1980 12 - 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 253.5 253.9 255.1 255.6 255.2 255.0 254.9 254.7 253.2 252.6 253.2 253.8 254.2 255.5 255.5 255.3 255.5 254.7 254.2 253.3 252.7 252.4 251.9 252.3 252.4 253.2 254.3 254.4 254.2 253.9 254.6 34 Hudson Bay 258.0 253.3 254.5 256.8 258.4 258.1 258.4 259.0 256.2 251.9 252.5 255.9 256.4 256.8 255.5 258.8 262.6 256.0 249.8 249.5 250.6 252.0 251.4 250.8 251.7 253.6 260.6 263.9 258.0 259.4 260.4 36 Hudson Strait 267.7 265.1 259.7 259.5 259.5 260.8 261.5 261.3 261.6 259.5 250.4 246.1 246.5 247.7 248.6 248.5 249.2 256.3 255.6 252.0 248.7 245.5 245.9 247.2 248.3 249.1 247.4 255.5 253.8 243.5 248.5 98 Bering Strait 256.8 255.8 253.8 254.8 253.0 249.7 249.4 248.1 248.1 247.6 245.2 245.8 248.8 253.1 252.1 245.3 243.3 247.3 250.6 250.1 250.6 250.9 251.1 252.2 253.2 250.4 244.0 243.3 249.7 253.5 261.9 128 Arctic subocean 245.0 243.2 245.7 256.4 256.2 250.6 245.1 239.3 237.1 238.0 239.6 241.5 242.2 242.9 242.8 246.2 241.2 241.2 242.0 237.0 236.4 237.3 242.8 241.1 237.1 237.4 236.6 237.4 237.4 239.8 241.6 130 Chukchi Sea 268.5 263.2 258.0 247.3 249.8 248.1 248.6 248.7 251.7 252.1 246.0 242.9 243.7 245.7 246.1 243.5 244.0 249.6 252.4 250.8 251.2 253.1 253.5 252.6 253.3 252.4 250.1 248.1 252.1 250.1 249.3 132 Beaufort Sea 251.3 251.7 249.6 249.2 250.2 250.3 253.3 251.6 248.5 251.1 252.2 253.8 253.9 261.6 265.9 262.8 258.3 252.4 250.6 249.6 250.7 252.2 251.7 253.4 253.1 254.5 251.8 251.4 258.8 260.8 259.7 134 Arctic Archipelago 248.8 249.9 251.0 251.0 250.5 249.5 247.3 245.7 244.9 244.5 245.2 247.9 251.0 248.9 246.9 249.7 248.0 247.1 250.0 251.8 248.5 244.7 250.9 250.1 244.9 240.1 243.8 245.5 244.5 242.0 238.4 136 Foxe Basin 261.1 265.6 263.7 259.2 254.8 252.2 250.5 248.8 248.0 255.1 258.4 258.4 254.9 246.6 243.8 244.2 247.2 245.0 239.7 238.5 240.7 242.4 241.3 240.9 241.2 240.5 239.5 236.8 240.3 240.4 242.3 138 Baffin Bay 252.8 257.9 258.5 258.8 250.6 246.3 243.8 241.0 244.4 245.2 246.9 247.2 246.4 244.3 244.9 242.4 239.3 238.3 238.9 238.1 239.0 239.6 239.2 238.6 238.0 240.3 242.0 235.1 234.6 234.4 233.6 139 South Greenland 258.4 263.2 265.7 261.2 256.0 254.7 249.9 248.8 251.3 251.9 254.1 253.8 249.9 246.5 248.7 248.5 247.4 245.9 246.5 246.6 247.2 247.4 245.8 242.9 243.6 253.9 255.5 245.7 241.5 240.3 240.9 140 Greenland Sea 248.5 252.1 252.9 253.6 250.3 245.1 240.6 237.0 238.1 241.1 241.8 242.9 241.3 240.2 240.3 238.0 235.0 236.0 236.5 235.2 235.5 237.0 237.5 238.1 236.6 235.8 243.1 241.7 241.1 241.6 243.1 142 Norwegian Sea 274.8 272.6 269.5 268.4 266.6 267.8 268.2 271.1 270.2 268.7 268.1 271.8 271.4 269.0 267.0 267.0 274.1 274.2 271.0 268.6 269.1 270.0 271.0 271.7 270.7 268.6 268.2 273.1 273.8 272.0 272.5 144 Barents Sea 257.9 263.3 267.5 266.4 265.4 265.9 265.2 263.9 260.3 262.1 261.4 259.1 260.7 265.9 264.7 264.3 266.8 266.5 267.5 264.9 264.2 265.3 267.1 267.8 267.2 266.4 265.1 264.5 264.5 267.8 267.6 146 Kara Sea 252.7 254.9 258.6 257.2 257.5 258.9 260.5 262.4 259.9 259.2 260.8 261.3 261.3 261.9 262.3 263.1 263.7 263.5 262.6 260.8 259.8 259.2 257.5 257.8 258.1 259.4 261.4 262.2 261.6 259.9 261.0 148 Laptev Sea 248.4 246.2 245.3 249.3 249.0 247.4 246.6 247.6 246.8 246.5 248.4 249.5 250.8 253.2 252.1 249.0 249.6 249.7 250.9 251.0 248.7 247.2 245.7 245.8 246.7 248.1 248.1 248.2 248.1 247.0 245.6 150 East Siberian Sea 242.8 244.4 248.9 254.4 257.2 260.9 258.6 251.7 250.2 247.9 245.9 243.3 242.6 241.9 240.9 245.9 246.7 252.8 255.5 253.6 250.7 247.9 246.5 252.9 252.9 250.7 248.3 247.8 246.8 244.4 245.2 152 Gulf of Alaska 262.0 262.6 261.2 261.5 262.3 262.5 263.8 261.6 258.8 258.9 258.5 258.2 264.5 264.6 259.3 255.4 254.7 255.1 256.0 256.5 257.5 260.3 260.4 260.9 262.8 260.3 258.1 262.5 267.8 270.9 274.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 270.0 270.9 269.8 267.8 259.3 256.1 259.9 260.6 261.0 258.2 253.5 243.6 242.8 242.2 248.4 252.2 252.8 256.6 257.5 267.5 267.7 261.0 259.5 259.2 257.3 255.6 253.5 255.5 255.3 262.1 273.4