1998 11 - 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 264.1 263.7 263.0 262.5 262.5 261.8 261.9 262.9 262.9 262.9 261.8 260.4 259.2 258.5 257.6 256.7 256.7 256.6 256.3 256.7 256.9 256.4 255.3 254.5 253.7 253.6 253.5 253.8 254.0 254.0 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 272.0 270.7 270.4 269.9 269.6 269.0 268.4 269.2 269.4 269.6 268.3 267.6 267.0 266.9 266.2 263.3 262.4 262.6 262.7 263.6 267.3 270.7 270.6 269.7 268.8 269.8 270.0 268.4 267.8 268.6 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 268.8 269.7 272.5 272.8 272.6 266.7 262.9 265.1 268.7 269.6 270.2 271.6 268.9 268.8 267.5 264.8 264.5 265.1 265.2 264.0 264.2 264.6 262.0 261.4 260.8 259.4 259.9 260.0 258.4 261.3 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 264.3 264.6 265.6 263.3 262.7 265.4 266.3 264.5 264.7 263.1 260.5 259.9 260.1 258.9 257.7 256.1 259.3 263.1 264.1 263.8 260.3 259.2 256.3 255.2 254.7 254.4 254.8 259.9 260.6 259.3 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 258.3 259.6 258.7 258.4 253.8 249.2 247.1 251.9 257.1 260.1 260.5 257.2 257.6 255.8 252.0 252.9 253.8 253.2 251.6 250.1 248.6 248.2 250.2 251.7 251.3 250.2 248.9 249.1 249.1 248.6 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 267.5 266.7 266.8 266.3 263.4 268.1 269.9 269.0 269.5 268.6 265.6 263.2 263.3 262.5 261.9 261.0 260.5 260.2 262.2 264.1 262.1 259.9 255.8 253.8 252.5 253.6 253.2 256.5 260.1 259.2 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 267.2 268.2 268.8 269.3 269.7 268.8 267.4 266.5 265.8 263.3 260.3 261.1 258.9 257.6 255.1 254.1 254.7 257.3 260.0 262.9 263.7 262.5 260.8 260.3 261.2 261.6 262.7 263.0 260.0 257.3 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 258.6 257.1 258.8 260.6 260.6 258.7 261.1 262.3 261.7 258.8 257.9 260.4 261.3 260.5 259.0 256.8 253.9 252.4 251.9 250.9 251.8 256.1 259.2 258.2 255.8 258.8 259.7 258.8 257.1 253.4 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 270.1 265.3 264.1 264.4 265.3 262.5 261.5 260.2 262.0 267.6 268.4 267.5 267.1 268.0 268.8 267.3 265.8 262.6 262.5 262.3 261.9 258.0 255.5 260.6 263.4 259.4 257.9 260.3 265.9 261.5 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 262.8 260.7 255.6 252.6 252.1 246.0 246.6 254.7 257.5 260.6 257.9 256.7 256.1 255.1 254.1 256.4 257.2 255.6 254.9 255.6 251.1 245.7 246.4 247.7 246.3 245.5 243.1 244.2 245.5 244.3 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 262.4 264.6 262.4 255.8 253.4 253.0 255.2 258.4 258.5 261.8 260.5 258.5 257.9 256.7 259.0 260.8 261.2 260.0 261.0 258.1 253.8 250.3 249.1 250.2 251.7 250.6 250.2 248.7 253.9 252.6 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 260.4 260.4 254.4 251.8 250.6 236.6 239.3 256.5 258.8 261.7 258.2 254.6 251.9 252.5 251.3 250.9 252.6 251.9 249.6 248.1 247.7 247.2 247.1 247.2 245.1 244.3 242.2 241.0 241.8 241.8 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 271.4 269.1 269.2 268.5 269.1 269.3 270.2 268.5 269.6 271.9 271.5 271.6 271.2 268.8 268.3 268.9 269.5 268.0 268.3 273.3 276.5 276.9 276.3 274.8 273.2 273.6 274.2 273.7 274.2 275.2 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 268.9 269.1 270.1 269.6 268.3 266.4 264.9 263.6 259.8 258.0 259.8 260.7 260.3 260.7 259.5 257.2 255.3 253.5 253.0 254.1 257.9 260.1 261.7 262.1 260.9 260.6 266.1 267.8 267.4 266.9 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 267.2 266.0 263.9 263.9 264.2 265.1 265.9 267.3 267.0 266.5 263.2 258.9 256.3 255.0 254.4 255.1 255.6 255.4 254.8 256.2 256.9 254.9 252.9 251.2 249.7 248.5 247.6 248.6 250.3 251.7 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 252.6 253.0 253.1 253.5 255.2 254.7 253.2 251.0 250.7 252.6 256.2 254.5 252.8 252.9 251.8 249.7 249.5 248.6 246.7 246.1 245.6 244.5 244.1 243.6 242.8 243.8 242.9 241.2 240.8 242.0 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 251.6 250.5 250.7 250.3 251.1 251.1 253.9 256.8 259.0 258.8 259.0 262.3 263.6 260.9 261.3 260.3 258.0 256.9 253.6 252.2 251.3 250.6 247.4 245.1 243.9 243.6 241.2 240.9 239.7 239.8 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 273.9 273.6 273.5 272.8 273.0 272.7 270.9 269.6 268.5 267.2 268.9 267.8 269.7 270.5 267.8 263.5 268.1 271.8 273.3 272.5 267.4 266.3 265.5 267.1 266.1 263.4 268.0 271.9 271.4 270.8 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 275.0 274.5 274.4 274.6 273.6 274.0 274.5 273.8 274.6 274.0 271.7 268.6 272.0 271.8 269.8 270.4 273.8 272.9 272.8 271.4 266.7 264.7 259.9 257.4 257.4 256.8 262.2 269.0 268.7 262.8 -9999.0