1989 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 258.3 257.4 257.8 258.4 257.9 257.6 257.4 256.5 255.1 255.1 255.7 255.8 255.8 254.9 254.0 253.4 254.0 253.5 253.8 253.3 253.7 254.6 255.2 255.2 255.3 254.5 253.7 254.2 255.0 255.2 255.4 34 Hudson Bay 259.3 258.9 260.8 261.7 261.5 256.1 253.5 254.3 254.2 251.3 250.9 250.5 250.2 253.1 256.4 255.2 251.5 249.1 247.4 246.8 247.8 252.6 261.2 261.2 257.4 255.4 255.5 254.9 257.9 261.6 261.8 36 Hudson Strait 253.6 251.0 248.2 256.1 261.9 264.4 258.9 250.5 246.7 254.8 258.4 260.6 261.8 264.8 264.1 261.1 260.5 261.0 259.8 257.6 254.4 250.5 248.3 254.1 246.6 241.8 239.4 240.1 244.4 248.3 254.6 98 Bering Strait 259.6 263.6 265.3 263.3 262.1 263.3 263.3 259.7 257.1 265.3 265.7 264.6 264.5 264.6 263.7 264.0 261.8 256.9 255.8 250.6 254.8 254.8 254.1 256.3 259.0 260.2 258.1 260.7 260.1 253.8 249.0 128 Arctic subocean 243.6 241.4 243.9 244.6 241.5 242.0 243.0 242.3 248.6 250.6 247.1 248.0 245.4 243.1 239.4 241.8 243.9 246.6 249.1 246.9 241.2 236.4 236.0 237.9 238.5 243.3 246.4 247.7 246.5 249.8 249.8 130 Chukchi Sea 256.6 255.5 256.7 260.9 258.9 255.7 256.5 256.6 257.9 258.9 259.5 259.6 261.2 259.5 263.4 267.4 265.5 257.0 253.2 250.8 250.9 249.1 245.3 250.0 253.4 253.7 250.5 250.0 247.9 244.4 240.0 132 Beaufort Sea 260.6 264.9 267.4 263.6 257.7 255.5 253.8 252.3 251.4 253.8 262.5 262.0 263.2 264.8 262.2 256.1 252.1 247.4 244.5 242.8 248.7 261.7 260.1 256.6 260.6 262.7 262.1 263.7 266.3 264.2 259.7 134 Arctic Archipelago 244.1 246.4 245.2 243.6 242.8 242.6 243.6 245.1 242.9 243.1 244.0 247.1 247.1 247.9 246.9 241.9 242.1 243.7 244.7 248.6 248.2 245.0 240.8 239.5 241.8 242.3 243.3 246.9 247.3 247.2 246.3 136 Foxe Basin 242.0 240.3 241.2 242.3 243.2 251.0 255.5 255.3 250.7 257.4 260.2 259.6 256.4 251.3 250.2 251.7 252.5 253.3 250.2 246.7 246.3 244.0 242.2 243.2 240.8 239.7 238.7 239.1 240.2 242.2 242.8 138 Baffin Bay 243.1 240.5 242.1 249.0 250.4 254.1 258.2 256.4 256.5 256.1 256.9 257.2 256.7 250.9 247.9 244.7 239.9 240.2 240.5 239.1 238.3 236.8 237.8 237.4 241.5 242.8 239.5 241.2 248.4 248.4 253.2 139 South Greenland 259.5 255.6 256.2 264.7 265.5 265.7 264.5 263.7 263.0 262.3 259.5 256.0 256.0 254.4 252.0 251.6 250.6 246.2 242.4 238.0 238.8 240.5 243.7 245.6 246.5 245.5 243.3 250.6 253.1 253.0 260.1 140 Greenland Sea 245.6 243.1 242.4 248.6 250.1 251.4 253.8 254.2 253.9 255.0 252.2 255.1 254.1 250.4 243.8 242.4 240.1 239.3 239.1 239.3 236.2 234.3 236.3 238.2 248.9 250.5 250.1 246.7 249.3 251.3 253.3 142 Norwegian Sea 276.5 277.0 276.7 271.5 272.4 272.2 270.5 269.7 271.4 270.7 267.3 266.3 262.9 263.0 265.4 266.4 268.2 269.8 272.3 272.2 271.9 271.6 270.6 271.9 275.9 276.3 275.2 274.5 274.0 273.0 272.2 144 Barents Sea 269.8 269.6 270.5 265.9 260.5 258.9 258.6 258.4 257.9 256.1 251.8 250.6 256.9 261.8 262.7 259.9 260.0 259.9 262.8 269.4 270.3 268.9 267.4 263.0 263.9 266.4 268.7 267.4 270.2 270.3 268.0 146 Kara Sea 261.6 260.7 261.3 262.5 263.7 265.2 265.1 262.5 259.7 259.4 260.0 260.8 258.8 254.6 255.0 257.8 262.9 262.3 263.3 262.1 260.9 261.5 262.2 262.6 260.8 257.8 256.9 256.4 255.3 256.0 258.1 148 Laptev Sea 258.4 251.0 248.5 248.7 249.0 248.6 249.3 250.2 248.9 247.2 248.1 248.9 250.7 249.6 243.9 240.8 242.4 248.3 253.9 254.9 255.4 251.0 248.7 249.6 250.0 249.4 247.1 246.9 246.9 247.7 246.5 150 East Siberian Sea 249.1 251.3 250.2 249.3 249.0 249.4 252.2 252.7 251.0 249.8 248.2 246.3 245.2 242.6 243.4 249.0 253.7 252.7 250.6 250.5 248.4 248.3 247.0 247.2 247.5 246.8 246.5 247.9 247.3 246.0 244.9 152 Gulf of Alaska 269.5 274.8 274.5 273.1 272.1 272.2 270.8 269.0 268.1 273.5 273.3 272.9 274.1 272.9 270.6 271.3 268.6 268.5 267.1 262.2 269.7 270.1 272.0 273.0 273.1 270.1 270.5 272.8 269.9 262.4 262.1 154 Southeast Bering Sea 265.5 268.8 273.3 272.8 265.8 270.6 272.2 270.1 270.9 274.2 273.7 273.9 273.4 273.1 273.8 273.3 270.0 266.1 263.3 265.0 266.5 263.2 255.8 254.3 257.5 263.2 269.2 267.6 258.8 252.4 262.1