1990 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 256.0 255.4 255.7 257.0 257.0 256.6 256.7 256.4 255.8 255.5 254.9 254.7 255.5 255.7 255.8 256.5 255.7 254.8 254.0 254.1 254.7 254.3 253.1 251.6 251.0 250.7 251.1 251.5 251.2 251.4 251.0 34 Hudson Bay 262.3 257.1 256.5 263.3 267.6 264.0 262.9 266.8 268.5 263.3 259.1 256.4 257.1 260.0 260.7 259.4 259.1 255.7 247.8 247.0 249.3 254.1 258.2 252.5 248.8 249.1 255.0 256.7 252.8 250.5 247.9 36 Hudson Strait 263.7 264.5 257.5 252.3 260.1 268.1 265.0 262.8 257.6 263.2 261.6 249.2 245.7 244.5 247.0 253.5 255.6 261.1 255.4 246.1 246.2 248.1 255.4 249.0 247.5 244.1 241.5 250.3 258.5 257.2 246.9 98 Bering Strait 247.2 247.7 251.4 250.8 254.0 256.0 253.6 251.0 250.7 256.7 258.5 259.4 258.6 252.5 248.6 253.9 256.4 263.0 266.3 268.2 266.1 261.6 259.2 263.3 263.4 259.5 254.6 262.7 263.8 258.2 252.5 128 Arctic subocean 237.6 238.3 236.1 235.4 240.0 250.5 253.7 258.9 253.8 242.6 236.0 235.6 233.8 235.4 236.0 235.1 236.3 237.2 237.8 239.9 240.0 237.8 235.4 237.4 240.2 242.6 247.9 252.9 253.2 256.3 254.1 130 Chukchi Sea 250.1 249.1 248.7 249.0 249.5 248.7 245.9 245.3 244.3 244.7 246.2 245.3 245.3 242.2 240.7 250.1 265.6 268.8 269.7 267.2 264.8 249.1 250.3 257.9 253.8 246.0 250.2 255.3 254.7 247.6 247.7 132 Beaufort Sea 246.1 245.8 252.8 257.7 254.4 259.1 261.6 260.5 255.7 254.4 251.7 255.0 259.8 258.8 254.0 250.3 252.0 250.6 251.0 256.8 264.5 265.2 256.1 253.2 254.8 257.8 253.3 245.3 250.4 251.0 248.6 134 Arctic Archipelago 242.9 242.0 240.2 245.2 251.2 247.6 243.3 244.1 242.5 239.0 237.1 238.0 239.2 238.5 239.2 239.7 240.4 239.9 239.4 248.2 252.9 250.2 242.5 237.5 238.8 238.7 239.7 245.6 246.6 244.0 243.9 136 Foxe Basin 245.2 243.1 239.8 239.0 250.8 260.7 266.0 257.6 245.6 246.9 249.6 248.9 244.7 242.7 240.0 237.5 237.1 238.2 242.2 241.1 239.4 241.1 241.5 240.0 240.3 239.0 237.6 237.4 237.8 239.2 239.7 138 Baffin Bay 247.7 243.6 242.1 242.0 240.8 249.3 263.5 264.1 250.8 240.9 244.7 249.2 249.6 248.3 247.2 248.5 240.5 235.1 241.9 246.3 243.3 239.3 238.0 238.6 238.9 239.1 241.9 243.9 243.8 251.5 252.1 139 South Greenland 261.1 254.3 253.8 254.1 247.2 252.3 263.0 263.7 251.9 249.1 256.5 263.2 264.7 260.0 257.5 255.9 244.9 244.3 250.9 252.2 250.2 248.8 243.9 243.6 244.0 244.2 246.4 248.3 248.4 249.9 251.9 140 Greenland Sea 246.3 244.5 242.8 240.8 239.6 247.2 257.8 264.1 254.2 244.2 241.4 246.0 250.5 251.9 244.7 249.0 243.9 235.4 237.5 244.0 246.0 246.7 248.8 243.5 243.8 245.0 251.9 254.4 256.6 258.9 251.2 142 Norwegian Sea 275.9 277.6 275.8 274.0 274.5 275.9 271.9 267.9 270.2 272.7 273.1 273.0 275.1 276.0 276.7 275.6 276.0 275.5 274.0 270.7 270.0 273.9 276.3 276.4 275.2 274.0 273.9 273.7 273.6 272.4 269.7 144 Barents Sea 262.7 262.2 264.6 266.4 262.7 262.1 268.1 268.9 267.1 265.9 265.7 268.4 269.9 268.7 268.5 269.8 267.4 270.6 270.3 267.2 265.5 264.2 262.2 263.7 263.6 265.5 263.4 264.0 264.5 264.9 264.1 146 Kara Sea 264.4 263.6 263.2 263.7 262.4 260.5 258.4 256.8 258.8 260.4 260.2 259.4 260.6 262.1 262.2 262.4 260.9 258.9 258.8 258.4 258.3 258.0 258.2 257.0 255.9 253.9 253.3 252.7 251.1 250.7 252.3 148 Laptev Sea 251.7 256.0 255.5 254.1 252.3 248.1 246.0 245.1 249.7 251.8 251.0 248.9 247.7 248.7 253.2 254.8 255.7 255.0 250.5 247.6 248.0 244.5 242.0 241.6 241.5 243.5 243.8 242.3 241.6 243.4 244.8 150 East Siberian Sea 243.4 245.0 244.3 244.5 243.5 242.7 241.1 238.1 237.3 239.2 239.7 238.5 237.0 240.4 244.5 250.8 252.1 250.2 253.0 248.3 243.6 246.3 245.8 245.8 245.7 243.0 246.4 246.6 245.9 256.4 261.9 152 Gulf of Alaska 257.1 260.2 265.5 263.2 272.3 272.8 270.0 267.3 266.3 269.1 269.2 269.8 270.5 263.8 263.5 264.5 259.5 263.0 269.7 271.3 271.3 270.8 272.9 271.9 271.7 272.7 266.2 270.6 272.3 266.7 257.6 154 Southeast Bering Sea 256.8 266.9 263.5 257.2 269.1 267.7 260.3 256.9 253.9 268.8 269.5 270.3 267.2 262.2 265.3 259.6 257.5 269.5 273.8 273.8 273.3 273.9 274.1 273.4 272.8 271.4 272.2 274.3 273.5 262.5 258.4