1986 08 - 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 289.1 289.2 289.1 288.8 288.5 288.5 288.3 288.3 288.5 287.7 287.2 286.3 285.6 285.5 285.2 285.4 286.2 287.0 286.8 286.1 285.3 285.2 285.2 285.0 285.0 285.5 285.9 286.1 285.7 284.7 284.3 34 Hudson Bay 292.2 293.4 294.3 294.0 293.1 293.0 293.3 292.7 291.2 290.9 292.9 294.8 293.8 293.1 293.2 291.5 291.4 294.1 295.9 294.1 290.7 290.2 292.7 293.1 291.0 288.9 288.3 290.5 293.2 293.5 292.6 36 Hudson Strait 291.8 290.2 290.7 288.9 287.2 288.2 289.4 291.3 291.4 289.9 288.3 286.0 282.6 284.2 287.6 290.2 289.3 286.2 285.1 290.5 288.9 283.1 284.9 284.7 284.5 284.8 284.5 282.1 280.0 282.0 282.6 98 Bering Strait 284.3 287.2 287.5 286.4 284.2 282.5 282.0 283.2 285.3 285.8 285.4 283.3 281.7 280.6 282.7 283.5 283.0 283.4 282.4 282.2 282.9 281.7 277.1 278.8 282.5 284.1 284.9 284.5 283.3 283.9 282.9 128 Arctic subocean 273.4 272.8 273.4 273.3 272.7 271.7 271.9 272.4 272.8 273.5 273.4 273.0 272.4 272.9 273.7 274.2 274.2 273.7 273.3 273.7 273.6 273.5 273.4 272.1 272.0 273.2 272.7 271.8 270.9 268.3 267.1 130 Chukchi Sea 282.0 284.0 284.2 284.5 283.8 282.7 282.7 283.8 284.5 283.3 282.9 281.8 281.4 280.6 282.3 282.5 281.0 282.2 281.4 282.6 283.0 278.6 277.2 277.7 280.3 281.4 281.3 281.7 283.0 282.5 281.4 132 Beaufort Sea 291.0 292.0 292.7 291.5 289.4 289.2 289.0 289.1 291.0 293.8 295.0 292.8 290.7 289.3 285.5 285.5 287.3 287.5 286.6 285.7 285.9 286.5 285.4 282.6 285.3 289.7 291.4 292.5 291.6 288.6 286.1 134 Arctic Archipelago 280.8 280.2 283.4 283.2 278.9 278.3 277.8 278.3 279.8 282.3 282.2 281.6 281.0 280.2 278.9 278.8 279.6 279.7 279.3 278.9 277.9 278.3 277.7 276.5 276.2 276.8 277.7 277.9 277.0 274.8 273.9 136 Foxe Basin 281.6 282.2 281.0 280.4 279.6 276.4 277.3 278.4 279.6 279.8 278.2 277.4 277.4 277.2 277.7 279.5 278.9 278.9 277.9 278.5 279.1 278.0 277.7 279.2 279.0 278.4 278.2 277.8 277.7 276.2 274.5 138 Baffin Bay 268.9 271.1 272.3 271.5 271.1 270.9 269.6 270.3 271.8 271.5 270.8 270.9 271.1 273.6 273.2 273.3 272.5 272.5 272.6 272.6 271.4 273.3 272.4 268.6 269.0 270.1 269.4 270.1 271.2 270.5 267.6 139 South Greenland 272.6 274.1 275.7 275.2 274.3 273.4 272.1 273.7 273.7 273.1 273.0 274.0 275.2 274.9 274.4 274.1 273.8 274.2 274.2 274.0 273.7 274.1 273.9 272.2 271.6 271.3 272.1 272.3 273.0 272.5 270.8 140 Greenland Sea 269.9 269.0 272.8 272.4 270.7 270.8 271.1 271.9 272.4 272.1 271.6 270.8 270.4 272.4 272.7 272.1 271.9 271.5 270.3 271.5 270.6 273.0 273.3 268.5 266.6 269.0 267.4 266.3 266.9 268.1 266.2 142 Norwegian Sea 288.8 286.9 286.8 286.5 286.5 283.0 284.2 286.2 286.7 286.5 286.4 286.8 286.9 286.8 287.4 286.4 285.8 284.5 285.1 284.2 284.2 285.0 283.9 283.8 284.2 284.0 284.4 284.2 284.8 283.8 282.2 144 Barents Sea 293.4 292.7 292.7 290.9 290.6 293.1 290.1 286.6 287.6 288.0 287.4 286.2 285.3 284.4 284.4 283.9 284.7 285.2 285.2 284.6 284.9 284.8 284.1 284.0 284.1 284.2 285.4 282.3 280.4 280.6 282.5 146 Kara Sea 293.7 292.7 291.4 291.2 292.3 292.3 292.7 292.4 292.0 289.9 288.9 288.5 288.2 288.4 289.2 289.9 290.5 291.3 289.9 288.6 288.1 288.3 289.1 289.2 288.8 290.0 290.8 291.3 289.9 288.2 287.0 148 Laptev Sea 293.4 292.9 292.0 293.7 296.4 297.5 297.4 296.7 295.4 291.4 288.3 285.6 285.9 285.5 284.5 286.3 288.2 289.1 289.3 288.1 287.7 287.5 287.8 289.7 288.7 287.8 288.2 287.9 286.4 286.3 289.1 150 East Siberian Sea 291.9 291.4 287.3 285.5 284.1 282.7 282.3 284.9 287.0 289.0 289.7 285.4 283.2 284.5 282.0 279.0 282.5 285.3 286.4 288.0 286.9 286.3 282.7 282.7 284.9 284.5 283.5 283.7 284.4 279.8 280.6 152 Gulf of Alaska 280.6 284.7 286.0 284.5 279.3 279.1 279.0 279.5 284.4 284.8 283.8 281.0 278.9 278.4 278.2 281.2 283.5 281.9 280.2 280.2 280.6 280.8 280.1 282.2 282.2 281.6 282.4 282.0 281.1 282.7 283.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 286.3 288.0 288.3 285.7 284.4 284.1 284.8 285.4 285.9 284.2 284.4 285.0 283.0 283.4 284.0 286.8 287.0 286.4 287.2 287.1 286.4 286.4 284.6 285.6 285.9 285.7 286.3 285.2 284.8 285.6 285.4