1998 09 - 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 285.2 284.9 284.4 283.7 283.0 282.4 282.0 281.5 281.4 281.6 281.1 281.1 280.9 280.6 279.8 279.6 279.6 279.3 278.6 276.8 276.5 276.1 275.9 276.0 276.5 276.6 276.3 275.3 273.9 273.1 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 291.3 290.4 291.5 292.5 291.3 289.3 289.4 290.4 292.1 293.9 292.3 291.2 291.0 290.1 288.0 287.7 287.2 286.4 284.4 283.2 283.9 284.5 284.8 284.8 283.7 283.4 284.4 284.5 282.2 280.3 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 284.4 285.0 287.2 287.7 285.8 283.6 281.6 281.8 282.9 282.9 281.7 281.2 282.1 283.3 282.9 281.1 279.6 279.9 279.3 279.0 278.1 277.6 278.1 277.4 278.4 278.7 280.5 279.7 279.1 276.6 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 283.0 282.6 282.4 280.9 281.2 281.8 281.9 281.5 281.3 281.5 280.8 280.4 279.4 278.2 277.8 279.2 280.0 280.2 280.2 278.4 278.3 277.4 277.6 277.4 276.4 275.7 274.0 273.6 273.5 273.6 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 270.7 269.3 269.6 267.7 267.6 266.8 266.8 266.1 265.7 264.5 263.2 263.9 264.4 266.0 265.5 265.6 265.5 263.0 260.1 262.4 265.8 267.4 266.2 263.5 263.4 272.7 273.9 268.7 266.8 266.5 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 281.8 279.5 279.0 278.3 280.1 281.2 281.7 280.5 279.2 279.6 278.9 277.5 277.5 276.9 278.5 279.5 278.8 277.4 277.4 277.3 277.2 277.3 278.2 278.1 276.5 275.1 273.8 273.7 273.7 273.6 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 288.3 289.1 287.8 287.1 287.2 287.3 288.6 287.5 285.7 284.9 284.3 283.4 282.8 282.0 281.9 282.0 282.9 284.6 286.0 286.5 286.9 284.7 282.6 280.9 280.2 280.7 280.7 279.9 278.1 278.3 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 280.6 280.7 280.8 280.1 278.9 278.1 278.4 279.3 279.8 279.1 277.8 276.3 275.3 275.2 274.8 275.4 275.0 274.5 273.9 275.0 276.4 275.9 274.1 272.8 272.7 273.3 273.7 273.6 272.5 271.6 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 279.3 279.8 279.9 280.4 279.4 277.6 277.2 277.2 277.8 277.4 277.8 276.9 276.9 277.6 277.5 277.2 276.7 276.6 276.5 276.0 275.1 274.0 272.6 273.9 274.8 274.6 274.2 274.6 275.3 275.1 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 269.9 272.0 270.4 266.6 264.5 262.7 262.8 261.8 261.7 261.1 260.3 261.8 267.7 268.4 266.0 263.5 264.1 263.3 261.2 259.7 260.3 260.0 260.9 263.2 271.7 272.6 268.9 264.8 261.0 258.5 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 273.6 273.8 273.8 272.6 271.1 269.7 269.9 268.0 266.1 264.5 265.7 265.8 267.5 268.5 269.2 266.8 264.2 264.2 264.6 264.2 263.4 264.1 265.5 269.5 272.9 271.8 268.2 264.9 263.4 263.0 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 268.7 271.2 269.5 265.8 262.4 259.7 259.1 260.1 259.7 258.2 256.6 255.0 258.5 262.7 259.9 258.0 260.0 259.9 259.4 256.5 258.5 257.6 258.8 259.2 265.4 268.1 267.3 263.4 257.6 254.0 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 285.9 286.0 286.8 286.5 286.7 286.9 287.2 287.7 286.8 286.1 285.1 283.9 284.0 286.3 285.6 283.6 281.5 280.4 282.8 284.1 283.7 280.9 281.5 279.6 278.8 278.9 278.5 278.8 280.9 280.5 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 282.4 281.6 281.0 281.4 282.3 283.4 283.5 283.0 285.3 286.9 285.5 285.0 282.6 281.3 285.2 284.7 282.4 280.9 279.2 278.2 279.9 280.4 278.4 277.6 277.3 276.0 275.2 275.7 275.0 275.4 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 288.4 288.0 286.9 286.1 284.8 283.4 282.1 281.5 281.4 282.8 283.6 284.4 284.5 283.5 281.2 281.4 282.6 283.5 283.2 279.8 277.9 277.5 277.0 278.0 279.3 279.6 278.6 275.9 274.3 274.6 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 287.4 286.8 285.8 284.8 284.2 285.6 284.2 282.5 280.7 278.2 277.3 278.5 277.7 278.5 279.0 280.0 278.6 275.9 274.2 271.0 270.7 270.7 271.6 270.8 270.4 270.1 271.0 272.2 271.2 269.1 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 281.8 281.7 279.9 279.0 280.3 281.0 281.0 282.2 282.4 283.8 282.4 281.1 279.4 278.6 277.4 275.9 275.7 276.3 274.6 273.4 272.3 270.2 269.4 269.2 269.1 268.7 270.8 271.8 272.6 270.2 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 281.9 279.9 280.9 281.6 282.2 282.0 281.2 280.4 280.5 281.2 282.1 281.9 279.4 278.7 278.3 278.8 280.7 281.3 280.6 278.9 278.5 278.1 278.0 279.3 279.2 278.7 276.2 275.7 275.9 277.1 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 283.6 284.5 284.1 283.8 284.2 283.7 283.8 283.8 284.0 284.7 285.6 285.1 284.4 281.9 282.9 283.2 283.1 281.9 281.8 281.7 281.6 281.9 281.4 280.4 280.4 279.3 278.9 277.5 276.5 275.8 -9999.0