1978 11 - 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 267.9 266.7 265.2 263.7 262.7 263.0 263.4 263.4 262.4 261.2 261.2 261.3 261.9 261.5 259.7 258.7 258.9 258.5 258.7 259.9 260.2 260.1 259.4 258.5 258.1 258.8 258.9 258.1 256.7 254.9 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 278.6 279.1 278.9 274.8 271.6 271.5 274.2 275.7 271.0 263.5 263.4 263.8 265.4 267.0 265.2 262.9 262.5 258.2 253.9 255.0 257.7 258.6 259.4 260.4 258.8 257.0 256.3 256.0 258.1 256.7 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 265.2 268.0 270.5 272.7 266.0 265.2 260.9 267.4 269.0 262.0 259.0 262.3 260.1 265.2 265.7 263.5 260.8 259.3 254.8 254.0 257.6 258.1 257.2 255.1 255.7 252.7 254.6 254.6 251.4 258.2 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 261.8 261.6 262.1 263.8 263.5 262.8 262.4 261.0 266.3 268.1 265.5 264.6 266.6 264.9 258.5 257.3 258.4 262.2 267.3 269.0 266.9 267.9 265.8 261.8 259.7 266.1 265.4 265.2 263.6 258.8 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 245.9 242.9 243.2 241.9 241.2 240.5 240.9 244.0 244.7 240.9 240.4 244.6 244.1 241.7 241.9 244.5 247.6 244.3 244.2 243.2 242.5 245.4 246.6 245.2 246.0 247.5 247.9 243.1 243.4 248.9 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 260.7 260.2 264.1 268.2 266.8 261.5 260.3 269.8 272.4 272.7 269.4 268.8 264.9 261.8 260.2 262.6 263.9 265.1 272.3 272.6 269.9 264.6 259.9 260.1 259.4 265.8 266.6 265.0 265.3 264.2 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 272.3 269.8 268.0 265.8 265.7 269.6 269.7 266.0 263.2 264.2 267.0 267.4 267.0 265.0 259.6 255.1 254.6 255.5 258.4 263.3 264.7 263.7 264.8 262.8 258.4 258.4 259.9 261.2 260.0 259.4 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 256.8 252.6 248.2 247.3 245.9 245.7 248.1 250.7 251.4 252.9 256.2 260.6 260.5 257.3 246.9 243.2 246.0 247.2 251.5 254.5 251.8 246.3 241.1 241.3 244.0 245.5 245.3 249.0 251.5 252.7 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 252.4 254.7 255.2 256.0 253.2 245.5 241.8 240.9 240.0 240.6 248.1 245.8 253.6 255.0 253.7 250.8 250.9 242.9 239.7 244.6 246.6 246.4 246.1 244.5 237.6 244.4 246.2 246.0 246.1 245.2 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 246.1 241.9 242.2 241.9 241.4 242.7 244.7 242.6 237.5 237.5 237.9 238.9 241.4 239.9 239.2 240.6 241.1 238.6 236.7 238.9 238.3 238.5 237.3 236.8 238.0 239.8 249.7 253.9 256.7 255.3 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 251.4 251.1 249.4 251.4 254.7 255.2 252.2 247.7 246.9 248.2 249.2 244.8 244.4 244.3 243.2 243.1 244.3 242.2 243.6 248.3 247.3 244.5 242.8 243.3 245.4 254.5 262.0 263.6 260.9 256.3 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 246.4 242.8 241.0 240.5 238.2 240.3 241.8 244.1 243.6 237.8 234.6 235.3 238.3 238.8 240.3 244.3 243.1 238.7 234.4 235.9 239.2 240.4 240.3 237.2 235.8 237.1 245.2 249.4 253.8 254.2 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 276.8 278.2 277.0 275.9 277.2 276.7 277.4 277.7 278.5 278.8 275.7 277.4 276.8 275.5 273.5 272.0 272.6 274.9 273.8 270.5 273.9 274.1 272.0 271.5 270.4 269.5 268.1 266.1 265.8 266.3 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 270.1 268.9 272.5 272.2 271.2 268.5 265.5 267.8 268.8 270.5 272.7 271.3 272.0 272.3 271.9 270.7 271.3 269.2 270.2 269.6 266.7 268.1 267.7 264.8 262.5 263.4 264.2 264.9 262.6 261.6 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 272.4 270.2 268.7 267.4 268.2 269.4 269.1 268.5 268.1 267.5 267.0 266.8 267.2 265.8 265.1 265.5 266.6 268.2 268.4 268.0 268.7 268.3 265.5 264.7 266.4 265.2 262.4 259.4 256.7 254.9 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 270.4 269.0 264.2 261.6 258.2 258.1 260.8 261.9 259.5 258.0 257.0 257.3 257.3 257.8 257.6 257.0 255.5 254.4 255.5 257.3 256.3 256.3 260.2 259.3 256.7 258.8 259.7 257.4 252.9 248.5 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 259.5 262.4 259.8 254.3 252.6 251.4 251.5 250.4 251.6 251.6 250.8 252.1 251.9 256.2 257.7 254.6 253.4 252.6 250.8 249.9 251.5 254.4 254.3 254.9 255.5 252.7 248.1 246.5 245.6 243.6 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 272.0 271.4 269.5 272.0 272.3 272.6 270.1 267.6 269.0 270.8 271.3 271.3 271.7 268.2 264.0 260.2 261.0 265.0 268.8 270.7 272.2 274.1 270.4 265.7 271.6 274.5 274.5 273.5 271.6 269.3 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 271.7 270.2 269.0 274.0 273.8 271.1 267.3 268.1 274.8 274.8 274.1 274.2 273.1 268.0 263.9 264.6 268.0 273.0 274.4 274.4 274.7 274.4 267.2 263.5 266.7 274.3 274.2 273.0 270.2 269.2 -9999.0