1988 03 - 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 258.9 259.1 259.5 260.4 260.8 261.5 261.4 261.4 260.7 260.7 260.4 260.3 260.5 261.2 261.7 261.3 260.4 260.5 260.9 261.4 262.3 263.3 263.9 263.3 262.9 263.6 263.5 263.6 263.6 263.2 263.0 34 Hudson Bay 260.2 260.0 260.2 263.3 266.7 268.2 268.2 268.9 269.5 267.5 262.9 262.4 264.4 267.5 268.2 268.1 267.1 265.6 262.2 260.3 263.7 268.2 270.4 269.6 268.7 268.4 267.9 267.4 268.2 268.9 270.8 36 Hudson Strait 260.5 255.5 253.7 252.3 250.6 251.5 252.5 257.2 261.2 264.5 266.3 271.1 271.1 267.0 261.6 262.1 259.9 261.4 263.1 262.6 261.8 257.9 261.6 265.1 264.2 268.8 270.4 268.6 265.5 269.7 271.5 98 Bering Strait 263.7 264.2 264.4 262.5 262.1 262.3 261.8 261.9 261.7 265.2 265.9 265.1 265.6 264.4 262.9 260.5 258.4 260.8 261.5 259.6 260.8 259.9 260.7 261.4 261.3 261.6 261.8 263.0 263.9 266.0 266.3 128 Arctic subocean 241.3 243.3 245.8 246.1 242.2 236.0 235.8 238.6 244.3 244.6 245.7 255.4 257.0 252.0 255.8 247.3 235.0 232.4 236.5 241.3 244.0 243.7 242.9 241.3 242.5 245.2 246.4 247.4 246.1 241.1 239.1 130 Chukchi Sea 257.9 255.1 257.1 257.5 258.2 257.7 253.5 252.5 254.8 260.3 261.4 261.1 259.0 253.3 253.7 256.1 257.3 257.0 255.9 256.2 256.6 251.5 253.8 256.0 254.7 255.5 257.1 258.1 257.7 257.9 256.7 132 Beaufort Sea 266.0 267.1 268.3 268.0 266.7 266.8 267.3 268.8 268.7 269.1 271.1 271.4 269.7 268.7 266.5 264.0 261.3 259.4 260.3 261.6 262.6 263.7 263.8 264.5 264.3 264.9 264.2 264.2 264.9 266.9 268.1 134 Arctic Archipelago 249.4 250.0 251.5 254.5 253.9 250.7 247.9 250.7 253.2 254.5 256.4 261.8 261.9 259.2 258.3 256.0 251.7 246.4 244.1 247.6 248.5 249.8 250.8 251.6 254.5 255.9 254.8 254.4 253.8 253.4 253.6 136 Foxe Basin 256.6 252.5 248.2 252.9 251.3 249.6 247.0 246.8 246.3 248.8 251.5 254.3 257.8 258.3 258.7 256.3 254.9 253.3 250.4 247.4 249.5 252.5 256.8 258.0 254.6 256.1 257.1 257.2 255.0 258.4 257.9 138 Baffin Bay 252.7 251.5 249.7 252.1 251.9 247.0 244.7 244.1 240.4 240.1 240.3 246.5 252.2 250.9 250.3 248.3 242.0 243.2 245.1 246.6 244.2 244.5 244.4 243.7 243.0 244.6 245.9 246.7 247.0 242.7 240.8 139 South Greenland 263.8 261.0 265.5 266.3 259.0 255.9 257.1 251.8 249.5 252.3 255.4 256.9 254.7 252.8 251.8 252.3 254.5 255.6 256.9 258.5 258.9 258.8 258.4 257.0 256.2 254.9 254.8 257.0 258.7 257.1 257.3 140 Greenland Sea 246.4 245.8 245.6 245.3 247.1 244.2 239.1 239.9 240.9 241.3 240.0 243.6 248.9 247.7 245.0 246.9 238.2 239.7 244.7 251.0 249.6 244.0 243.8 241.6 241.0 241.7 241.6 243.5 243.9 241.5 237.6 142 Norwegian Sea 268.8 269.0 269.8 269.7 270.5 269.4 270.2 270.6 271.7 273.3 271.1 270.3 270.3 270.8 271.0 269.6 270.4 272.1 273.1 275.3 274.8 274.1 273.4 273.0 273.1 272.7 273.6 273.9 273.4 273.9 274.5 144 Barents Sea 265.3 268.1 267.5 266.5 267.9 266.0 265.1 265.0 263.6 264.5 265.4 266.3 267.3 267.5 267.9 267.9 268.1 270.0 270.8 272.4 272.9 272.2 272.0 272.7 272.5 271.9 272.3 272.5 269.7 271.8 272.4 146 Kara Sea 260.9 261.6 263.1 264.8 265.5 267.8 267.3 267.9 266.3 265.7 263.8 261.4 262.2 264.3 264.9 264.2 264.8 265.8 266.9 267.6 268.3 269.7 269.3 267.0 266.7 268.5 267.8 267.5 267.2 265.1 264.0 148 Laptev Sea 253.0 253.0 251.4 252.1 253.9 257.5 259.4 257.3 255.5 254.2 255.3 254.3 250.6 252.5 254.5 255.1 254.7 255.0 256.9 258.8 260.0 261.2 262.3 262.3 260.6 259.7 260.7 261.0 261.0 259.9 259.6 150 East Siberian Sea 248.0 248.0 247.2 244.9 244.5 245.5 247.3 247.2 245.0 244.8 245.9 246.2 249.0 251.4 259.4 262.5 262.7 262.9 262.7 259.6 258.7 259.2 259.4 260.6 262.6 263.9 263.5 263.8 264.1 264.0 262.3 152 Gulf of Alaska 273.8 273.9 272.1 271.5 271.5 271.9 272.8 272.8 272.2 273.2 273.6 272.9 272.8 271.3 271.1 271.6 271.6 273.3 273.1 270.9 271.0 271.1 271.1 270.8 270.0 270.2 270.0 270.4 271.5 273.1 272.7 154 Southeast Bering Sea 273.5 273.2 271.7 271.9 270.4 268.4 268.9 268.9 268.8 272.9 273.5 271.2 271.4 263.8 261.7 264.8 267.6 270.2 270.3 268.4 266.8 264.2 263.6 264.6 264.2 264.5 266.2 266.6 268.3 271.9 272.1