1999 10 - 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 273.2 273.6 273.6 273.3 272.8 272.6 272.5 272.4 271.8 270.9 270.0 269.3 269.6 269.3 268.8 268.7 268.9 268.4 268.3 269.1 269.1 268.4 267.7 267.0 266.5 265.8 265.0 265.1 265.4 266.1 266.3 34 Hudson Bay 276.1 275.1 275.8 276.8 276.4 275.2 276.9 279.2 280.6 279.9 279.0 276.3 277.3 277.7 276.8 275.8 275.8 273.9 273.0 277.5 277.9 275.3 276.7 277.1 275.8 274.7 276.1 276.2 275.4 277.4 278.1 36 Hudson Strait 278.4 275.5 275.5 274.0 273.4 274.4 273.1 272.3 271.5 270.8 271.7 271.5 271.9 270.1 269.6 268.1 266.4 267.5 269.1 268.1 269.4 271.3 272.1 271.8 270.1 266.1 266.8 268.4 268.3 267.0 268.6 98 Bering Strait 272.2 273.3 273.3 272.6 272.6 272.7 272.2 271.3 271.6 271.2 270.1 268.2 267.9 267.3 266.5 264.9 265.8 267.4 267.5 266.0 265.0 264.4 264.0 263.1 263.8 265.9 264.5 261.5 260.3 258.5 259.4 128 Arctic subocean 260.1 258.9 254.8 258.6 258.6 256.3 258.0 257.0 250.4 250.4 252.2 253.6 252.5 250.3 252.5 252.4 252.9 251.8 253.0 255.4 255.6 251.1 252.0 252.8 254.2 250.1 244.9 246.9 245.6 242.1 243.7 130 Chukchi Sea 273.0 273.6 272.7 272.1 271.0 271.2 270.9 270.8 271.2 270.0 268.6 268.0 266.1 266.0 265.8 264.3 263.4 262.6 262.7 262.0 263.7 263.2 262.1 262.0 262.5 262.5 262.0 259.6 257.3 258.3 258.8 132 Beaufort Sea 271.4 271.7 272.2 271.3 272.6 274.9 276.1 275.8 274.2 272.6 272.2 273.1 273.7 273.3 270.5 270.5 270.6 272.5 276.5 276.6 272.9 273.3 272.9 274.0 272.6 271.4 270.9 270.2 269.5 269.1 267.9 134 Arctic Archipelago 267.1 265.9 265.0 264.5 263.7 262.8 263.2 264.2 264.5 264.4 263.6 264.3 262.5 261.4 260.9 258.9 257.4 255.7 256.8 256.9 254.6 256.3 258.9 258.0 258.4 260.0 260.8 259.4 256.0 259.4 262.6 136 Foxe Basin 271.3 270.6 270.9 270.4 269.8 269.1 269.5 269.9 268.5 268.2 268.9 268.5 265.6 266.6 267.0 265.5 267.1 268.8 267.6 265.5 263.7 263.9 263.3 263.1 262.2 261.6 263.2 264.2 261.0 261.2 260.7 138 Baffin Bay 258.4 257.5 255.8 258.3 256.7 255.6 255.4 255.1 252.5 251.8 251.2 250.5 252.0 251.2 251.2 252.6 254.9 255.3 254.6 256.1 254.7 250.0 247.2 246.5 249.3 250.4 247.7 247.7 245.9 244.0 244.9 139 South Greenland 260.1 263.2 267.1 265.5 260.6 258.2 257.4 258.6 260.0 258.2 257.8 258.5 261.9 261.0 260.3 264.4 266.2 266.2 264.9 266.2 265.8 262.4 256.1 253.9 259.0 259.2 257.9 253.6 252.1 253.0 249.1 140 Greenland Sea 256.0 254.8 253.2 253.0 252.8 251.1 250.3 252.3 252.5 250.3 248.3 245.6 247.1 249.3 249.1 247.2 253.5 254.5 254.9 255.5 256.2 250.9 247.0 245.0 244.6 242.9 242.8 243.6 243.2 243.4 242.0 142 Norwegian Sea 279.8 279.3 280.0 280.0 277.4 278.8 279.0 277.7 277.2 278.0 277.8 277.6 277.7 277.7 276.3 277.0 277.7 276.6 276.6 277.1 276.6 275.6 276.4 277.6 277.3 277.6 275.9 276.7 277.3 278.5 279.0 144 Barents Sea 282.2 283.2 282.3 281.8 284.0 281.3 279.9 280.8 279.8 279.7 279.8 280.0 278.1 277.1 276.4 273.9 270.6 270.8 271.5 273.6 273.2 275.0 273.6 273.1 273.0 273.4 274.2 274.8 274.9 274.6 273.4 146 Kara Sea 278.9 280.9 281.5 280.9 280.8 281.5 280.4 278.1 276.1 274.7 273.1 273.1 274.7 275.1 275.6 276.3 276.2 273.9 273.9 274.4 273.1 270.1 269.6 268.4 266.7 266.6 265.9 268.8 271.1 271.8 272.2 148 Laptev Sea 269.8 269.3 268.6 267.8 266.0 265.9 267.4 268.0 267.5 266.8 266.0 263.9 262.3 260.8 260.9 261.3 262.0 263.9 261.4 261.2 264.7 268.1 265.6 265.4 264.1 262.7 259.4 258.0 260.0 261.2 262.4 150 East Siberian Sea 271.5 270.2 268.3 267.8 267.8 267.0 264.4 265.3 266.1 265.9 265.0 263.9 263.7 263.9 262.2 261.0 260.2 259.2 257.7 257.5 262.6 267.5 268.7 266.3 267.3 262.8 259.3 259.0 258.7 260.2 258.3 152 Gulf of Alaska 277.0 277.1 276.5 276.4 276.9 277.0 276.2 275.4 275.2 274.8 274.5 274.9 274.7 273.1 271.8 274.2 276.1 276.9 277.1 274.9 274.6 273.4 272.9 270.8 271.5 271.2 270.6 270.5 268.3 267.3 268.9 154 Southeast Bering Sea 280.7 280.4 278.5 279.4 279.5 278.2 276.6 275.5 275.0 275.7 275.7 275.3 271.7 271.8 271.8 269.0 270.6 270.7 270.8 271.6 272.0 268.9 266.1 264.9 265.1 264.9 265.4 264.5 263.1 263.3 263.5