1980 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 273.2 272.9 272.7 272.7 272.7 271.8 271.4 270.9 270.1 269.8 270.1 270.2 268.8 268.0 268.5 268.3 268.4 268.3 268.5 268.1 267.6 267.0 266.9 267.1 266.6 266.2 265.6 265.4 265.6 265.1 264.4 34 Hudson Bay 281.3 280.0 279.7 280.8 283.3 283.2 284.3 282.1 278.6 276.8 275.6 274.4 273.5 272.6 272.8 272.6 273.8 274.4 273.8 271.9 271.5 271.4 271.7 271.0 270.7 269.5 267.9 268.1 271.3 272.3 271.0 36 Hudson Strait 272.5 275.3 274.5 272.3 272.0 271.9 273.6 274.0 274.0 273.5 273.2 271.0 269.7 269.6 270.4 270.5 271.3 272.6 273.8 271.7 271.8 271.3 270.6 270.7 271.5 272.8 273.3 270.5 269.4 267.5 266.4 98 Bering Strait 271.8 271.6 271.5 271.3 272.4 271.7 270.4 270.2 270.0 271.2 270.8 271.3 269.1 267.9 269.9 269.9 267.8 267.8 268.0 267.5 266.4 267.2 268.7 271.2 271.2 269.5 266.4 264.8 263.1 262.2 260.9 128 Arctic subocean 255.6 256.1 255.5 253.6 253.7 256.1 257.9 260.8 259.5 261.7 261.3 257.0 254.6 260.0 259.8 260.2 263.2 269.3 266.7 260.2 252.9 248.5 256.1 257.4 249.8 256.2 256.3 246.2 244.2 245.0 246.2 130 Chukchi Sea 270.4 270.9 270.4 270.0 270.1 269.8 267.5 265.9 265.7 266.7 266.6 267.9 271.4 270.9 270.5 270.0 267.5 264.8 265.7 267.9 267.7 270.9 271.2 270.7 270.2 269.5 267.8 263.2 262.4 264.9 264.4 132 Beaufort Sea 276.9 278.1 278.8 279.9 280.6 281.1 278.6 276.9 275.6 274.9 274.4 274.1 272.6 271.8 272.6 273.4 273.5 273.1 273.8 272.5 270.8 269.6 268.9 270.0 270.5 270.3 269.3 270.8 271.4 269.9 267.4 134 Arctic Archipelago 264.1 265.7 265.8 265.8 265.0 265.9 265.9 264.8 264.3 263.1 260.1 260.1 261.3 260.4 260.7 263.4 267.9 267.8 263.9 262.7 261.6 259.0 257.3 258.4 258.4 258.0 259.6 257.5 256.2 253.9 253.8 136 Foxe Basin 266.6 267.7 268.5 267.5 268.7 269.0 268.7 269.8 269.7 269.9 269.2 268.1 267.3 268.1 271.3 273.6 273.1 271.2 270.0 269.8 267.8 266.8 265.5 264.4 265.2 265.9 263.9 261.7 259.2 257.9 257.3 138 Baffin Bay 255.3 253.1 252.3 250.9 250.6 251.4 251.0 251.1 253.3 254.3 257.6 257.1 253.7 255.4 258.6 260.3 264.5 265.1 263.1 259.8 256.7 253.9 252.9 252.3 249.8 251.4 251.5 251.6 250.0 249.5 247.6 139 South Greenland 258.4 257.7 257.9 258.7 256.2 254.9 253.1 254.5 255.4 256.6 259.3 260.8 260.7 263.0 267.2 266.1 263.0 261.2 261.3 262.2 262.1 262.5 260.0 258.4 256.8 256.7 254.6 257.2 258.8 256.3 255.7 140 Greenland Sea 252.2 249.8 248.6 248.8 245.5 244.1 245.9 252.0 254.4 253.5 254.5 253.7 250.5 255.6 258.1 257.0 260.5 262.4 262.6 259.4 254.4 249.9 247.7 248.5 244.4 245.7 246.7 245.2 246.9 246.7 245.2 142 Norwegian Sea 277.5 277.5 277.2 278.9 279.8 278.2 278.6 277.4 277.2 277.2 276.8 276.3 276.2 276.3 275.1 273.6 273.1 273.3 275.4 275.4 274.5 272.7 271.1 270.8 269.6 271.0 272.5 271.0 270.3 271.3 273.0 144 Barents Sea 274.5 275.7 276.0 276.9 276.9 274.3 273.5 272.5 273.9 274.5 278.2 278.6 274.8 274.3 273.8 273.9 273.2 272.9 274.6 274.0 273.8 272.7 271.2 269.3 268.4 268.2 270.4 269.3 267.9 266.8 268.1 146 Kara Sea 277.0 276.1 275.8 275.9 275.7 273.8 273.4 273.2 272.4 272.4 273.0 274.7 272.4 269.7 270.2 270.5 270.5 270.9 271.6 271.8 271.6 271.5 271.9 272.3 272.3 271.4 270.8 271.9 271.3 270.9 271.1 148 Laptev Sea 273.5 273.4 272.5 271.4 270.0 268.9 268.9 268.6 267.5 267.2 267.9 267.3 266.9 266.2 264.8 262.3 261.2 260.1 260.8 262.6 263.2 262.8 263.2 263.9 263.0 263.2 263.4 262.1 262.7 262.6 260.9 150 East Siberian Sea 270.4 270.1 269.5 269.2 269.1 267.0 265.9 266.2 265.5 264.4 263.1 261.4 260.0 259.7 259.5 259.4 258.0 256.1 257.0 256.8 257.7 257.6 257.3 256.6 256.8 256.1 254.2 252.3 252.6 253.4 253.3 152 Gulf of Alaska 276.6 276.4 275.8 276.6 277.8 277.0 276.3 274.9 273.4 273.6 274.2 274.0 273.6 274.7 276.2 275.2 275.1 276.1 276.3 275.1 274.7 275.2 275.2 275.3 275.1 274.1 273.9 273.8 272.5 271.0 271.5 154 Southeast Bering Sea 276.3 276.6 276.5 276.1 275.8 274.4 273.3 270.9 269.9 269.1 271.7 274.9 275.4 275.6 275.6 274.2 274.4 274.6 274.9 274.6 275.5 276.0 275.2 274.3 274.2 273.0 271.9 267.5 269.5 269.9 268.4