1985 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 254.8 254.3 253.9 254.1 255.5 256.3 256.6 256.1 256.0 256.3 255.8 254.6 254.8 254.9 254.7 254.7 254.5 254.0 254.2 254.6 255.8 256.2 255.4 255.1 256.1 256.0 255.8 255.9 254.7 253.2 252.2 34 Hudson Bay 253.1 254.6 256.9 257.7 260.2 263.7 263.6 262.0 260.6 259.2 259.9 256.4 253.6 253.4 253.4 253.6 252.9 255.5 255.6 256.2 261.6 262.7 259.3 254.7 260.2 261.7 259.6 260.3 260.9 260.5 258.7 36 Hudson Strait 259.6 257.6 261.4 262.6 259.2 265.4 268.9 267.6 264.8 261.7 259.4 258.0 259.7 259.2 252.5 253.3 253.0 255.0 259.8 258.0 251.4 248.7 256.4 260.4 263.2 259.8 257.4 255.7 253.0 253.1 252.1 98 Bering Strait 261.8 260.9 257.7 255.9 257.7 255.5 254.3 257.3 265.6 267.4 268.0 269.5 268.9 265.2 262.5 261.9 260.6 260.5 265.5 265.9 264.8 266.3 266.5 266.9 265.9 263.0 267.1 267.8 266.9 263.2 261.0 128 Arctic subocean 246.1 246.5 245.6 252.0 252.6 248.1 248.9 248.3 246.3 244.1 242.6 243.0 244.8 245.5 246.9 244.7 242.9 242.5 241.9 240.1 238.8 238.5 239.1 239.9 242.0 243.1 246.0 246.1 245.1 242.5 241.0 130 Chukchi Sea 261.2 259.0 256.6 252.6 246.1 243.8 246.9 254.8 258.4 257.9 261.5 267.4 264.8 260.6 256.7 251.9 245.1 246.0 256.1 260.2 258.2 262.2 261.6 261.8 259.0 261.2 263.7 263.8 262.8 258.8 257.8 132 Beaufort Sea 254.1 253.8 251.8 256.6 265.7 265.8 264.0 258.9 258.4 264.2 262.8 256.7 258.7 257.2 254.3 254.8 258.3 260.0 265.8 268.6 269.6 267.6 267.2 270.0 272.0 267.3 260.6 262.3 264.0 259.3 252.9 134 Arctic Archipelago 247.4 247.1 246.3 246.1 248.3 253.2 255.8 251.1 251.3 249.5 245.8 246.3 246.6 246.9 248.3 248.7 244.6 242.6 244.6 245.8 241.8 241.0 241.0 247.3 248.8 249.4 258.4 258.8 253.8 247.1 244.2 136 Foxe Basin 250.7 251.5 257.5 262.8 268.8 267.6 260.4 253.1 251.5 252.5 249.2 257.0 257.8 256.8 261.1 261.8 254.6 251.7 246.9 243.2 243.8 243.6 243.1 245.3 256.9 270.3 271.2 261.1 249.7 251.7 252.2 138 Baffin Bay 250.7 250.2 251.5 255.0 254.8 253.1 253.2 251.1 244.0 243.5 242.5 246.4 246.5 245.3 243.7 245.1 249.1 250.1 249.0 245.9 243.2 241.2 239.4 239.2 242.3 247.4 253.0 257.6 253.3 249.1 246.4 139 South Greenland 253.0 254.0 254.3 256.0 257.2 255.9 252.7 252.9 251.6 251.0 249.9 249.4 249.7 249.2 248.0 253.2 258.1 257.4 252.9 250.2 247.3 246.4 245.1 244.4 244.7 250.9 256.3 256.7 253.4 252.9 252.8 140 Greenland Sea 250.7 249.6 248.9 250.6 252.6 249.6 248.3 247.5 239.9 239.0 239.1 241.9 244.4 245.1 246.0 244.5 247.8 246.5 244.1 242.1 241.5 239.5 239.1 238.9 241.4 243.8 245.3 251.1 250.9 247.3 245.1 142 Norwegian Sea 265.8 268.0 269.8 268.4 266.4 266.4 269.1 269.8 269.8 269.8 273.4 275.9 275.3 273.4 270.5 265.7 267.0 269.7 268.1 267.0 270.2 270.6 269.2 268.5 266.2 265.1 265.9 265.4 267.3 268.3 268.2 144 Barents Sea 259.9 261.1 259.8 256.4 256.2 257.0 259.8 261.3 261.6 263.5 262.6 261.4 264.2 262.5 261.8 261.1 259.0 254.2 252.7 254.8 254.7 257.6 257.6 256.8 260.2 261.3 263.9 265.4 263.2 265.2 265.8 146 Kara Sea 257.4 255.3 254.1 253.7 254.6 255.6 256.8 258.2 259.2 259.0 259.0 257.7 257.3 258.1 258.3 257.8 257.5 256.8 256.4 258.0 261.0 262.1 260.5 259.5 258.0 255.9 252.8 251.6 250.7 251.5 253.1 148 Laptev Sea 248.7 247.6 248.0 247.6 247.5 248.7 249.5 249.1 248.2 248.0 245.6 244.0 245.8 247.7 249.7 250.7 249.0 246.3 244.9 244.3 245.2 245.6 246.4 247.5 247.4 248.0 247.7 245.7 243.3 240.4 239.0 150 East Siberian Sea 255.6 258.2 255.3 252.8 250.0 248.3 246.0 242.4 242.4 243.8 247.1 248.5 250.0 252.2 252.9 249.3 249.3 247.5 245.0 243.1 244.3 243.4 242.5 242.4 241.9 242.4 248.5 252.4 251.6 248.7 247.3 152 Gulf of Alaska 266.4 266.2 263.5 267.4 268.9 267.5 269.6 270.0 273.1 273.7 274.2 274.0 271.3 271.3 271.8 271.9 271.4 273.0 274.3 273.9 274.9 274.8 274.2 274.0 272.6 272.0 273.1 272.8 271.2 270.8 270.5 154 Southeast Bering Sea 273.2 273.1 268.7 265.2 262.6 259.9 265.0 274.0 274.7 274.7 274.9 273.9 272.8 273.0 271.7 270.8 265.5 269.2 274.5 271.8 274.7 275.1 274.8 271.1 272.2 274.6 275.1 274.2 273.5 273.2 272.4