1987 11 - 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 263.4 263.5 263.5 262.5 261.4 261.1 261.0 260.8 259.8 259.6 259.4 258.8 257.5 256.2 256.2 255.9 255.7 255.5 254.6 253.7 253.4 253.3 253.9 254.7 254.9 255.0 256.0 257.1 257.5 257.9 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 273.3 274.1 273.7 272.8 268.5 266.6 266.5 266.2 265.5 268.7 270.3 270.2 269.0 266.4 269.6 270.1 267.4 265.6 264.7 261.6 265.6 267.4 265.0 263.4 266.3 267.0 268.0 268.4 268.6 267.1 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 267.4 266.6 270.2 268.1 270.6 270.2 270.0 270.6 269.8 267.3 265.2 263.9 260.5 261.2 259.9 260.1 271.7 269.6 268.0 264.5 263.3 265.4 266.7 266.6 263.5 265.1 265.7 262.5 263.5 263.8 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 263.9 265.1 262.9 261.2 260.0 261.8 263.0 263.0 261.3 260.7 258.8 260.5 260.0 257.8 258.6 264.6 262.7 263.1 265.1 263.0 259.8 256.5 256.1 254.5 254.6 257.3 258.3 257.9 256.1 256.1 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 241.0 242.9 241.4 241.5 245.0 245.5 245.3 245.1 243.6 242.0 244.7 245.6 244.4 239.4 242.1 241.0 241.0 241.4 241.7 242.4 245.1 244.6 243.3 242.8 241.7 241.6 240.9 241.4 239.0 242.8 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 262.5 263.0 261.4 261.4 261.8 262.0 261.7 261.6 259.2 257.6 257.1 258.0 256.4 256.7 256.2 264.3 265.9 264.0 257.1 254.1 254.9 253.0 252.6 251.4 249.1 248.4 246.0 244.5 243.3 242.5 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 269.7 269.2 269.2 264.6 262.0 263.2 264.2 264.6 267.4 267.3 265.1 265.0 261.8 261.6 260.1 259.2 258.1 258.5 259.7 265.1 264.6 258.7 256.3 259.2 259.7 261.7 264.9 266.0 269.1 267.2 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 255.9 259.3 256.7 256.7 256.8 257.1 253.4 251.3 247.3 247.2 245.4 244.6 244.4 245.4 248.6 248.8 250.3 249.8 246.9 244.1 243.7 242.9 244.7 250.3 249.2 243.5 246.7 250.6 256.3 261.5 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 258.1 257.2 260.0 267.3 268.1 266.8 263.8 263.3 260.8 255.3 249.7 248.8 249.4 247.9 247.0 247.6 260.5 261.2 257.0 255.3 255.7 252.7 257.6 257.1 255.8 257.1 245.1 243.9 247.9 251.5 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 244.2 242.1 242.7 248.0 251.7 255.3 256.2 257.7 257.3 255.2 254.9 253.6 250.4 246.7 246.2 242.3 242.1 243.3 243.7 247.5 249.1 250.1 253.6 259.3 252.9 245.9 241.5 242.8 242.4 242.9 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 258.7 254.9 257.1 254.2 258.4 263.2 265.4 265.2 263.3 258.8 260.2 256.9 254.1 252.8 251.0 249.4 251.2 253.4 259.8 262.0 256.7 262.2 270.2 270.8 259.4 251.4 249.1 247.8 246.2 248.7 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 243.0 239.8 241.3 244.5 246.2 249.2 252.3 253.6 253.1 250.8 252.7 253.2 250.1 245.2 242.6 241.6 240.3 241.2 241.7 246.4 249.6 247.9 249.0 259.8 256.8 246.3 240.1 240.1 240.4 237.0 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 275.9 276.6 276.6 277.2 276.1 273.6 271.5 271.3 272.4 274.0 273.7 271.9 271.3 272.7 272.9 273.3 273.0 271.5 273.9 273.0 271.9 271.1 270.5 272.4 272.0 270.7 271.4 271.0 270.7 274.3 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 273.1 272.6 271.5 271.6 271.0 269.0 266.8 265.9 266.1 263.4 260.0 258.2 258.7 259.4 259.8 259.9 262.9 264.3 260.3 256.9 258.2 257.4 255.0 259.6 262.6 264.8 268.0 268.3 266.3 265.8 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 265.9 266.7 266.3 264.4 262.9 264.0 265.5 265.5 263.1 262.0 262.2 261.4 260.2 258.0 256.8 256.1 256.2 256.2 253.3 251.1 248.7 249.2 251.1 250.6 251.8 254.5 256.6 257.4 257.5 258.3 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 256.3 256.2 258.1 258.6 257.3 252.0 249.8 248.0 247.3 248.8 249.5 249.5 248.8 248.9 248.2 247.0 245.1 243.6 242.9 241.9 241.7 242.9 244.1 244.9 245.2 244.8 247.1 251.0 251.2 252.9 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 252.1 251.1 250.9 248.9 248.9 247.7 245.9 246.7 249.8 250.6 250.0 247.8 247.1 247.7 246.0 243.9 242.7 243.4 244.4 246.4 248.6 245.9 245.0 246.6 246.5 246.1 244.5 246.6 248.3 248.7 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 274.0 273.8 272.1 272.2 272.2 272.4 270.5 271.8 270.5 273.7 273.1 272.0 270.6 267.0 269.2 271.8 273.0 272.1 272.4 270.8 270.0 270.3 269.9 268.2 272.7 273.6 272.8 272.3 270.0 269.4 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 274.6 273.5 273.6 273.4 272.4 271.0 269.3 269.4 264.2 264.8 264.8 262.5 261.8 261.1 272.9 274.6 273.8 271.2 267.9 264.0 261.7 263.2 262.4 258.2 262.8 264.7 262.6 259.4 256.3 252.3 -9999.0