1983 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 273.6 273.2 272.4 272.3 272.0 271.7 271.5 271.2 271.0 270.2 269.9 269.4 268.7 267.4 266.7 266.2 265.4 265.3 265.7 266.5 267.0 268.2 269.4 267.8 267.0 266.4 265.8 265.9 265.7 265.5 264.9 34 Hudson Bay 281.3 281.5 279.6 279.9 279.8 278.9 278.8 280.4 282.0 281.7 279.5 278.6 278.4 277.9 276.9 276.0 274.2 272.3 274.0 276.6 276.7 277.6 278.9 275.1 273.2 272.3 272.1 271.1 272.1 272.8 273.2 36 Hudson Strait 275.4 275.0 274.6 273.0 274.4 274.0 274.0 274.3 273.0 272.3 274.6 274.7 274.1 271.7 272.0 269.0 272.4 272.9 270.5 269.9 273.5 273.8 272.0 269.1 272.5 272.7 270.0 268.3 267.0 268.2 266.8 98 Bering Strait 271.8 272.8 273.0 271.2 271.8 270.9 271.3 268.7 270.5 270.9 269.8 269.8 269.3 267.8 266.1 265.1 265.0 264.4 261.0 256.7 258.5 260.7 262.2 262.3 262.1 262.4 261.3 263.1 262.9 261.4 261.0 128 Arctic subocean 259.4 256.9 255.0 253.7 252.7 252.6 251.3 251.3 251.3 251.8 252.0 251.4 250.9 248.0 246.7 245.2 243.7 244.1 246.0 245.9 250.6 252.1 250.8 254.6 254.9 253.9 251.4 248.5 247.2 243.7 243.6 130 Chukchi Sea 270.8 269.5 272.2 273.3 273.9 270.7 269.3 271.2 272.5 271.3 270.3 266.7 266.0 265.3 264.6 264.5 262.2 261.6 257.1 252.4 252.9 253.8 256.2 257.6 258.1 257.8 259.0 258.5 256.6 256.6 255.6 132 Beaufort Sea 277.3 277.0 277.4 276.2 273.6 273.9 274.8 274.6 273.2 273.1 274.2 274.7 273.3 270.2 267.4 265.8 266.2 267.8 267.8 266.9 266.9 269.3 269.3 267.0 266.5 267.0 266.2 267.6 269.4 269.3 268.8 134 Arctic Archipelago 268.9 266.9 267.4 267.0 266.0 264.2 263.1 262.8 262.1 261.8 260.7 259.6 259.3 256.5 254.0 252.5 253.1 254.7 256.6 262.1 260.4 257.0 264.3 267.5 261.6 258.0 256.4 254.4 253.8 253.8 254.0 136 Foxe Basin 270.8 270.2 270.5 269.2 268.4 268.1 267.3 267.3 267.5 268.4 271.7 270.2 269.1 265.5 262.4 259.9 260.5 262.8 263.1 266.2 270.5 267.2 264.0 270.0 271.5 269.2 265.9 263.5 258.6 255.2 254.5 138 Baffin Bay 257.5 257.0 256.2 255.8 256.7 258.0 257.3 255.6 255.2 253.4 253.0 252.8 250.9 246.5 246.9 245.8 243.5 243.6 245.0 243.9 246.4 253.0 251.9 248.9 254.3 255.8 256.6 255.2 247.5 244.6 243.8 139 South Greenland 262.5 262.0 261.4 263.9 266.1 265.6 262.9 261.7 258.3 255.7 255.7 256.6 257.4 254.6 252.4 254.0 253.3 251.5 256.4 257.7 251.5 252.8 257.4 252.1 250.9 257.9 259.7 262.6 259.9 255.8 254.3 140 Greenland Sea 250.2 252.2 252.1 252.8 256.0 257.0 255.8 253.5 250.1 251.1 250.0 248.3 246.3 243.2 241.4 241.3 241.4 241.5 240.9 240.7 240.3 244.0 246.3 246.3 251.8 253.0 252.8 252.3 244.8 242.4 240.4 142 Norwegian Sea 276.4 277.6 276.2 275.6 276.9 276.7 276.5 275.9 276.0 275.4 274.6 274.7 275.8 277.0 278.4 280.5 277.8 276.9 276.5 276.3 276.1 277.4 278.8 274.4 274.2 275.1 273.2 272.7 275.7 276.6 275.8 144 Barents Sea 275.8 275.4 275.2 274.7 274.2 274.4 276.0 276.1 275.1 273.6 273.2 273.1 273.2 273.4 274.7 276.6 274.4 274.5 274.3 274.3 273.9 273.3 273.0 273.7 272.9 272.0 271.5 270.8 269.7 271.5 272.9 146 Kara Sea 279.1 278.0 276.9 277.3 277.5 276.7 275.5 274.6 274.6 274.2 274.0 273.0 272.0 271.7 272.5 273.7 272.5 272.6 273.2 273.6 273.6 273.9 274.6 271.9 272.2 272.6 272.3 271.7 271.7 272.4 270.7 148 Laptev Sea 269.5 268.5 267.1 266.6 265.9 266.9 268.1 268.4 268.1 266.9 266.9 266.8 265.8 263.3 261.7 258.8 258.8 258.5 259.2 262.8 264.9 267.1 268.7 268.8 265.1 261.2 260.0 261.8 263.1 262.5 263.3 150 East Siberian Sea 264.8 266.8 267.6 266.6 263.4 263.1 263.5 263.0 261.7 259.1 260.0 259.8 259.8 260.7 259.6 258.1 256.9 257.3 255.7 254.8 257.5 262.4 263.0 262.5 262.0 258.6 254.9 255.7 256.9 256.6 254.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 277.2 277.5 275.4 273.7 274.5 275.0 273.4 271.5 274.7 276.0 276.2 275.4 274.1 272.9 273.2 273.2 275.0 275.0 274.0 273.5 274.4 274.6 273.2 271.9 270.3 270.4 272.0 273.1 272.5 272.2 270.9 154 Southeast Bering Sea 278.1 277.7 275.7 276.3 277.7 277.5 274.5 276.6 280.6 276.8 275.8 275.5 274.9 274.8 276.4 276.4 274.8 273.8 269.0 263.3 268.4 269.5 267.6 266.8 262.5 262.5 264.5 265.2 264.4 264.4 264.2