1994 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 255.8 256.5 256.4 256.5 255.5 253.5 252.2 251.8 251.8 251.4 251.5 252.2 252.9 253.7 253.4 253.3 252.7 253.8 254.2 254.6 254.6 254.1 253.9 253.3 253.7 254.5 255.1 255.3 256.3 257.4 258.8 34 Hudson Bay 264.9 264.8 260.8 260.3 260.6 259.9 259.8 260.9 260.4 256.3 255.3 253.7 257.6 261.2 263.2 266.0 264.8 263.0 262.2 267.2 269.2 269.7 270.5 269.7 267.6 266.9 266.2 262.4 259.4 259.5 261.2 36 Hudson Strait 253.1 253.5 251.4 258.4 257.6 255.0 255.0 254.8 259.5 262.0 259.3 257.4 251.1 258.0 258.0 261.1 265.8 266.0 257.0 250.0 254.8 254.5 259.1 261.6 260.8 254.9 250.2 259.7 258.5 249.2 250.1 98 Bering Strait 254.0 260.9 261.6 259.3 253.4 246.8 245.8 249.0 253.7 256.3 256.2 260.7 260.3 258.7 254.5 252.7 251.6 253.2 254.8 254.4 253.8 252.5 251.9 252.3 252.8 253.4 253.6 259.2 261.9 263.8 263.1 128 Arctic subocean 241.1 240.8 240.4 244.2 243.4 241.6 236.8 233.9 237.5 239.0 241.5 245.6 245.5 237.3 238.7 240.5 243.1 244.5 244.8 243.0 240.7 238.5 239.4 239.2 240.6 241.7 240.5 237.9 236.3 240.2 241.9 130 Chukchi Sea 263.1 265.4 258.7 245.9 244.3 244.2 244.3 247.8 249.9 249.1 250.2 251.6 250.1 248.4 246.4 245.0 242.7 243.8 245.8 244.3 243.4 241.4 237.5 238.5 255.9 258.7 254.8 258.2 263.5 260.6 259.2 132 Beaufort Sea 253.0 252.6 255.4 258.5 259.3 257.5 254.6 250.8 248.6 250.5 251.6 258.7 263.5 264.1 263.2 257.7 253.5 256.9 262.5 264.7 265.0 264.8 264.8 261.9 263.2 260.5 256.5 255.3 259.3 263.2 267.3 134 Arctic Archipelago 242.3 244.1 247.6 253.0 255.5 248.2 246.6 244.6 241.3 237.7 237.5 240.2 240.0 241.6 248.9 247.9 242.5 240.4 241.1 242.8 244.6 248.0 250.2 249.4 252.0 257.5 252.3 245.5 246.0 250.4 253.3 136 Foxe Basin 237.6 241.1 243.3 247.7 254.3 254.4 249.6 250.6 249.0 251.2 251.5 245.7 244.8 243.2 240.5 252.0 257.3 257.3 254.4 252.3 247.5 242.8 240.3 245.7 250.0 251.8 255.8 256.1 252.0 245.0 242.3 138 Baffin Bay 236.8 238.7 238.5 238.0 238.6 241.1 236.2 233.9 237.1 242.1 247.9 248.8 248.0 246.0 238.0 237.1 239.4 244.5 245.8 245.8 248.0 246.1 241.4 237.9 235.7 239.4 244.3 246.0 245.5 243.3 244.3 139 South Greenland 242.2 244.1 245.5 246.1 243.6 244.5 246.7 246.2 247.8 248.8 251.2 252.0 256.9 256.0 245.3 244.6 245.6 249.2 252.1 254.8 259.1 254.5 248.3 242.8 241.1 241.3 244.5 247.4 251.6 252.0 253.2 140 Greenland Sea 236.3 237.9 240.2 240.3 240.3 240.7 235.8 239.5 242.5 242.1 247.8 249.8 247.4 248.9 247.6 242.6 239.8 241.1 243.9 243.4 244.9 245.0 241.8 238.9 236.3 238.1 239.7 239.8 240.1 240.0 239.4 142 Norwegian Sea 276.4 275.3 273.1 274.9 274.5 273.8 273.4 274.0 274.3 274.1 273.8 273.9 273.0 272.6 271.8 272.2 272.7 275.3 275.1 273.6 273.6 274.4 275.9 275.5 276.1 275.3 272.0 270.7 270.8 269.2 267.1 144 Barents Sea 266.1 268.0 266.8 265.9 267.5 266.2 265.0 264.3 263.0 263.6 264.1 262.8 260.9 260.8 259.1 256.9 255.2 255.9 258.2 263.9 265.4 265.7 267.7 269.1 269.5 270.6 270.9 268.8 267.7 267.3 269.8 146 Kara Sea 261.0 261.6 262.6 262.3 259.6 257.4 255.9 254.2 253.1 251.9 251.2 251.9 252.2 252.7 253.6 254.5 255.1 257.6 258.8 256.5 254.4 252.5 251.8 251.9 254.2 257.3 259.9 261.5 262.7 262.9 263.7 148 Laptev Sea 251.9 251.4 249.9 249.4 249.8 247.8 247.4 247.3 247.6 247.5 246.5 245.3 245.4 246.4 246.9 246.9 247.3 247.2 244.7 243.7 241.5 241.4 242.2 242.2 240.5 239.9 241.1 243.6 247.6 252.4 254.6 150 East Siberian Sea 257.5 251.9 250.8 249.5 248.0 246.1 242.2 242.4 243.0 243.4 243.8 242.8 240.5 242.4 242.7 244.4 243.0 241.4 238.6 238.5 241.6 245.4 247.2 245.3 244.1 244.6 244.7 241.3 238.9 239.3 239.4 152 Gulf of Alaska 255.5 264.4 269.7 271.9 268.7 262.3 261.2 264.6 265.9 265.8 269.6 272.1 271.6 268.4 266.9 265.9 267.4 268.6 269.7 270.0 269.6 268.9 266.7 265.6 262.9 264.8 266.9 269.6 270.8 271.8 270.5 154 Southeast Bering Sea 262.8 271.2 273.1 268.7 251.6 249.9 251.4 268.5 270.9 271.9 273.2 272.6 271.1 267.9 259.8 255.4 252.7 253.1 254.0 253.7 252.9 251.1 248.1 268.0 271.0 269.4 271.8 272.4 270.5 265.9 273.0