1979 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 275.3 274.9 274.7 274.6 273.5 272.4 272.1 270.9 270.5 270.5 269.6 268.7 268.7 268.3 267.2 267.2 267.1 266.5 266.1 265.7 265.1 263.8 263.7 264.1 264.3 263.6 262.6 262.4 261.8 262.7 263.0 34 Hudson Bay 281.6 279.6 279.0 281.4 281.0 278.0 277.4 275.2 274.7 276.4 275.9 273.7 275.4 277.8 278.1 275.6 274.8 275.1 274.7 274.9 274.1 272.0 270.4 270.8 271.3 271.6 272.3 272.4 271.3 271.7 271.9 36 Hudson Strait 276.8 275.9 274.1 274.6 276.2 278.8 278.1 273.0 270.4 272.0 272.5 272.3 273.0 272.0 271.5 270.0 270.6 271.1 269.7 271.0 271.7 269.4 267.4 267.7 267.0 268.1 268.0 267.9 266.7 265.4 267.9 98 Bering Strait 273.1 273.5 273.7 273.7 273.0 273.1 273.3 272.3 272.7 272.3 272.1 272.0 271.3 270.4 269.1 268.7 268.1 269.7 269.0 267.0 265.7 263.9 265.7 267.5 267.7 266.5 264.9 265.3 266.5 268.9 268.8 128 Arctic subocean 252.9 253.7 255.6 258.3 257.9 255.0 258.8 263.7 263.4 263.5 261.1 258.6 258.2 250.0 247.8 248.1 246.8 244.4 243.9 245.8 247.3 246.6 243.4 243.4 242.7 243.4 241.6 242.9 244.1 244.7 244.4 130 Chukchi Sea 274.5 274.4 274.6 274.2 272.9 272.1 272.0 271.4 272.2 272.3 272.3 272.3 271.1 270.3 268.2 266.5 268.6 269.8 269.6 270.0 269.1 265.7 264.5 264.6 264.5 263.1 262.7 262.9 262.1 266.7 266.6 132 Beaufort Sea 277.3 276.6 277.7 277.7 276.2 276.5 276.7 275.4 276.2 277.4 276.6 275.3 276.7 275.9 272.6 270.9 269.7 269.5 267.8 266.8 267.0 267.9 269.7 271.1 272.2 271.5 269.7 269.3 268.6 269.3 269.7 134 Arctic Archipelago 262.1 260.1 261.3 261.3 260.6 262.0 263.0 263.1 263.5 264.0 263.1 260.8 261.0 261.1 262.6 263.6 262.2 259.5 253.6 249.9 251.4 253.6 252.4 254.6 258.6 259.5 259.5 254.6 254.4 257.6 258.1 136 Foxe Basin 271.0 270.5 268.9 267.7 270.8 272.1 270.2 272.3 273.5 273.4 272.8 271.6 270.5 269.4 268.3 267.5 268.0 267.6 265.3 263.3 261.7 261.0 261.6 260.1 263.3 269.0 269.7 269.0 262.2 259.5 264.6 138 Baffin Bay 262.0 264.8 266.4 265.1 261.8 261.2 266.5 268.0 267.0 263.8 262.0 259.5 258.4 252.8 249.4 252.2 252.7 251.8 253.4 253.3 249.2 245.2 244.8 247.7 247.6 244.0 239.1 240.2 239.2 237.7 240.9 139 South Greenland 268.9 269.2 267.5 266.0 265.9 264.5 264.7 265.2 264.5 264.4 262.4 261.3 261.0 259.9 258.6 261.9 260.7 256.4 257.1 256.7 255.4 255.4 256.6 259.0 257.3 256.2 252.1 250.6 251.0 249.0 248.5 140 Greenland Sea 257.7 259.9 261.2 262.9 258.6 255.1 259.4 263.1 261.1 261.7 259.9 256.5 254.6 249.2 244.0 245.8 246.4 245.0 245.7 247.9 246.4 243.6 244.8 249.1 250.5 248.0 245.2 241.5 236.5 238.1 242.0 142 Norwegian Sea 276.4 276.8 277.5 276.3 276.7 276.9 277.6 277.5 277.1 276.2 275.5 274.9 274.7 275.8 274.1 273.7 274.7 275.5 276.8 277.9 275.0 275.8 276.2 275.9 275.1 274.1 274.2 273.5 273.2 271.9 271.5 144 Barents Sea 275.7 274.5 274.3 274.3 274.8 274.3 274.6 273.2 272.2 271.7 269.4 268.2 269.1 271.1 272.4 272.0 273.7 273.3 271.9 271.8 272.8 272.7 271.9 271.5 272.4 270.8 267.0 264.4 262.6 265.2 266.5 146 Kara Sea 281.0 281.2 281.1 279.2 277.1 276.0 274.7 273.0 273.5 272.8 271.6 270.8 270.0 268.6 267.4 268.4 269.3 268.9 270.5 270.9 270.2 268.8 269.7 269.7 269.0 267.4 266.8 267.0 266.5 266.8 265.3 148 Laptev Sea 274.2 273.1 271.8 272.6 271.3 269.5 267.9 266.0 263.8 263.7 264.4 265.0 264.8 265.4 264.8 263.7 262.6 261.2 260.0 260.2 259.2 256.3 254.4 253.3 253.2 252.8 252.8 254.8 255.1 257.8 259.0 150 East Siberian Sea 266.9 267.4 267.4 268.3 267.4 267.0 266.4 265.6 264.5 263.0 260.8 260.6 260.7 260.3 258.7 259.8 261.0 261.3 258.4 255.0 254.5 255.0 254.8 253.8 254.1 254.4 254.4 251.8 250.6 250.5 252.3 152 Gulf of Alaska 277.3 277.1 277.1 276.8 277.2 276.9 277.2 276.7 277.8 277.2 277.1 276.5 275.7 275.6 275.3 275.5 275.3 275.0 274.1 272.3 272.4 272.9 273.9 274.4 274.3 273.8 273.8 274.4 274.7 275.0 274.9 154 Southeast Bering Sea 279.1 279.3 278.7 278.2 278.1 278.3 279.6 277.2 276.6 277.2 277.2 276.2 275.9 277.0 276.4 276.0 275.8 275.2 274.5 273.7 273.3 271.1 268.5 266.8 266.9 268.1 267.2 267.8 273.1 274.7 274.6