2000 12 - 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 253.6 253.7 253.8 253.5 253.2 253.3 253.3 253.2 254.0 254.6 254.7 254.0 253.5 253.1 252.9 252.8 252.5 253.2 253.6 253.5 253.3 252.6 252.7 252.9 252.9 253.8 253.8 252.7 251.6 251.7 251.6 34 Hudson Bay 262.0 266.5 268.8 265.1 257.6 256.0 253.9 251.8 253.2 253.5 251.6 251.0 252.2 251.0 251.4 252.8 255.0 254.2 253.5 252.8 251.0 250.7 249.8 251.8 252.9 253.8 255.1 256.5 255.6 254.1 256.5 36 Hudson Strait 260.9 258.6 257.9 264.2 266.9 262.4 264.1 263.0 260.5 258.0 257.4 254.8 253.8 253.5 252.4 253.3 257.9 263.3 263.4 260.1 257.7 256.2 260.9 259.7 256.7 267.0 267.3 265.5 263.1 259.1 256.7 98 Bering Strait 253.7 251.1 252.8 259.6 264.3 264.2 263.9 264.2 262.2 260.9 263.0 265.1 263.9 261.6 259.2 255.7 254.8 261.2 265.7 266.3 266.0 264.6 260.1 259.5 258.8 260.5 259.9 259.7 261.8 264.8 263.8 128 Arctic subocean 245.9 248.2 249.3 245.2 243.1 242.3 243.8 246.0 247.5 247.3 249.7 249.3 248.8 249.1 246.6 247.4 251.2 253.1 251.0 246.0 246.1 247.2 248.7 250.7 253.9 253.3 251.2 245.2 246.1 245.7 244.2 130 Chukchi Sea 244.0 244.8 250.8 258.2 260.6 258.2 259.4 261.6 258.8 255.7 266.5 270.6 271.4 267.8 264.6 259.1 256.9 258.7 264.8 266.7 266.5 264.5 260.7 259.1 257.0 255.4 255.9 256.6 253.2 257.7 259.6 132 Beaufort Sea 262.5 262.4 258.1 253.6 258.1 261.6 259.7 253.7 248.9 247.1 250.7 251.7 250.6 248.9 246.9 248.1 250.7 255.3 257.4 257.2 257.1 254.1 253.8 252.8 252.7 257.6 259.1 257.0 255.5 259.4 262.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 246.0 244.3 244.2 242.8 241.9 243.7 246.8 249.9 251.8 251.7 250.1 251.1 251.4 250.6 250.0 249.9 247.5 246.7 246.6 247.3 244.2 242.2 246.5 250.1 248.8 246.4 244.2 246.7 246.7 248.1 249.5 136 Foxe Basin 256.0 253.7 251.6 254.3 257.2 259.6 258.2 261.7 260.4 258.6 258.0 256.3 255.8 257.4 255.5 253.5 250.8 246.1 246.2 247.9 251.2 259.4 263.8 267.8 268.6 265.4 260.1 257.3 259.1 256.3 255.0 138 Baffin Bay 250.1 251.5 250.3 245.0 243.1 246.4 245.8 244.4 243.5 242.9 239.9 241.5 244.5 250.6 251.7 251.8 248.9 246.0 243.9 243.3 247.3 249.9 251.6 254.1 260.2 259.9 252.7 244.0 246.8 246.7 247.9 139 South Greenland 253.6 254.5 254.4 254.4 255.9 255.0 253.3 253.0 252.5 253.2 249.6 248.9 254.2 256.9 256.1 251.0 247.4 253.4 255.7 254.0 257.3 260.3 260.1 257.8 258.3 257.7 257.8 254.2 249.3 248.7 248.7 140 Greenland Sea 245.5 245.7 247.0 245.2 244.0 242.6 240.8 239.7 239.5 239.7 239.2 238.1 240.8 244.1 245.5 245.7 244.8 243.5 243.3 243.6 245.3 248.8 251.1 251.2 253.9 258.2 258.3 242.7 241.0 241.1 241.9 142 Norwegian Sea 274.7 274.8 275.1 274.5 276.4 277.2 276.3 273.1 271.7 271.1 271.9 272.9 273.0 274.3 273.9 273.4 270.9 269.1 268.3 269.2 274.7 275.3 272.0 270.4 267.8 265.1 265.1 263.6 264.1 265.4 268.2 144 Barents Sea 266.1 260.6 259.4 258.1 258.6 266.4 272.5 270.8 268.9 265.7 267.7 270.6 269.4 267.2 265.2 263.6 260.6 260.6 262.8 262.8 260.4 256.0 254.2 254.6 253.9 252.4 251.5 254.8 256.2 257.7 258.2 146 Kara Sea 251.8 253.8 254.2 254.5 253.4 251.6 252.2 254.0 256.0 258.8 259.4 257.2 256.3 255.6 256.5 256.3 255.7 255.3 255.2 255.2 254.4 253.5 253.7 254.2 253.9 254.8 255.8 254.4 252.4 251.3 249.1 148 Laptev Sea 243.3 239.5 239.1 241.1 242.9 243.7 243.6 243.1 244.6 245.1 245.9 246.0 243.3 241.4 241.3 242.5 242.3 242.1 241.6 242.2 243.4 243.4 244.1 243.2 241.7 241.3 241.0 240.7 239.4 239.0 239.8 150 East Siberian Sea 250.5 249.7 245.8 246.5 246.1 245.9 245.9 251.1 261.4 263.6 258.9 250.9 249.2 253.2 255.1 256.1 253.7 252.0 252.3 252.9 253.4 253.0 253.3 250.8 252.6 252.5 252.4 251.0 249.1 249.2 246.4 152 Gulf of Alaska 265.2 264.3 269.4 271.7 274.3 273.2 270.7 268.1 264.9 269.5 271.7 270.5 268.2 265.4 263.1 262.9 268.6 271.8 271.8 269.9 270.3 267.2 266.3 270.0 270.3 272.7 271.2 270.0 273.4 274.1 273.9 154 Southeast Bering Sea 251.6 260.7 272.2 273.1 272.3 271.1 273.3 272.2 272.1 273.6 273.8 274.1 274.2 273.8 272.5 268.8 269.2 272.2 274.8 275.0 274.1 270.4 270.0 272.0 271.0 272.4 272.1 272.5 273.9 273.7 272.0