1980 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 288.1 288.0 287.9 287.8 287.4 287.4 288.0 288.2 288.3 288.6 288.8 288.6 288.8 288.8 288.3 287.5 287.1 287.1 287.3 287.5 287.1 286.7 286.9 287.3 287.8 287.6 287.2 287.0 287.0 286.3 285.0 34 Hudson Bay 295.1 293.8 293.4 292.2 291.7 292.1 292.4 292.3 292.5 292.8 292.5 291.8 292.3 292.4 293.9 294.4 293.7 294.4 295.5 295.6 293.6 291.8 292.0 293.3 293.3 291.5 291.4 292.0 292.1 291.6 290.6 36 Hudson Strait 286.3 287.2 288.5 289.0 290.1 288.6 288.2 285.9 285.2 286.6 286.8 287.5 289.2 289.0 288.0 288.6 289.6 291.2 292.1 291.3 291.3 290.7 290.4 291.6 292.6 291.9 287.9 281.6 283.5 286.8 285.8 98 Bering Strait 284.5 286.7 288.0 287.0 286.4 286.2 285.8 286.4 287.7 289.1 289.1 285.7 285.9 284.5 283.7 283.2 282.3 282.1 280.8 281.7 282.0 282.1 283.0 284.0 284.5 284.5 284.6 285.1 284.5 284.6 282.3 128 Arctic subocean 274.0 273.9 273.9 274.2 274.7 273.5 273.3 272.6 271.5 271.0 271.6 271.9 271.3 271.5 271.5 270.9 270.3 273.1 272.4 271.9 272.6 272.7 272.3 272.5 273.3 273.1 272.4 273.3 273.7 272.8 272.1 130 Chukchi Sea 285.0 286.8 286.8 284.6 288.0 287.1 282.9 282.9 283.9 285.6 286.0 284.8 282.7 281.5 281.3 280.1 278.9 278.9 280.4 282.6 284.2 284.1 283.7 283.5 283.3 283.5 282.6 282.7 281.7 282.6 279.5 132 Beaufort Sea 290.6 290.0 289.0 288.8 288.8 289.8 291.1 291.6 291.6 291.6 291.3 291.4 292.2 291.5 289.0 288.2 287.7 286.5 285.9 285.0 284.9 285.0 284.7 284.3 285.9 287.6 287.2 286.7 287.0 287.0 286.9 134 Arctic Archipelago 282.2 285.4 286.8 286.9 285.9 283.0 282.1 282.2 283.8 283.9 282.0 281.8 281.9 282.8 283.8 284.0 282.9 280.5 279.2 279.4 279.6 279.6 279.3 279.5 279.9 280.0 281.1 281.8 282.2 281.3 281.0 136 Foxe Basin 281.3 282.2 284.1 284.5 283.3 282.3 282.0 282.7 283.5 284.3 282.2 280.5 280.7 279.5 281.1 283.9 286.1 283.9 283.2 284.2 284.8 285.5 284.1 283.1 282.1 282.1 281.0 279.7 281.3 281.3 281.5 138 Baffin Bay 271.5 271.6 271.6 273.1 273.2 273.0 272.3 271.8 269.9 269.1 268.8 269.8 270.1 270.7 270.2 269.1 269.9 272.3 270.9 271.5 272.2 272.2 271.7 271.3 272.9 272.2 272.4 273.4 272.7 271.3 270.7 139 South Greenland 275.3 275.2 274.2 273.4 273.5 273.7 274.1 274.6 274.1 273.3 273.3 273.0 272.7 272.1 271.9 272.1 272.9 272.1 272.9 274.6 275.2 275.1 274.5 274.1 274.6 274.9 274.4 274.0 273.6 273.4 271.6 140 Greenland Sea 272.1 270.5 270.1 270.9 272.3 272.3 271.4 270.5 267.3 266.0 266.5 268.6 268.9 270.0 270.4 269.7 266.9 270.6 271.1 269.6 270.7 269.3 268.7 267.5 269.6 271.6 270.7 272.4 272.5 269.4 268.3 142 Norwegian Sea 290.1 289.7 288.8 288.4 287.6 285.6 283.8 284.1 283.6 284.6 287.3 288.9 289.3 289.7 290.8 291.3 289.5 289.0 287.9 285.5 285.8 286.2 284.7 283.3 283.1 283.8 284.0 283.7 283.8 284.5 283.7 144 Barents Sea 289.1 286.8 286.1 287.9 289.7 290.9 290.8 289.7 288.0 290.0 291.2 290.7 288.6 286.8 285.6 285.4 286.0 287.6 289.0 289.5 288.0 285.8 284.9 284.3 282.8 281.9 281.7 281.4 282.2 280.8 281.4 146 Kara Sea 289.2 289.9 289.7 288.8 287.8 288.5 289.6 290.5 290.8 291.8 292.4 292.9 292.7 292.7 292.5 292.1 291.4 290.6 291.1 291.8 292.7 293.4 293.2 293.2 293.1 292.0 290.4 290.0 290.7 290.6 288.7 148 Laptev Sea 291.2 289.9 290.4 291.7 292.2 291.8 292.0 292.1 293.3 293.8 293.7 293.7 294.0 294.7 293.2 290.2 290.6 290.8 290.4 289.1 286.3 286.5 288.3 290.4 291.3 291.7 291.7 291.2 289.8 289.0 289.5 150 East Siberian Sea 293.5 292.1 292.2 292.3 287.7 286.4 291.8 293.6 289.6 285.6 286.3 287.3 290.0 293.1 290.3 284.4 282.8 284.5 286.8 288.6 289.5 285.0 283.8 284.8 288.3 290.4 292.2 293.0 291.4 284.6 276.7 152 Gulf of Alaska 281.2 284.1 284.8 284.2 280.9 281.2 280.6 279.4 283.4 287.1 288.4 282.1 281.1 279.1 279.0 281.9 283.5 283.1 279.4 279.4 279.0 279.1 283.3 284.4 284.0 283.0 283.0 282.3 281.5 283.8 283.7 154 Southeast Bering Sea 287.3 287.4 287.6 289.7 290.5 288.3 285.3 284.7 285.8 286.2 286.7 286.4 285.8 285.7 286.0 284.8 283.9 283.7 283.5 282.4 283.0 285.4 287.9 288.5 288.1 287.1 288.1 287.0 287.4 287.0 286.2