1996 05 - 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 271.6 271.9 272.8 273.3 272.6 272.6 272.8 273.1 274.4 275.5 275.8 274.3 274.5 274.5 274.9 275.9 277.2 278.1 276.8 276.6 276.5 276.8 277.7 278.9 279.2 277.4 276.9 277.1 277.6 279.3 281.2 34 Hudson Bay 274.5 274.3 274.5 274.1 274.1 274.5 273.9 272.8 274.0 274.9 274.6 275.4 276.0 276.4 276.5 279.3 280.5 280.6 279.5 278.5 277.6 277.6 278.1 282.3 283.7 282.6 282.3 282.5 283.4 287.3 288.3 36 Hudson Strait 273.2 274.3 274.7 271.8 268.3 267.0 268.6 267.2 270.2 269.3 267.7 271.1 272.0 272.5 273.1 274.9 273.7 272.0 272.2 272.2 272.5 272.9 273.1 273.4 273.5 273.3 273.3 273.3 273.5 273.7 279.3 98 Bering Strait 272.7 272.4 272.2 272.0 272.4 272.5 272.9 272.7 273.7 276.4 277.3 274.2 274.3 274.3 274.0 274.5 276.5 277.3 274.5 274.8 275.6 276.6 278.6 281.8 282.3 279.1 278.0 277.5 278.9 281.5 283.8 128 Arctic subocean 254.6 256.0 256.1 259.1 260.7 261.9 262.3 261.8 263.0 265.7 266.2 266.0 268.4 268.1 272.1 272.3 270.4 269.8 270.2 269.8 270.3 269.7 270.2 269.9 268.9 270.0 270.6 268.1 268.6 268.1 267.9 130 Chukchi Sea 267.4 270.5 272.4 272.9 273.7 273.8 274.1 273.4 274.1 276.6 276.9 274.1 274.4 274.8 274.6 274.7 274.7 273.5 272.3 271.6 273.8 275.0 276.0 280.0 281.3 275.7 275.8 275.4 275.7 276.8 280.2 132 Beaufort Sea 273.4 273.1 274.0 273.3 270.9 268.0 267.9 270.0 272.4 274.2 275.4 275.4 275.0 274.0 274.8 276.8 279.3 279.8 278.2 277.9 277.9 278.6 282.4 286.0 286.2 281.1 279.7 280.2 280.5 282.8 285.7 134 Arctic Archipelago 265.5 264.4 263.0 262.6 264.4 265.7 266.4 267.0 268.1 269.7 269.1 269.7 268.5 267.9 269.7 270.7 270.9 272.0 272.3 272.3 272.4 272.8 273.9 275.7 275.0 273.7 274.2 274.5 274.3 273.3 274.3 136 Foxe Basin 263.8 265.2 269.5 271.5 269.5 268.3 267.9 266.9 265.8 266.4 267.0 267.9 270.0 273.9 273.3 271.1 269.9 269.1 271.3 272.6 273.5 273.3 274.1 274.4 273.3 273.1 273.5 273.6 274.0 274.1 272.9 138 Baffin Bay 253.7 253.2 255.2 258.0 258.8 260.8 262.2 263.6 265.7 265.4 265.0 267.5 268.3 270.4 271.4 269.6 267.7 269.7 268.9 269.4 268.4 267.3 267.9 267.6 265.3 264.2 265.9 265.3 263.5 262.6 263.1 139 South Greenland 268.3 267.7 267.7 267.6 267.7 266.8 266.7 268.7 269.0 267.6 269.0 270.7 272.0 272.4 271.4 269.6 271.3 271.4 271.6 269.1 269.8 270.9 271.4 271.1 271.4 270.2 268.9 267.9 267.2 268.7 269.3 140 Greenland Sea 253.7 252.1 253.0 252.7 255.1 256.5 258.6 261.3 264.7 265.8 264.3 264.7 268.5 269.2 270.6 268.9 267.6 271.3 272.0 269.6 267.9 267.5 266.5 267.2 266.4 265.3 264.4 263.3 263.9 265.5 265.6 142 Norwegian Sea 274.6 275.4 276.4 276.4 275.6 274.3 274.4 275.3 275.0 278.3 280.7 278.0 277.2 274.7 274.1 274.4 275.3 276.3 277.2 277.6 278.9 278.5 279.5 281.2 281.8 277.7 276.8 276.6 278.4 279.7 283.9 144 Barents Sea 273.5 273.5 277.1 281.2 279.8 279.1 276.6 275.5 274.5 275.9 279.0 279.5 277.1 277.6 274.0 273.1 274.4 275.8 275.5 276.8 277.0 275.6 274.4 275.4 277.8 280.5 281.8 282.0 283.6 284.2 282.5 146 Kara Sea 274.6 275.9 277.6 278.0 276.6 277.4 278.5 278.8 280.8 281.3 279.5 275.9 276.9 276.2 277.4 279.3 280.4 279.9 280.8 281.1 280.8 280.4 280.2 281.2 282.2 280.3 279.5 280.3 280.9 282.9 285.6 148 Laptev Sea 271.6 272.5 273.2 274.1 273.1 272.6 273.1 273.4 273.4 275.7 278.7 274.0 272.8 274.0 274.3 275.0 277.4 280.7 275.2 275.0 275.4 277.4 280.0 277.4 275.0 274.8 274.3 274.2 274.6 275.1 279.0 150 East Siberian Sea 271.7 271.2 269.9 270.9 271.3 270.9 270.1 269.8 271.6 272.8 273.6 273.9 274.0 273.4 273.6 273.7 275.6 278.9 274.0 274.3 274.0 273.4 273.8 275.2 277.7 271.8 270.3 271.0 271.7 271.8 272.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 274.4 275.4 276.8 277.1 275.8 275.5 275.6 275.6 276.8 280.1 280.8 277.6 277.4 277.7 276.5 277.4 278.9 279.8 278.4 278.0 276.9 277.8 279.1 280.4 280.4 276.7 276.6 277.1 278.5 285.0 286.6 154 Southeast Bering Sea 273.6 274.1 276.6 277.8 276.0 275.9 275.9 275.3 279.1 283.5 284.1 276.3 276.8 276.7 276.9 280.3 283.7 283.8 278.0 278.1 278.0 278.7 281.0 282.2 282.8 283.1 281.4 281.8 283.5 286.5 288.7