1974 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 254.6 254.3 254.1 253.5 253.1 252.8 251.6 249.8 249.5 249.3 249.5 249.1 248.8 248.9 248.6 248.5 249.5 250.7 251.0 249.9 249.3 249.1 248.7 248.8 249.1 249.2 248.4 248.1 247.8 247.7 247.7 34 Hudson Bay 246.3 249.9 250.9 252.6 251.2 250.2 249.2 248.2 247.7 246.6 245.4 246.3 250.0 252.4 250.7 249.8 253.8 259.2 261.7 263.7 261.3 258.2 254.4 253.1 253.1 255.1 255.1 253.2 252.5 251.9 247.8 36 Hudson Strait 250.0 247.4 243.5 242.6 243.6 243.8 245.2 246.1 248.0 247.2 245.9 242.3 241.5 243.0 243.3 238.9 241.3 244.0 245.5 251.9 259.0 253.9 249.4 249.9 243.0 241.4 243.8 245.0 249.1 248.5 249.1 98 Bering Strait 267.0 264.2 267.1 268.9 268.0 262.0 257.2 255.3 253.7 250.9 251.9 252.2 252.1 253.0 251.0 247.3 247.4 248.9 249.0 247.7 245.9 247.0 251.9 254.1 250.3 244.9 244.1 244.7 245.8 247.4 247.9 128 Arctic subocean 242.7 243.1 243.3 240.9 236.8 240.9 242.6 242.6 243.0 244.0 241.1 237.6 237.3 237.4 238.6 239.8 241.3 241.1 239.2 237.6 238.1 239.1 237.8 237.5 244.2 244.6 242.1 242.7 244.4 241.1 242.1 130 Chukchi Sea 270.6 267.9 271.6 273.1 272.4 257.5 252.2 251.2 251.8 250.8 248.3 254.6 258.7 257.0 246.6 245.5 241.6 247.8 247.2 245.5 244.7 244.6 244.6 243.7 242.7 242.1 242.7 245.9 248.1 245.2 247.0 132 Beaufort Sea 266.3 265.6 266.9 264.2 264.6 265.9 259.4 251.7 248.9 248.1 248.7 246.9 245.4 244.0 244.2 246.6 249.1 252.3 254.9 253.0 250.3 248.4 247.4 248.8 251.1 251.4 248.3 246.2 246.4 245.7 246.5 134 Arctic Archipelago 249.5 250.0 251.7 248.7 245.4 249.0 250.8 244.7 241.9 241.4 240.0 236.1 234.8 238.7 241.6 241.9 239.9 240.1 241.1 239.5 239.0 239.5 239.6 239.6 240.1 240.0 239.3 238.1 236.2 234.0 236.1 136 Foxe Basin 242.2 239.8 239.0 239.1 238.1 238.7 241.7 244.4 242.7 238.9 240.6 241.8 243.4 241.1 238.4 243.9 244.4 241.6 246.1 249.0 251.4 245.2 237.0 236.2 235.2 234.4 235.9 237.3 239.9 240.3 239.8 138 Baffin Bay 241.8 241.6 240.0 240.0 242.8 246.3 246.8 246.9 246.3 245.6 244.1 247.0 248.4 249.9 249.9 247.2 244.3 242.6 242.0 240.9 242.0 243.2 240.2 235.4 241.4 244.5 243.2 245.5 244.6 248.1 250.4 139 South Greenland 247.8 248.8 248.1 249.2 253.6 255.0 257.7 256.7 254.3 253.6 253.4 254.1 256.6 256.2 253.4 252.2 251.6 250.5 247.9 245.6 246.7 247.6 244.5 243.4 248.0 249.4 250.9 251.3 249.7 252.6 254.1 140 Greenland Sea 239.0 239.9 238.4 240.9 243.2 252.0 252.2 250.1 253.4 254.4 252.9 250.8 250.9 250.6 251.7 250.3 247.7 241.1 239.6 238.6 241.1 241.6 239.6 245.5 254.9 252.1 246.9 251.2 247.6 247.9 248.8 142 Norwegian Sea 271.3 275.1 274.8 270.9 270.8 272.9 273.3 271.3 271.1 273.1 272.5 272.2 273.8 274.1 273.8 273.2 272.5 274.5 273.2 274.9 275.9 273.6 272.7 272.6 273.1 274.5 272.3 270.7 271.7 273.1 273.2 144 Barents Sea 263.4 258.0 262.4 268.1 266.2 261.1 259.1 264.1 266.3 265.1 263.8 262.9 260.4 262.6 263.4 263.4 262.7 262.1 260.3 257.7 257.2 261.9 262.8 260.3 257.0 256.9 257.2 256.0 255.7 257.3 259.7 146 Kara Sea 259.6 259.3 256.0 253.7 255.2 254.4 252.6 249.3 248.6 249.7 250.7 250.2 249.6 249.8 249.3 249.0 251.1 252.2 251.2 249.0 249.1 249.8 250.8 251.3 251.0 250.8 249.5 249.7 248.8 247.6 247.9 148 Laptev Sea 248.4 246.8 246.9 246.3 243.3 243.5 242.8 242.8 244.7 244.9 245.7 245.8 243.5 241.1 241.4 243.8 243.0 243.6 246.0 245.0 243.5 241.7 242.0 243.1 243.1 244.0 243.5 242.6 242.8 243.2 242.9 150 East Siberian Sea 245.4 247.0 247.4 244.2 240.2 241.0 245.0 246.0 246.2 247.3 250.1 250.7 248.4 246.5 248.1 248.8 248.0 247.8 245.6 243.4 241.6 240.1 239.6 240.5 242.2 243.0 244.0 246.8 247.6 246.4 246.5 152 Gulf of Alaska 266.7 268.6 269.2 269.8 268.9 268.6 267.9 266.0 266.8 263.1 262.7 257.8 252.8 255.9 256.3 256.2 262.6 263.4 261.6 258.5 259.5 264.6 267.5 268.1 267.3 262.0 259.9 258.3 254.4 257.4 258.4 154 Southeast Bering Sea 271.7 271.8 273.2 274.2 273.5 272.3 269.6 267.2 270.8 270.8 265.7 261.6 259.1 259.3 259.1 250.4 249.1 248.9 248.6 247.9 256.8 271.3 272.8 270.4 260.6 255.3 254.9 248.3 249.1 256.2 260.2