7 270.8 269.3 270.0 271.8 272.4 271.7 270.7 268.9 268.1 268.3 268.3 268.2 269.9 273.4 273.8 270.7 269.0 266.6 134 Arctic Archipelago 265.0 263.8 266.1 268.9 268.6 269.1 269.3 269.2 271.1 270.9 269.9 268.6 269.7 270.1 269.4 267.0 265.2 263.3 262.2 261.7 260.5 257.2 256.1 258.1 256.7 257.2 261.1 265.3 263.6 260.6 258.6 136 Foxe Basin 270.8 268.7 270.4 272.0 272.4 273.2 271.9 271.2 272.1 272.1 272.4 272.3 271.8 272.7 272.7 271.5 271.1 271.2 270.5 268.6 267.3 267.4 267.2 266.2 266.1 265.9 264.2 265.0 265.6 266.7 265.8 138 Baffin Bay 259.0 257.0 254.5 254.4 255.3 259.4 263.0 262.3 261.0 259.7 263.0 263.2 260.8 259.1 259.6 258.9 257.8 259.9 260.0 257.1 256.7 253.1 250.5 248.8 245.8 244.9 243.2 247.0 252.6 253.7 252.1 139 South Greenland 265.8 262.1 260.8 263.0 263.5 264.3 265.0 264.1 262.2 260.5 263.2 265.4 264.9 261.9 261.4 262.1 263.1 263.1 260.2 258.0 257.2 256.2 255.9 255.0 252.5 249.9 253.1 257.8 259.3 259.2 256.3 140 Greenland Sea 254.1 251.3 249.3 249.8 250.8 252.2 259.2 257.9 257.9 255.6 261.3 261.7 260.2 255.1 254.9 253.7 252.9 255.4 253.8 251.0 249.8 247.7 246.7 244.5 242.7 239.7 238.6 244.2 248.4 250.5 249.7 142 Norwegian Sea 279.5 279.8 281.8 281.1 279.7 278.6 277.4 275.7 274.2 272.7 273.8 273.4 274.0 274.0 273.3 273.2 272.2 272.7 271.4 271.6 270.7 271.3 274.1 276.7 277.3 276.5 278.4 278.5 274.4 273.3 276.6 144 Barents Sea 280.1 278.6 278.3 278.0 276.2 274.6 272.7 271.8 272.3 274.5 273.8 271.3 270.4 270.1 269.4 270.3 273.1 272.5 271.9 270.1 271.2 271.0 268.7 267.4 269.1 269.8 270.0 270.1 271.0 269.9 269.0 146 Kara Sea 272.4 273.8 275.1 276.0 276.6 277.2 277.1 274.5 271.3 270.6 272.9 275.7 276.5 273.9 272.3 272.8 272.5 272.2 273.6 274.6 274.1 273.1 272.1 270.7 270.3 268.6 265.3 264.9 265.3 265.8 265.7 148 Laptev Sea 269.3 267.7 266.7 268.2 268.2 266.6 269.3 271.2 270.8 270.1 267.1 265.3 266.8 269.3 266.4 263.1 261.6 262.5 264.3 265.1 264.8 264.3 266.0 265.9 265.0 266.1 265.3 260.6 256.9 257.7 259.1 150 East Siberian Sea 267.7 269.8 269.6 265.7 264.1 264.9 264.9 263.1 262.5 262.9 263.0 264.8 270.7 271.8 268.8 264.4 261.4 260.7 260.1 259.2 259.2 259.9 261.7 264.9 265.9 263.7 263.5 261.7 258.7 259.6 259.9 152 Gulf of Alaska 276.5 275.2 274.5 274.0 274.3 274.6 273.7 273.6 275.3 275.0 274.8 271.8 272.8 272.4 272.3 271.7 273.7 273.9 273.3 270.7 270.8 269.6 270.7 270.1 272.7 274.4 275.0 274.1 273.8 273.2 270.6 154 Southeast Bering Sea 280.2 278.2 277.0 278.5 278.7 278.2 276.3 276.9 277.0 275.2 274.4 269.1 269.9 268.6 267.9 271.1 275.7 274.1 270.8 267.7 267.8 271.5 273.8 273.9 274.5 274.7 274.5 272.4 270.9 270.1 268.1