1976 12 - 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 257.2 257.2 256.6 255.4 253.3 252.6 252.8 252.1 251.5 252.0 253.5 254.2 254.4 255.2 255.7 254.2 251.6 250.7 250.5 250.7 250.7 251.5 253.0 254.0 253.4 253.0 253.2 253.4 253.4 253.7 253.1 34 Hudson Bay 254.5 256.3 259.6 258.6 255.7 253.8 251.8 247.7 247.6 252.5 257.4 254.1 255.3 259.7 258.9 260.7 260.6 261.2 257.3 253.4 255.9 255.4 256.4 258.0 255.0 253.8 253.7 254.9 256.3 259.0 261.7 36 Hudson Strait 257.4 252.4 258.5 259.5 254.1 253.8 259.5 259.9 247.9 249.3 244.3 248.0 243.5 242.5 245.4 247.8 246.6 243.5 244.3 246.8 248.5 260.3 257.9 252.8 256.7 256.1 272.6 273.5 272.4 269.7 265.1 98 Bering Strait 262.9 258.8 254.5 252.7 251.9 253.4 252.9 251.9 247.8 249.5 256.1 261.9 261.0 260.5 260.6 256.8 253.6 251.7 255.1 257.7 259.0 261.8 260.2 258.9 256.0 256.0 255.8 257.5 258.7 259.9 262.3 128 Arctic subocean 244.7 243.9 241.4 239.5 234.8 236.3 237.9 240.0 240.3 240.2 241.6 251.0 252.5 245.0 245.0 251.9 249.5 244.3 243.1 242.5 240.9 241.7 248.6 255.8 258.8 258.0 259.3 258.5 250.9 246.6 240.4 130 Chukchi Sea 246.3 245.4 248.3 249.5 249.1 250.8 249.6 247.9 245.5 248.3 248.9 251.5 250.5 251.3 253.2 250.0 248.7 249.7 248.8 247.6 247.2 249.9 250.0 255.2 255.7 253.7 249.1 247.9 251.8 251.9 250.3 132 Beaufort Sea 268.9 268.2 261.6 256.4 251.0 250.3 248.0 246.7 246.4 248.3 249.6 256.5 260.1 259.5 261.8 261.6 257.9 255.0 254.1 261.8 261.0 262.0 262.4 257.3 253.2 251.9 251.3 255.5 258.7 260.2 260.2 134 Arctic Archipelago 251.2 255.9 251.3 246.5 242.4 239.8 238.9 238.3 238.4 238.8 239.5 243.3 243.1 241.3 241.0 241.4 239.8 241.9 241.6 241.6 239.0 237.8 247.6 257.1 252.0 251.5 250.2 251.5 256.3 255.7 255.2 136 Foxe Basin 247.5 247.7 249.2 251.1 248.7 246.9 245.3 246.2 245.7 242.9 246.0 245.5 241.0 243.8 242.1 239.5 237.6 240.4 240.4 239.6 239.4 253.1 271.1 266.1 255.0 262.6 257.0 268.8 268.5 261.5 256.5 138 Baffin Bay 243.1 243.1 241.7 240.8 238.6 235.6 237.4 238.6 242.8 249.5 256.4 256.7 250.8 251.3 255.8 253.3 246.9 245.7 246.6 247.8 249.8 253.1 265.5 263.3 258.3 260.9 262.4 254.8 254.2 255.0 248.7 139 South Greenland 250.9 248.7 244.7 246.9 246.6 244.3 243.9 245.5 253.0 257.3 260.0 255.8 255.5 259.4 261.2 254.7 252.3 253.2 255.3 260.2 262.2 264.2 262.9 262.5 260.7 260.7 261.0 258.8 254.9 255.6 254.6 140 Greenland Sea 248.7 243.2 238.4 236.7 235.3 235.9 237.8 238.5 240.9 247.0 252.3 255.8 251.7 250.7 257.9 258.5 248.2 244.3 248.7 250.0 253.2 255.4 260.6 259.9 254.5 255.1 256.4 254.4 249.6 247.6 240.9 142 Norwegian Sea 269.9 269.9 270.0 272.6 273.1 273.9 273.1 273.4 272.9 271.4 270.2 269.5 268.7 266.5 267.7 267.7 268.2 266.9 269.7 270.2 272.1 270.3 273.4 269.6 267.3 264.7 263.0 262.4 264.2 270.0 270.8 144 Barents Sea 269.6 270.8 271.5 269.8 267.7 269.0 269.6 268.7 268.4 267.8 266.6 263.9 263.3 266.7 266.4 266.1 266.9 266.1 263.8 262.6 262.2 264.5 263.8 265.9 264.6 261.3 259.2 260.5 260.5 260.9 260.0 146 Kara Sea 259.4 260.4 262.3 261.3 259.4 259.9 263.2 263.8 260.1 257.3 258.3 259.0 260.4 260.0 259.7 256.0 252.1 251.6 250.7 248.1 245.7 245.8 247.5 250.5 253.7 253.5 253.1 251.9 251.4 250.8 248.6 148 Laptev Sea 252.1 251.6 249.3 248.8 249.1 246.7 244.5 243.5 246.2 243.9 241.7 242.1 241.6 243.4 245.2 244.4 242.1 237.9 239.2 241.4 243.3 242.2 241.1 241.4 242.8 242.0 243.2 243.9 243.3 243.3 244.6 150 East Siberian Sea 250.1 250.2 249.7 249.0 246.1 245.4 246.7 247.9 247.2 247.6 245.8 244.4 243.1 242.2 240.4 238.2 237.3 239.4 241.5 241.3 239.0 242.6 244.2 244.3 243.4 246.3 247.9 247.3 244.3 244.2 243.3 152 Gulf of Alaska 274.8 270.5 271.2 269.6 269.0 269.7 267.3 263.3 263.7 267.8 272.4 273.2 272.1 272.0 270.1 268.6 263.3 265.0 270.8 272.4 273.0 272.6 271.2 270.0 268.9 269.5 272.9 273.2 271.1 271.1 272.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 269.9 261.7 259.8 269.8 269.2 268.2 261.5 252.7 253.0 254.4 269.9 271.9 270.3 271.1 267.9 264.4 263.7 266.4 268.7 270.5 274.0 272.4 273.4 273.6 271.9 268.7 266.4 265.5 265.3 271.1 271.7