2001 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 256.3 255.7 255.2 254.8 254.7 253.8 252.9 252.7 253.8 253.9 253.5 253.5 254.2 254.3 254.2 254.9 256.3 257.1 258.1 258.6 260.0 260.5 259.6 258.3 259.0 258.8 257.5 256.6 255.8 255.6 255.8 34 Hudson Bay 263.7 265.2 265.8 266.8 265.3 262.4 262.1 262.9 266.2 265.4 260.1 261.1 262.1 264.0 266.7 268.4 269.0 267.9 264.8 262.1 260.8 261.0 261.8 262.0 264.4 265.7 263.3 261.2 260.5 260.0 259.2 36 Hudson Strait 262.0 259.9 260.0 258.9 260.2 264.4 265.4 264.3 263.0 266.2 264.7 257.3 260.7 263.1 263.8 261.7 258.0 265.4 267.4 264.8 264.2 262.9 259.9 265.5 266.7 268.7 268.3 269.8 271.6 265.2 264.5 98 Bering Strait 253.0 252.1 250.7 250.0 250.1 250.0 250.3 250.5 250.7 252.8 255.5 255.3 252.7 248.4 245.0 246.8 245.6 243.8 244.9 252.0 259.8 260.6 261.0 255.9 260.9 264.6 265.1 263.3 258.3 258.1 259.0 128 Arctic subocean 251.6 250.5 248.5 252.1 253.8 256.2 254.1 249.0 247.8 246.5 244.8 245.4 245.1 244.4 243.8 245.9 247.3 253.0 252.7 254.8 260.8 260.6 253.4 249.7 247.2 243.3 242.8 244.4 255.2 257.0 255.4 130 Chukchi Sea 254.6 253.5 251.8 250.4 250.5 248.0 249.9 253.9 253.3 251.7 254.3 253.8 250.7 247.9 246.4 246.0 243.7 241.5 239.3 242.5 249.8 255.7 256.5 248.9 251.1 263.3 265.0 262.8 252.8 247.1 250.7 132 Beaufort Sea 254.9 255.9 254.7 253.3 252.8 253.5 256.6 258.6 257.7 253.7 253.8 257.1 257.5 255.6 254.6 255.0 255.2 254.5 255.1 255.7 260.5 265.0 266.5 269.4 270.7 267.5 263.1 262.3 260.4 258.0 254.9 134 Arctic Archipelago 253.5 250.4 249.6 250.1 253.1 250.3 249.0 247.9 248.7 249.2 248.5 246.4 244.7 244.3 249.6 254.7 256.2 256.2 256.2 252.6 251.3 254.4 254.0 252.7 262.6 259.7 253.6 253.1 256.1 255.5 256.8 136 Foxe Basin 250.0 249.9 252.0 252.5 254.5 257.3 256.8 255.4 256.1 252.6 247.6 240.2 244.3 244.2 244.1 242.6 252.6 256.8 266.4 269.3 268.1 262.0 255.6 254.6 256.5 258.9 260.4 260.5 265.8 265.1 258.7 138 Baffin Bay 252.0 249.1 246.1 244.7 249.2 249.9 245.9 247.0 247.5 247.2 247.1 246.7 251.2 247.9 241.7 243.8 247.9 253.3 256.2 260.9 265.5 264.8 255.8 252.0 248.9 243.4 243.0 245.4 248.8 249.8 250.3 139 South Greenland 249.6 248.6 247.4 245.9 247.6 248.3 249.2 254.1 258.8 258.8 259.6 256.7 262.6 261.8 262.2 264.9 264.6 266.4 268.7 267.0 266.4 265.8 262.0 259.9 260.3 258.2 252.4 255.9 256.6 255.7 254.4 140 Greenland Sea 250.6 250.9 252.2 252.9 256.4 255.7 246.9 245.1 247.9 252.4 252.2 248.3 256.8 257.3 251.9 243.5 246.9 248.0 255.7 253.2 263.0 266.0 258.1 250.3 247.9 241.6 243.3 243.2 243.9 245.5 246.6 142 Norwegian Sea 275.5 275.6 273.5 273.0 273.1 271.8 273.5 275.7 275.8 276.7 275.6 275.6 275.7 275.5 274.8 276.1 273.3 272.6 271.1 267.9 266.8 266.6 268.6 269.1 268.0 265.3 263.3 262.9 262.0 262.1 266.3 144 Barents Sea 261.6 261.9 262.8 263.4 261.7 259.6 258.2 259.0 263.9 265.4 265.1 266.9 268.0 267.2 264.5 264.9 265.6 262.3 261.5 260.7 260.0 258.8 259.2 257.7 257.4 258.7 261.1 260.7 258.4 256.7 255.5 146 Kara Sea 259.4 258.9 258.7 258.9 258.3 256.1 253.5 251.4 251.2 251.8 251.7 252.6 253.1 253.7 253.2 253.6 255.6 257.9 260.9 261.8 262.6 263.3 262.5 260.0 259.5 261.8 261.8 260.6 258.7 258.9 262.1 148 Laptev Sea 250.8 247.4 245.5 244.4 243.8 245.0 244.7 244.4 244.0 244.8 245.9 244.2 244.7 246.7 247.5 249.0 252.3 253.1 253.5 254.3 255.3 254.2 254.4 254.9 252.0 249.0 247.0 246.3 244.0 242.8 241.5 150 East Siberian Sea 248.9 250.9 249.6 247.0 246.4 246.0 244.4 244.7 245.0 244.9 245.2 246.0 245.3 246.0 247.5 246.2 247.0 248.1 247.3 248.3 249.2 249.0 246.1 244.5 243.2 240.6 240.5 239.0 245.1 251.5 251.9 152 Gulf of Alaska 257.6 257.6 260.9 259.8 260.2 261.3 262.6 260.5 265.9 267.1 268.8 269.9 266.3 261.3 258.5 257.5 256.3 258.1 261.9 270.3 271.0 270.4 268.1 267.3 273.1 274.3 273.6 271.7 271.2 272.0 270.9 154 Southeast Bering Sea 260.1 257.0 256.4 255.0 253.7 251.1 249.2 250.9 263.8 264.0 267.8 266.7 255.4 254.3 251.5 247.8 245.7 245.1 246.9 266.2 267.7 263.2 258.0 256.3 272.5 273.2 273.4 265.1 263.9 270.9 271.8