1988 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 275.7 275.4 274.5 274.2 274.2 274.4 274.2 273.9 273.9 272.2 271.0 271.1 271.1 271.1 270.8 270.5 268.6 268.0 267.2 266.9 266.4 266.2 265.8 264.9 264.9 264.9 265.2 265.0 264.6 264.0 264.2 34 Hudson Bay 284.4 280.5 278.4 279.4 282.1 284.5 285.0 286.4 285.5 282.2 277.2 278.0 279.9 281.6 282.3 281.6 276.1 273.9 272.6 272.9 272.4 273.7 273.4 270.2 269.2 269.0 267.8 265.9 265.8 266.7 267.4 36 Hudson Strait 278.8 277.7 275.1 273.2 274.1 274.9 275.4 277.2 278.1 274.6 272.7 270.7 267.7 267.4 267.4 273.4 275.6 275.1 274.1 271.6 269.9 270.5 272.4 273.1 273.4 273.5 272.6 271.0 272.7 272.2 270.8 98 Bering Strait 272.0 273.1 273.0 272.1 270.8 271.0 271.2 270.3 270.0 270.2 268.8 267.5 267.0 267.3 266.9 267.7 268.3 268.0 266.2 263.4 262.9 260.2 259.9 260.1 259.7 258.2 261.1 261.7 262.5 262.1 262.7 128 Arctic subocean 261.9 260.1 258.7 258.9 260.9 259.8 255.7 254.9 250.0 255.9 251.6 254.9 255.9 254.1 250.7 252.7 253.7 257.5 257.3 261.8 266.6 265.1 258.2 259.1 257.6 250.5 248.6 255.1 254.7 255.4 255.5 130 Chukchi Sea 272.6 271.4 269.5 265.7 263.9 264.5 266.1 266.7 265.9 267.9 267.8 265.2 267.4 269.0 268.7 268.6 266.2 264.5 263.6 262.2 262.1 261.7 261.7 261.8 259.4 257.1 257.1 257.9 257.4 257.2 263.4 132 Beaufort Sea 277.3 277.1 278.6 281.4 282.5 282.1 282.2 279.9 279.6 276.6 275.2 274.7 274.7 274.7 271.8 269.7 269.0 267.2 265.9 264.6 264.0 263.4 262.7 262.5 262.0 262.2 260.4 260.5 261.9 264.7 266.1 134 Arctic Archipelago 269.4 269.0 269.7 271.9 273.7 273.5 273.0 273.6 268.5 263.6 262.4 261.1 261.7 266.1 267.6 264.9 262.7 261.5 258.8 259.7 261.4 260.1 260.4 258.3 256.3 256.9 257.8 257.8 255.7 251.9 251.1 136 Foxe Basin 270.9 271.1 270.3 270.2 271.7 273.1 271.8 272.5 271.5 268.5 265.8 266.2 265.1 266.0 267.8 269.9 271.3 269.1 270.0 269.6 266.2 270.3 270.3 269.0 270.4 271.4 272.7 271.4 269.3 267.3 268.4 138 Baffin Bay 255.4 255.1 253.9 254.5 257.0 258.9 257.1 255.6 256.4 255.7 254.5 253.2 252.6 250.4 250.4 251.8 255.8 260.7 262.3 268.6 267.5 263.5 265.4 262.6 259.3 255.4 259.3 262.9 261.7 259.3 259.6 139 South Greenland 258.7 259.0 258.0 257.7 258.7 259.0 259.7 259.6 260.4 263.0 264.9 263.9 263.0 260.4 257.6 254.4 256.2 262.2 262.9 266.1 266.8 267.9 265.8 261.3 261.9 261.7 261.4 262.1 261.9 259.4 260.7 140 Greenland Sea 251.0 250.5 249.6 248.7 251.2 253.0 250.6 248.5 248.3 252.6 251.8 250.1 250.0 244.8 247.6 252.2 250.9 254.2 257.4 262.0 263.6 260.9 260.5 260.2 256.1 252.5 251.8 257.6 257.9 254.1 254.0 142 Norwegian Sea 278.2 281.9 280.1 278.6 277.8 278.6 278.2 277.9 276.9 274.8 276.4 277.0 277.5 277.8 279.2 280.8 278.3 276.8 276.1 277.2 277.2 276.6 275.7 270.9 274.6 275.3 273.4 272.1 270.1 272.9 272.6 144 Barents Sea 279.0 276.6 276.8 278.3 277.7 277.4 278.6 280.6 281.9 275.6 274.6 274.0 273.8 273.8 275.3 275.3 274.4 274.0 273.3 271.4 271.6 269.4 268.7 269.3 267.8 266.7 268.5 270.2 271.0 269.3 266.2 146 Kara Sea 281.4 281.9 280.1 278.1 276.6 277.1 276.8 276.6 277.6 275.5 275.2 275.8 275.2 274.9 273.9 273.6 270.6 269.6 269.4 269.0 267.7 267.9 267.3 267.0 268.9 270.8 269.4 267.7 267.7 267.9 268.9 148 Laptev Sea 274.3 275.0 275.1 274.5 273.1 270.0 269.2 268.0 268.1 268.2 268.8 269.5 269.0 268.9 269.4 269.1 268.3 265.9 262.9 262.0 262.0 262.2 262.6 262.7 261.3 260.7 265.9 266.2 262.8 261.1 260.1 150 East Siberian Sea 271.7 271.9 270.5 269.2 269.8 271.5 270.7 270.1 269.8 268.2 266.5 266.5 268.2 268.0 268.5 266.6 263.0 263.6 263.4 261.1 259.3 260.5 260.0 261.2 263.5 261.4 259.0 259.8 259.8 257.0 255.3 152 Gulf of Alaska 275.8 278.6 277.2 276.5 275.6 275.3 275.5 276.7 275.3 273.5 273.6 274.4 273.7 271.4 270.7 272.4 273.2 274.5 274.5 273.5 273.4 270.3 270.5 269.7 269.5 270.5 273.6 273.6 274.6 274.7 273.9 154 Southeast Bering Sea 277.1 278.0 276.5 275.7 271.6 269.7 272.2 271.7 270.2 269.6 267.8 266.7 265.5 266.2 269.3 274.6 275.1 275.1 275.2 274.1 274.0 270.4 263.2 261.4 261.6 269.4 274.6 274.3 273.7 272.3 271.9