1987 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 274.0 273.9 274.1 273.2 270.8 270.3 270.1 269.8 269.5 270.1 270.5 269.7 269.0 268.6 267.6 267.2 267.0 266.9 266.4 266.1 266.0 265.6 266.0 266.0 265.4 264.6 264.0 263.9 264.0 263.2 262.7 34 Hudson Bay 280.3 280.2 284.7 285.2 281.3 277.7 276.1 274.6 272.3 273.8 276.7 276.8 276.1 275.6 273.8 273.9 275.3 275.1 272.4 271.1 269.7 269.0 269.6 271.6 273.4 273.7 271.9 270.7 270.7 270.2 269.9 36 Hudson Strait 273.9 272.8 273.5 275.1 273.8 274.2 275.5 274.6 273.8 271.9 270.8 270.9 270.9 272.8 273.1 271.2 269.7 271.0 272.1 272.0 271.2 269.0 268.0 268.4 268.9 271.0 273.5 273.2 270.5 269.3 268.1 98 Bering Strait 272.5 271.9 271.9 273.3 273.4 272.5 272.1 272.2 273.1 273.3 272.8 272.2 270.0 271.1 271.2 269.8 268.6 268.6 269.6 268.8 268.9 270.7 270.4 269.2 267.7 267.2 264.6 263.9 263.2 262.1 260.0 128 Arctic subocean 253.4 255.1 256.4 253.6 255.3 259.4 259.2 252.1 255.1 255.3 254.8 258.4 257.3 253.5 251.7 252.7 252.9 255.1 257.2 254.5 251.0 248.9 248.2 246.6 245.8 247.3 247.4 248.5 247.0 243.3 242.1 130 Chukchi Sea 271.5 270.8 270.9 271.7 273.3 273.5 271.2 271.1 271.5 272.0 270.8 270.5 271.0 272.9 272.8 271.6 270.3 269.8 269.1 266.3 265.7 268.4 269.2 268.8 267.7 267.7 264.8 261.9 260.7 259.6 260.4 132 Beaufort Sea 279.4 281.9 281.8 279.9 275.4 274.1 273.3 271.7 272.7 274.3 276.3 274.7 271.4 269.2 270.3 271.6 270.7 269.1 268.8 270.9 271.1 271.2 271.9 273.3 274.4 272.8 270.9 269.1 268.9 267.7 268.6 134 Arctic Archipelago 264.3 268.1 268.6 264.4 262.0 263.5 266.1 264.2 261.9 262.4 262.1 260.8 259.1 257.7 256.0 256.2 255.6 255.0 253.8 254.5 253.6 254.9 261.2 264.0 260.3 257.9 259.5 260.3 259.2 255.8 251.8 136 Foxe Basin 269.5 269.8 269.9 270.7 270.1 267.9 267.1 268.1 269.5 269.4 268.5 267.8 267.2 267.6 267.0 265.8 264.3 263.2 262.0 260.4 260.7 262.7 262.0 268.9 270.4 270.7 271.4 270.7 267.8 262.7 260.6 138 Baffin Bay 255.4 253.4 252.7 250.2 249.4 252.1 253.2 251.7 251.2 254.0 253.4 255.1 255.6 254.7 252.9 250.7 249.3 249.2 251.0 249.8 246.5 247.3 251.7 252.4 252.3 250.1 251.2 252.4 253.8 251.9 249.6 139 South Greenland 265.5 266.3 264.6 260.0 257.2 255.1 255.3 255.7 258.9 262.0 262.3 260.2 258.7 257.5 256.7 255.5 254.2 253.5 253.0 253.4 254.7 256.8 261.9 263.8 260.5 256.1 254.7 258.9 260.8 260.5 263.0 140 Greenland Sea 251.6 249.4 249.2 247.7 245.6 249.4 249.7 247.7 246.8 248.5 250.5 253.6 254.6 252.7 250.4 246.7 247.1 248.3 253.4 250.6 246.6 243.6 248.0 255.1 253.0 249.3 246.5 246.1 247.4 248.2 244.6 142 Norwegian Sea 278.4 278.3 278.9 279.8 277.9 278.9 278.6 279.1 279.3 280.0 282.9 279.1 278.5 277.5 278.0 281.3 280.9 280.0 277.1 277.3 276.9 276.7 275.7 275.1 275.7 277.0 276.9 277.3 276.5 275.8 276.3 144 Barents Sea 276.7 276.2 277.7 277.8 274.3 273.9 274.4 274.9 274.2 276.5 279.6 274.9 274.5 274.2 274.1 274.4 276.5 276.7 274.3 273.0 273.1 272.8 272.2 270.1 270.0 271.0 273.3 273.7 273.7 273.8 273.1 146 Kara Sea 278.4 277.5 276.1 275.2 272.9 273.5 273.4 273.6 273.5 272.8 273.0 272.6 272.7 272.8 271.2 270.8 270.5 271.5 271.3 271.4 271.5 270.1 268.6 266.5 266.0 265.2 264.8 265.3 265.6 265.1 265.3 148 Laptev Sea 271.7 271.5 270.4 268.8 267.2 266.5 266.7 267.4 267.2 267.3 265.5 264.8 265.6 266.1 265.3 263.9 262.8 261.9 261.7 261.3 262.2 261.5 261.6 261.2 259.6 259.6 259.3 258.1 258.5 258.5 257.1 150 East Siberian Sea 271.6 269.9 271.4 272.5 271.2 269.0 268.3 268.9 268.3 268.3 266.4 264.3 260.9 258.4 257.1 257.3 258.1 258.0 256.8 256.8 257.1 257.2 257.3 255.4 254.2 252.3 252.6 254.0 254.0 253.2 251.9 152 Gulf of Alaska 276.8 276.9 276.9 276.4 275.4 274.8 275.0 275.4 275.8 276.2 276.6 274.9 274.8 275.0 274.9 273.1 275.1 275.7 275.4 275.3 275.0 275.0 275.2 275.4 274.3 273.0 272.0 270.4 268.8 268.3 268.9 154 Southeast Bering Sea 277.1 276.8 276.8 277.0 275.5 274.8 275.8 276.1 276.2 275.5 275.0 274.9 275.4 276.1 274.9 274.4 275.8 276.0 274.6 273.2 274.8 275.1 275.1 275.0 275.0 274.0 270.8 270.2 265.6 264.5 270.5