1982 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 253.6 252.9 253.5 254.7 255.3 256.0 256.4 256.8 256.8 256.3 256.1 256.3 256.5 256.2 255.7 255.6 256.3 256.7 255.9 255.3 254.6 253.8 254.2 255.0 254.9 254.3 253.9 254.1 254.0 253.7 253.6 34 Hudson Bay 265.8 266.9 267.3 265.0 261.7 260.6 255.0 252.5 257.9 258.6 253.7 255.2 256.2 254.3 256.0 260.3 263.7 264.9 263.0 259.3 256.6 255.2 258.5 261.8 260.9 259.9 257.1 254.7 252.5 252.6 256.8 36 Hudson Strait 257.8 255.5 267.8 271.1 261.6 254.1 261.2 258.0 250.3 246.6 251.5 249.0 246.6 247.0 247.3 247.4 246.7 251.6 262.2 264.3 257.8 253.8 247.5 258.0 259.8 250.7 242.6 243.4 245.2 243.7 243.7 98 Bering Strait 254.2 256.5 255.8 255.0 255.6 255.8 267.3 269.5 267.2 264.8 262.5 263.6 264.0 263.0 259.2 258.4 257.5 255.4 256.3 258.0 258.0 254.4 252.7 251.2 251.7 255.1 261.0 263.9 264.9 264.6 259.8 128 Arctic subocean 245.6 243.2 241.6 239.3 238.0 236.2 235.6 237.4 239.9 241.6 242.1 245.0 243.9 242.7 243.1 241.7 240.8 240.7 237.5 236.5 235.2 235.1 236.7 236.7 236.4 236.5 235.0 237.2 240.2 245.9 249.5 130 Chukchi Sea 244.5 251.4 256.7 254.6 253.2 256.4 262.3 265.0 267.8 264.0 262.6 260.5 256.6 255.7 253.6 254.2 254.0 253.2 250.2 253.0 251.2 249.4 247.9 247.5 246.5 248.7 259.1 260.3 262.1 263.2 256.4 132 Beaufort Sea 255.5 252.3 253.6 255.1 254.8 251.2 250.6 260.5 261.6 256.7 258.3 256.8 256.9 257.3 259.3 259.3 256.2 254.5 251.7 250.1 250.3 252.7 252.2 254.2 254.0 251.4 253.7 258.4 262.8 265.4 266.3 134 Arctic Archipelago 248.6 244.9 240.8 241.9 245.1 243.1 241.0 241.9 241.7 243.3 244.0 245.0 242.6 241.7 242.7 244.6 246.5 246.1 242.6 240.1 239.8 239.8 240.3 239.2 237.3 236.6 240.0 239.6 240.0 239.6 242.4 136 Foxe Basin 251.7 256.2 253.0 244.0 243.0 241.8 240.3 240.8 238.1 241.4 245.4 249.9 245.2 245.4 244.5 242.3 243.7 252.0 251.1 249.8 245.5 238.6 237.5 242.5 241.2 235.5 233.5 236.4 236.2 236.3 234.6 138 Baffin Bay 242.4 240.9 240.9 240.5 244.9 248.2 247.6 244.9 246.9 248.6 250.5 251.8 249.3 246.8 243.3 240.8 239.7 239.7 235.7 238.4 239.4 237.7 235.1 232.7 231.6 235.2 235.6 240.1 240.9 236.3 231.4 139 South Greenland 246.4 244.7 245.9 248.9 253.4 259.5 258.9 258.3 256.0 255.6 257.0 254.8 252.1 249.6 243.3 240.8 241.9 244.9 247.6 252.6 251.8 253.3 251.5 242.8 243.2 243.5 245.2 249.6 246.9 243.2 241.4 140 Greenland Sea 251.9 245.0 241.7 239.0 241.0 244.8 246.3 244.3 243.7 244.4 245.3 246.4 243.8 243.7 240.2 240.1 237.5 235.2 232.9 234.7 237.7 237.8 237.3 235.7 238.2 241.0 240.1 241.1 244.6 244.6 240.9 142 Norwegian Sea 275.5 276.5 275.9 276.1 275.6 274.3 271.0 269.9 270.0 268.6 268.7 267.2 268.6 269.7 272.2 271.8 269.4 269.7 269.7 272.5 273.6 273.9 273.3 272.6 275.0 276.1 274.0 273.6 272.9 275.0 275.1 144 Barents Sea 261.2 257.2 262.7 270.6 270.5 269.9 269.3 268.5 266.9 265.7 262.8 268.3 268.7 267.4 263.6 263.4 269.6 269.0 268.0 268.1 271.4 272.4 272.0 271.5 270.0 269.3 270.2 269.1 267.6 265.8 259.5 146 Kara Sea 255.9 254.0 253.9 257.4 260.9 262.0 261.8 261.0 260.8 260.9 260.7 260.3 262.8 265.0 265.2 263.7 264.1 266.0 266.5 264.8 263.3 262.0 262.8 265.0 265.5 264.4 261.9 260.9 260.6 260.4 260.0 148 Laptev Sea 244.4 246.1 245.9 245.8 245.4 248.4 250.8 250.2 248.8 249.9 251.5 250.5 249.8 248.2 248.0 247.9 249.9 249.1 246.2 246.6 245.7 244.3 246.3 247.2 247.4 246.2 244.9 243.6 243.3 243.6 244.7 150 East Siberian Sea 241.0 244.3 248.0 246.8 241.2 243.6 248.9 253.9 251.1 249.6 250.0 250.1 248.6 248.9 247.5 244.8 242.1 241.4 241.4 241.4 244.1 245.6 244.8 242.3 240.8 239.8 242.7 244.6 241.5 239.8 242.9 152 Gulf of Alaska 264.6 262.9 262.5 264.3 269.1 270.3 273.6 273.3 271.9 266.5 270.3 272.7 272.9 272.2 270.9 271.4 269.9 267.3 266.8 269.2 267.9 263.0 266.1 267.8 267.5 272.1 272.7 273.3 273.8 273.1 268.5 154 Southeast Bering Sea 249.7 249.6 251.2 259.1 270.7 272.6 272.4 273.1 272.1 268.7 269.4 271.6 271.9 270.0 267.7 268.0 265.2 264.1 268.5 271.0 270.7 268.1 262.0 262.7 265.9 274.1 273.7 273.7 274.5 273.5 266.2