1978 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 253.7 253.9 253.9 253.0 252.1 251.2 251.3 253.5 253.9 253.4 253.6 253.8 253.9 253.8 253.4 253.1 253.4 254.0 254.1 254.0 253.0 252.5 252.6 252.3 251.5 250.9 251.5 251.8 251.8 251.9 252.5 34 Hudson Bay 255.7 256.9 253.7 250.1 247.9 249.3 251.0 252.2 251.2 254.0 252.9 252.2 253.2 255.1 253.8 252.2 251.6 252.9 254.6 257.2 258.2 260.0 261.7 261.5 256.9 253.7 255.5 255.9 254.8 253.6 252.0 36 Hudson Strait 248.2 246.6 250.8 250.6 245.2 244.5 243.9 247.5 245.1 255.2 255.4 243.1 244.8 252.1 253.4 249.9 247.1 245.1 244.0 251.2 252.0 249.4 248.4 250.2 251.2 250.2 253.9 258.3 255.2 248.6 251.1 98 Bering Strait 265.5 266.0 262.6 259.4 259.1 256.6 252.3 256.6 263.8 264.4 264.2 262.6 264.5 262.6 261.0 260.9 260.7 265.1 265.3 264.4 263.6 262.8 262.1 265.9 264.3 262.4 258.9 258.6 259.4 258.7 257.8 128 Arctic subocean 235.8 235.8 237.2 240.6 242.6 237.5 240.5 248.0 242.4 231.6 235.8 238.8 239.2 237.6 240.4 242.4 243.6 245.7 248.9 246.5 240.7 240.5 242.3 243.0 242.7 246.6 250.3 247.2 237.7 235.4 238.5 130 Chukchi Sea 262.5 267.2 268.4 261.6 259.5 258.9 258.3 255.8 257.2 257.4 257.1 261.1 265.8 266.9 267.1 262.8 257.6 257.0 261.8 263.0 261.4 258.5 256.0 255.0 253.1 250.8 252.0 254.7 258.1 258.4 256.7 132 Beaufort Sea 264.2 261.6 258.2 251.1 247.8 248.0 247.3 252.9 256.3 257.2 258.4 259.4 260.5 258.7 255.8 254.6 253.1 257.2 259.6 259.7 258.8 258.0 255.9 259.3 262.2 261.3 256.4 252.5 252.6 251.4 250.2 134 Arctic Archipelago 250.0 244.2 241.5 239.8 244.3 244.6 247.0 251.8 250.7 241.9 240.6 249.5 253.5 249.2 246.9 243.4 251.1 253.3 252.3 247.9 241.2 239.9 242.3 243.0 248.3 253.6 253.8 247.9 246.1 243.3 240.0 136 Foxe Basin 240.7 240.1 239.9 237.7 236.3 237.8 236.2 239.1 245.4 246.9 241.4 246.3 245.0 244.5 242.6 239.2 237.8 236.8 237.8 242.0 244.0 250.5 250.7 251.4 250.7 250.9 253.1 254.3 245.8 243.9 242.0 138 Baffin Bay 235.1 234.8 235.4 236.4 236.0 233.7 232.9 238.1 238.7 236.6 244.3 247.9 244.9 240.7 237.5 237.3 237.5 241.2 243.9 246.3 248.8 254.4 255.1 251.0 248.4 247.9 246.0 244.4 240.4 241.0 242.1 139 South Greenland 243.8 240.8 242.4 246.4 247.7 243.4 243.1 242.9 242.1 243.4 257.4 258.7 256.9 251.0 247.0 245.8 249.1 250.8 250.9 252.6 255.9 258.2 258.3 255.3 251.6 249.5 248.9 248.2 249.4 251.6 250.9 140 Greenland Sea 234.9 234.4 234.2 233.2 235.8 234.7 232.6 238.0 238.6 233.9 236.9 242.8 242.7 237.5 237.5 237.0 238.1 241.1 245.8 245.0 246.6 250.7 253.1 246.7 242.3 242.2 243.2 242.5 237.3 239.0 243.9 142 Norwegian Sea 269.0 269.2 268.5 268.7 272.5 275.5 276.3 274.7 274.7 273.1 269.8 267.4 272.5 275.1 275.3 274.0 271.0 268.9 269.0 269.3 268.1 267.1 268.0 266.9 264.8 263.5 264.3 264.9 267.8 267.9 270.1 144 Barents Sea 257.8 261.2 264.3 263.1 259.3 261.5 265.7 266.9 267.4 267.7 267.4 267.6 264.5 259.3 261.4 267.5 268.6 266.6 264.2 262.4 261.6 259.2 259.9 257.5 256.9 259.5 261.1 261.3 257.8 261.7 264.7 146 Kara Sea 258.3 261.1 262.9 262.5 261.3 259.4 260.2 260.7 259.0 257.9 257.7 257.2 257.4 258.8 258.6 258.4 259.1 259.2 258.9 257.6 254.6 252.6 252.4 252.0 251.6 251.2 252.7 254.7 256.9 256.2 257.6 148 Laptev Sea 244.2 242.5 244.8 246.0 244.4 244.2 243.7 247.2 249.5 247.3 244.1 243.6 241.7 243.4 247.2 248.4 246.4 243.4 241.7 241.9 241.4 239.7 238.5 237.8 238.0 238.1 238.3 239.1 239.9 242.1 245.5 150 East Siberian Sea 246.8 246.8 244.5 249.6 253.7 252.3 247.2 245.2 243.3 243.7 243.3 241.8 243.0 244.9 244.2 244.4 245.8 245.7 243.8 242.2 241.6 241.7 242.6 241.3 239.2 238.5 242.9 246.8 248.4 250.3 250.6 152 Gulf of Alaska 267.4 266.2 264.7 264.1 262.3 259.7 259.6 270.8 273.9 273.4 272.2 269.2 269.4 268.2 265.8 265.0 269.7 272.3 273.1 273.4 271.6 270.8 272.8 273.8 271.2 268.4 267.7 267.7 267.3 267.0 265.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 272.8 272.9 269.3 268.9 268.4 263.8 263.0 262.6 271.9 272.1 272.1 273.3 274.2 273.6 272.0 267.2 268.2 273.6 273.9 271.9 269.3 272.6 273.3 272.4 268.8 270.3 273.0 273.5 273.1 272.3 272.4