1982 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 273.1 272.3 271.7 271.2 271.4 271.7 272.0 271.4 270.6 270.6 269.6 268.9 269.2 269.1 268.5 267.5 267.1 265.9 264.6 264.5 264.7 265.1 266.5 266.8 265.5 264.2 263.5 263.0 262.3 261.8 262.2 34 Hudson Bay 281.7 281.4 280.7 278.8 279.0 279.0 280.4 281.4 281.1 281.4 280.5 280.8 281.6 281.2 278.5 275.8 274.8 272.9 270.0 270.9 272.4 273.5 277.4 279.8 274.7 273.9 274.1 273.9 272.7 273.6 273.2 36 Hudson Strait 273.7 274.4 278.1 277.9 274.1 272.6 273.5 273.1 274.3 276.7 274.5 273.0 272.6 274.1 274.3 273.5 272.8 271.2 268.8 268.4 266.8 266.6 266.3 269.7 270.9 268.6 271.1 267.5 268.7 273.4 274.0 98 Bering Strait 271.8 270.5 269.3 267.9 267.0 267.3 269.0 268.6 268.5 269.1 268.3 267.7 268.5 267.1 266.1 266.1 272.4 272.3 271.8 271.2 266.7 261.1 260.9 262.0 261.9 261.5 259.3 260.6 261.8 260.5 258.9 128 Arctic subocean 254.0 254.3 252.4 253.0 253.3 254.1 254.0 255.4 256.4 255.2 254.6 253.2 251.1 252.3 252.6 252.6 252.8 252.3 247.3 246.5 245.3 246.0 243.7 243.8 243.9 244.0 243.8 243.1 245.0 246.9 254.5 130 Chukchi Sea 270.8 269.2 268.5 268.6 268.5 268.3 266.0 264.0 263.5 264.0 264.0 262.6 264.6 267.0 267.6 270.1 271.1 273.7 271.3 268.7 264.1 260.4 259.5 259.9 258.4 260.7 260.0 257.7 261.7 261.4 259.5 132 Beaufort Sea 278.7 276.0 273.2 273.7 275.1 276.3 276.3 275.3 275.9 279.4 278.1 275.2 276.2 275.6 271.5 269.0 268.2 267.9 270.9 271.8 269.1 268.1 269.8 271.0 269.6 268.7 268.2 264.6 265.6 264.9 263.7 134 Arctic Archipelago 263.0 259.5 258.0 259.6 261.0 262.8 266.7 269.3 267.9 266.6 266.2 265.1 263.9 264.2 262.5 260.3 258.1 255.8 253.5 252.4 253.8 257.4 256.5 252.7 255.6 255.0 260.4 265.4 259.1 258.5 260.2 136 Foxe Basin 270.0 268.9 269.3 270.4 270.3 268.8 269.0 272.2 272.8 272.1 270.4 269.6 270.6 270.4 270.2 270.6 270.1 269.2 267.2 264.8 264.1 262.8 262.6 260.0 258.0 257.5 257.7 262.1 266.9 267.6 268.8 138 Baffin Bay 259.7 256.9 255.5 255.1 260.4 263.7 262.5 259.8 257.8 258.3 257.1 256.2 254.3 253.1 251.4 252.5 253.4 253.5 251.4 250.3 249.5 249.4 249.5 250.8 250.8 248.4 246.0 244.4 246.4 246.0 252.4 139 South Greenland 265.1 264.3 261.8 262.0 266.7 270.1 270.4 270.0 265.9 264.5 264.4 264.2 261.9 258.9 256.8 253.0 255.3 257.0 259.9 259.5 258.2 257.4 258.4 259.6 257.7 255.3 253.7 255.0 253.5 251.6 256.2 140 Greenland Sea 262.0 258.1 258.3 255.2 255.9 263.2 262.6 261.7 254.0 254.4 251.7 251.5 250.4 247.3 245.5 246.5 248.4 249.8 250.2 249.2 249.7 249.1 249.8 248.8 247.5 245.5 243.5 242.2 243.8 243.7 247.3 142 Norwegian Sea 280.1 282.2 283.1 279.8 278.1 277.3 276.1 276.1 276.4 277.6 276.3 275.9 273.5 273.5 273.1 272.9 271.4 272.3 274.4 275.5 276.5 276.3 277.4 277.0 276.1 275.8 276.5 277.1 277.6 278.9 277.7 144 Barents Sea 273.7 273.5 273.5 273.2 274.0 274.9 273.5 270.6 269.3 270.7 271.3 271.7 271.9 271.5 271.5 272.1 270.6 267.3 265.2 265.1 264.4 265.8 268.5 271.6 272.5 271.2 269.8 269.9 270.5 269.7 273.2 146 Kara Sea 275.4 275.3 275.3 274.9 273.8 273.5 273.0 271.3 271.5 271.2 270.1 270.0 271.9 272.6 273.3 271.4 271.1 269.6 266.7 267.9 269.4 270.4 270.4 270.0 267.9 266.7 266.1 264.3 262.8 263.8 265.3 148 Laptev Sea 269.0 268.8 268.7 269.2 269.0 268.1 268.9 268.9 267.2 265.4 263.9 262.5 261.4 261.8 263.4 265.3 262.8 260.1 257.9 255.5 256.4 258.9 262.7 262.3 262.1 261.2 257.9 257.7 256.8 253.0 250.0 150 East Siberian Sea 272.5 272.1 271.1 269.6 269.7 269.4 267.8 267.0 265.2 264.3 263.0 261.9 260.4 260.8 260.1 258.7 258.1 259.6 263.1 262.4 263.7 264.5 265.7 262.9 261.5 257.2 258.6 258.5 257.3 256.2 252.4 152 Gulf of Alaska 275.0 274.6 274.9 273.7 272.4 271.6 273.3 273.3 275.3 275.0 274.1 275.3 274.9 273.0 272.9 273.8 275.0 273.7 273.4 273.3 269.8 268.1 267.7 268.9 269.2 267.5 263.9 272.4 273.0 268.1 267.4 154 Southeast Bering Sea 276.9 276.5 275.5 273.2 269.6 268.4 269.4 268.8 268.7 268.1 268.2 266.9 265.2 271.6 273.7 277.3 276.9 273.8 274.7 273.2 271.3 262.6 258.8 267.8 268.8 264.3 269.4 273.1 271.2 263.2 271.9