1989 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 274.6 274.2 274.2 274.5 274.0 273.8 273.9 273.6 271.3 270.9 270.5 269.2 268.2 268.2 268.7 267.3 267.1 267.4 267.5 267.2 267.4 266.9 265.8 265.1 265.1 264.0 263.2 263.5 263.1 262.7 262.1 34 Hudson Bay 280.5 277.7 279.3 280.8 280.5 278.2 278.7 279.6 279.0 279.7 279.9 279.3 277.2 274.7 273.3 271.7 272.0 274.2 276.1 275.8 277.7 279.2 275.2 273.0 274.0 274.4 272.1 273.6 273.1 270.8 267.0 36 Hudson Strait 273.5 273.9 276.1 275.1 273.6 273.5 272.9 272.3 271.4 271.7 273.3 273.9 274.2 273.0 271.2 267.2 265.9 268.0 272.2 273.3 272.0 269.1 269.1 272.0 270.3 273.4 273.2 264.4 266.2 271.4 270.2 98 Bering Strait 274.0 273.6 273.0 272.7 272.6 272.5 272.1 272.1 271.3 269.4 268.6 267.9 266.5 268.2 270.1 270.1 268.5 270.5 271.6 269.5 266.4 263.4 267.4 267.0 266.0 261.2 260.5 264.4 263.9 260.9 259.0 128 Arctic subocean 264.3 261.6 257.1 254.6 254.3 252.3 251.2 251.0 255.1 256.0 252.9 257.2 257.7 257.0 254.4 248.6 248.2 246.0 248.0 249.2 251.3 252.8 250.2 245.7 242.3 242.9 245.5 245.6 242.2 244.7 244.3 130 Chukchi Sea 274.5 274.1 273.9 273.7 273.4 273.0 272.2 271.4 270.4 268.7 268.5 271.0 271.5 271.3 271.7 270.4 268.4 267.6 270.7 269.9 264.1 263.1 267.7 266.3 263.5 260.8 259.4 258.5 259.5 259.6 259.9 132 Beaufort Sea 276.2 278.2 279.7 279.4 276.5 276.8 279.9 280.7 277.0 275.4 273.3 271.9 270.9 269.6 269.6 268.9 272.4 272.9 271.6 271.9 270.5 268.1 265.9 268.7 268.3 265.3 263.7 264.4 264.2 262.1 257.4 134 Arctic Archipelago 268.8 269.2 270.4 269.8 265.8 264.0 263.4 263.8 264.4 263.3 261.9 261.2 261.1 261.7 260.6 258.5 259.4 264.0 264.4 261.2 262.2 260.6 257.1 254.5 254.2 250.5 249.8 255.4 254.7 249.7 251.9 136 Foxe Basin 268.4 268.5 269.1 269.9 269.9 270.8 269.9 269.6 271.3 269.9 268.5 267.7 269.0 269.0 266.5 264.8 263.4 265.2 267.0 269.0 267.9 266.2 266.3 264.3 263.4 264.6 257.7 253.9 256.4 258.3 253.7 138 Baffin Bay 259.0 256.5 255.2 254.7 254.3 253.5 253.9 257.7 259.6 260.2 259.5 259.2 257.1 261.0 258.3 252.4 250.3 248.9 248.8 248.4 249.0 248.0 247.5 247.3 247.8 245.1 242.2 240.3 239.1 240.4 240.3 139 South Greenland 266.7 266.3 264.5 265.9 265.0 264.9 262.8 262.9 262.3 263.2 263.7 262.2 260.6 259.7 261.1 259.8 261.3 260.2 259.6 257.8 254.9 254.9 254.7 253.7 254.6 254.4 258.0 256.0 254.9 255.2 252.9 140 Greenland Sea 255.5 253.5 252.8 251.4 250.1 250.1 250.1 254.9 256.0 256.7 255.2 253.4 252.3 256.0 258.6 254.0 249.6 245.9 245.5 245.0 245.5 245.5 243.5 243.8 243.4 243.3 238.5 236.8 236.6 241.6 244.8 142 Norwegian Sea 278.7 276.6 277.0 277.8 277.5 277.2 277.4 277.7 276.2 275.7 274.7 275.1 275.1 274.4 274.7 274.9 275.3 275.4 275.8 277.0 278.5 278.6 277.2 276.1 276.0 275.7 275.8 275.0 275.5 275.5 275.2 144 Barents Sea 278.9 276.8 275.9 276.0 276.0 276.2 275.9 275.3 273.1 273.3 273.6 273.7 273.6 273.6 274.8 273.8 273.1 272.4 271.5 271.5 270.2 272.2 272.3 273.0 271.8 267.8 266.9 267.1 266.5 270.5 270.6 146 Kara Sea 278.1 278.5 278.7 279.6 280.3 280.6 280.6 279.5 275.2 274.5 273.0 269.9 270.0 272.6 275.5 273.5 272.8 272.5 271.7 272.0 273.2 270.9 269.0 267.8 268.9 269.7 269.4 268.8 268.6 266.8 266.0 148 Laptev Sea 273.5 273.4 271.6 271.4 271.4 272.7 272.2 270.5 266.6 265.9 268.3 268.2 264.8 261.5 260.3 261.5 261.2 259.7 259.6 259.5 261.5 264.9 264.8 263.7 261.6 259.1 257.3 257.5 256.8 260.0 264.0 150 East Siberian Sea 267.9 268.6 269.3 268.0 267.1 266.0 265.7 264.6 262.7 261.7 261.9 260.6 260.0 259.4 258.4 256.5 254.9 258.0 258.6 257.9 255.0 252.4 254.4 254.9 256.8 258.1 258.9 260.1 260.0 260.1 258.8 152 Gulf of Alaska 279.0 276.7 276.1 275.9 276.0 277.2 277.9 276.6 274.7 273.3 272.6 270.1 271.1 274.0 274.5 274.1 274.4 273.5 274.0 273.3 272.0 269.5 273.7 273.8 271.7 267.9 271.5 274.5 273.9 271.5 273.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 280.9 278.6 278.2 278.3 277.5 277.8 276.1 276.3 274.6 274.6 274.8 269.9 273.5 275.5 275.6 274.4 271.4 270.2 274.6 274.8 271.1 269.5 275.0 274.1 272.3 265.6 270.8 271.7 271.2 271.7 273.2