1986 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 272.8 272.1 272.4 272.8 272.9 272.0 271.5 271.4 271.3 271.0 270.7 270.1 268.2 267.2 267.4 267.8 268.5 268.9 268.6 268.0 267.6 266.5 264.9 264.1 264.2 264.3 264.1 264.0 263.7 263.1 262.9 34 Hudson Bay 280.6 277.4 277.0 277.1 277.4 279.5 279.0 274.7 275.1 276.7 275.6 276.9 276.3 272.8 273.4 273.7 275.5 277.5 277.6 274.7 273.2 273.4 272.4 271.8 270.8 271.9 271.7 271.0 268.8 267.7 268.9 36 Hudson Strait 277.1 275.4 274.7 273.4 272.1 271.1 270.1 272.2 270.5 269.5 273.0 272.2 272.4 269.2 264.7 265.2 267.7 270.0 269.1 268.4 270.1 269.3 267.5 267.2 268.4 262.0 267.6 267.3 269.2 265.7 267.3 98 Bering Strait 272.2 272.4 269.9 271.8 271.0 268.2 267.4 269.2 270.6 272.3 271.9 270.2 269.5 268.7 268.4 268.1 267.1 266.6 266.4 266.6 268.1 267.9 266.8 267.0 268.1 266.1 264.9 264.3 264.2 262.8 263.5 128 Arctic subocean 255.3 255.3 254.8 254.4 252.5 252.1 253.1 252.6 247.4 246.0 246.5 249.3 247.5 250.0 251.0 251.5 250.7 249.4 248.3 247.6 247.3 246.3 243.3 244.2 245.8 252.2 252.4 251.4 247.6 245.9 243.4 130 Chukchi Sea 272.0 271.4 268.4 269.4 269.3 269.2 266.8 266.8 266.4 268.8 266.0 262.7 267.0 266.6 267.1 265.9 265.5 265.9 265.8 264.3 263.7 262.9 262.1 262.9 269.1 269.8 268.0 268.6 268.1 265.5 264.7 132 Beaufort Sea 272.5 273.6 273.8 275.0 278.9 276.9 270.8 271.7 273.5 274.2 277.7 277.6 273.8 273.3 273.3 272.7 272.3 271.5 271.0 271.4 271.3 269.8 269.9 269.6 269.8 268.8 265.9 263.0 263.4 263.7 262.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 262.5 262.1 260.6 260.4 261.8 262.0 261.4 260.0 260.8 258.3 262.2 264.1 255.8 254.8 257.9 260.8 262.9 264.7 262.7 260.0 260.7 262.4 254.4 250.0 251.3 252.4 253.8 256.2 257.3 254.9 251.1 136 Foxe Basin 272.0 271.7 270.3 268.0 267.2 266.9 267.5 266.7 264.0 262.5 261.8 263.0 263.7 259.1 258.2 258.0 259.5 263.3 262.9 259.6 259.7 265.0 265.5 253.5 250.8 249.5 248.9 249.5 250.0 250.6 257.8 138 Baffin Bay 249.5 252.1 254.6 255.6 255.4 253.7 253.3 256.2 253.9 251.7 250.9 250.5 248.5 248.1 248.1 247.4 248.3 248.1 247.4 250.1 250.1 247.6 246.1 244.0 244.3 245.2 247.2 247.9 244.7 244.1 245.1 139 South Greenland 256.8 259.5 264.7 264.2 260.3 258.6 262.5 266.2 264.1 261.9 260.1 258.2 257.3 256.3 254.7 258.1 258.6 256.1 254.4 257.7 257.4 254.7 253.4 253.2 251.6 254.0 254.5 252.9 250.5 256.5 256.9 140 Greenland Sea 245.0 247.2 250.2 253.8 251.1 249.8 249.8 254.2 255.1 254.6 256.6 255.0 254.1 251.0 249.6 247.8 248.3 248.9 248.3 251.9 252.3 250.3 246.7 241.9 242.7 244.4 245.4 247.8 247.6 247.3 245.3 142 Norwegian Sea 279.3 278.1 276.2 275.5 277.0 277.2 276.8 274.0 275.8 276.5 278.0 280.5 279.0 277.7 277.6 277.6 276.4 278.2 278.2 276.4 275.1 274.4 274.5 275.4 275.6 275.7 276.6 276.7 276.9 276.3 276.0 144 Barents Sea 274.1 274.5 275.9 276.1 275.8 273.1 272.7 271.5 271.7 271.9 271.8 272.5 272.9 273.7 273.6 274.0 273.9 273.4 272.9 272.7 273.0 273.5 274.3 274.0 273.7 273.5 273.1 273.6 273.7 273.2 272.1 146 Kara Sea 278.4 276.5 277.4 278.5 278.4 276.6 276.8 276.5 275.5 275.4 274.8 274.2 272.5 272.1 272.3 272.0 271.8 272.3 273.3 272.1 270.6 268.4 266.2 266.2 266.9 267.7 268.4 269.3 269.0 267.5 268.1 148 Laptev Sea 273.4 273.2 271.5 271.6 273.0 272.5 272.1 272.8 272.8 272.1 269.7 266.9 264.1 263.3 263.8 265.5 267.0 267.0 266.0 266.3 266.9 265.8 263.5 262.9 261.7 260.6 259.7 258.4 259.3 258.7 257.7 150 East Siberian Sea 270.1 270.0 271.3 269.0 266.1 266.5 267.0 268.2 269.6 263.8 263.4 260.6 259.0 258.2 259.1 260.7 263.6 264.6 262.7 261.3 260.7 258.5 258.5 258.6 259.1 258.5 256.5 258.1 259.8 260.0 257.7 152 Gulf of Alaska 276.2 276.1 276.7 277.6 276.7 274.7 275.1 275.9 275.6 277.0 278.2 279.3 276.9 276.7 275.5 274.4 273.5 273.9 274.7 274.9 275.8 275.6 275.2 273.9 273.8 272.4 270.3 269.0 269.1 269.4 272.1 154 Southeast Bering Sea 277.9 277.6 276.8 275.3 274.3 273.7 275.5 275.9 275.8 277.2 275.6 278.3 276.5 275.8 274.3 273.2 273.9 273.7 268.1 272.6 274.2 274.9 274.6 271.5 271.2 271.4 270.8 269.5 271.3 271.3 271.0