1998 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 273.0 273.8 273.2 273.2 273.3 274.0 275.7 277.3 277.0 275.7 275.7 275.5 275.4 275.6 276.0 275.9 275.6 276.4 277.3 277.3 278.5 280.3 281.4 279.6 279.3 279.5 279.8 280.4 281.5 282.3 281.0 34 Hudson Bay 279.9 281.4 283.7 284.3 282.5 281.0 282.1 285.1 286.1 285.7 285.2 283.8 283.4 285.2 286.8 286.8 286.7 286.0 285.6 284.9 285.5 287.6 287.8 285.9 283.7 284.4 285.4 284.5 282.1 281.8 281.5 36 Hudson Strait 269.9 270.3 272.0 273.1 274.1 275.2 278.9 276.3 274.0 274.0 273.8 275.5 274.8 275.8 277.3 277.0 278.2 277.0 275.0 275.1 274.7 274.4 275.2 273.7 272.9 272.9 273.9 276.6 276.2 275.1 273.9 98 Bering Strait 270.6 271.0 270.9 270.4 271.4 272.2 272.2 272.5 273.5 273.1 273.4 273.5 273.6 273.3 276.3 278.0 275.9 276.9 277.1 276.0 277.7 280.7 281.0 278.9 279.9 280.4 279.4 283.3 285.7 285.8 281.9 128 Arctic subocean 260.4 261.9 262.1 264.3 264.5 265.3 264.9 262.2 258.7 259.7 261.1 262.6 262.9 264.5 264.6 263.9 265.7 265.7 263.6 262.1 265.4 267.4 268.2 268.2 267.8 267.3 269.2 269.5 270.2 271.9 273.2 130 Chukchi Sea 264.8 266.2 263.7 262.7 264.9 264.6 265.2 268.2 270.6 272.1 272.3 271.8 272.0 272.3 274.2 275.7 273.7 274.0 274.2 273.7 273.4 276.9 277.0 275.7 276.2 276.3 276.0 277.8 279.1 281.0 280.1 132 Beaufort Sea 281.8 282.6 279.9 276.8 276.7 278.2 281.1 280.6 280.9 280.3 281.1 280.7 280.4 281.3 282.6 283.6 283.4 283.7 283.9 283.7 286.9 287.6 285.9 285.4 285.9 286.3 285.6 286.2 286.8 286.2 285.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 269.7 268.8 268.6 269.2 269.7 269.8 269.9 269.9 269.5 269.8 270.6 273.0 273.4 273.9 275.4 274.9 273.2 272.2 271.9 270.8 270.7 272.2 272.7 273.1 272.6 271.9 271.9 272.3 272.6 273.0 273.4 136 Foxe Basin 270.5 270.1 268.1 270.7 273.0 272.0 269.2 269.0 269.7 268.9 269.1 270.5 272.1 273.3 273.4 273.4 273.8 274.2 273.6 273.1 272.5 272.0 272.2 272.0 272.6 272.6 272.3 273.4 273.1 274.4 274.4 138 Baffin Bay 265.0 265.1 262.4 262.8 262.5 264.2 264.6 264.1 261.0 259.2 259.1 261.3 261.8 264.8 262.8 262.9 264.1 266.2 265.3 265.7 267.6 270.3 269.9 267.5 267.6 270.4 271.4 268.3 269.7 272.9 273.9 139 South Greenland 268.1 269.1 266.3 265.2 265.3 268.2 270.9 270.9 268.8 266.7 266.6 266.9 268.0 267.7 267.5 266.6 267.2 269.3 272.0 273.7 274.5 273.8 272.2 271.1 273.7 274.4 273.8 273.8 274.4 274.7 274.3 140 Greenland Sea 262.4 261.0 260.5 259.1 260.5 260.8 265.5 265.7 262.1 259.2 259.4 260.5 261.4 262.1 263.3 259.7 258.9 261.9 263.6 262.7 264.4 267.1 267.9 266.8 267.9 270.9 272.3 270.5 269.2 270.1 273.3 142 Norwegian Sea 278.7 278.8 276.8 277.3 277.1 276.0 276.6 278.2 279.8 280.8 277.7 279.4 281.5 282.6 285.1 285.0 281.9 281.8 278.5 275.2 275.7 275.8 277.2 277.3 276.3 277.4 277.3 278.7 279.9 280.7 277.9 144 Barents Sea 274.0 275.6 272.9 273.6 274.0 274.5 277.9 279.1 278.0 274.1 276.5 275.1 273.3 272.4 276.1 275.5 277.9 279.2 281.0 280.0 278.3 280.7 285.0 285.7 284.2 281.2 281.8 282.0 282.6 281.2 277.8 146 Kara Sea 275.2 275.8 274.1 274.2 275.1 276.5 279.5 283.0 282.4 280.0 279.2 278.2 277.7 276.9 274.8 274.0 274.8 276.4 278.8 279.2 281.0 284.2 286.1 284.2 283.8 284.0 284.4 285.3 287.1 287.9 286.7 148 Laptev Sea 269.1 270.6 271.0 271.2 270.9 271.3 271.5 272.6 272.7 271.2 272.3 273.5 273.6 272.9 273.6 275.0 272.2 272.3 273.0 274.1 274.7 275.3 277.7 274.5 274.2 273.8 274.5 275.1 278.2 280.8 278.6 150 East Siberian Sea 261.5 263.3 264.6 266.6 267.9 268.1 268.0 269.9 271.0 271.7 269.4 268.1 270.3 270.8 270.3 269.4 269.9 271.7 273.1 273.4 273.4 273.7 277.3 273.8 273.9 273.8 273.7 273.6 275.8 280.6 278.6 152 Gulf of Alaska 276.7 276.8 274.8 274.6 274.6 274.7 274.6 275.1 275.4 274.8 274.5 274.1 274.5 276.6 278.9 279.5 275.6 275.9 275.5 275.2 278.6 281.0 279.5 275.6 276.4 276.5 276.4 282.6 287.1 287.1 279.2 154 Southeast Bering Sea 275.2 275.1 273.7 274.0 274.3 274.5 274.5 277.9 278.2 274.3 273.6 273.9 274.0 275.3 278.5 278.6 274.9 275.9 275.7 275.2 278.5 282.8 283.1 275.6 276.8 277.7 277.1 282.6 286.0 286.3 280.0