2000 01 - 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 249.7 248.1 247.2 247.3 247.7 248.9 249.8 250.1 252.0 252.6 251.6 251.5 251.6 251.8 251.9 251.9 252.0 252.1 252.4 253.9 254.3 254.9 256.5 257.6 257.1 256.2 256.7 257.0 257.9 258.7 258.5 34 Hudson Bay 254.8 252.8 252.0 253.9 255.4 256.8 259.2 258.5 261.3 262.6 256.5 251.2 249.5 249.7 250.3 252.6 255.3 254.8 252.5 250.2 251.6 252.8 254.9 257.6 257.8 257.3 260.5 264.2 268.1 267.5 265.3 36 Hudson Strait 248.7 248.7 248.6 248.5 246.8 248.8 252.1 249.4 247.1 256.3 261.5 258.0 245.8 246.4 245.0 246.2 245.3 244.6 248.0 251.3 250.0 251.5 251.1 250.4 253.3 250.8 249.3 252.7 265.4 265.0 255.8 98 Bering Strait 245.3 244.5 243.5 247.5 248.7 250.5 254.3 253.2 251.1 248.5 247.6 247.7 249.3 255.1 255.6 254.8 257.0 261.3 264.4 263.4 260.2 262.3 263.5 263.3 262.3 260.5 261.4 260.6 255.2 254.5 257.6 128 Arctic subocean 256.2 256.6 250.3 246.3 244.6 246.0 246.2 246.8 250.1 249.1 243.5 242.1 245.0 244.2 243.0 247.7 246.7 242.9 238.8 240.1 243.4 241.5 240.8 242.5 242.8 243.4 242.5 243.5 243.4 242.6 241.9 130 Chukchi Sea 246.5 247.1 248.8 247.9 247.2 250.0 251.5 251.5 252.6 249.7 247.6 245.8 261.7 264.0 253.9 253.9 248.4 252.9 256.1 252.6 255.0 256.7 258.5 258.3 252.7 253.2 257.6 253.5 249.8 247.8 246.1 132 Beaufort Sea 251.6 250.7 250.6 249.6 252.3 254.6 253.7 254.7 254.9 250.1 247.0 247.3 246.2 246.1 248.1 250.9 250.0 251.2 256.1 261.1 260.5 260.5 263.8 265.2 266.3 265.1 267.3 270.3 269.1 266.8 266.4 134 Arctic Archipelago 252.3 250.5 247.9 248.5 248.1 247.0 246.0 246.1 245.0 245.5 244.8 244.4 243.8 243.3 245.6 247.3 244.6 242.3 241.5 240.3 239.6 239.4 243.1 241.9 244.9 252.3 256.7 257.2 254.8 248.2 252.6 136 Foxe Basin 245.9 242.0 243.5 241.6 238.2 241.0 242.1 241.8 242.8 243.1 239.4 237.0 238.1 240.8 240.3 238.4 238.3 241.0 244.6 253.8 252.1 251.0 249.6 246.3 244.0 241.8 247.7 252.2 250.1 247.1 245.9 138 Baffin Bay 255.5 246.7 244.0 241.7 240.5 245.2 245.9 240.2 243.9 243.7 240.6 250.5 250.5 245.8 246.5 244.4 241.4 238.6 237.9 251.2 252.2 254.7 256.3 256.1 248.7 240.6 239.9 236.7 235.7 237.5 238.7 139 South Greenland 254.1 246.9 246.7 246.1 246.7 249.9 248.2 242.7 243.6 246.7 249.8 255.4 259.7 262.1 261.5 253.3 253.4 259.6 262.8 267.4 263.3 264.8 268.2 262.7 256.0 248.0 249.2 246.1 242.7 246.0 247.8 140 Greenland Sea 256.0 250.0 245.4 243.9 244.0 244.3 247.7 250.4 253.3 251.1 244.4 244.8 249.2 245.5 248.7 248.2 244.8 239.6 237.5 247.9 252.7 256.3 258.2 260.0 251.7 244.0 238.0 233.8 233.2 236.1 236.7 142 Norwegian Sea 272.0 273.9 274.1 273.4 273.0 275.4 275.5 275.8 274.5 274.8 275.1 274.0 272.5 272.9 274.5 275.9 274.2 272.3 271.9 271.2 266.0 267.5 269.9 273.9 275.2 275.5 271.6 268.3 270.1 271.0 270.8 144 Barents Sea 255.5 254.1 255.6 256.8 259.0 258.9 260.1 264.3 270.4 270.6 267.9 264.9 266.8 263.5 264.3 265.2 264.8 263.1 262.3 262.7 264.2 261.5 259.8 257.6 256.8 259.0 261.3 260.5 261.9 266.3 269.4 146 Kara Sea 246.1 245.2 243.0 242.7 243.5 244.7 245.9 247.8 251.1 254.7 257.2 256.9 255.1 255.4 255.1 254.8 255.5 256.6 256.8 258.3 259.5 258.9 258.4 259.6 259.4 259.0 259.6 260.5 261.3 261.6 261.1 148 Laptev Sea 244.8 244.5 244.3 244.3 242.7 242.2 242.7 243.9 244.9 243.5 242.0 242.9 246.0 247.5 246.4 244.9 244.6 243.6 242.8 243.1 243.9 247.0 251.5 254.7 254.7 254.1 251.8 250.1 253.4 258.7 257.2 150 East Siberian Sea 249.5 248.2 248.2 247.8 246.0 245.5 244.0 242.0 245.2 247.7 247.7 251.8 251.7 245.9 245.3 246.6 243.6 238.4 236.7 238.9 239.4 239.5 241.5 246.1 248.6 247.3 242.7 242.3 247.8 249.9 249.2 152 Gulf of Alaska 257.5 258.0 259.7 263.1 264.3 267.1 269.8 268.7 264.4 259.4 255.5 252.8 252.9 258.5 260.7 258.7 263.0 270.5 270.7 270.4 268.4 268.8 269.8 270.4 270.0 270.0 270.8 269.9 266.6 267.8 270.5 154 Southeast Bering Sea 246.9 247.6 248.3 245.8 247.9 253.1 256.7 255.0 253.3 251.0 248.9 249.7 251.3 265.5 264.6 262.0 271.6 272.9 272.6 269.9 271.0 271.3 272.7 272.3 269.1 269.2 269.1 262.3 250.0 248.9 252.3