1988 12 - 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 260.0 258.3 257.8 258.8 258.9 257.7 255.6 255.2 255.9 256.8 257.8 258.4 258.4 258.6 258.5 258.2 257.9 257.1 256.0 254.7 254.0 253.7 254.2 254.9 255.8 255.0 254.2 254.5 254.7 253.7 253.9 34 Hudson Bay 269.1 270.4 267.0 266.1 267.8 268.7 262.4 255.2 252.8 252.0 257.5 263.8 262.7 257.7 257.4 259.9 259.9 259.4 257.5 254.9 255.3 258.2 259.8 258.3 255.9 254.7 255.8 254.3 250.5 250.1 249.4 36 Hudson Strait 260.3 261.4 262.0 258.0 254.5 258.1 257.4 254.8 256.2 256.3 255.5 252.8 253.9 258.8 258.0 255.9 248.8 247.7 249.5 248.9 246.9 248.3 247.8 246.7 247.2 248.9 249.7 254.5 254.9 245.0 244.8 98 Bering Strait 253.2 251.2 255.9 260.3 257.8 252.3 249.2 255.9 260.2 261.3 262.0 261.8 258.5 264.7 265.8 266.7 267.6 264.5 263.3 261.8 258.9 253.1 252.3 255.4 262.9 262.1 259.9 262.2 261.1 257.4 261.1 128 Arctic subocean 242.6 240.6 240.2 237.0 238.3 238.6 236.3 237.6 240.8 241.8 243.2 246.4 248.1 245.3 246.4 249.5 250.0 247.7 247.1 245.9 245.6 246.1 246.6 246.8 245.1 238.5 238.3 240.6 241.7 245.2 244.2 130 Chukchi Sea 245.2 243.9 243.6 247.0 249.4 249.3 248.5 249.2 248.5 251.6 252.9 253.0 251.0 261.3 263.6 264.4 262.9 262.1 262.6 260.7 255.6 253.1 249.7 254.8 262.7 264.7 262.6 259.9 257.6 251.5 261.0 132 Beaufort Sea 267.1 261.7 260.8 268.0 267.6 261.5 254.6 255.2 260.1 264.9 265.7 265.4 262.6 261.5 268.7 269.1 271.0 269.1 263.5 257.3 255.8 254.0 253.8 252.6 252.3 251.7 249.6 252.8 254.1 253.6 252.3 134 Arctic Archipelago 246.7 244.6 243.8 242.9 242.9 245.1 245.1 242.6 242.0 245.2 246.2 243.0 240.4 248.5 249.3 247.7 248.2 247.7 245.1 244.5 245.4 245.0 244.8 245.6 246.4 243.6 239.2 240.6 242.3 243.2 246.5 136 Foxe Basin 249.4 250.8 242.1 238.1 236.3 238.9 239.9 237.9 239.9 239.5 238.5 240.4 244.7 246.2 247.3 247.6 248.0 247.7 248.2 249.5 247.2 245.3 242.9 240.5 243.4 244.9 241.8 240.8 241.7 244.4 243.5 138 Baffin Bay 252.4 243.7 237.4 238.6 242.8 245.9 242.8 238.7 239.6 237.6 238.7 241.4 246.6 246.3 240.8 242.2 245.3 245.8 245.1 244.6 243.7 240.2 240.4 241.5 241.7 240.0 235.2 235.4 236.3 238.1 247.8 139 South Greenland 261.6 251.3 247.6 247.0 251.8 255.9 248.2 249.7 246.1 247.5 250.4 252.3 259.2 258.6 251.3 251.5 254.0 254.0 254.9 253.8 245.4 240.7 240.0 242.2 245.7 244.8 242.6 241.7 242.0 251.5 258.5 140 Greenland Sea 254.6 251.8 240.5 235.4 239.2 240.8 241.4 238.3 238.7 238.6 239.0 241.0 244.7 247.9 242.6 242.1 242.9 243.0 242.5 236.5 236.1 236.3 238.0 240.1 239.9 237.5 232.7 238.0 240.3 240.7 249.7 142 Norwegian Sea 272.7 273.8 271.8 269.9 269.5 272.0 274.9 276.2 271.9 271.2 270.3 272.3 273.5 271.5 276.0 275.7 273.5 269.1 267.4 271.1 269.8 270.2 269.8 267.3 269.5 269.9 272.0 275.6 275.5 274.4 272.9 144 Barents Sea 260.0 262.4 270.3 269.6 265.6 265.8 267.5 268.2 268.3 267.2 265.1 262.3 262.5 260.1 262.0 262.9 266.4 266.1 264.0 262.7 261.9 259.9 261.8 264.1 263.8 261.4 255.7 255.6 259.4 257.9 253.5 146 Kara Sea 265.9 264.5 265.3 265.1 263.3 259.5 259.7 261.0 263.7 264.3 263.6 264.1 264.0 263.5 261.4 259.4 258.9 257.8 257.2 258.3 259.4 260.6 261.4 261.9 263.3 264.3 264.5 263.0 261.6 258.6 257.0 148 Laptev Sea 254.2 252.6 251.0 253.2 254.3 253.7 252.3 252.0 251.8 253.1 255.1 253.5 253.4 254.0 254.8 253.8 250.9 251.1 251.7 250.8 249.7 250.5 251.6 252.4 252.5 250.7 252.1 255.1 259.4 257.2 255.2 150 East Siberian Sea 242.9 242.0 242.3 248.0 253.7 254.6 253.2 252.3 248.5 250.0 249.7 249.1 251.5 252.9 254.5 254.7 252.0 250.5 249.1 246.7 245.2 243.1 242.9 245.3 246.5 244.8 243.3 240.7 241.1 243.1 244.4 152 Gulf of Alaska 264.0 266.1 272.8 272.9 264.8 261.2 262.2 272.9 273.8 274.0 273.7 272.0 268.1 272.4 272.9 274.1 272.3 270.3 270.6 269.3 266.6 261.8 259.6 261.8 269.3 268.6 270.8 271.2 268.6 266.4 271.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 252.1 251.5 256.8 259.7 258.1 257.3 261.8 266.4 266.1 265.3 263.3 260.9 265.3 273.3 273.1 272.7 271.1 273.0 272.0 266.7 266.1 263.0 261.0 271.7 273.2 271.4 272.5 271.7 270.0 270.5 273.2