1996 10 - 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 273.1 272.7 272.5 272.9 273.0 272.0 271.5 271.2 271.1 271.1 271.2 270.8 270.8 271.1 270.8 270.2 269.1 267.8 266.8 266.5 265.8 265.2 264.9 264.5 263.9 263.2 262.5 262.8 262.0 262.0 262.6 34 Hudson Bay 277.2 277.3 277.9 281.4 284.4 282.2 280.6 279.3 277.4 278.3 279.0 278.4 278.0 277.4 277.1 276.5 275.0 275.1 276.2 275.7 275.9 276.7 276.4 275.1 274.4 274.2 275.5 276.0 273.5 269.2 267.9 36 Hudson Strait 274.7 275.5 274.5 272.7 274.2 278.3 276.4 273.2 272.8 271.1 268.7 269.2 267.9 266.8 266.7 268.0 268.8 268.5 270.4 273.1 273.1 272.9 273.0 273.6 273.4 272.6 270.7 272.5 273.0 271.6 270.7 98 Bering Strait 272.8 270.8 270.5 271.3 271.8 270.8 269.2 267.1 266.8 266.1 264.7 265.3 265.0 265.6 264.3 263.6 262.7 261.6 261.2 260.9 259.8 259.3 259.1 258.2 256.8 258.7 262.9 269.3 268.2 269.6 269.6 128 Arctic subocean 255.6 253.6 254.2 253.7 250.9 251.4 252.3 254.6 250.8 252.8 253.3 251.0 250.9 255.8 256.2 259.0 258.9 252.6 251.6 254.4 254.8 254.3 249.2 248.7 247.7 246.9 245.4 243.4 246.5 247.0 249.6 130 Chukchi Sea 273.2 271.6 273.1 273.9 273.5 271.4 267.4 265.1 263.9 263.6 263.5 263.3 262.9 262.3 262.8 262.4 261.4 261.7 261.5 262.1 262.7 262.8 261.8 261.0 259.4 262.8 266.4 273.7 272.1 267.0 267.6 132 Beaufort Sea 271.9 272.2 275.0 275.6 274.5 275.0 274.5 272.5 275.3 276.9 275.9 272.0 272.8 274.1 271.8 268.3 266.4 265.6 264.9 265.7 266.9 265.8 264.1 262.5 261.3 262.9 265.4 264.8 263.9 264.7 268.2 134 Arctic Archipelago 267.4 265.4 263.7 262.6 262.7 263.2 262.0 258.5 257.6 256.8 255.9 256.1 258.6 264.8 267.0 267.4 266.3 262.6 261.4 262.8 262.1 258.7 258.1 256.8 256.8 257.1 255.9 254.2 250.8 254.1 259.2 136 Foxe Basin 272.2 271.2 270.5 269.3 268.3 267.7 267.0 266.7 265.9 265.0 266.1 264.6 261.5 262.6 265.3 266.5 267.7 267.4 267.2 271.2 270.1 267.3 265.8 268.8 271.1 269.2 264.4 263.0 265.7 267.2 268.2 138 Baffin Bay 260.7 257.2 255.6 256.1 254.9 253.4 249.7 250.5 248.9 245.1 248.0 250.0 251.7 253.1 253.6 257.4 257.2 252.3 247.4 253.5 256.9 254.3 250.2 250.0 250.5 250.6 249.7 247.1 242.9 244.6 247.7 139 South Greenland 263.9 262.7 262.1 265.3 261.9 255.5 257.2 259.9 258.5 255.3 256.2 258.2 259.4 258.7 261.7 264.2 264.1 262.2 259.8 258.4 257.4 257.9 258.3 257.3 258.0 260.2 261.1 258.1 253.6 250.0 250.4 140 Greenland Sea 256.3 251.4 251.4 250.7 251.4 249.9 253.2 256.9 251.3 248.0 249.8 249.9 250.3 251.2 250.9 253.4 254.3 251.2 246.3 246.2 251.2 250.7 248.3 247.0 244.9 244.8 244.5 243.2 242.5 244.5 245.2 142 Norwegian Sea 279.0 278.7 279.5 279.9 279.4 279.4 282.8 279.2 279.2 276.8 279.5 280.0 275.8 275.7 276.6 277.2 277.2 278.1 278.4 276.7 276.0 276.4 278.3 281.5 281.0 279.3 277.7 277.0 276.8 274.1 272.7 144 Barents Sea 276.1 278.7 278.9 278.1 277.8 279.0 278.6 278.9 279.6 280.4 279.3 277.0 276.4 274.8 271.7 271.5 271.1 270.5 270.5 271.2 270.3 272.8 272.0 271.5 272.6 274.8 274.7 274.0 272.5 272.0 271.6 146 Kara Sea 276.6 275.2 274.2 276.0 277.2 276.8 276.9 277.1 277.9 278.2 278.5 278.4 277.7 277.3 276.4 275.1 273.7 272.1 271.2 270.0 268.2 266.5 267.2 268.2 268.0 264.7 261.5 263.2 264.4 265.8 265.7 148 Laptev Sea 271.9 273.5 272.9 269.2 268.6 268.2 268.6 269.1 269.2 269.8 270.0 269.8 270.0 270.8 271.0 269.4 268.4 267.9 265.9 264.7 262.5 262.0 260.4 258.0 256.6 256.6 254.4 252.7 250.6 251.1 250.3 150 East Siberian Sea 276.5 276.9 276.2 275.7 270.1 264.0 261.6 261.2 261.8 263.0 262.5 262.6 264.0 265.3 265.4 266.4 265.3 261.1 258.5 256.3 256.4 256.1 259.4 263.6 262.8 259.0 256.6 255.7 257.7 258.9 264.7 152 Gulf of Alaska 273.8 274.0 274.9 275.0 275.7 275.7 275.8 275.6 275.3 274.8 273.0 274.0 273.4 271.2 268.7 268.6 268.8 268.8 267.9 267.3 266.8 268.0 269.2 268.3 266.8 266.2 267.0 272.2 272.3 274.1 274.8 154 Southeast Bering Sea 277.6 275.0 272.6 273.7 274.2 274.5 274.4 272.9 272.8 268.4 268.8 269.6 266.7 266.0 268.6 268.9 267.0 266.6 269.0 271.6 271.6 271.0 270.6 267.1 260.3 260.3 267.1 274.7 274.5 274.1 271.6