1981 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 273.0 273.0 272.9 272.5 271.1 271.3 271.7 272.1 271.3 270.6 270.3 269.5 269.7 269.2 268.7 268.2 268.1 267.1 266.1 266.6 267.1 267.1 266.5 266.2 266.0 264.8 263.5 262.9 263.1 263.5 264.1 34 Hudson Bay 280.0 281.6 283.0 282.2 280.5 280.1 279.8 279.6 278.9 280.2 281.0 278.6 277.8 277.0 275.9 275.5 275.7 274.2 270.7 268.4 266.5 266.4 267.4 268.3 267.5 268.7 268.7 269.2 272.4 273.2 276.1 36 Hudson Strait 277.0 278.0 277.8 278.7 275.1 274.5 273.7 272.7 272.2 271.4 271.8 272.6 273.6 274.3 274.3 271.9 269.8 273.8 273.1 271.3 268.3 267.7 266.3 266.1 266.6 271.7 270.2 270.0 268.1 266.6 269.6 98 Bering Strait 271.5 269.3 267.6 267.9 267.2 268.0 268.4 270.5 270.7 269.7 270.2 271.7 270.3 270.1 268.9 267.9 266.9 266.6 264.6 265.1 270.7 272.5 272.1 272.4 272.3 268.2 264.4 261.9 261.5 261.0 261.0 128 Arctic subocean 255.5 253.2 254.4 261.3 267.1 267.8 265.8 262.6 260.7 254.3 251.2 249.5 249.5 247.8 248.0 251.2 254.6 253.6 253.4 253.8 252.6 251.5 249.9 247.9 249.3 248.7 250.5 251.0 247.8 249.5 253.7 130 Chukchi Sea 270.7 269.5 268.3 267.7 267.7 266.9 267.2 268.7 270.0 269.3 267.9 270.0 269.0 268.2 267.6 267.6 267.5 266.9 266.8 266.2 270.3 273.2 273.4 272.9 272.2 269.4 265.3 263.4 263.2 261.9 261.1 132 Beaufort Sea 277.8 276.4 274.1 272.3 272.1 273.3 273.8 273.7 273.1 272.8 272.1 272.2 272.5 272.5 272.7 271.9 270.0 270.2 268.9 266.1 266.4 269.8 271.8 269.2 266.2 263.3 263.7 267.2 269.4 268.8 269.5 134 Arctic Archipelago 269.0 269.8 271.4 273.2 272.5 270.6 269.0 269.0 268.4 267.1 265.5 263.7 262.3 259.2 256.7 255.1 258.9 260.2 257.3 258.4 260.2 259.6 258.4 257.1 258.4 258.0 257.0 254.5 257.7 265.7 266.7 136 Foxe Basin 273.6 272.9 273.2 273.4 272.9 273.9 273.9 273.1 271.9 271.4 270.9 269.3 266.1 265.1 266.1 264.4 263.9 267.4 271.6 271.2 269.9 265.7 264.8 268.1 268.1 268.6 268.7 267.4 263.3 266.6 269.4 138 Baffin Bay 259.3 262.6 262.4 259.3 261.2 263.1 265.6 263.6 256.7 256.1 253.0 252.1 254.2 253.8 252.3 250.4 252.4 251.9 252.8 262.0 264.8 261.1 253.4 247.1 249.4 252.8 252.1 248.7 251.4 252.2 253.2 139 South Greenland 267.4 267.8 267.4 264.4 260.9 261.1 263.1 264.5 261.7 258.8 257.0 256.9 257.3 255.8 256.6 262.7 261.1 256.2 258.3 267.4 269.0 260.7 257.6 254.3 253.8 253.2 251.3 254.3 258.4 258.3 255.1 140 Greenland Sea 252.2 256.5 258.0 255.8 257.3 260.1 259.9 258.3 253.2 248.4 246.4 245.9 248.3 248.7 247.5 246.6 248.6 246.8 247.1 258.5 260.6 260.6 251.8 249.4 250.2 248.5 247.7 248.8 252.7 250.1 246.8 142 Norwegian Sea 280.5 278.7 280.4 280.2 278.0 276.6 276.8 276.2 276.3 278.6 279.0 276.9 276.6 276.4 275.6 274.5 274.6 274.0 274.0 274.0 273.3 274.3 274.1 273.4 273.8 273.1 273.5 273.4 273.6 272.6 269.8 144 Barents Sea 280.4 279.0 281.5 283.6 276.1 275.1 274.7 274.8 274.8 274.4 275.6 274.9 275.0 275.0 275.0 274.4 273.9 273.6 273.3 273.0 273.3 273.5 273.7 273.6 274.6 273.5 272.9 272.1 270.5 269.6 270.6 146 Kara Sea 273.5 273.6 273.1 273.0 271.7 272.5 273.6 274.9 273.8 272.8 274.1 272.9 273.4 272.0 270.2 269.8 270.8 270.0 269.6 270.3 270.6 271.2 270.9 271.2 270.6 268.0 266.2 264.5 263.1 262.4 262.7 148 Laptev Sea 271.5 270.8 269.7 269.4 267.6 266.6 266.9 267.2 267.5 267.3 263.9 264.0 265.4 267.2 269.2 268.3 266.8 264.7 264.1 264.0 264.3 263.9 261.8 261.5 261.9 261.9 260.4 259.5 257.4 258.0 257.2 150 East Siberian Sea 269.5 267.6 267.6 267.2 268.0 269.6 270.3 270.6 271.9 270.3 269.8 268.1 267.2 266.8 266.1 264.6 260.9 259.5 257.1 254.9 255.5 256.7 258.8 261.9 263.6 261.9 258.9 256.2 256.4 259.6 263.2 152 Gulf of Alaska 274.1 272.1 273.6 274.4 273.3 273.7 271.8 272.8 273.2 273.5 275.4 275.8 276.2 275.9 275.4 275.0 275.5 275.0 272.3 274.1 275.2 275.3 275.9 276.8 275.5 272.2 271.1 271.8 271.7 271.1 269.2 154 Southeast Bering Sea 273.1 276.3 277.8 276.7 270.3 269.4 268.0 267.8 268.7 270.8 276.5 275.9 274.9 273.9 273.2 273.3 273.0 270.0 271.6 275.0 275.4 275.7 276.8 277.4 276.9 274.3 271.0 268.5 265.2 265.1 264.5