1997 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 272.5 273.0 273.7 273.4 273.9 274.6 274.3 274.7 275.3 275.4 274.7 274.5 274.4 274.6 275.7 277.4 278.2 277.1 277.3 277.3 277.6 278.7 279.8 279.7 277.8 278.5 279.3 279.3 280.8 282.4 282.4 34 Hudson Bay 273.2 273.6 274.7 275.7 275.5 276.5 276.0 276.3 279.7 279.8 277.2 275.4 275.6 275.0 277.8 280.2 280.0 277.7 276.8 277.2 277.7 279.5 281.9 281.1 279.7 281.0 281.9 283.1 286.7 288.5 288.2 36 Hudson Strait 272.2 271.3 271.0 272.3 271.9 271.3 270.4 271.5 273.2 273.4 273.7 273.8 273.6 273.8 274.3 278.6 277.1 273.5 273.6 273.7 273.8 274.8 277.6 275.9 273.8 273.7 273.5 272.3 273.0 279.3 278.6 98 Bering Strait 273.6 274.5 275.3 273.9 273.8 273.3 273.2 273.5 273.6 275.3 273.7 274.1 274.2 273.9 274.2 275.8 276.3 274.1 274.4 274.7 275.0 276.3 278.0 278.3 276.0 276.9 277.7 278.5 282.0 284.1 281.6 128 Arctic subocean 255.2 256.3 256.3 257.1 259.6 260.9 265.6 266.2 266.4 265.7 264.9 264.2 264.4 267.1 268.7 268.5 266.7 267.6 268.2 268.1 268.7 268.4 267.9 265.9 265.4 266.9 268.3 269.9 270.9 270.2 269.3 130 Chukchi Sea 272.1 273.4 274.2 273.7 273.3 273.0 272.4 272.0 271.5 272.3 272.7 273.8 273.8 273.2 273.3 274.0 275.2 273.3 273.9 273.6 273.3 273.5 273.8 274.5 274.9 275.8 276.3 275.5 275.9 277.9 278.9 132 Beaufort Sea 273.6 275.6 276.8 275.6 275.3 273.7 272.9 274.8 275.4 276.2 276.2 276.9 275.2 275.7 278.3 278.7 278.2 276.3 276.3 276.2 276.7 279.6 281.5 281.4 277.2 275.9 277.2 278.5 282.9 285.3 284.5 134 Arctic Archipelago 265.7 266.7 267.2 266.7 266.1 264.7 264.9 264.7 265.2 265.2 265.7 265.1 264.7 265.2 266.8 269.4 271.3 272.2 272.6 272.7 273.3 273.3 273.6 271.9 269.3 268.9 271.7 272.2 272.0 274.3 274.8 136 Foxe Basin 266.7 269.4 271.9 270.2 270.0 269.2 268.8 266.9 267.1 268.5 269.6 272.2 272.9 274.0 274.3 274.8 274.2 273.7 273.4 273.0 273.0 273.6 273.6 273.4 272.0 271.8 269.1 270.7 272.2 272.1 272.3 138 Baffin Bay 253.9 256.4 255.3 257.0 260.6 266.9 267.7 265.0 262.9 261.1 262.5 263.0 267.9 269.9 270.8 269.9 268.8 269.4 269.4 267.5 266.4 265.3 265.3 265.1 264.8 264.8 267.8 267.9 266.8 265.8 266.1 139 South Greenland 264.6 266.4 267.5 268.9 268.8 270.2 268.0 269.1 269.7 269.2 269.6 270.6 269.0 268.4 267.4 268.1 271.1 271.6 272.1 271.3 271.0 271.1 270.7 270.2 269.9 270.7 270.1 270.3 269.7 270.0 270.1 140 Greenland Sea 255.8 253.9 253.5 253.8 260.3 264.9 264.6 264.6 264.4 262.7 262.3 261.6 260.2 263.1 266.3 269.5 268.9 269.1 268.9 269.5 266.8 265.8 265.1 265.4 264.0 265.3 268.4 269.7 270.0 269.2 268.7 142 Norwegian Sea 278.8 277.9 275.5 274.3 275.1 275.5 276.9 278.0 280.9 282.5 277.3 277.2 277.3 277.4 277.3 279.1 280.6 275.2 274.8 274.7 274.9 275.5 277.3 278.0 278.5 280.0 279.4 278.2 278.5 280.6 283.4 144 Barents Sea 275.0 276.7 279.7 274.8 274.8 275.0 274.9 276.5 281.5 283.2 278.9 277.1 276.9 277.2 277.5 278.5 276.1 273.6 274.0 274.5 274.4 275.0 277.5 279.8 276.4 276.5 277.9 278.1 279.3 279.4 279.8 146 Kara Sea 278.5 278.7 279.6 279.2 280.3 281.6 281.6 281.7 279.7 279.0 278.6 279.0 279.4 279.6 280.5 282.2 284.0 284.4 284.7 285.0 285.1 285.1 284.6 284.3 284.9 286.7 287.0 285.3 286.8 288.1 288.2 148 Laptev Sea 271.8 270.9 270.4 270.3 270.8 271.0 270.7 271.2 272.3 273.3 274.0 275.3 274.8 274.4 274.8 276.8 279.1 277.4 277.7 276.8 278.1 280.6 283.3 282.3 277.2 277.6 278.5 279.1 277.6 278.4 279.5 150 East Siberian Sea 269.5 269.7 269.7 270.6 271.0 271.6 271.4 271.7 272.1 272.5 271.3 267.3 266.4 267.5 268.3 269.0 268.9 268.5 269.6 271.2 272.2 273.2 273.9 276.8 274.1 273.8 273.9 274.3 277.0 283.4 284.6 152 Gulf of Alaska 275.2 276.9 277.7 275.7 275.8 275.9 275.4 276.3 277.5 277.9 275.8 275.7 275.5 275.3 275.7 278.1 278.4 275.1 275.1 275.6 276.0 280.3 283.9 283.6 277.4 278.2 278.1 278.1 282.4 282.3 281.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 275.6 279.6 281.0 276.0 276.6 277.4 276.8 276.8 279.4 281.7 276.5 276.0 275.5 275.2 277.6 281.0 281.2 275.3 275.7 275.9 276.1 279.0 283.0 284.5 282.3 284.7 283.6 283.6 289.5 289.8 285.9