1990 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 274.2 273.3 272.5 271.8 271.1 271.0 271.2 271.0 271.1 270.9 270.3 270.5 271.0 271.0 268.7 267.5 266.8 266.3 266.6 266.8 266.5 265.9 266.0 266.6 266.7 266.2 264.9 263.6 262.7 262.1 261.9 34 Hudson Bay 282.5 281.4 280.8 280.3 277.6 275.5 276.1 277.1 279.2 280.0 278.5 275.2 276.3 277.2 274.8 273.5 272.1 272.0 272.2 272.2 273.1 271.6 271.0 271.3 272.5 273.1 272.4 271.3 271.2 270.4 269.2 36 Hudson Strait 276.2 275.2 274.2 274.9 277.0 275.3 273.3 271.9 271.0 270.6 274.1 274.4 274.0 272.5 273.4 273.5 271.9 268.9 268.1 268.2 266.3 269.6 268.1 266.6 265.8 264.7 265.7 271.9 270.8 270.4 269.3 98 Bering Strait 271.9 270.4 270.0 271.0 271.5 271.8 271.7 272.6 271.6 269.6 270.1 270.5 268.1 266.3 264.9 265.2 264.9 263.9 267.4 268.9 266.6 263.9 264.6 265.0 262.5 262.2 262.6 264.7 263.8 263.8 261.0 128 Arctic subocean 251.1 250.6 252.6 252.2 249.2 250.3 247.9 246.5 248.2 248.4 251.5 252.8 253.3 248.5 246.2 247.7 249.4 254.0 253.2 252.6 257.4 256.8 252.0 245.4 245.6 244.6 244.4 245.8 247.3 247.2 247.2 130 Chukchi Sea 271.4 271.5 272.4 272.9 272.3 271.8 271.6 272.3 272.3 273.4 271.3 271.9 270.4 269.1 267.8 267.6 270.7 270.5 268.7 268.2 267.8 265.6 264.6 263.9 263.1 263.0 262.1 263.2 263.6 264.5 264.9 132 Beaufort Sea 277.7 276.4 274.5 273.5 272.9 273.2 274.1 274.9 275.3 272.9 269.2 269.4 269.2 268.9 268.1 266.0 265.6 267.1 267.7 269.4 269.5 268.4 267.3 270.4 270.4 267.3 264.7 265.6 264.7 264.6 264.9 134 Arctic Archipelago 263.3 263.1 263.6 263.2 264.6 266.4 263.3 261.4 262.5 261.4 257.4 255.7 256.0 255.9 253.1 252.1 254.7 257.3 258.4 261.4 263.7 263.2 259.0 257.1 257.0 257.2 254.3 250.1 246.9 247.7 250.2 136 Foxe Basin 271.0 268.2 267.6 266.9 268.3 268.5 266.8 265.0 267.1 270.1 271.0 267.8 264.7 263.8 264.9 263.0 259.2 259.7 261.3 262.8 262.3 263.3 263.5 262.6 257.8 258.1 259.4 260.2 258.4 257.3 255.8 138 Baffin Bay 256.5 256.2 254.1 251.9 248.5 249.5 252.0 250.5 247.3 248.9 252.6 258.8 258.1 253.5 248.6 248.2 249.0 250.1 251.9 252.8 251.9 255.3 257.0 255.9 251.9 246.2 242.1 242.6 245.7 248.3 248.9 139 South Greenland 262.0 263.1 259.5 260.2 258.7 262.5 264.4 261.7 257.3 253.4 252.3 257.1 260.3 259.4 256.6 257.1 260.6 260.4 264.6 264.2 263.7 264.8 265.4 263.8 261.5 261.0 259.9 258.2 258.2 257.8 255.9 140 Greenland Sea 250.7 251.1 249.0 246.8 243.7 243.9 245.7 247.9 248.2 248.2 246.2 248.9 253.8 252.3 246.0 246.2 247.4 249.1 251.5 253.4 250.7 251.7 254.8 256.2 254.1 249.0 244.3 242.0 242.3 243.7 245.0 142 Norwegian Sea 277.0 277.1 279.3 279.7 277.9 277.5 276.9 276.1 277.9 276.9 276.1 276.7 281.8 282.3 280.0 281.5 279.0 275.5 275.4 275.6 277.6 277.3 277.1 276.8 276.2 276.2 275.3 276.4 276.7 275.5 275.3 144 Barents Sea 275.2 274.1 272.5 271.7 270.8 270.8 272.1 271.9 272.3 273.8 274.0 272.9 271.9 272.9 271.9 270.4 272.3 273.8 272.2 272.1 271.9 270.5 271.7 271.9 270.6 271.6 271.5 269.9 271.8 270.9 269.9 146 Kara Sea 279.1 277.8 277.5 277.0 277.6 277.9 277.8 276.1 276.0 275.9 276.4 277.0 277.8 278.5 273.7 271.1 269.4 268.9 269.8 268.7 268.6 268.4 268.7 270.3 271.1 269.1 266.9 264.5 264.4 264.2 265.8 148 Laptev Sea 273.4 272.7 271.3 269.7 268.2 267.4 268.0 269.8 270.8 271.3 270.5 270.2 271.2 271.7 271.7 271.1 268.8 265.5 263.4 264.5 263.6 261.8 263.5 262.8 263.2 266.1 265.4 263.3 258.6 256.4 255.5 150 East Siberian Sea 269.9 270.1 270.6 267.9 265.9 264.4 263.9 265.0 263.8 262.8 263.4 265.1 265.6 266.9 268.7 267.2 266.1 262.2 257.9 256.2 254.3 254.3 254.3 258.7 263.0 265.5 266.1 264.0 261.8 258.2 254.9 152 Gulf of Alaska 274.4 273.3 273.2 273.3 274.8 276.0 276.3 276.1 274.3 274.9 275.4 274.3 271.9 270.7 268.8 268.9 268.8 270.2 274.3 275.0 274.2 272.4 274.6 274.0 272.4 272.4 272.2 272.5 272.5 270.2 268.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 274.1 275.4 276.0 277.4 277.8 278.7 279.0 275.5 274.6 275.6 275.5 274.3 272.1 271.1 270.8 270.8 271.0 274.6 274.9 274.7 272.9 272.2 272.0 271.2 269.3 268.0 266.5 264.7 265.2 267.7 268.8