1978 10 - 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 273.6 273.5 272.9 272.2 271.9 271.7 272.1 272.6 272.6 272.4 271.4 270.5 270.7 271.0 270.3 269.6 269.1 269.1 268.8 268.7 267.7 266.0 265.2 265.0 264.6 264.6 264.9 265.7 266.2 267.1 268.0 34 Hudson Bay 283.6 282.6 281.0 280.8 279.7 278.1 279.1 280.7 281.6 284.5 283.6 277.5 274.6 274.9 274.8 276.9 277.5 277.3 278.7 280.4 276.2 272.2 274.4 275.4 274.6 272.7 270.3 269.0 271.5 272.4 275.8 36 Hudson Strait 272.0 270.9 273.1 274.3 277.2 278.4 275.7 273.9 270.6 268.9 276.0 281.0 279.9 273.0 269.5 268.3 269.2 272.6 270.7 268.4 268.5 265.7 264.6 265.7 266.2 269.9 270.0 267.2 265.0 268.7 269.8 98 Bering Strait 273.1 270.9 269.9 269.7 271.8 273.4 274.0 273.6 273.6 272.0 268.1 267.1 266.8 267.1 267.0 267.0 268.7 271.0 270.8 268.2 266.9 265.8 264.1 267.7 267.9 266.2 266.1 264.6 265.3 267.8 265.2 128 Arctic subocean 251.1 252.2 254.9 254.1 253.2 254.5 252.2 250.9 249.3 247.7 247.3 247.1 246.3 248.8 248.6 249.0 243.8 245.1 246.4 246.2 244.9 246.0 247.9 250.6 249.2 246.4 247.3 247.6 243.5 242.7 243.5 130 Chukchi Sea 271.4 271.1 269.9 268.3 267.7 268.6 269.7 269.9 270.2 268.1 267.3 267.6 266.2 266.5 265.8 265.0 265.4 265.9 265.8 265.0 263.6 262.1 260.0 265.0 265.0 263.3 262.6 262.1 265.1 265.5 262.6 132 Beaufort Sea 277.8 275.9 275.2 273.1 272.8 276.2 278.4 278.3 278.8 277.0 272.0 271.1 271.3 272.3 274.6 274.5 271.9 277.0 278.2 274.9 270.0 270.1 270.7 269.6 269.0 267.5 266.1 265.4 264.4 270.9 274.2 134 Arctic Archipelago 270.0 268.1 264.5 260.8 257.9 257.5 258.2 257.6 257.8 258.8 256.2 256.2 257.5 258.1 257.5 256.5 255.4 252.0 248.2 250.3 253.2 252.5 249.9 250.5 251.1 249.9 249.8 250.2 250.9 249.9 254.9 136 Foxe Basin 267.6 271.1 270.3 269.4 267.1 261.5 259.0 260.7 258.3 263.4 270.0 267.3 260.7 260.2 258.0 257.2 261.7 261.6 266.3 266.7 265.2 259.0 250.9 250.5 251.7 255.9 259.6 259.9 256.0 250.0 252.8 138 Baffin Bay 255.8 257.2 257.8 256.5 255.6 254.8 258.5 259.6 257.5 254.1 249.9 254.3 256.0 258.9 257.9 251.2 246.4 247.2 247.8 251.3 256.9 255.1 250.6 249.0 245.8 244.1 246.7 250.9 251.0 251.6 251.7 139 South Greenland 262.7 262.2 261.7 260.1 258.2 257.5 261.6 266.5 267.8 266.6 265.5 262.2 268.0 268.7 263.9 261.4 261.1 253.9 255.0 259.5 261.8 257.9 252.7 252.2 253.0 253.5 253.4 257.6 260.7 259.9 255.3 140 Greenland Sea 251.5 252.6 251.7 249.9 248.8 250.1 252.9 257.4 260.2 258.9 249.7 248.4 254.9 258.5 259.8 256.0 246.5 245.6 245.8 249.0 252.8 252.7 246.7 247.3 244.8 240.5 243.6 246.2 248.3 250.2 249.8 142 Norwegian Sea 278.1 278.2 279.0 277.8 277.1 276.4 277.1 278.0 279.1 278.1 279.5 282.4 280.8 279.3 276.7 277.1 277.3 278.2 278.2 278.2 273.4 274.2 274.1 274.8 274.8 274.8 279.0 277.8 273.1 273.3 276.6 144 Barents Sea 273.8 273.0 273.2 274.5 274.3 275.2 274.7 273.3 273.6 274.3 273.3 273.8 276.2 275.2 273.9 272.1 270.7 271.5 274.4 273.9 275.0 273.9 273.9 272.6 272.9 272.8 272.2 271.8 271.2 269.0 269.6 146 Kara Sea 276.1 277.9 277.9 277.1 276.7 274.9 274.8 276.6 276.9 275.9 276.0 275.5 275.3 275.5 274.2 273.4 274.4 273.7 271.8 271.3 270.6 270.1 269.9 269.9 270.2 271.4 272.5 273.2 273.1 274.1 273.9 148 Laptev Sea 271.0 270.3 269.1 268.9 270.0 271.1 269.8 268.3 267.0 267.2 268.7 269.8 269.6 269.9 270.1 269.0 267.5 267.4 266.9 266.8 265.6 262.9 261.2 259.0 257.9 259.8 260.8 264.2 265.9 264.6 267.2 150 East Siberian Sea 272.2 272.6 273.1 273.0 271.8 270.6 271.0 268.3 267.3 267.8 266.2 265.5 267.8 267.2 265.5 263.5 263.1 263.2 262.8 260.7 259.4 257.6 254.6 252.7 251.1 251.2 254.5 255.1 254.3 255.9 255.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 276.8 276.9 275.5 276.8 279.0 280.6 280.2 277.3 276.7 276.0 275.7 274.7 275.9 275.3 274.4 275.4 277.4 277.2 275.7 275.0 273.6 271.9 272.4 275.0 274.5 273.6 273.0 272.1 274.3 274.7 272.7 154 Southeast Bering Sea 278.8 275.9 271.3 274.2 278.3 280.2 279.8 277.3 277.2 276.8 275.0 271.2 271.0 273.3 275.4 278.1 278.8 278.5 277.3 273.1 269.8 265.1 273.3 275.2 274.3 272.5 270.8 274.0 274.8 274.2 272.9