1991 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 253.5 252.0 251.0 250.5 250.8 251.9 252.2 252.2 253.7 254.9 255.2 254.1 253.6 253.7 254.4 255.2 255.2 254.7 254.4 253.8 253.3 254.0 255.9 256.7 257.5 258.4 258.5 256.8 256.3 256.8 256.4 34 Hudson Bay 257.1 252.9 251.4 251.1 251.6 254.5 256.8 258.6 259.2 262.5 263.3 263.0 260.3 253.6 253.0 257.6 256.7 259.1 263.2 265.9 268.1 267.5 264.6 260.7 261.0 264.8 267.9 267.4 265.4 264.7 263.7 36 Hudson Strait 267.6 260.2 259.2 256.6 259.8 257.0 252.0 254.4 260.1 254.7 259.8 259.0 265.0 265.0 249.5 245.3 247.4 250.0 252.6 251.2 258.8 259.5 261.2 252.1 248.7 249.9 252.7 253.9 253.3 253.1 258.0 98 Bering Strait 261.0 255.2 253.6 254.8 255.9 256.4 255.4 254.0 253.9 254.3 253.7 254.5 254.9 260.7 261.6 260.5 259.3 254.9 253.0 250.0 248.9 252.9 259.7 260.4 258.6 257.2 261.1 260.6 256.5 258.0 260.1 128 Arctic subocean 243.7 244.1 247.1 247.4 246.1 242.8 241.9 245.9 244.2 243.1 242.3 243.9 244.4 245.2 241.7 238.6 236.9 238.4 237.7 237.5 238.3 239.6 242.0 242.8 244.6 244.5 242.9 239.9 240.9 241.9 244.4 130 Chukchi Sea 261.2 257.9 258.8 258.2 258.4 257.5 256.2 254.1 250.8 248.4 246.0 249.6 251.9 249.4 249.9 252.9 250.0 246.0 244.8 241.4 240.8 241.0 246.0 250.9 253.0 251.6 255.9 256.0 246.4 245.1 246.1 132 Beaufort Sea 253.9 251.9 248.2 247.0 246.8 250.6 251.4 250.6 256.2 255.6 254.3 251.5 253.0 257.6 263.6 262.1 263.6 261.7 260.3 258.8 255.9 256.7 264.1 265.0 265.2 265.7 264.6 265.0 266.2 262.4 263.8 134 Arctic Archipelago 242.8 243.3 243.6 244.0 243.4 242.3 241.3 242.4 241.0 236.4 236.6 238.0 238.0 239.7 246.9 249.0 247.9 247.3 244.7 246.0 243.3 243.5 241.8 243.6 249.8 254.1 250.6 246.1 252.3 254.4 253.3 136 Foxe Basin 254.8 257.6 254.9 253.7 248.0 245.8 243.6 238.6 241.5 239.9 243.7 242.6 237.7 241.4 237.8 241.7 247.4 242.0 244.6 242.7 250.1 251.4 250.6 253.9 252.4 251.6 251.5 247.4 242.8 243.3 247.7 138 Baffin Bay 242.1 245.3 250.4 252.9 254.6 254.2 251.1 248.1 245.6 244.5 246.0 246.6 246.5 239.9 237.6 239.8 240.8 240.1 238.1 236.7 234.2 234.7 240.5 245.8 248.5 250.1 250.1 243.7 241.8 245.3 243.4 139 South Greenland 250.4 255.5 256.8 263.2 265.1 264.9 259.0 248.7 251.6 256.3 256.6 249.9 248.7 250.6 253.2 251.7 247.3 245.6 242.8 242.9 241.6 244.3 251.0 256.2 256.2 262.2 261.9 249.3 253.0 255.4 246.1 140 Greenland Sea 243.8 243.8 249.2 249.9 257.3 258.8 254.4 253.6 247.9 244.3 245.4 245.4 243.7 243.5 237.2 237.8 236.7 239.1 239.7 236.2 232.9 232.0 238.5 244.2 244.7 246.0 248.3 243.9 240.2 245.2 245.9 142 Norwegian Sea 276.9 275.4 275.8 274.4 274.7 275.4 275.8 276.1 275.5 276.1 276.3 275.5 274.7 273.6 273.2 272.2 274.3 275.3 273.7 272.3 271.8 270.4 269.3 269.7 271.8 271.1 273.2 277.2 275.8 273.2 275.6 144 Barents Sea 262.7 262.0 261.2 257.3 257.0 257.9 258.3 257.7 262.6 265.6 265.2 264.1 266.4 266.5 263.9 261.8 260.8 264.1 265.8 267.2 267.7 268.7 268.1 267.4 265.5 262.4 258.6 258.2 266.0 266.8 264.3 146 Kara Sea 253.5 252.3 249.9 249.2 250.4 252.2 254.3 255.3 256.3 257.8 257.4 256.1 256.0 256.9 258.3 260.9 262.0 259.6 257.1 255.1 253.9 254.6 256.1 257.7 259.6 260.0 259.3 258.8 257.9 257.6 257.3 148 Laptev Sea 247.9 246.3 245.6 243.5 242.1 242.1 243.0 244.4 247.0 248.9 249.9 249.0 247.5 247.8 248.5 247.0 247.6 249.1 251.4 250.4 247.7 247.1 249.2 250.8 251.8 252.4 252.9 251.7 249.4 252.1 252.4 150 East Siberian Sea 249.8 249.7 249.0 247.2 245.9 245.5 244.3 245.8 247.2 249.3 251.5 250.6 246.2 245.2 245.8 246.0 245.0 244.8 243.4 245.4 251.1 251.8 251.8 251.4 250.9 249.0 246.2 243.7 243.1 243.0 243.2 152 Gulf of Alaska 272.5 267.3 266.5 270.7 271.7 272.1 270.2 268.2 267.8 266.1 265.5 264.5 266.8 271.6 271.7 271.2 268.5 264.8 264.5 265.1 263.9 272.0 272.0 271.6 271.3 269.8 270.8 269.4 268.2 271.6 272.4 154 Southeast Bering Sea 268.9 270.0 271.0 268.9 266.8 263.6 261.5 260.5 260.8 266.5 268.1 266.8 271.8 272.7 271.8 268.8 263.2 259.3 254.5 251.8 253.7 264.8 267.1 266.6 263.5 268.0 270.7 261.5 256.5 258.4 264.2