1977 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 257.2 256.4 254.4 253.4 252.7 252.3 252.2 252.1 250.9 250.4 251.1 251.8 252.5 253.0 252.5 252.6 253.0 253.1 254.2 255.6 255.1 254.6 254.4 254.4 254.2 254.4 255.8 255.5 252.8 251.6 253.0 34 Hudson Bay 263.8 261.4 257.7 255.4 252.6 250.7 249.2 248.2 248.1 248.2 253.7 256.4 258.7 261.3 260.8 262.4 263.8 265.1 265.3 264.3 263.3 260.3 257.7 256.0 256.4 254.5 255.4 256.6 253.9 249.4 249.8 36 Hudson Strait 256.9 260.0 262.6 261.3 257.2 251.8 249.6 249.0 248.6 252.0 253.1 248.9 250.6 253.1 256.0 256.7 255.2 256.7 256.8 259.1 260.2 266.0 266.1 260.5 259.7 267.4 260.0 253.6 251.8 249.2 247.8 98 Bering Strait 257.9 255.9 251.2 250.5 252.3 251.6 247.7 245.8 247.5 250.5 249.5 247.1 246.6 247.8 249.5 247.4 248.7 250.3 254.5 259.7 260.6 262.0 261.9 263.6 263.2 261.9 266.5 265.4 265.1 264.1 263.8 128 Arctic subocean 245.9 245.0 241.7 240.8 242.1 242.8 243.4 242.8 244.4 248.3 245.2 239.6 237.9 236.4 235.0 234.2 233.6 235.1 236.0 236.6 238.9 238.0 236.1 240.3 245.2 244.6 243.4 242.1 244.7 243.8 237.8 130 Chukchi Sea 258.6 252.8 259.6 263.7 258.7 254.7 250.1 250.5 251.4 253.9 248.4 250.5 248.9 245.9 242.7 243.1 241.7 239.2 248.1 255.7 254.7 263.3 263.9 263.2 264.1 264.0 262.4 266.7 268.6 267.3 263.1 132 Beaufort Sea 255.1 251.5 248.1 246.0 244.2 243.1 242.6 244.5 246.3 248.3 251.0 251.5 253.7 254.2 255.0 254.7 254.7 251.7 251.6 255.7 256.6 256.4 254.7 255.2 258.4 260.6 262.4 261.1 258.5 258.2 264.2 134 Arctic Archipelago 242.0 241.2 241.9 242.8 243.5 243.6 242.0 241.9 244.6 247.2 244.5 240.9 238.6 237.7 238.5 245.7 245.8 243.5 246.6 249.3 249.4 250.7 249.0 246.7 243.2 245.1 245.5 247.6 247.4 244.3 251.4 136 Foxe Basin 245.9 240.2 240.6 241.0 239.3 239.4 238.7 238.8 240.5 241.1 239.8 241.3 250.2 252.0 246.5 244.9 253.3 254.5 248.9 250.9 255.7 260.0 260.6 254.9 251.7 248.4 258.5 254.4 249.2 242.0 240.9 138 Baffin Bay 244.9 247.2 245.9 245.6 244.6 246.8 252.0 253.3 250.5 250.0 243.5 245.9 246.4 242.6 237.4 234.0 232.1 231.1 234.9 235.9 232.8 235.6 239.7 245.6 247.8 246.1 252.5 256.8 244.3 239.9 237.1 139 South Greenland 250.5 260.1 259.9 259.4 257.4 260.5 261.4 258.9 255.5 249.5 253.8 255.8 254.9 251.2 245.6 251.2 249.5 243.9 242.7 243.2 241.6 244.7 252.6 254.1 251.0 250.8 262.1 263.2 250.4 253.5 252.4 140 Greenland Sea 247.0 250.1 250.6 250.2 252.6 251.7 255.5 255.1 252.5 249.5 245.1 246.5 246.2 244.4 240.2 235.1 234.6 239.0 241.0 238.3 231.0 234.8 237.6 246.3 251.4 250.8 248.6 250.1 243.7 239.3 236.4 142 Norwegian Sea 276.2 274.8 273.3 274.2 272.6 271.2 269.1 270.9 272.5 272.3 272.0 274.1 275.3 275.5 276.3 276.7 274.4 273.8 273.9 270.9 270.9 270.8 271.2 271.8 272.0 271.5 268.6 269.0 271.1 269.3 266.7 144 Barents Sea 261.0 264.4 265.2 266.0 265.5 266.5 269.3 269.0 261.8 260.4 265.9 268.0 268.5 269.3 270.1 270.3 270.3 268.1 267.6 267.9 265.8 262.5 260.5 259.0 254.4 254.6 253.7 255.8 254.9 252.4 254.0 146 Kara Sea 264.8 261.3 259.3 258.6 257.8 256.9 256.6 255.8 252.9 250.9 251.0 253.2 254.8 256.2 256.7 256.7 258.1 260.5 262.6 262.7 261.2 259.5 258.9 258.7 258.1 257.2 257.1 254.6 253.3 255.1 257.8 148 Laptev Sea 250.7 251.3 247.6 245.2 245.4 245.6 246.7 248.4 248.7 248.2 246.5 244.9 244.0 243.7 244.0 244.3 243.7 242.8 242.9 246.1 248.3 247.3 248.3 247.7 247.7 249.6 251.3 250.9 248.1 244.4 244.7 150 East Siberian Sea 249.4 252.1 252.4 251.6 253.6 256.4 258.0 257.3 255.0 252.8 252.4 254.1 253.7 253.1 247.2 241.0 240.0 240.0 235.9 237.2 235.5 235.7 235.6 236.5 237.9 240.2 243.5 245.0 242.4 243.3 244.6 152 Gulf of Alaska 263.4 260.6 254.1 253.3 254.0 253.3 252.5 252.3 253.8 256.0 259.2 259.5 260.9 265.3 265.3 261.2 262.2 262.6 265.0 268.7 269.5 269.8 268.8 270.5 269.9 272.5 272.4 269.9 268.7 266.6 267.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 264.5 264.0 258.8 265.1 261.0 254.9 253.7 255.1 256.1 256.8 256.2 247.2 248.2 248.6 249.9 247.1 245.2 246.3 271.5 273.3 274.3 274.0 273.2 272.8 272.4 272.7 268.8 272.8 273.1 273.5 272.5