2002 03 - 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 258.8 260.4 260.3 259.8 259.0 259.3 259.2 259.6 260.7 260.9 261.0 261.8 261.2 260.6 260.5 261.0 261.9 262.4 262.3 262.5 263.1 263.8 263.7 262.9 263.6 264.3 264.7 264.3 263.9 262.7 262.3 34 Hudson Bay 251.5 255.2 259.1 260.1 256.0 253.2 253.2 256.4 259.8 260.4 258.2 260.3 262.2 260.5 261.1 260.7 261.2 260.9 260.3 260.0 260.3 262.2 262.1 261.7 266.1 268.6 271.3 272.4 272.1 269.7 268.6 36 Hudson Strait 253.3 248.8 248.8 247.2 248.4 249.8 249.7 248.2 254.0 263.7 264.9 252.6 254.1 254.9 253.0 254.6 255.4 257.5 259.6 265.5 266.0 256.6 267.9 267.5 265.3 264.5 266.4 265.6 265.8 266.5 267.3 98 Bering Strait 266.5 265.1 265.8 263.5 261.5 260.8 260.9 261.3 260.0 259.7 258.9 258.8 258.0 260.5 262.7 265.1 266.9 267.0 267.8 268.8 268.2 268.6 267.9 267.8 268.6 268.6 266.7 263.3 262.4 262.5 261.9 128 Arctic subocean 242.3 240.2 240.3 240.3 241.9 242.8 244.3 244.8 252.3 249.5 246.7 247.0 244.6 245.5 244.8 245.5 248.4 255.5 255.1 250.0 249.5 248.8 249.8 248.2 242.5 241.5 245.0 247.0 248.3 246.1 241.1 130 Chukchi Sea 264.5 263.3 261.6 263.5 264.7 262.6 264.0 264.4 263.6 263.2 264.1 260.3 258.4 259.9 262.8 270.1 272.0 272.7 271.3 271.6 270.4 270.7 270.4 267.2 266.1 265.0 260.9 255.8 259.2 265.4 268.4 132 Beaufort Sea 261.4 266.0 266.6 261.4 253.6 255.6 256.8 257.1 256.3 255.4 256.6 255.8 255.2 257.0 257.6 257.3 258.2 257.8 257.9 262.0 266.8 268.0 267.5 267.6 267.6 268.8 267.8 264.7 260.2 258.2 259.3 134 Arctic Archipelago 247.8 255.7 252.4 245.7 247.0 250.8 250.5 249.6 248.3 247.2 247.5 250.6 251.5 252.2 250.5 249.4 251.7 252.5 253.7 257.6 259.6 258.8 256.2 258.0 257.0 254.9 254.9 254.8 251.5 251.6 252.2 136 Foxe Basin 248.4 251.4 248.9 248.0 248.3 248.0 247.4 245.9 246.8 245.3 244.3 247.8 246.8 246.4 248.7 249.7 250.7 250.1 248.6 247.4 252.3 259.4 260.0 261.3 260.6 258.0 255.3 259.1 264.0 266.0 265.4 138 Baffin Bay 246.4 250.1 241.3 237.0 237.6 237.2 235.1 237.0 240.1 239.8 239.8 250.9 250.8 245.0 243.0 243.4 248.1 248.4 247.1 245.3 243.3 246.3 251.4 251.2 249.3 248.3 248.8 248.5 249.5 249.5 247.5 139 South Greenland 265.0 260.2 248.2 245.7 247.6 247.8 245.7 248.0 247.9 247.2 252.0 260.2 256.4 250.4 253.1 256.9 257.1 257.4 257.7 256.1 257.6 261.8 262.9 262.8 263.1 260.7 257.9 255.8 258.2 257.3 257.8 140 Greenland Sea 242.7 246.4 242.2 237.3 235.7 235.8 233.7 241.0 246.6 244.9 239.4 245.0 245.8 243.7 240.4 241.0 243.9 248.6 248.9 245.7 245.3 243.7 247.6 249.0 247.8 248.4 250.2 252.2 249.2 247.8 246.0 142 Norwegian Sea 270.7 268.9 271.3 272.3 271.4 269.9 270.8 272.1 271.7 270.6 271.4 271.1 271.2 274.2 274.9 273.6 274.3 274.5 273.8 272.6 273.3 273.2 273.4 274.1 275.3 275.1 275.5 276.0 275.3 274.6 274.5 144 Barents Sea 270.8 269.3 266.0 264.4 264.6 267.1 269.0 268.8 266.8 266.8 267.2 265.1 264.3 265.2 267.9 269.1 268.0 268.6 272.3 273.0 272.5 271.6 269.5 266.6 268.1 269.4 268.4 265.1 267.0 262.8 260.1 146 Kara Sea 265.6 267.7 268.9 269.6 270.0 269.7 268.4 267.9 270.2 270.1 269.7 268.9 268.9 267.9 266.2 266.5 268.2 268.4 265.8 265.5 266.4 267.4 267.1 265.1 265.7 267.3 268.0 267.7 267.4 265.6 266.0 148 Laptev Sea 253.7 254.9 256.0 257.2 258.3 259.6 261.5 260.7 260.0 262.5 264.6 265.2 261.7 260.4 261.3 261.2 261.0 261.8 263.6 262.9 261.7 260.7 260.4 259.3 259.8 260.3 261.4 261.7 261.1 262.1 261.6 150 East Siberian Sea 249.5 248.3 250.7 257.3 259.6 262.7 260.4 259.7 260.7 259.4 259.0 259.5 259.0 259.7 259.5 259.1 258.3 258.4 260.1 260.2 261.4 262.7 260.7 260.4 260.2 259.8 260.6 263.5 265.5 264.6 261.5 152 Gulf of Alaska 271.5 270.4 269.4 267.4 262.4 262.8 263.8 263.3 262.6 262.0 263.0 263.6 263.6 264.8 265.5 268.2 269.0 268.6 269.2 269.7 269.8 270.4 269.9 270.0 271.9 272.4 271.4 270.2 269.9 267.0 266.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 271.4 270.3 268.5 268.0 267.0 265.6 266.8 268.1 268.6 266.6 266.3 264.9 265.2 271.5 272.7 274.6 273.7 273.5 273.2 273.5 272.5 272.9 271.5 272.0 272.6 272.6 271.6 271.3 269.5 264.6 266.3