1998 08 - 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 290.9 290.1 290.2 290.4 290.8 290.9 290.8 290.5 290.1 289.8 288.9 288.9 289.0 289.4 289.4 288.8 288.8 288.1 287.5 287.1 287.6 287.4 287.2 287.0 287.0 286.7 286.3 285.8 285.6 285.5 285.5 34 Hudson Bay 296.4 295.6 296.0 297.2 298.7 299.0 299.1 297.9 296.8 296.6 296.4 296.9 295.6 293.1 292.2 292.0 292.1 293.7 294.5 291.8 292.9 293.6 293.0 291.7 291.5 292.4 292.1 291.7 292.3 293.2 293.4 36 Hudson Strait 285.6 285.8 285.5 286.8 288.3 289.2 287.7 292.9 291.0 287.7 285.2 286.3 289.8 289.3 286.8 285.0 285.2 285.3 287.1 287.8 284.5 280.3 281.3 281.6 283.1 285.2 284.9 285.7 285.0 284.9 284.8 98 Bering Strait 288.7 288.2 286.2 285.3 286.2 286.9 286.8 286.7 285.3 284.8 285.1 284.5 284.6 285.2 285.2 284.4 284.7 283.3 283.2 282.6 283.2 283.1 282.1 282.9 282.7 283.2 282.6 281.1 280.7 281.2 282.4 128 Arctic subocean 275.0 274.7 273.6 273.3 272.8 273.0 273.6 273.4 273.1 272.5 272.9 273.0 272.4 271.7 271.9 272.5 273.6 272.8 272.6 272.4 272.4 272.3 272.3 271.8 271.2 272.2 271.7 270.7 270.0 270.0 270.7 130 Chukchi Sea 286.8 285.1 283.0 280.9 281.1 282.8 284.1 285.6 284.5 284.2 283.8 282.8 282.9 281.5 279.2 277.9 279.9 281.9 281.2 279.9 279.9 280.0 280.4 280.0 279.1 280.3 280.4 279.8 278.5 279.6 280.6 132 Beaufort Sea 293.8 294.9 296.4 296.1 295.4 294.8 290.9 292.1 293.3 293.3 290.3 289.9 290.8 291.7 291.8 291.6 292.4 291.8 288.6 290.5 292.5 291.4 289.7 289.4 289.6 289.8 289.0 288.8 290.9 290.8 288.3 134 Arctic Archipelago 286.0 286.0 287.8 289.2 286.1 283.4 283.5 283.8 284.7 286.6 287.1 285.3 282.2 282.2 284.4 286.5 286.6 284.1 281.4 280.7 284.1 284.9 284.6 283.4 282.9 282.7 282.4 281.9 282.0 282.5 281.3 136 Foxe Basin 282.4 282.8 281.6 281.5 282.7 279.7 280.0 281.3 281.0 280.9 282.6 280.9 279.5 280.4 280.6 280.5 281.3 282.0 282.2 282.3 281.3 282.0 281.0 280.7 280.7 279.9 279.6 280.3 279.7 278.9 279.0 138 Baffin Bay 274.1 274.0 272.2 271.7 271.0 272.0 273.3 272.4 271.7 270.8 271.1 270.2 268.5 269.3 270.6 270.9 271.7 269.5 269.9 271.7 272.2 272.9 272.3 272.1 270.3 270.4 268.5 267.9 267.7 267.3 267.5 139 South Greenland 275.7 275.3 275.0 274.6 274.5 274.6 273.8 273.1 273.2 273.4 273.7 273.9 273.3 274.0 273.5 273.9 273.6 273.6 273.0 273.7 275.6 275.5 274.9 273.4 272.6 272.2 271.3 271.5 271.3 270.0 270.1 140 Greenland Sea 273.4 272.6 273.1 272.4 271.6 272.7 272.2 271.2 271.1 271.9 272.0 271.6 268.6 267.7 267.9 270.6 271.6 270.6 266.9 267.4 270.5 270.5 269.6 268.8 268.6 270.5 268.3 266.8 264.9 263.5 263.5 142 Norwegian Sea 286.2 284.7 287.4 287.6 285.9 285.8 285.3 285.0 284.1 285.1 286.7 287.7 287.7 288.1 287.5 285.7 287.1 285.3 284.9 285.4 285.4 285.0 284.4 282.9 282.5 282.6 283.3 284.1 284.5 285.4 285.5 144 Barents Sea 294.3 291.4 289.6 289.4 287.6 286.8 288.2 287.3 286.1 287.3 286.1 285.2 284.4 284.9 285.6 285.9 285.7 286.2 285.7 287.1 286.9 287.8 289.6 289.3 290.0 287.3 286.4 286.1 284.2 281.0 282.1 146 Kara Sea 295.2 295.0 294.9 294.0 294.5 294.8 295.7 295.8 296.8 297.2 296.1 295.6 296.1 297.2 297.1 295.9 294.0 292.2 292.1 292.0 291.8 291.2 291.4 291.2 291.5 291.3 292.0 291.4 289.8 289.8 289.4 148 Laptev Sea 292.6 291.7 292.4 294.3 294.9 294.5 293.4 293.0 291.1 287.6 288.5 290.6 293.0 294.5 293.6 292.2 293.1 292.9 293.7 292.0 291.1 290.7 291.4 291.5 291.0 289.7 288.6 287.6 288.1 288.1 288.3 150 East Siberian Sea 286.7 281.0 282.8 284.3 288.9 292.9 293.5 289.4 286.5 286.9 279.8 278.7 278.2 279.7 281.8 280.6 284.6 283.0 277.2 276.9 277.8 278.0 277.4 280.2 280.8 280.1 278.9 279.2 279.3 280.8 282.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 288.3 285.3 284.4 283.9 283.8 283.8 283.4 283.0 281.5 281.5 282.5 283.5 286.0 288.1 287.8 285.2 283.7 281.0 281.5 283.3 282.8 282.4 281.6 281.5 281.4 280.5 279.7 280.9 280.8 280.0 282.6 154 Southeast Bering Sea 291.4 290.9 285.8 284.9 285.0 284.4 283.7 285.8 286.2 287.2 287.9 287.6 287.4 287.1 287.2 286.0 284.1 283.7 284.2 284.9 284.4 283.4 283.9 283.4 282.5 280.8 281.7 281.8 282.5 283.4 284.1