1998 03 - 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 260.0 260.5 260.7 260.4 260.7 260.8 260.5 260.4 260.4 260.2 260.0 259.6 259.8 259.6 259.9 260.3 261.1 261.8 262.8 263.8 263.7 263.9 263.5 263.4 263.1 262.3 262.5 262.8 263.9 264.1 264.7 34 Hudson Bay 267.0 266.0 264.3 264.6 264.7 263.9 261.2 260.2 258.1 256.9 259.9 262.5 262.8 261.2 264.9 267.7 266.6 264.2 264.3 265.6 265.9 266.6 265.9 267.0 269.6 270.3 272.8 272.2 270.8 270.7 271.5 36 Hudson Strait 255.9 253.0 256.3 257.7 258.2 260.3 261.1 260.2 263.8 262.5 256.7 252.8 252.0 252.9 255.5 261.5 264.4 259.7 250.1 251.4 252.7 259.1 262.7 262.0 263.9 269.2 266.8 261.4 260.5 261.4 261.5 98 Bering Strait 258.3 257.0 258.1 258.3 260.0 261.6 260.6 260.3 260.3 262.2 263.8 265.6 266.0 266.0 267.7 266.6 266.5 268.0 268.9 269.5 270.0 270.6 270.3 269.9 269.6 268.4 265.6 264.2 265.7 264.7 263.8 128 Arctic subocean 254.7 254.9 250.4 244.1 244.3 241.2 241.1 244.1 243.3 240.7 240.5 242.4 242.2 243.3 245.1 244.2 244.6 246.9 249.1 244.6 241.1 247.7 248.1 249.3 251.9 252.5 252.5 256.3 257.0 256.3 255.5 130 Chukchi Sea 253.4 254.5 253.8 255.7 260.0 262.0 262.4 264.6 265.0 264.7 263.7 262.3 263.2 262.8 261.5 259.3 258.3 264.0 267.8 270.8 271.0 270.2 269.9 269.9 266.7 262.5 259.5 256.5 258.6 257.2 262.4 132 Beaufort Sea 262.9 262.5 262.2 261.3 260.5 258.2 256.1 255.4 256.5 260.3 264.2 264.4 263.3 266.3 267.6 267.8 268.5 270.5 272.0 271.7 271.9 271.4 271.4 271.3 269.0 266.5 265.7 266.8 269.6 270.4 269.7 134 Arctic Archipelago 257.8 257.6 255.1 253.9 252.4 250.9 249.4 252.4 255.5 253.5 251.8 251.3 254.1 257.0 256.9 253.3 250.0 251.8 256.5 260.9 259.1 253.7 253.7 254.5 253.4 253.8 254.6 255.3 255.6 257.5 257.5 136 Foxe Basin 249.1 255.1 254.8 254.4 250.9 249.6 248.2 246.5 246.8 246.6 248.0 248.5 247.1 249.9 255.7 256.1 251.9 249.7 249.7 252.4 253.7 254.1 254.6 255.9 254.9 253.2 252.4 253.4 256.2 258.4 257.9 138 Baffin Bay 246.7 248.1 245.8 241.2 240.7 239.8 240.3 239.7 236.6 236.6 237.1 237.6 242.0 243.2 241.5 239.0 243.0 245.1 248.3 249.5 247.0 244.6 243.5 244.8 249.2 249.8 252.7 253.7 254.5 254.5 254.9 139 South Greenland 248.1 249.5 248.3 247.4 247.1 250.7 251.0 248.0 246.1 251.3 256.2 259.9 264.4 259.5 252.9 250.5 254.6 256.7 262.1 262.6 256.6 252.4 253.3 255.8 256.8 257.4 257.8 258.0 259.1 258.9 260.7 140 Greenland Sea 247.0 246.0 243.5 237.9 238.5 236.2 234.6 235.1 234.9 236.6 240.3 239.9 243.9 246.6 244.9 241.7 244.0 245.8 245.5 249.7 247.6 246.6 245.7 246.1 251.6 251.7 256.2 258.6 259.8 258.6 255.2 142 Norwegian Sea 267.1 266.4 266.7 267.4 267.2 268.4 268.3 269.2 269.0 269.9 270.2 271.3 271.3 272.4 274.5 275.1 275.1 273.6 271.5 272.7 275.9 276.7 276.3 274.6 274.2 275.5 276.1 276.8 276.1 276.1 273.9 144 Barents Sea 270.4 268.6 264.4 261.7 267.6 267.3 263.2 262.2 263.9 267.2 266.6 263.0 262.0 268.0 268.9 269.7 268.4 267.8 268.4 270.3 270.5 270.9 271.6 272.7 271.0 270.0 271.8 271.7 266.4 260.7 259.8 146 Kara Sea 266.6 269.0 269.1 268.0 268.1 268.9 269.5 269.2 268.2 267.0 265.2 266.0 265.4 261.6 259.0 259.7 262.6 264.3 265.8 267.0 267.6 268.6 267.9 267.4 266.1 263.5 262.1 263.4 266.9 267.5 268.1 148 Laptev Sea 250.3 252.5 258.3 259.4 258.7 259.4 262.1 263.6 265.4 261.4 257.9 251.7 251.6 254.4 257.3 257.9 258.1 258.7 258.7 259.4 260.1 260.7 258.6 256.7 254.9 254.8 257.1 257.2 257.4 258.6 261.3 150 East Siberian Sea 249.1 246.1 247.1 251.5 253.3 253.3 252.9 252.7 255.3 255.6 253.5 252.2 250.3 250.4 252.1 254.1 253.7 253.5 253.1 250.6 249.6 252.7 254.8 253.8 254.0 255.3 253.4 252.3 253.7 255.8 256.3 152 Gulf of Alaska 267.4 266.9 267.0 267.9 268.8 269.2 268.6 268.7 267.8 270.0 271.3 273.4 274.3 274.3 274.1 273.7 273.1 273.5 274.3 274.9 275.4 274.7 274.5 274.3 273.8 272.5 271.6 271.9 273.3 273.1 272.1 154 Southeast Bering Sea 265.7 266.2 267.1 271.1 271.9 272.4 272.9 273.6 272.8 271.6 271.0 273.3 274.1 273.8 273.9 274.0 274.0 274.4 274.8 276.3 276.8 272.9 273.2 273.4 273.7 272.7 267.7 271.8 272.0 271.3 273.0