1998 01 - 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 251.1 251.0 250.8 251.0 251.1 250.3 250.5 249.7 249.3 249.9 250.1 249.1 248.7 248.8 249.8 250.9 251.6 252.0 251.2 251.6 252.7 253.0 254.3 254.4 254.3 254.8 256.3 256.8 256.1 255.9 255.7 34 Hudson Bay 255.2 252.0 249.4 249.8 250.6 250.8 251.4 251.8 251.4 252.9 253.1 251.2 251.6 252.7 254.7 255.7 255.9 257.7 258.1 256.9 256.0 255.5 256.9 256.7 255.7 257.9 260.8 260.7 260.1 260.9 259.5 36 Hudson Strait 242.2 243.6 242.4 241.7 244.4 242.5 243.3 247.7 246.0 248.0 254.9 253.1 252.6 261.6 258.3 252.3 249.1 250.0 258.0 258.1 256.2 244.0 246.9 255.4 258.2 254.5 253.8 253.1 252.9 252.7 255.3 98 Bering Strait 247.2 247.5 246.3 246.0 248.5 250.1 248.9 249.3 256.9 260.0 259.8 256.2 252.6 250.2 251.2 254.1 253.4 254.2 252.5 254.0 253.1 253.8 253.9 252.8 254.3 255.4 255.7 256.8 257.1 258.7 262.3 128 Arctic subocean 245.3 249.6 252.8 250.9 248.8 247.4 248.6 247.4 248.5 246.5 243.9 242.7 242.9 242.3 241.1 239.8 241.9 241.7 240.0 242.6 242.9 240.9 240.9 241.7 245.0 244.7 244.6 244.1 250.9 255.3 249.7 130 Chukchi Sea 246.7 244.0 243.3 245.6 251.8 251.2 248.9 252.3 252.7 260.0 261.3 256.7 251.5 248.1 246.3 244.7 246.1 248.6 250.0 251.0 249.7 250.0 250.2 249.0 246.2 245.5 245.9 247.6 248.1 250.1 250.8 132 Beaufort Sea 246.3 243.7 244.2 245.0 246.7 245.3 245.2 245.4 245.0 247.4 248.5 246.9 245.3 245.2 247.2 250.5 251.7 252.8 251.3 251.0 252.7 251.8 251.5 254.1 258.8 259.7 260.2 259.4 257.5 261.8 263.9 134 Arctic Archipelago 244.7 243.6 240.5 243.3 244.2 244.8 244.9 244.1 243.9 245.4 244.5 243.0 242.6 240.2 239.1 243.4 245.2 243.1 240.1 239.9 241.2 240.2 239.4 241.7 242.1 240.2 243.9 249.5 248.9 246.9 242.8 136 Foxe Basin 242.0 239.2 242.3 244.5 246.2 247.7 246.5 247.2 246.4 244.2 243.2 241.9 239.3 244.0 254.9 258.7 249.7 248.1 249.7 242.6 238.0 236.4 235.4 236.7 240.9 243.3 248.7 249.3 240.6 238.9 243.7 138 Baffin Bay 254.3 253.3 255.4 257.2 256.4 253.2 250.7 247.8 247.1 244.2 241.0 241.5 243.6 242.7 241.1 242.5 249.6 248.1 241.3 239.3 239.7 241.8 248.0 250.2 246.2 244.6 254.7 259.1 259.4 249.7 239.9 139 South Greenland 256.0 255.6 258.8 258.5 257.8 256.3 255.8 250.6 249.3 248.9 247.7 247.1 248.0 249.1 251.8 252.2 251.3 250.5 248.1 245.8 246.4 252.5 260.1 261.0 253.6 259.5 262.8 261.6 257.0 252.3 254.2 140 Greenland Sea 254.0 252.8 254.5 253.0 251.8 248.2 248.3 246.1 246.4 245.4 242.9 241.1 241.9 241.7 239.8 238.9 244.8 246.3 241.5 238.5 238.1 240.8 249.5 251.5 248.7 241.9 250.4 249.7 250.7 249.0 245.2 142 Norwegian Sea 273.1 272.2 270.7 271.3 270.7 269.4 268.7 268.6 269.6 273.8 273.7 273.9 273.1 275.2 275.2 274.4 273.4 268.5 267.0 268.1 271.0 276.3 273.9 272.9 275.5 276.1 274.0 267.2 268.8 266.9 269.0 144 Barents Sea 266.3 264.7 263.0 262.9 263.3 262.3 259.8 257.3 256.7 253.4 254.7 257.6 257.0 256.9 262.4 265.1 266.5 268.1 267.7 266.2 264.5 266.0 269.1 264.8 262.5 264.3 266.8 263.6 256.8 251.8 250.8 146 Kara Sea 252.8 254.4 255.5 256.1 256.3 254.2 252.7 250.1 248.6 250.1 250.7 250.8 250.5 251.0 251.2 252.7 254.0 255.2 255.1 256.9 258.2 257.9 257.3 257.4 257.9 258.4 258.5 260.0 260.9 260.1 259.7 148 Laptev Sea 241.4 243.0 243.6 243.4 241.8 241.2 243.2 245.4 244.0 242.9 243.7 243.2 242.9 241.7 242.3 241.4 241.3 240.5 240.2 242.0 246.9 248.6 251.5 250.5 249.7 248.7 250.0 249.9 249.4 251.5 252.3 150 East Siberian Sea 251.3 254.6 253.2 250.1 247.2 248.9 254.5 252.5 252.8 250.1 248.0 243.8 245.2 247.5 246.8 245.2 244.2 241.4 240.4 242.4 244.3 245.4 245.2 244.8 244.8 245.5 244.4 243.8 243.3 242.6 242.4 152 Gulf of Alaska 263.1 261.7 258.2 256.0 254.0 257.0 261.1 262.4 265.2 266.1 267.1 264.0 263.7 264.4 268.8 270.1 269.6 270.3 267.6 268.9 268.0 267.2 266.9 267.3 270.3 270.5 270.1 271.9 271.9 271.9 273.5 154 Southeast Bering Sea 267.4 256.9 250.7 249.3 251.1 253.3 267.1 270.9 272.6 273.5 273.2 269.1 264.3 259.2 264.6 269.1 265.2 266.4 265.4 268.2 268.8 267.9 266.9 262.3 258.2 256.9 254.4 257.6 261.4 267.8 267.0