2002 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 255.4 253.9 253.5 253.7 253.9 254.9 254.7 255.7 257.9 258.9 258.8 257.2 257.1 257.2 256.9 256.6 256.4 256.1 255.8 255.6 255.3 254.6 255.3 256.2 255.9 255.3 254.5 253.1 252.0 251.7 252.2 34 Hudson Bay 259.5 257.3 257.3 259.6 259.3 262.1 260.7 259.0 263.1 263.4 266.4 265.2 263.2 264.2 264.4 265.2 266.8 267.5 267.9 267.2 265.5 263.9 261.7 261.4 261.9 264.0 266.5 263.9 260.0 259.1 261.5 36 Hudson Strait 259.9 261.5 261.8 261.3 259.4 257.1 260.2 259.8 252.9 251.6 257.9 263.6 256.3 254.2 255.1 256.4 261.5 263.4 261.9 265.3 269.5 270.2 267.9 264.5 259.4 258.0 257.2 260.7 262.4 256.6 255.4 98 Bering Strait 267.9 264.4 265.8 268.2 267.5 268.8 269.3 268.2 266.9 264.0 263.5 264.6 263.9 261.1 259.0 258.0 253.8 255.3 259.6 260.4 257.9 259.1 264.0 261.8 258.8 254.4 250.4 250.1 249.9 248.9 250.1 128 Arctic subocean 247.1 241.5 242.6 240.3 243.9 252.1 256.9 255.3 253.9 252.6 254.0 259.3 257.9 253.4 251.1 251.5 250.7 244.2 243.1 246.1 246.2 243.0 236.7 244.9 247.0 249.2 252.1 253.8 251.2 250.6 251.1 130 Chukchi Sea 261.5 257.1 259.7 264.4 268.2 268.2 268.1 266.7 267.9 266.6 263.9 262.0 260.8 259.5 256.2 252.5 250.5 253.1 259.9 262.2 261.6 257.1 254.9 256.0 255.5 253.7 250.6 247.8 246.1 244.5 250.5 132 Beaufort Sea 269.8 264.7 262.7 263.6 264.2 262.9 263.1 270.6 269.9 267.1 264.3 264.1 268.6 267.3 266.2 265.5 263.5 263.9 261.7 259.0 258.9 257.6 264.0 267.4 265.7 264.3 260.5 254.3 251.7 254.0 257.2 134 Arctic Archipelago 250.1 254.7 259.4 254.1 250.9 250.2 248.3 249.6 248.4 251.6 255.0 255.7 256.7 260.9 263.7 259.6 256.6 255.8 256.1 257.1 256.6 254.8 251.0 248.0 245.8 247.2 245.6 244.6 243.6 246.0 249.2 136 Foxe Basin 253.4 255.3 253.9 253.4 253.7 254.1 255.9 260.1 259.8 260.5 256.8 256.7 257.5 257.4 257.2 260.1 262.5 260.5 252.0 252.3 253.2 252.4 252.0 248.6 241.5 240.7 243.7 248.3 250.9 249.6 241.7 138 Baffin Bay 256.3 251.8 247.8 247.7 253.8 258.2 254.0 251.9 261.4 262.9 263.2 257.3 251.6 252.8 249.5 249.7 250.5 246.5 243.7 243.7 244.4 242.3 241.8 243.6 247.2 250.7 250.7 249.1 250.4 254.4 252.5 139 South Greenland 260.6 258.2 257.7 255.7 261.5 261.3 255.0 259.4 264.4 264.4 262.3 255.9 259.3 258.4 252.1 250.5 260.0 258.9 256.2 255.8 253.1 247.1 247.1 250.5 255.4 255.3 253.8 255.8 256.6 256.8 255.2 140 Greenland Sea 251.4 247.2 247.5 251.2 254.7 262.0 256.6 249.8 254.9 260.1 260.5 254.2 249.3 250.1 247.8 244.6 246.5 242.2 239.8 238.4 240.2 238.1 241.4 252.2 253.8 252.8 257.4 255.9 249.7 250.6 250.2 142 Norwegian Sea 269.4 269.1 269.9 270.5 269.8 270.3 269.1 271.8 271.8 272.2 274.2 274.0 272.4 270.4 270.1 270.3 273.3 274.0 273.7 271.4 267.5 265.6 264.1 266.3 268.9 270.9 269.8 267.0 266.4 265.1 267.9 144 Barents Sea 264.0 261.8 262.2 261.0 263.4 264.9 258.9 260.1 261.4 264.2 263.3 261.9 263.2 268.9 268.9 267.6 265.4 264.2 262.8 261.9 263.1 261.4 258.8 259.0 255.3 252.8 255.3 254.1 251.7 250.1 254.5 146 Kara Sea 252.9 252.7 250.6 250.2 248.6 250.3 251.7 252.2 255.3 256.9 254.9 253.2 253.7 254.2 256.5 257.9 257.8 256.4 255.8 255.6 254.8 254.5 255.8 257.6 258.2 257.6 256.8 254.9 253.3 252.3 251.7 148 Laptev Sea 240.2 238.9 237.9 238.1 239.3 238.0 240.3 242.4 245.4 249.2 251.5 249.1 248.2 246.7 244.6 243.9 242.8 244.2 244.5 244.4 245.5 247.1 248.6 248.9 248.9 247.5 245.4 244.2 245.2 244.3 242.8 150 East Siberian Sea 246.6 246.8 249.6 252.2 250.0 251.1 253.7 254.1 254.5 253.0 252.3 250.5 250.0 249.8 247.9 243.9 240.9 240.1 242.2 244.2 245.3 245.9 245.6 243.9 242.9 241.2 238.9 241.7 244.1 245.0 245.4 152 Gulf of Alaska 274.1 271.7 273.7 273.4 272.7 272.3 273.0 273.5 273.2 273.3 272.1 271.5 269.6 267.7 267.4 268.3 269.7 269.8 268.1 266.3 264.9 271.7 272.8 271.6 268.4 263.4 261.6 262.2 264.5 265.5 266.4 154 Southeast Bering Sea 271.3 273.7 275.0 274.8 274.9 275.4 274.9 274.3 274.3 273.9 270.6 266.8 265.7 265.7 263.6 263.2 260.5 261.6 268.4 269.5 269.4 269.1 268.2 265.2 261.1 258.7 256.3 254.4 255.1 254.0 251.6