1996 03 - 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 261.0 260.3 258.5 257.8 257.9 258.5 259.4 260.4 260.8 261.6 261.8 261.0 261.1 261.8 261.9 261.8 261.7 260.9 261.2 260.9 260.6 260.0 260.0 260.7 262.1 263.1 264.1 264.5 264.8 264.5 264.0 34 Hudson Bay 260.9 258.3 256.7 253.7 251.9 252.2 256.1 260.0 262.8 268.1 270.0 269.1 268.9 267.8 266.1 266.7 266.1 266.0 264.0 263.9 264.3 262.9 261.2 259.9 258.9 259.1 259.4 263.0 265.3 265.3 265.6 36 Hudson Strait 255.7 259.1 262.1 263.1 258.8 253.2 251.4 251.8 250.3 258.2 261.1 260.8 261.1 266.9 263.3 254.5 259.1 268.2 267.9 262.5 256.2 262.1 265.5 264.4 260.2 267.7 264.6 253.1 257.0 259.7 262.0 98 Bering Strait 269.2 269.8 266.5 266.8 266.3 265.2 263.0 263.2 265.3 261.9 260.3 264.3 267.1 266.8 265.6 264.6 260.5 261.1 264.0 262.1 265.5 266.0 266.5 269.2 270.3 270.1 271.6 269.1 269.2 267.9 265.9 128 Arctic subocean 248.8 253.1 249.8 243.9 244.9 247.6 240.7 242.7 243.2 241.9 239.2 239.0 239.3 246.0 249.9 250.2 254.8 252.8 250.2 243.8 241.8 239.2 237.0 244.6 246.3 249.6 252.3 249.4 250.4 248.6 246.6 130 Chukchi Sea 264.3 269.5 270.2 270.1 267.0 267.1 265.5 261.8 258.5 257.6 253.6 255.8 256.5 255.7 252.5 251.8 254.7 254.7 261.5 265.7 268.3 268.8 268.7 268.4 272.3 271.8 269.1 270.0 270.5 270.4 269.4 132 Beaufort Sea 267.4 263.7 257.9 256.6 256.6 255.6 258.2 261.8 265.4 265.8 264.0 263.5 264.9 267.5 268.4 267.6 266.1 263.0 263.4 262.1 258.0 257.3 259.1 262.6 264.5 265.1 267.0 266.9 263.6 261.3 258.5 134 Arctic Archipelago 245.7 243.3 243.4 243.2 246.6 257.4 258.5 255.8 254.8 251.1 246.3 244.8 246.9 249.2 250.3 254.4 258.0 250.7 246.0 245.5 246.7 250.0 250.4 247.9 248.3 251.3 254.9 253.9 252.7 252.3 251.9 136 Foxe Basin 255.4 251.7 251.1 251.9 248.4 247.8 247.3 244.2 245.9 249.2 250.1 248.1 243.9 245.4 246.4 249.0 258.2 258.4 259.2 251.7 245.9 248.7 250.2 248.8 251.2 251.5 251.3 248.6 253.1 256.2 255.6 138 Baffin Bay 262.3 261.8 251.8 244.3 245.8 249.3 246.9 244.9 241.5 242.1 241.0 239.1 243.6 250.3 251.8 256.5 258.6 254.5 256.6 249.2 246.1 234.0 232.5 241.4 254.5 259.3 254.6 257.2 257.0 245.5 243.0 139 South Greenland 268.2 266.1 261.2 260.0 261.2 259.7 258.9 254.1 253.6 252.7 252.0 252.3 254.3 257.2 260.9 260.9 261.9 260.7 265.2 264.7 260.6 249.2 250.3 258.6 264.0 264.5 266.3 267.1 266.4 266.5 264.8 140 Greenland Sea 261.9 265.8 258.6 246.2 243.6 249.1 251.8 254.0 244.2 242.1 248.8 245.7 244.2 251.6 253.9 255.0 256.3 253.0 258.7 260.3 252.1 241.1 236.9 243.5 251.8 256.7 253.9 256.2 259.3 252.9 244.0 142 Norwegian Sea 272.4 273.3 274.8 274.5 273.0 274.2 275.2 275.6 275.5 274.1 272.7 270.7 270.9 270.6 270.7 272.2 272.4 273.3 273.7 271.8 272.3 273.7 271.7 272.9 272.1 271.1 271.1 271.9 271.2 271.4 271.5 144 Barents Sea 267.1 266.4 265.7 265.6 266.7 264.8 266.7 269.7 269.8 271.4 271.8 270.9 271.2 271.1 271.5 271.0 270.5 270.3 268.9 268.6 270.0 270.6 269.4 268.1 269.8 270.4 270.1 269.4 270.6 271.2 271.4 146 Kara Sea 264.9 264.2 264.3 263.4 262.3 262.8 264.8 266.3 266.5 267.2 266.4 265.1 264.1 264.0 264.2 263.5 262.7 262.1 263.1 263.9 264.6 265.8 266.0 265.5 266.4 267.2 268.2 268.1 268.3 269.5 270.1 148 Laptev Sea 251.1 251.5 250.7 253.6 256.0 256.2 255.9 257.0 256.9 258.0 259.8 256.8 256.7 256.6 256.0 255.4 256.3 255.8 254.6 255.5 255.7 257.4 258.2 257.4 258.4 259.4 261.7 262.8 262.1 261.4 261.9 150 East Siberian Sea 247.1 250.6 248.2 252.1 255.6 257.4 254.5 250.9 250.1 250.6 254.0 256.4 253.2 251.3 254.0 253.7 251.7 254.1 257.3 257.4 257.8 255.5 254.2 255.1 255.9 255.4 258.2 260.0 263.7 264.3 264.8 152 Gulf of Alaska 272.6 272.2 270.6 268.7 266.8 266.2 264.8 267.9 271.2 269.4 269.9 271.1 272.2 272.1 272.5 272.7 271.2 271.5 271.2 266.0 268.9 269.8 271.0 272.4 272.6 273.1 273.5 272.7 272.5 271.7 266.6 154 Southeast Bering Sea 274.4 274.6 272.8 272.1 271.1 271.3 270.8 272.2 272.1 265.8 264.6 273.2 273.5 273.4 273.7 271.9 267.6 268.8 269.0 270.0 272.9 272.9 272.5 272.6 273.4 273.8 274.0 273.6 274.1 274.2 272.6