1996 01 - 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 253.4 254.1 253.3 251.6 251.0 252.4 254.1 253.5 252.8 252.0 251.5 251.6 251.5 251.0 251.0 250.1 249.7 249.3 249.2 250.6 251.7 251.7 251.6 251.9 251.5 250.9 250.0 249.7 251.7 253.1 252.7 34 Hudson Bay 254.2 255.7 254.1 250.1 250.3 253.3 259.9 261.4 260.8 261.0 262.8 264.1 259.6 251.0 249.1 251.7 249.8 248.8 250.0 251.3 252.8 253.9 251.5 248.5 249.1 250.4 250.3 248.1 245.4 247.5 246.5 36 Hudson Strait 244.5 247.8 254.9 252.5 247.2 250.6 252.1 249.0 244.3 249.9 252.4 254.6 260.1 252.8 243.8 242.0 247.8 248.2 260.6 268.1 251.2 256.8 258.5 247.2 252.1 244.5 250.8 261.8 252.2 246.1 253.9 98 Bering Strait 263.3 261.6 262.0 262.9 259.8 259.1 257.2 250.3 247.8 249.8 249.8 248.5 248.8 251.3 251.5 247.5 246.1 247.4 247.9 249.7 250.6 248.6 247.4 250.4 250.5 250.7 251.3 259.2 267.1 265.8 263.5 128 Arctic subocean 244.3 240.9 244.6 244.1 243.1 241.0 242.6 241.2 240.4 239.1 236.7 237.5 236.5 235.1 244.4 246.4 245.4 246.5 244.1 241.5 243.1 247.3 245.5 237.1 243.2 243.5 244.0 242.9 240.2 243.1 246.1 130 Chukchi Sea 266.3 265.3 267.7 266.3 259.0 252.4 250.3 246.5 244.2 245.1 250.3 251.8 253.6 254.8 252.9 248.5 248.2 248.1 247.8 248.0 248.2 248.5 246.7 246.7 250.6 254.6 256.6 267.9 270.5 267.7 261.5 132 Beaufort Sea 259.5 261.3 259.9 255.9 254.3 257.1 256.4 255.9 253.7 251.7 251.9 252.1 248.5 247.5 249.4 245.9 242.3 242.3 244.8 250.5 252.6 252.2 250.1 249.3 249.0 246.3 245.9 248.2 251.9 256.3 255.6 134 Arctic Archipelago 247.8 249.2 248.9 252.4 252.2 247.7 245.1 243.4 241.8 235.8 233.5 231.8 232.8 234.1 235.6 238.8 245.0 244.8 244.1 242.8 240.5 240.3 241.5 241.5 243.5 242.0 242.8 239.5 236.5 236.3 237.1 136 Foxe Basin 237.1 241.2 241.2 241.0 243.4 244.3 243.2 239.0 243.0 244.6 239.3 235.1 239.4 243.7 244.3 243.4 236.6 236.6 238.5 240.7 243.4 245.4 248.0 246.6 245.3 247.7 240.0 240.7 248.0 245.6 243.4 138 Baffin Bay 241.7 242.6 243.6 247.5 247.2 247.7 247.4 247.4 247.4 246.4 245.4 241.4 239.9 249.8 257.8 255.5 243.4 239.9 233.5 239.2 254.7 248.8 241.6 244.0 246.4 255.7 252.1 236.1 248.4 252.4 243.7 139 South Greenland 254.8 253.7 253.6 254.0 253.8 252.7 257.5 259.2 256.0 254.1 250.8 247.6 252.1 257.9 258.9 250.9 246.7 243.5 239.1 255.6 264.0 253.8 252.0 251.4 254.6 262.1 257.9 248.5 259.8 258.6 257.8 140 Greenland Sea 240.3 236.4 237.0 244.2 245.1 245.7 249.8 251.5 250.4 248.5 246.3 244.7 244.1 247.6 252.9 253.6 253.5 255.8 244.4 235.8 254.8 254.6 243.4 241.6 244.5 252.1 252.5 240.3 246.2 254.1 250.7 142 Norwegian Sea 269.1 266.2 268.7 272.2 270.0 270.0 270.5 272.9 272.9 274.7 274.2 273.0 273.5 275.0 275.2 275.8 274.9 273.0 272.6 270.7 271.5 271.9 269.3 268.3 268.7 268.8 272.6 274.7 274.0 274.1 271.4 144 Barents Sea 262.6 264.2 262.5 262.1 263.6 259.3 256.9 260.4 266.7 266.3 265.2 265.2 265.1 264.0 263.9 263.2 265.0 267.1 268.3 267.2 263.9 265.2 264.9 264.5 262.8 261.1 260.7 262.8 262.9 264.5 263.7 146 Kara Sea 254.9 257.5 256.3 252.7 251.2 254.0 255.6 253.6 250.3 249.7 251.5 254.3 255.2 255.0 254.1 254.0 254.8 254.9 254.5 253.8 253.3 255.5 257.8 259.5 256.3 252.1 250.6 252.1 254.0 255.6 255.9 148 Laptev Sea 246.6 244.2 241.7 239.7 240.6 241.3 245.2 248.8 252.6 249.4 244.1 244.2 244.4 244.7 244.9 243.4 243.8 242.1 241.3 242.4 242.5 242.9 245.2 246.8 246.6 245.3 242.4 240.0 242.3 245.0 246.8 150 East Siberian Sea 245.1 245.8 247.1 246.9 249.1 257.2 255.9 249.8 250.4 253.6 252.0 246.8 248.1 249.0 246.3 245.8 247.9 246.7 248.9 248.5 245.6 242.6 243.5 248.9 248.2 251.7 252.8 254.2 252.8 249.6 247.1 152 Gulf of Alaska 270.4 266.5 266.7 266.4 264.7 266.3 266.6 264.0 262.8 262.9 261.2 258.2 254.7 254.9 255.7 255.6 255.5 255.5 255.2 255.5 260.1 260.4 258.2 257.6 256.9 255.5 256.0 262.1 269.2 270.4 270.2 154 Southeast Bering Sea 271.9 270.8 273.9 272.8 269.0 264.6 262.6 253.2 248.4 248.7 247.5 249.2 253.0 260.3 261.2 256.8 253.4 255.7 257.3 259.6 266.4 265.0 260.9 259.9 263.0 262.9 269.3 273.2 273.3 273.0 272.1