1987 05 - 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 272.5 273.7 275.5 275.7 275.4 274.8 274.3 274.3 274.7 275.3 275.7 276.4 276.6 276.5 276.8 276.9 276.7 276.7 276.8 277.0 277.5 277.7 278.9 280.5 280.5 280.9 280.7 280.6 280.6 281.2 281.3 34 Hudson Bay 278.4 279.8 283.0 286.4 287.4 285.3 282.9 283.6 283.2 280.9 282.0 284.2 284.9 283.6 283.1 283.1 281.5 281.8 283.0 282.0 282.4 281.2 283.8 286.2 287.2 287.2 286.6 286.5 286.9 288.6 288.9 36 Hudson Strait 271.3 270.2 269.2 273.6 277.5 277.3 275.2 273.1 272.1 270.9 270.6 272.7 274.2 275.3 273.1 270.5 268.8 268.6 272.8 273.9 273.9 272.7 268.5 269.6 270.4 275.3 275.9 274.6 273.8 277.5 277.9 98 Bering Strait 272.5 272.5 272.0 270.9 272.7 273.9 274.2 274.1 274.4 275.8 275.2 274.6 274.2 273.6 274.2 274.4 275.9 276.2 275.7 276.0 276.4 276.2 276.3 277.8 276.2 276.7 277.0 277.3 277.6 281.1 284.0 128 Arctic subocean 256.5 256.1 257.2 257.8 256.8 257.1 258.3 259.6 260.4 263.0 263.8 263.4 260.8 259.1 259.2 260.9 261.0 262.3 262.2 263.3 264.4 264.3 265.4 268.0 270.7 271.1 270.1 270.0 270.0 270.0 268.6 130 Chukchi Sea 270.0 268.8 267.3 267.7 269.7 272.7 273.1 273.6 273.6 273.9 273.9 273.5 273.2 272.2 272.6 273.5 274.5 275.7 275.7 275.5 276.3 276.1 275.9 275.4 273.8 274.4 274.5 274.7 274.6 275.0 278.3 132 Beaufort Sea 279.8 280.5 280.1 278.0 277.4 279.8 280.9 279.9 277.7 277.3 277.8 277.4 276.0 276.7 276.6 276.6 278.0 277.4 277.0 278.9 280.8 281.3 283.0 284.1 283.5 283.2 285.0 286.2 285.7 286.8 286.3 134 Arctic Archipelago 266.7 266.9 265.1 265.6 265.1 264.7 265.9 265.6 265.7 267.3 267.7 266.9 266.6 266.3 266.4 266.9 267.4 267.1 265.7 266.0 265.9 267.1 269.3 269.8 270.3 271.6 272.0 271.6 273.6 275.5 275.9 136 Foxe Basin 261.6 263.2 264.3 268.7 270.4 269.4 269.1 270.7 271.2 267.5 264.9 266.6 268.4 267.6 267.0 265.4 265.7 266.9 268.0 267.7 267.0 267.1 265.8 265.4 266.4 269.6 270.2 269.6 269.6 271.1 271.4 138 Baffin Bay 254.1 258.3 261.5 263.5 261.0 262.3 260.9 261.9 267.2 267.1 264.5 264.4 262.8 263.2 261.0 261.2 261.6 261.3 260.7 262.2 263.6 263.7 266.5 270.2 270.9 269.1 267.6 268.3 270.5 271.3 271.8 139 South Greenland 262.8 267.4 266.6 266.3 266.1 265.6 266.9 268.8 269.7 268.4 268.4 267.5 267.8 267.4 267.1 267.0 266.1 268.7 271.6 272.2 271.6 271.8 271.6 271.2 271.0 270.9 271.4 272.0 272.0 271.4 270.5 140 Greenland Sea 254.5 258.2 259.9 257.7 258.7 257.7 258.8 256.7 259.7 261.1 261.2 262.3 261.9 263.0 263.0 261.3 261.8 261.9 262.8 265.1 268.5 267.7 270.0 272.3 273.4 273.4 272.5 270.3 271.2 272.2 272.0 142 Norwegian Sea 276.7 275.0 275.5 276.0 276.9 276.9 276.0 277.3 278.0 278.5 275.6 275.4 275.6 275.8 276.6 277.1 281.7 277.7 276.3 276.1 276.0 277.0 278.3 280.2 276.7 275.5 275.9 276.4 277.3 279.6 283.9 144 Barents Sea 278.4 283.5 285.2 278.8 275.4 275.1 274.5 275.3 275.7 276.5 277.0 278.8 278.9 280.3 281.0 285.8 285.6 281.9 280.1 280.6 280.6 279.3 276.8 277.2 278.0 277.2 278.2 278.5 280.2 281.6 281.4 146 Kara Sea 275.6 276.6 280.2 280.0 278.6 276.4 275.6 275.9 278.2 281.1 282.1 283.2 283.2 282.8 283.3 282.1 280.4 280.2 279.9 280.1 280.7 281.8 283.2 285.3 285.8 287.4 286.8 287.0 285.3 283.0 282.4 148 Laptev Sea 269.6 270.2 272.8 273.3 273.6 272.5 272.0 270.5 269.0 268.9 269.4 270.1 272.2 272.0 273.6 275.2 276.2 277.0 277.3 277.5 277.3 277.8 279.0 280.9 279.1 278.4 276.6 275.0 276.9 279.4 279.1 150 East Siberian Sea 267.2 266.5 266.4 269.7 270.8 272.4 272.9 273.2 272.6 272.0 272.6 272.1 272.5 273.8 274.0 273.4 274.1 275.1 276.1 274.6 275.0 275.5 276.2 277.5 278.6 279.8 280.5 279.8 279.5 279.1 280.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 274.5 275.6 276.3 275.2 275.1 275.0 275.1 275.0 275.7 277.0 275.3 274.7 274.9 274.8 274.8 276.6 279.2 276.0 275.2 275.3 275.7 275.2 276.7 278.0 276.3 276.0 276.0 275.9 276.2 282.7 285.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 274.4 274.6 277.6 277.0 276.9 277.1 276.8 277.1 277.7 278.9 277.7 277.4 277.5 277.7 280.2 282.4 283.7 281.5 277.6 278.3 279.0 278.6 279.4 279.7 278.6 278.4 278.8 278.3 279.1 282.7 285.1