1979 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 262.4 261.8 260.3 259.2 258.3 258.3 258.1 257.9 257.4 257.7 258.3 259.4 260.0 260.0 260.7 261.9 262.1 261.1 259.7 259.9 260.9 261.4 262.0 262.5 261.3 259.7 258.9 259.3 259.3 259.6 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 270.9 270.6 269.5 268.1 266.9 265.4 264.2 262.3 260.1 258.5 260.4 262.4 263.7 264.1 266.1 269.8 270.3 270.7 270.9 269.6 268.6 268.1 267.1 267.2 265.4 265.2 265.1 264.8 263.8 262.8 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 268.6 271.5 270.2 267.9 267.6 266.3 265.7 265.6 266.8 264.9 264.7 261.8 263.7 262.2 260.3 260.8 260.0 267.2 265.2 260.8 266.6 267.0 262.8 268.0 270.1 267.9 265.9 264.2 257.8 256.6 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 268.7 266.2 265.2 261.2 265.9 271.2 270.7 271.3 271.1 269.4 267.6 266.5 265.7 266.4 267.7 269.2 265.7 260.2 259.7 261.5 261.0 261.1 266.1 263.5 259.7 260.5 260.2 263.8 266.4 270.1 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 244.0 243.6 241.4 243.2 242.3 244.7 246.4 245.7 243.2 240.1 239.0 241.6 242.3 241.9 242.1 243.8 242.8 246.4 247.7 251.1 253.6 253.4 253.4 253.2 243.8 242.3 244.8 245.8 245.7 243.4 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 268.8 270.4 268.1 263.8 270.3 273.4 272.3 274.1 272.8 268.9 268.5 264.9 261.9 262.7 266.2 266.3 263.5 259.0 255.5 252.3 250.8 250.9 254.9 264.4 261.5 256.8 254.9 255.3 256.7 258.8 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 271.0 270.7 268.1 265.9 264.4 264.9 268.4 267.9 266.4 267.0 267.3 268.7 269.4 269.8 270.4 272.2 271.6 269.7 266.3 269.2 270.4 271.2 270.1 265.2 264.7 262.9 262.8 263.5 267.6 268.4 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 259.0 258.1 256.5 254.7 252.8 251.2 247.4 244.3 244.6 244.9 245.1 245.7 245.4 243.3 249.8 252.3 256.5 261.8 264.5 264.9 266.6 265.6 267.4 263.7 256.9 255.9 253.2 257.2 257.6 262.0 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 264.6 257.7 254.2 258.3 256.5 250.1 250.6 254.2 254.8 252.7 252.5 249.8 246.4 245.7 243.6 243.0 245.8 251.6 255.7 259.5 261.8 260.0 260.5 263.5 260.3 257.1 249.5 246.0 244.0 246.5 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 245.1 248.0 248.5 246.8 243.7 241.4 241.4 242.7 242.9 242.4 245.5 245.7 243.9 244.2 243.0 243.2 245.0 243.5 242.0 245.7 250.2 252.6 251.6 252.3 248.1 239.5 240.6 244.6 245.1 242.1 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 254.2 257.3 257.3 252.8 250.8 249.6 249.1 249.4 249.1 253.5 256.3 255.3 254.1 253.0 252.3 253.0 251.7 249.6 251.5 252.4 250.6 249.5 250.2 249.4 250.8 247.4 248.2 249.8 250.7 253.1 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 248.7 253.1 253.5 252.3 248.0 245.5 245.8 248.0 246.7 242.2 240.8 241.5 241.4 244.4 245.5 245.6 246.4 244.5 240.4 238.5 243.4 248.0 248.3 249.6 247.3 235.6 235.9 238.8 243.4 242.0 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 271.7 272.4 273.3 275.6 274.9 273.6 273.0 273.1 273.0 272.4 270.0 269.9 272.0 270.4 268.9 269.5 272.5 274.3 273.9 274.0 276.4 276.4 274.9 272.8 272.7 271.8 272.5 273.0 274.4 274.4 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 264.0 264.7 263.5 259.5 259.2 264.3 268.7 271.0 270.7 270.4 269.5 270.0 270.2 271.9 272.0 271.3 270.5 273.0 273.1 273.2 270.9 269.4 271.3 271.1 270.7 270.4 269.4 269.6 265.7 260.5 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 263.7 262.1 259.9 261.4 260.7 259.5 256.8 256.1 256.8 260.1 261.8 264.9 265.9 264.5 264.3 266.3 267.4 264.7 261.3 261.8 265.1 265.2 265.9 268.0 266.3 264.5 265.7 265.5 264.5 265.0 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 254.6 252.5 252.0 249.7 247.3 247.5 249.5 250.0 249.2 247.9 247.1 247.8 249.7 250.3 251.7 251.3 252.5 252.0 250.2 248.9 248.4 249.6 248.8 254.1 256.9 255.8 249.7 248.1 248.9 250.1 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 252.0 252.4 249.6 249.0 251.1 253.7 254.5 255.2 253.7 251.4 249.9 249.4 252.1 253.3 252.0 249.1 245.8 243.8 242.8 242.3 242.5 248.0 255.6 250.3 246.6 247.2 247.1 246.6 245.3 245.8 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 274.2 273.5 272.8 271.5 270.5 274.4 275.2 275.4 275.3 275.3 275.4 274.3 273.2 272.6 274.4 274.3 270.9 267.1 272.9 273.4 273.3 273.6 271.2 269.1 269.4 271.2 271.8 273.7 274.6 273.1 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 274.9 274.8 273.2 273.7 274.4 275.5 275.0 275.8 275.6 276.7 276.3 272.2 268.8 272.2 275.2 274.2 270.3 268.7 267.3 266.5 266.4 264.2 263.7 266.8 272.4 270.0 269.8 274.6 275.0 273.5 -9999.0