1981 01 - 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 255.6 255.3 256.0 257.1 257.4 257.3 256.8 256.2 256.5 258.0 257.5 257.4 256.8 256.3 256.4 257.2 257.5 257.2 257.2 257.4 257.5 256.9 257.0 257.7 258.2 257.3 256.1 256.3 257.0 257.5 257.7 34 Hudson Bay 258.4 251.4 249.9 255.7 259.4 258.3 255.0 255.3 253.0 254.6 258.9 261.0 261.8 261.0 258.9 263.1 268.2 269.1 264.9 265.8 269.8 269.3 267.3 265.7 265.0 262.8 258.6 257.1 257.9 259.8 260.0 36 Hudson Strait 253.8 257.9 265.2 263.2 256.0 251.4 251.0 256.4 255.5 248.0 248.6 253.4 251.6 248.7 250.7 251.8 250.8 256.5 258.2 258.1 250.0 251.1 254.1 256.2 256.2 255.2 253.9 255.0 253.8 252.6 255.0 98 Bering Strait 265.1 264.6 262.0 259.2 262.4 265.7 267.0 267.2 265.2 265.2 264.0 261.6 261.5 265.2 266.2 267.1 265.5 265.5 265.6 264.5 262.7 261.6 261.1 262.9 263.3 264.6 261.5 257.9 260.0 265.7 266.4 128 Arctic subocean 240.9 239.9 240.0 241.4 241.7 240.6 236.9 240.7 244.5 245.0 246.0 248.4 245.0 240.5 242.1 243.3 245.5 243.7 244.8 248.3 246.0 244.4 255.4 255.5 249.8 243.4 245.9 247.5 247.3 245.4 243.7 130 Chukchi Sea 260.1 258.4 257.6 252.8 258.3 263.7 264.5 265.7 265.4 261.9 260.1 256.8 256.1 259.2 259.7 263.7 264.3 264.4 263.5 259.9 258.2 253.4 247.4 257.4 259.5 263.2 262.6 256.9 256.0 266.2 268.7 132 Beaufort Sea 259.6 262.6 265.8 266.8 264.4 262.3 261.5 259.8 261.8 268.2 270.7 270.1 269.0 268.1 271.8 272.3 271.4 269.7 272.7 273.1 271.6 272.1 270.5 269.5 266.2 261.9 261.1 262.0 261.5 262.5 263.1 134 Arctic Archipelago 239.2 238.0 240.9 243.1 242.9 243.9 245.4 247.5 247.4 254.0 253.4 253.4 256.4 252.2 256.1 263.8 264.5 254.8 257.0 261.1 261.8 256.3 256.0 255.7 256.6 254.7 252.2 255.8 254.5 249.2 247.7 136 Foxe Basin 247.1 253.0 254.3 249.9 245.5 243.3 241.7 242.2 251.8 254.8 250.6 247.2 245.7 248.8 247.6 245.4 250.9 250.2 248.2 245.9 253.8 255.2 252.3 252.0 253.7 251.1 246.5 245.2 247.8 249.7 245.7 138 Baffin Bay 235.1 237.1 239.3 240.2 240.9 242.7 243.8 241.0 247.9 251.1 248.8 244.9 243.6 243.6 241.6 237.0 237.8 237.0 238.7 242.5 243.7 241.8 245.0 245.7 247.3 242.5 240.7 240.6 242.2 242.5 243.9 139 South Greenland 242.7 243.6 245.0 245.6 249.6 254.4 253.0 249.7 259.9 262.1 250.1 255.5 253.2 249.7 246.6 242.7 240.6 240.2 249.0 251.7 250.1 247.6 246.1 249.6 254.6 254.1 249.1 248.6 250.7 250.6 250.9 140 Greenland Sea 242.2 241.2 241.4 241.2 239.5 237.9 240.5 240.3 243.4 247.8 247.7 244.8 239.6 240.4 239.4 233.4 236.2 236.0 236.3 239.1 240.1 238.6 242.4 251.3 250.4 242.4 240.9 241.2 241.0 239.4 240.2 142 Norwegian Sea 270.9 270.1 265.5 260.8 261.9 262.9 266.4 275.0 273.2 270.9 274.0 272.8 270.7 268.0 268.8 268.6 266.5 263.6 261.5 266.2 268.6 274.1 275.6 276.3 272.8 271.7 276.2 275.4 275.0 272.5 275.2 144 Barents Sea 265.8 263.9 261.1 260.6 263.5 266.7 265.4 264.5 262.5 263.5 264.0 264.6 265.6 263.7 264.7 268.7 267.9 266.5 262.7 261.8 262.2 262.6 265.5 269.1 271.3 268.2 266.7 269.0 270.1 264.2 262.9 146 Kara Sea 263.0 264.5 265.4 264.1 263.0 262.5 261.6 260.3 260.1 260.6 259.9 258.8 256.8 256.4 256.3 256.5 255.3 255.5 254.5 254.1 254.7 255.1 255.9 256.6 259.0 260.3 259.9 259.5 260.7 261.7 261.6 148 Laptev Sea 247.1 247.8 250.0 254.5 253.2 251.8 251.9 250.7 250.6 252.0 250.1 249.3 249.6 249.5 249.7 249.0 249.1 250.3 250.9 250.1 250.3 249.2 248.7 249.1 247.3 248.2 250.6 252.3 252.9 254.1 254.6 150 East Siberian Sea 245.1 243.2 243.4 244.8 246.6 248.8 249.2 249.4 247.9 246.9 245.4 246.3 246.9 247.4 246.2 248.0 249.5 250.6 251.2 250.7 246.3 245.4 244.5 243.6 243.3 242.8 242.4 244.8 243.6 242.7 243.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 274.0 274.3 272.0 273.4 273.1 273.3 273.9 273.8 272.2 273.8 273.4 272.7 273.5 274.9 275.3 274.4 274.7 274.9 274.6 271.7 272.0 273.8 273.4 272.7 273.8 273.4 269.7 266.6 270.0 271.7 272.6 154 Southeast Bering Sea 274.4 274.2 270.3 273.0 273.5 271.6 274.4 274.6 271.2 271.4 271.2 268.6 270.5 273.7 273.5 273.3 271.1 269.4 267.9 266.8 261.6 262.8 272.4 273.9 274.7 274.1 268.7 270.1 273.8 274.2 272.7