1997 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 275.3 275.2 275.2 274.6 273.9 274.1 274.2 273.6 272.9 272.4 271.6 271.5 271.3 271.3 272.0 272.0 270.8 269.6 268.7 267.8 267.4 267.0 267.1 267.6 268.4 269.2 269.4 268.2 266.8 266.5 266.6 34 Hudson Bay 283.7 284.8 285.5 284.7 282.2 281.0 281.3 281.9 280.8 278.5 277.8 280.2 279.6 278.8 276.8 279.3 280.0 277.4 273.8 272.1 271.4 270.9 269.9 268.6 269.5 271.0 273.5 274.1 270.7 269.0 270.6 36 Hudson Strait 272.4 273.0 274.9 277.5 279.1 277.5 276.0 275.5 278.5 282.8 276.3 270.9 274.3 281.8 280.2 273.5 273.9 274.4 271.0 272.9 274.3 273.7 272.7 272.6 272.1 270.9 268.2 265.6 267.9 269.0 268.7 98 Bering Strait 274.4 274.2 273.4 271.1 271.4 272.0 271.0 270.3 271.1 270.1 268.4 265.4 264.7 266.1 266.5 265.6 265.8 264.2 264.7 266.2 265.1 263.9 262.8 262.0 261.7 264.1 263.4 260.1 260.9 261.2 259.9 128 Arctic subocean 258.2 256.3 257.5 256.9 255.3 254.9 255.3 255.1 253.4 253.3 252.6 250.6 251.7 254.3 255.3 254.8 253.9 252.8 252.3 253.1 253.0 255.7 256.9 255.9 249.8 251.5 252.7 253.5 251.6 250.9 254.7 130 Chukchi Sea 272.9 273.7 274.3 272.7 272.2 272.3 273.6 274.2 272.4 271.6 271.1 269.9 268.4 268.0 267.8 265.7 264.6 263.9 263.0 263.4 262.2 262.2 262.2 260.8 261.0 261.1 262.1 263.1 261.2 261.2 262.8 132 Beaufort Sea 277.4 277.1 276.0 273.2 272.8 273.1 271.5 269.4 269.1 269.8 269.6 268.4 268.3 268.3 269.1 270.1 270.0 268.8 267.4 268.5 270.1 268.4 267.3 267.4 269.1 270.7 269.8 264.2 262.9 265.6 266.9 134 Arctic Archipelago 267.8 265.3 263.8 265.6 267.9 269.2 268.4 267.1 265.0 262.6 261.5 259.8 259.9 264.8 266.2 265.0 260.9 258.9 257.2 257.3 257.3 258.5 258.0 257.0 255.8 255.1 254.2 254.2 254.3 255.8 257.9 136 Foxe Basin 268.0 270.4 269.5 270.4 272.7 273.1 272.4 271.2 270.0 268.9 267.8 267.7 266.1 271.1 272.9 269.8 267.6 264.7 262.0 261.5 262.1 263.2 264.3 264.7 263.8 263.6 262.6 264.4 267.2 268.2 266.6 138 Baffin Bay 257.4 256.4 256.2 255.1 255.2 257.4 259.2 259.3 259.9 260.0 255.9 254.2 252.4 252.2 262.5 262.8 257.7 256.1 258.2 257.1 252.6 248.0 246.4 251.2 255.8 258.3 257.7 255.7 248.8 248.4 253.1 139 South Greenland 263.5 262.0 261.6 261.8 261.0 264.3 263.7 263.1 264.4 262.1 262.5 267.0 263.7 257.8 263.9 265.1 259.1 259.1 262.9 263.0 262.4 263.6 264.6 264.3 265.1 267.6 269.2 267.6 261.1 256.8 257.9 140 Greenland Sea 259.0 259.0 260.4 257.5 251.9 249.1 253.0 253.8 253.7 254.7 252.0 251.5 248.8 245.2 253.6 259.2 253.3 250.1 253.3 254.7 251.1 245.3 244.5 246.8 255.3 257.7 259.3 257.0 250.3 245.5 247.1 142 Norwegian Sea 280.3 279.2 279.3 278.8 278.1 278.4 279.2 278.9 278.2 277.8 278.0 276.1 275.7 274.6 272.7 273.0 277.2 280.2 276.3 273.7 274.4 273.4 271.6 272.5 270.6 271.5 273.9 277.0 277.9 278.9 278.2 144 Barents Sea 279.8 279.6 279.5 279.7 278.1 277.3 277.5 276.7 275.2 274.8 272.9 274.0 277.5 277.0 275.2 272.4 270.0 269.5 273.0 274.7 274.1 272.4 271.1 270.2 272.1 272.4 270.4 268.3 267.4 269.2 271.5 146 Kara Sea 279.5 280.4 281.7 282.2 282.1 282.9 283.4 282.3 280.6 279.5 278.6 277.7 277.1 277.4 279.0 278.5 278.1 276.3 273.2 270.7 270.5 271.9 274.1 275.0 275.5 276.7 276.6 275.1 274.9 273.2 271.1 148 Laptev Sea 272.1 271.0 270.0 268.4 267.7 267.1 267.7 267.3 266.4 268.7 270.7 270.8 271.1 270.8 268.9 267.9 266.6 266.8 268.2 266.2 265.1 262.9 264.1 267.1 268.2 267.1 268.3 267.8 266.5 268.8 268.4 150 East Siberian Sea 272.5 271.2 268.7 266.8 266.2 268.1 266.5 267.2 268.0 266.3 263.3 264.5 265.7 265.7 266.4 267.6 265.4 267.0 266.8 265.5 265.7 267.9 264.3 262.2 262.2 261.4 260.9 261.0 261.6 260.4 262.3 152 Gulf of Alaska 276.5 276.4 275.9 275.8 274.4 273.2 272.2 272.4 272.5 272.7 270.9 270.3 270.4 271.7 272.0 271.8 271.0 269.5 274.3 275.6 275.2 274.0 272.1 271.7 271.1 268.9 266.6 269.8 274.4 274.1 271.2 154 Southeast Bering Sea 279.7 279.3 279.1 279.0 275.3 274.5 274.3 277.8 278.2 278.1 275.0 273.9 272.8 267.7 266.1 268.8 269.1 268.4 267.0 267.7 268.1 266.0 265.2 266.3 267.8 267.4 263.7 266.1 265.9 263.2 261.4