1993 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 256.9 257.3 256.4 255.3 255.2 255.0 254.4 253.3 252.8 252.7 252.9 252.6 252.2 252.6 253.1 253.4 253.6 253.7 253.2 253.7 253.4 253.5 254.7 254.6 253.3 252.1 252.2 252.8 253.7 253.2 250.8 34 Hudson Bay 268.7 266.5 264.6 265.0 265.7 264.0 262.2 262.5 261.7 261.2 265.0 265.8 264.6 264.7 265.8 264.4 265.8 266.3 262.1 259.5 256.4 252.6 250.5 251.5 249.7 246.9 246.7 251.1 254.2 257.2 255.5 36 Hudson Strait 263.7 268.4 263.3 252.0 251.4 251.0 258.1 261.5 260.4 265.0 261.4 256.9 259.2 261.6 260.8 260.1 261.9 260.4 262.5 254.1 253.2 253.1 255.5 249.4 244.1 241.4 242.2 242.0 240.2 243.3 246.3 98 Bering Strait 256.7 259.8 261.0 256.4 258.1 262.1 261.6 257.5 254.8 253.0 253.5 254.6 251.8 253.1 256.2 257.3 256.1 259.2 261.4 259.5 259.2 258.6 261.1 260.4 258.7 258.6 260.4 265.3 265.3 264.1 259.8 128 Arctic subocean 245.9 243.5 243.7 246.8 245.4 240.3 239.6 240.1 242.0 239.8 241.2 242.1 239.6 238.2 241.0 240.5 238.6 235.4 235.9 237.6 235.2 237.1 238.6 240.5 238.9 238.5 238.5 237.9 240.5 239.1 237.4 130 Chukchi Sea 254.7 251.4 252.6 254.9 251.7 252.7 253.7 250.4 252.0 248.6 248.4 250.3 249.2 251.3 248.2 247.4 247.6 249.9 252.1 255.8 256.0 255.5 254.8 253.3 254.9 254.5 255.3 260.3 259.5 260.2 258.5 132 Beaufort Sea 257.3 261.2 263.2 262.8 259.4 259.3 261.2 259.4 256.7 261.3 262.5 259.5 259.1 259.0 255.5 258.9 260.7 259.3 259.2 261.5 257.2 256.2 257.4 258.2 256.3 256.1 256.6 258.0 262.8 260.3 250.6 134 Arctic Archipelago 245.3 242.9 242.3 243.6 245.1 245.8 247.8 249.6 248.8 246.7 245.4 245.2 244.7 247.4 247.9 248.0 246.7 243.0 241.6 239.0 237.5 236.9 237.4 236.8 237.6 238.0 240.6 242.2 245.6 245.0 244.4 136 Foxe Basin 244.9 246.2 243.5 242.3 243.0 237.7 241.3 248.9 253.3 255.0 258.7 254.6 248.9 245.2 249.2 253.7 251.9 253.7 254.5 247.7 242.4 241.3 242.3 245.9 248.6 246.9 242.0 239.3 236.3 237.1 241.4 138 Baffin Bay 239.2 238.8 237.7 241.3 241.5 238.7 235.8 234.3 236.0 237.9 243.1 249.2 248.7 242.6 241.9 239.2 236.7 237.0 238.1 241.6 239.9 237.2 240.4 245.1 245.9 248.0 248.9 246.9 248.1 248.6 248.6 139 South Greenland 247.9 244.9 247.2 247.3 246.8 245.8 243.6 242.1 241.4 245.0 249.0 253.4 252.4 250.7 245.3 244.1 245.4 247.5 247.6 247.4 245.6 242.7 253.4 255.2 255.1 256.2 253.5 253.1 254.0 254.9 253.7 140 Greenland Sea 241.5 240.6 239.6 238.5 241.8 239.8 234.3 233.7 235.2 232.4 237.8 241.1 242.8 241.3 240.6 238.2 236.6 237.8 239.6 242.0 241.1 240.6 243.4 248.9 247.1 244.6 245.5 244.3 247.5 247.7 244.1 142 Norwegian Sea 269.5 272.4 272.4 272.6 272.9 273.8 272.3 270.8 269.2 269.1 268.5 269.6 268.3 267.8 270.0 269.6 268.1 272.5 275.6 272.5 271.3 269.1 266.7 264.7 266.5 267.9 266.9 267.0 268.5 270.2 269.8 144 Barents Sea 260.2 259.4 259.2 258.4 261.9 265.1 266.5 267.1 267.2 267.6 266.4 266.0 267.1 267.0 265.7 263.4 265.3 265.9 265.9 265.7 265.5 263.3 260.6 256.5 253.8 254.5 260.0 260.3 258.0 259.2 260.5 146 Kara Sea 262.0 261.0 259.8 257.9 256.4 255.4 255.2 255.1 255.5 254.5 253.0 253.1 254.8 256.2 259.4 260.7 259.7 259.0 258.5 260.9 262.4 262.5 262.5 260.0 257.8 257.3 257.4 255.4 255.2 253.2 250.8 148 Laptev Sea 252.2 256.9 255.0 253.8 253.3 253.3 250.5 246.9 245.0 243.3 241.3 237.9 236.2 236.0 234.4 234.5 235.8 237.5 237.2 239.1 241.4 246.5 250.4 253.2 252.1 247.0 245.8 246.9 247.0 245.4 242.9 150 East Siberian Sea 240.1 241.2 239.3 236.8 238.0 240.5 240.9 236.6 237.4 238.8 238.8 236.8 233.7 235.1 236.5 237.7 237.5 235.4 235.5 235.6 237.6 243.4 246.1 245.6 247.3 247.7 243.6 244.0 244.5 243.5 244.6 152 Gulf of Alaska 271.1 271.6 268.8 265.2 272.9 273.2 269.9 267.2 267.2 268.7 268.2 268.1 265.2 267.7 271.9 271.9 272.6 273.7 273.5 270.9 273.2 272.7 274.1 272.4 271.3 269.9 273.4 273.8 273.4 272.6 267.8 154 Southeast Bering Sea 271.7 269.6 266.8 265.2 273.3 272.1 268.6 267.1 266.5 263.9 260.4 261.5 261.2 263.4 267.3 268.5 269.0 271.3 271.4 273.1 273.2 270.4 270.2 268.5 272.6 274.0 274.4 274.4 273.0 272.3 266.8