1988 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 273.0 272.9 273.0 273.2 273.6 274.1 274.7 275.5 274.7 274.3 274.4 275.1 275.6 276.3 277.2 278.0 278.3 278.4 278.7 278.6 278.6 280.0 280.1 279.9 280.1 280.0 280.4 280.9 282.3 282.0 281.5 34 Hudson Bay 284.2 283.3 281.6 281.2 280.7 280.9 282.9 284.2 283.8 281.2 278.7 279.3 280.4 281.9 281.1 282.3 284.4 285.5 287.3 287.4 286.4 287.0 286.5 284.8 287.4 287.5 287.9 287.6 289.4 288.8 288.4 36 Hudson Strait 277.9 274.5 273.4 269.5 268.0 267.8 270.1 273.3 275.3 280.4 276.6 271.6 274.9 275.8 275.9 274.1 272.1 274.1 277.8 277.9 276.6 277.2 274.9 273.5 273.9 274.8 274.8 274.5 278.8 275.4 274.6 98 Bering Strait 271.5 271.2 271.6 272.1 272.2 272.6 272.6 274.7 272.8 273.7 274.2 274.7 275.0 276.6 277.6 275.6 274.7 275.4 275.4 275.7 276.3 278.8 277.1 276.8 276.9 277.1 277.3 278.4 281.8 281.7 277.2 128 Arctic subocean 259.3 258.7 260.0 260.0 259.0 260.8 261.9 262.6 263.5 262.2 261.7 263.8 268.3 268.1 266.7 271.1 272.5 270.6 269.6 269.0 269.3 268.7 268.3 268.7 268.4 267.0 266.8 268.4 268.8 269.7 271.1 130 Chukchi Sea 267.8 268.7 269.3 270.2 270.2 271.1 270.2 269.2 269.3 272.4 273.8 273.9 273.8 273.6 274.5 273.5 272.6 272.2 272.9 274.1 275.0 276.0 274.9 275.2 275.4 275.9 275.7 276.0 276.9 276.9 274.8 132 Beaufort Sea 272.6 272.5 274.2 275.9 277.0 278.3 279.4 279.4 276.9 276.3 279.0 279.6 280.3 279.7 278.5 280.1 279.9 277.7 279.3 279.8 280.9 282.1 281.9 280.0 281.1 280.5 280.5 282.4 283.8 283.0 282.8 134 Arctic Archipelago 262.6 263.4 263.7 266.6 267.1 266.6 265.2 263.6 263.3 263.5 263.8 266.0 266.8 267.1 268.5 271.6 273.0 272.7 272.5 272.7 272.3 272.7 273.7 273.7 273.5 273.1 273.2 273.4 273.7 274.3 276.0 136 Foxe Basin 268.3 267.3 262.1 261.3 263.3 263.1 262.7 263.6 266.2 268.2 269.7 267.4 269.2 271.4 273.1 273.7 273.5 273.3 273.1 272.4 272.9 273.2 273.2 273.3 273.4 273.8 273.9 273.8 273.4 273.5 273.7 138 Baffin Bay 259.6 259.6 258.4 256.0 260.0 261.2 261.9 261.3 259.1 258.2 261.1 269.4 269.2 266.7 270.8 273.7 274.0 272.7 270.4 270.3 270.5 269.6 270.3 271.6 270.9 269.4 269.0 269.3 268.4 268.5 269.4 139 South Greenland 265.1 265.7 265.1 260.9 262.4 263.2 263.9 262.4 262.8 262.7 268.6 272.8 272.8 273.4 274.3 273.7 272.3 271.4 270.3 270.5 270.5 271.1 272.3 273.2 272.5 272.3 272.5 272.2 271.6 271.3 272.2 140 Greenland Sea 257.0 256.6 256.6 258.6 260.0 261.7 263.3 263.6 262.0 261.4 260.2 266.6 271.0 270.7 268.8 272.0 271.6 268.8 267.1 267.0 266.4 267.8 270.0 272.6 271.2 269.1 268.4 267.6 267.7 268.2 269.9 142 Norwegian Sea 276.6 275.9 275.2 275.8 275.6 275.8 276.6 282.2 280.5 279.3 280.2 280.9 279.9 278.6 278.7 276.7 275.7 275.4 275.7 276.3 276.1 279.9 277.0 277.4 276.6 277.6 278.1 282.5 286.7 282.0 276.7 144 Barents Sea 276.8 275.7 274.7 277.9 280.6 281.4 278.6 276.6 274.5 275.6 276.6 276.3 276.4 277.3 276.9 275.3 277.0 281.0 282.3 280.6 282.2 286.0 278.6 277.0 278.5 277.0 277.4 277.2 280.1 279.0 278.1 146 Kara Sea 275.9 275.0 275.4 275.6 276.1 276.9 277.9 280.0 278.9 278.3 277.6 276.9 276.8 278.3 280.3 280.9 280.9 281.3 281.8 281.6 280.3 281.4 282.0 282.1 281.5 282.0 282.4 282.4 284.6 285.4 285.3 148 Laptev Sea 269.3 271.7 272.9 273.2 272.6 273.0 273.3 274.2 273.4 273.4 273.3 273.8 273.4 273.5 275.7 276.6 277.1 277.0 276.5 275.3 275.6 278.3 281.8 283.6 284.0 283.0 284.0 285.7 286.7 284.5 282.8 150 East Siberian Sea 270.1 271.4 270.6 270.3 269.2 268.2 267.2 267.1 268.6 269.6 269.6 270.5 272.3 273.6 274.3 276.4 276.1 275.0 274.2 276.9 279.5 281.2 279.5 277.2 275.3 276.9 278.8 279.7 277.9 279.7 279.5 152 Gulf of Alaska 275.3 274.1 274.3 274.3 274.4 274.7 276.1 279.1 276.5 276.2 276.1 276.0 276.1 277.3 277.9 275.1 274.6 274.8 274.9 274.7 277.6 281.5 278.2 275.4 275.5 275.9 276.1 280.1 281.6 278.1 275.6 154 Southeast Bering Sea 276.8 274.6 274.6 274.5 274.2 274.5 275.7 282.1 281.3 278.3 277.1 277.0 277.7 280.4 280.5 278.6 279.2 280.2 280.9 280.5 282.1 284.5 285.2 282.9 281.9 281.6 282.4 285.3 284.8 283.6 281.7