1995 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 256.6 255.9 255.0 254.4 254.5 254.5 255.3 254.7 252.7 251.8 251.9 253.2 254.2 254.6 253.8 253.3 253.3 254.2 255.0 255.2 254.6 254.3 255.4 255.8 256.4 256.8 256.6 257.1 256.3 255.4 254.2 34 Hudson Bay 257.9 258.8 260.3 261.7 261.7 257.7 254.8 252.1 250.9 249.9 249.0 249.9 255.7 258.5 256.2 256.0 256.1 258.0 261.4 262.5 263.3 263.9 264.1 260.4 260.9 262.3 259.5 260.9 259.0 258.2 256.3 36 Hudson Strait 255.9 254.4 255.8 253.1 253.0 255.7 258.2 256.7 249.6 257.0 263.1 261.5 257.5 253.6 250.6 254.3 256.2 267.0 270.7 270.4 264.9 262.3 260.1 259.2 263.1 264.5 263.1 254.4 245.3 245.2 247.4 98 Bering Strait 253.4 251.9 248.3 245.5 247.9 250.4 255.6 257.7 253.8 253.2 254.7 254.8 253.3 252.1 252.1 253.7 254.7 255.5 258.7 258.3 257.7 256.0 259.3 261.5 260.3 261.7 261.4 260.3 260.9 260.6 261.8 128 Arctic subocean 248.0 245.5 242.3 243.6 241.5 240.3 240.4 237.8 242.4 243.3 245.1 244.6 242.3 239.0 238.5 241.9 241.3 240.9 241.6 243.0 241.7 237.8 238.8 243.3 241.7 240.9 239.8 245.1 243.8 239.8 245.3 130 Chukchi Sea 260.1 257.2 254.4 250.8 256.5 260.7 260.0 260.6 255.5 255.3 257.9 256.8 253.9 252.6 251.7 252.4 253.7 253.7 251.3 252.0 252.5 250.5 252.2 252.6 252.1 250.4 250.5 251.6 255.6 256.5 261.5 132 Beaufort Sea 254.1 253.7 252.4 249.8 247.0 247.5 248.7 250.7 247.9 245.7 247.1 248.9 248.1 247.7 246.6 247.4 249.5 254.6 258.3 261.9 261.7 260.2 259.9 264.1 266.4 263.2 265.2 262.8 259.1 258.9 258.5 134 Arctic Archipelago 243.9 243.8 243.8 242.8 241.2 239.9 239.0 241.1 243.2 245.8 246.4 247.3 245.7 246.2 241.8 237.7 236.9 239.1 241.8 245.1 245.4 243.3 241.2 240.7 239.9 238.8 240.9 244.1 241.4 239.3 243.0 136 Foxe Basin 247.6 243.9 243.8 245.1 243.4 243.8 239.1 240.9 245.3 246.8 245.0 239.1 237.5 245.8 251.5 247.1 249.3 251.0 253.0 257.2 256.9 259.6 248.2 244.5 243.8 247.1 247.0 243.8 237.3 239.1 237.4 138 Baffin Bay 252.0 250.1 248.8 245.6 242.8 241.9 241.0 241.5 241.5 238.2 237.0 243.7 249.4 247.1 244.5 242.4 240.4 243.3 246.0 247.0 248.0 249.2 251.2 249.0 248.2 245.9 243.1 245.7 247.9 247.4 240.8 139 South Greenland 259.7 259.8 256.4 254.8 254.6 250.5 255.4 253.3 252.0 250.5 244.8 261.0 262.9 259.1 250.7 250.8 253.5 253.3 254.0 253.5 251.5 251.7 252.9 252.4 250.6 251.4 251.3 251.8 252.3 256.6 256.7 140 Greenland Sea 252.5 254.2 253.2 251.8 248.1 242.2 246.2 245.7 242.0 240.3 237.5 240.9 253.5 252.4 248.4 241.6 240.0 239.8 242.2 243.1 241.5 239.9 244.8 246.6 248.4 247.9 240.0 244.5 248.0 249.9 248.0 142 Norwegian Sea 274.2 271.8 271.8 271.8 270.7 270.3 269.1 270.1 273.9 274.9 276.4 276.4 273.4 275.4 275.6 274.9 272.3 267.2 265.2 264.9 264.8 264.6 264.1 264.2 263.9 264.4 264.7 265.9 266.4 267.2 269.3 144 Barents Sea 266.2 263.6 260.2 263.6 269.1 272.2 270.8 268.1 263.6 265.7 267.0 269.7 269.1 266.0 263.6 263.3 263.7 260.7 257.1 254.2 253.4 252.5 252.5 254.2 256.9 257.8 257.4 256.4 256.3 256.0 255.5 146 Kara Sea 261.1 260.1 260.0 259.1 259.5 260.8 262.1 260.6 257.7 255.8 256.0 257.0 258.4 260.0 260.3 258.7 258.4 258.4 257.7 257.8 257.6 258.5 260.2 258.7 258.2 260.9 262.4 263.4 260.4 260.2 258.1 148 Laptev Sea 252.0 251.4 250.3 250.7 251.6 252.1 252.9 251.5 249.3 248.5 248.5 246.4 245.8 247.1 249.6 250.6 249.7 249.1 248.3 246.8 244.8 244.4 246.5 252.1 254.7 252.0 251.2 252.6 255.9 249.5 247.1 150 East Siberian Sea 252.3 251.8 249.5 246.7 245.7 247.5 249.1 252.2 253.7 251.7 250.5 249.4 248.1 246.2 245.7 245.2 244.5 244.8 245.0 243.4 241.6 240.2 242.0 241.0 244.3 245.7 245.0 244.4 247.9 248.7 246.1 152 Gulf of Alaska 257.3 255.9 253.9 255.0 254.9 254.2 258.6 260.8 260.0 262.3 267.2 268.2 266.5 266.4 266.1 268.4 269.1 268.9 272.5 272.1 272.0 271.3 273.2 273.5 272.3 273.5 271.9 271.8 271.1 271.1 270.7 154 Southeast Bering Sea 260.3 259.5 260.5 263.7 252.4 259.9 265.2 265.4 264.6 263.1 267.4 269.5 267.8 265.2 270.5 271.8 271.5 270.0 269.9 269.6 267.7 267.5 270.7 270.9 271.5 273.2 272.8 272.8 272.1 272.0 272.0