1996 11 - 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 262.6 262.3 261.1 259.7 259.6 259.1 259.2 258.9 258.3 258.4 259.2 260.4 261.3 261.3 261.7 262.0 261.7 261.3 261.4 261.6 260.6 259.4 258.9 258.0 257.5 257.2 257.0 257.1 256.9 256.7 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 267.7 271.1 271.9 269.7 270.3 270.4 271.3 270.3 266.3 263.2 260.7 259.7 260.9 263.1 265.1 264.8 262.4 261.9 261.6 261.8 261.6 260.1 260.3 259.7 259.6 259.8 261.0 261.9 261.8 262.2 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 272.4 271.1 268.5 267.3 266.9 267.0 271.0 273.5 272.4 275.2 270.0 265.7 263.5 265.7 267.1 267.7 268.4 270.6 271.3 269.8 265.6 261.1 261.6 261.5 262.8 261.2 262.1 264.6 263.1 261.8 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 268.0 267.7 265.1 263.7 263.9 262.1 260.4 259.2 256.7 259.9 262.4 265.8 265.0 264.1 264.7 264.8 264.1 262.0 258.3 257.3 256.9 256.1 256.2 255.8 256.4 256.6 256.3 256.1 255.1 254.5 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 251.4 250.9 250.0 253.9 253.4 251.8 251.0 251.0 249.5 249.8 251.8 249.5 247.8 248.2 252.5 253.2 259.5 262.6 263.4 258.6 256.6 254.3 252.8 248.7 247.2 247.7 247.0 244.0 245.9 246.7 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 270.5 271.9 264.4 265.2 264.6 261.7 257.2 259.9 267.2 268.8 264.4 264.2 263.4 268.7 273.6 273.3 272.4 271.0 267.8 266.0 264.6 262.5 259.8 258.6 258.7 258.0 255.3 253.0 251.0 249.8 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 270.0 270.9 265.1 263.1 263.5 263.9 262.4 258.8 255.3 256.3 257.6 259.8 262.5 261.7 258.6 256.7 255.2 252.7 250.6 253.3 253.9 253.3 253.1 254.3 257.3 260.3 259.5 259.1 256.9 257.3 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 259.7 259.1 257.9 256.8 253.6 251.5 249.4 250.7 253.1 252.8 252.3 255.5 257.5 256.7 256.0 254.6 250.7 250.7 255.1 256.2 256.4 254.7 254.4 254.1 253.0 249.2 247.6 246.5 246.9 247.0 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 267.2 267.1 267.7 266.9 266.3 267.9 261.6 256.9 255.8 257.1 256.5 256.6 255.6 258.4 253.5 251.2 250.7 248.2 253.9 257.6 257.5 254.5 254.2 255.1 253.0 245.4 244.3 249.7 249.7 246.9 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 249.2 249.6 248.8 250.6 251.2 251.4 251.7 251.6 249.0 245.4 246.3 247.1 248.9 246.4 245.4 247.6 249.0 251.9 255.8 249.9 249.2 248.9 249.3 250.5 252.6 251.1 249.0 248.4 246.5 244.9 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 250.7 249.7 252.7 253.4 252.1 254.2 254.3 253.7 259.4 258.0 264.6 267.2 265.9 257.2 253.3 251.5 248.1 248.0 253.2 256.4 251.5 249.1 255.6 258.3 259.2 258.9 257.9 253.6 249.7 248.5 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 245.7 247.4 249.6 251.5 252.0 249.4 247.9 249.7 249.8 247.9 244.1 242.6 245.2 245.9 247.9 247.9 251.0 254.2 261.0 255.1 248.4 246.3 242.2 246.4 250.2 251.2 247.8 248.2 246.6 243.6 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 273.6 274.1 273.2 273.2 273.8 273.8 274.1 273.2 272.4 271.6 269.3 269.2 269.7 277.2 276.4 274.7 273.5 269.2 268.5 268.7 269.9 272.8 272.9 270.9 267.6 268.2 268.4 266.2 267.5 269.4 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 272.4 272.0 271.7 271.6 270.4 270.6 270.0 270.7 272.8 270.6 270.3 270.1 270.4 273.2 273.0 272.3 272.1 272.1 270.9 272.8 272.9 273.3 273.9 272.1 271.2 270.7 269.3 267.3 268.8 270.8 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 265.0 263.4 262.5 260.6 261.0 260.7 259.9 258.4 258.0 259.1 260.8 262.2 262.7 263.7 265.5 267.9 269.1 269.0 268.6 268.6 267.9 266.5 264.7 261.6 260.5 260.6 260.9 262.0 262.7 262.6 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 250.5 251.1 249.6 247.5 247.6 246.5 246.5 248.8 251.5 253.7 255.9 257.8 257.8 256.3 256.0 256.9 258.8 259.3 259.2 259.7 257.9 256.7 254.7 253.7 251.0 249.0 249.3 249.6 250.5 249.9 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 261.6 255.5 251.4 248.0 246.3 244.4 257.0 260.9 253.4 250.7 249.8 253.8 259.5 259.9 259.8 257.9 255.4 252.3 252.3 251.1 248.6 248.9 249.8 249.2 247.4 246.1 246.4 246.4 246.5 246.8 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 274.7 272.0 271.0 272.7 272.5 270.2 268.0 264.8 263.3 265.8 271.8 272.4 272.3 270.3 268.3 267.2 265.4 264.5 261.2 261.4 261.1 259.9 260.2 263.2 265.4 267.6 268.1 270.0 268.5 267.3 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 269.1 271.7 273.4 274.2 273.4 273.5 267.7 260.8 268.2 269.5 269.3 267.2 269.8 272.9 275.7 275.9 273.5 272.4 270.0 272.8 272.6 270.8 271.1 270.4 265.6 264.3 260.0 256.8 253.7 252.1 -9999.0