1973 11 - 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 262.8 261.5 261.2 261.3 260.9 261.0 260.6 260.0 260.7 261.3 262.1 261.1 259.9 259.0 258.8 258.9 258.9 258.8 257.8 257.5 257.3 257.1 256.6 256.9 257.3 257.8 258.6 258.7 258.4 257.3 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 271.7 268.8 264.6 261.4 260.8 262.7 263.6 263.5 263.4 265.4 267.0 266.9 265.4 265.3 264.3 265.7 267.9 266.5 264.6 263.9 266.6 267.2 265.4 264.5 264.2 266.0 266.2 266.3 265.8 263.3 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 273.5 273.6 273.6 273.6 272.9 271.1 270.7 269.4 266.9 265.8 264.0 263.9 268.2 266.9 267.6 267.9 267.7 269.6 267.6 263.1 263.0 265.6 271.7 271.0 264.6 264.5 264.9 263.2 267.3 268.5 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 262.7 263.3 265.3 266.3 264.9 263.9 261.8 261.8 264.0 263.3 265.5 260.7 257.9 255.8 255.6 254.8 254.9 257.1 255.2 252.9 251.8 258.1 258.4 259.3 257.7 253.8 256.9 255.1 254.2 256.0 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 249.2 246.1 249.4 249.9 258.4 263.3 261.9 245.5 247.3 248.4 248.6 248.1 248.5 248.0 244.3 242.3 243.3 244.0 243.6 242.1 243.1 242.9 242.9 241.3 243.3 242.4 244.7 245.3 247.3 248.1 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 264.6 268.4 270.9 271.4 271.2 270.5 269.5 265.5 270.8 272.5 260.0 255.9 260.4 259.5 258.3 257.7 254.9 252.3 250.6 248.2 246.8 264.6 265.1 258.6 253.5 250.5 256.8 256.9 257.6 256.8 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 263.4 259.6 257.4 257.8 256.5 255.4 256.2 256.4 258.1 258.7 261.6 261.6 258.8 257.7 256.4 255.3 253.7 253.0 252.2 254.5 255.7 255.8 256.7 258.1 260.1 258.5 256.2 255.6 254.7 253.4 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 254.2 247.7 250.1 251.2 251.7 255.8 257.4 255.9 254.4 253.6 254.5 255.7 254.4 253.3 250.3 249.9 252.6 253.4 250.4 247.7 245.5 245.4 245.5 246.9 252.5 253.6 256.6 257.4 254.7 252.0 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 263.0 258.0 265.3 267.2 265.2 259.3 260.2 260.2 254.5 254.1 253.2 253.9 255.6 257.3 254.6 251.7 253.8 253.7 254.6 253.6 255.2 254.5 256.1 263.3 267.8 268.8 269.6 265.9 259.3 252.9 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 249.6 246.5 248.2 247.5 249.6 254.7 255.3 250.0 246.8 246.7 247.1 245.4 245.1 245.6 245.2 240.8 237.4 239.3 241.1 241.2 240.5 239.0 239.6 240.8 246.7 250.5 255.4 258.0 261.9 260.3 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 252.3 253.3 255.5 258.2 259.1 258.5 254.6 252.0 251.3 252.3 254.0 252.2 250.5 247.7 247.3 247.3 245.0 245.4 251.1 251.6 249.4 248.2 247.3 250.1 256.6 260.1 261.6 262.2 262.6 262.6 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 245.8 243.7 241.6 241.3 246.1 254.4 255.0 243.3 241.2 240.2 239.3 239.2 241.2 241.3 239.8 238.3 237.3 237.5 237.5 236.6 238.4 240.4 242.7 242.4 241.0 244.9 246.0 246.8 250.5 251.3 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 277.1 276.2 275.6 278.2 277.1 275.2 273.2 275.7 275.4 272.4 270.2 269.3 268.1 268.4 268.0 267.3 270.1 271.7 270.8 269.5 274.5 274.2 271.8 268.8 269.7 270.1 270.5 269.4 268.2 268.9 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 270.2 272.2 270.2 269.0 268.3 272.2 272.2 271.5 270.6 270.6 269.7 267.4 265.3 268.0 269.0 267.3 264.7 261.7 260.6 260.4 261.5 262.8 263.5 265.0 264.6 265.2 264.7 263.1 261.3 259.6 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 265.2 265.5 266.6 267.3 265.5 263.8 262.6 265.4 267.7 267.2 268.3 268.1 267.0 265.7 266.2 268.1 269.2 269.2 267.8 266.9 264.1 262.9 261.2 262.2 262.9 263.8 264.3 264.7 263.4 259.5 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 257.8 255.6 254.4 256.5 258.1 257.0 256.2 251.9 253.8 257.4 256.9 254.0 252.1 251.0 250.2 250.1 248.9 250.1 249.5 251.8 253.6 250.1 249.5 247.3 245.2 244.0 244.6 245.8 246.2 248.2 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 258.8 257.5 257.9 254.2 252.3 251.3 252.5 254.8 254.2 250.9 254.0 254.9 257.2 256.0 258.5 255.9 254.3 251.0 247.9 246.6 244.5 243.5 242.6 243.1 242.6 247.7 252.4 251.1 254.1 259.3 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 270.0 267.5 267.5 267.2 266.4 266.1 264.4 263.4 262.2 266.0 269.7 262.8 260.5 258.1 259.6 260.6 263.3 267.1 266.2 263.5 262.8 268.2 269.7 271.6 270.6 264.5 263.2 260.1 258.3 260.0 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 267.3 273.4 274.8 274.9 272.2 270.7 271.5 271.3 271.4 274.6 273.6 269.7 269.1 261.4 264.9 266.6 271.3 271.9 266.5 264.4 271.2 274.4 272.5 273.5 269.9 262.5 255.4 256.5 256.7 256.4 -9999.0