1979 08 - 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 289.1 289.1 288.8 288.8 288.8 288.4 287.4 287.0 287.0 287.2 287.4 287.3 286.9 287.0 287.1 287.8 287.3 287.3 286.8 286.3 285.8 285.5 285.1 285.2 284.9 284.9 284.9 284.6 284.0 284.1 284.5 34 Hudson Bay 296.0 294.6 291.8 291.2 293.5 294.8 292.4 290.9 291.0 291.1 292.2 291.8 289.0 289.4 292.4 294.2 295.4 296.2 295.4 294.6 295.0 293.1 291.2 291.4 288.7 288.0 290.0 290.7 289.6 289.2 291.3 36 Hudson Strait 285.1 288.1 287.5 284.2 285.6 286.6 288.7 286.4 281.6 283.5 285.5 284.0 285.9 285.1 284.3 284.4 286.8 288.7 286.8 284.4 283.7 283.8 283.1 283.6 288.1 286.2 282.1 281.6 286.8 286.7 281.3 98 Bering Strait 287.6 287.0 287.0 288.4 288.0 287.6 285.9 286.3 286.4 286.4 288.2 289.9 290.2 286.8 285.0 285.0 284.4 285.8 286.7 286.8 283.4 283.6 285.2 287.1 289.0 287.3 286.2 283.1 282.5 281.9 281.7 128 Arctic subocean 274.3 274.1 274.3 274.2 273.8 273.1 272.1 272.7 272.8 272.8 273.0 272.6 271.1 270.2 270.6 272.1 272.5 272.5 272.7 272.1 271.7 272.0 271.4 269.8 269.7 272.0 273.2 271.7 268.1 267.6 268.1 130 Chukchi Sea 286.3 286.5 285.8 286.2 285.6 285.4 284.3 284.6 285.8 286.1 285.7 286.3 286.3 285.5 284.8 283.9 284.4 284.9 285.0 284.7 282.4 283.7 285.9 287.3 287.8 283.9 282.7 281.9 281.2 280.2 279.8 132 Beaufort Sea 291.8 289.3 288.8 289.9 290.9 289.7 289.4 290.1 291.8 293.3 293.3 291.2 293.0 295.0 294.9 295.2 295.4 295.2 293.6 292.7 291.8 289.6 288.5 287.4 288.9 290.7 289.8 286.9 285.5 287.1 287.7 134 Arctic Archipelago 279.5 278.7 279.6 282.1 281.9 279.0 277.8 277.5 279.1 279.5 279.9 281.7 282.2 282.3 280.6 280.1 279.0 277.9 279.1 279.5 279.9 280.5 279.5 277.0 275.1 274.4 274.9 274.8 274.8 275.6 277.6 136 Foxe Basin 278.3 279.0 279.1 279.0 280.1 279.5 278.8 280.3 280.5 281.3 281.4 281.7 280.0 280.0 279.3 278.4 277.1 277.2 276.3 277.5 277.1 277.6 278.1 278.4 279.2 278.3 276.6 277.6 277.5 278.0 277.4 138 Baffin Bay 273.5 273.4 272.1 272.2 272.8 271.7 272.1 271.9 272.7 272.9 272.5 271.2 269.0 268.7 269.2 270.8 270.1 269.6 271.0 270.5 270.6 269.7 269.0 269.5 270.8 273.2 273.4 271.8 267.6 267.9 267.9 139 South Greenland 274.3 273.4 274.3 274.8 274.7 273.9 273.7 274.5 274.6 274.1 272.8 272.2 272.3 273.0 272.6 273.2 272.6 273.0 274.9 274.9 274.1 273.4 273.3 273.9 274.6 274.8 273.9 272.6 270.4 270.9 270.1 140 Greenland Sea 272.6 272.8 272.0 272.0 271.2 270.5 269.3 271.1 268.9 270.0 271.4 272.0 270.4 269.0 270.4 273.1 272.7 270.9 271.8 271.3 272.6 270.4 269.7 267.4 268.2 270.6 271.5 266.6 263.0 263.5 262.3 142 Norwegian Sea 286.6 285.6 283.1 283.4 284.1 286.2 288.0 289.1 289.1 287.2 286.1 287.8 288.0 288.7 288.6 286.5 287.9 290.6 290.3 288.9 288.0 286.0 284.6 283.3 282.8 283.6 282.4 282.7 284.8 283.4 281.1 144 Barents Sea 290.9 290.9 289.4 287.7 285.8 285.3 286.0 286.8 285.8 286.4 286.3 285.5 285.4 287.3 288.3 290.2 291.3 292.8 291.9 289.6 289.7 290.1 289.9 289.6 288.9 290.1 289.6 289.0 288.5 285.9 286.3 146 Kara Sea 292.5 293.2 294.0 293.5 292.1 292.1 290.9 289.6 290.5 291.3 292.1 292.5 292.8 293.3 292.7 293.7 291.6 290.4 288.4 287.1 286.6 286.7 286.5 287.1 287.2 287.3 287.7 288.4 288.8 289.3 289.7 148 Laptev Sea 293.3 294.2 293.3 293.4 294.3 292.8 292.1 291.8 289.5 287.3 285.6 285.0 284.1 284.6 285.1 285.1 284.6 285.2 285.6 286.7 285.9 284.8 284.5 284.2 284.3 284.2 284.4 285.3 284.7 284.8 284.9 150 East Siberian Sea 283.5 285.3 287.7 287.1 286.5 286.1 286.0 285.5 285.9 287.2 287.3 286.9 285.7 283.8 281.3 281.4 281.1 280.9 281.3 282.8 283.2 285.9 287.1 287.9 283.9 280.7 280.0 280.1 279.8 279.9 279.8 152 Gulf of Alaska 283.2 282.8 283.5 288.1 288.5 287.6 280.7 280.1 279.9 280.3 285.9 288.2 288.4 281.2 280.7 281.6 281.1 284.5 286.3 285.6 282.0 284.0 284.3 284.7 287.8 289.3 289.0 284.0 283.2 281.1 280.1 154 Southeast Bering Sea 290.4 291.3 292.2 291.8 288.6 287.9 288.7 289.3 289.6 288.7 288.8 288.5 288.5 287.6 286.3 287.1 287.4 286.6 285.8 286.2 286.9 291.9 292.9 293.6 291.0 289.7 288.6 286.6 285.4 284.1 285.6