2003 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 254.8 255.1 256.3 257.1 258.2 258.1 258.6 259.0 259.3 259.2 259.1 258.9 258.0 257.6 258.1 258.6 258.3 258.8 259.7 260.3 259.8 259.0 258.7 258.0 258.4 258.4 257.7 256.6 256.3 255.2 254.6 34 Hudson Bay 263.9 262.1 266.2 266.8 263.2 264.4 266.2 264.6 261.0 256.3 255.3 258.2 259.8 262.1 262.4 263.8 266.5 266.1 263.0 262.4 264.2 265.4 265.1 267.4 269.0 268.1 267.5 266.1 262.4 256.6 255.9 36 Hudson Strait 264.0 260.5 260.2 259.8 261.0 260.7 260.3 264.1 265.1 266.7 263.9 266.0 265.7 261.2 264.1 264.1 265.5 268.8 271.7 268.0 257.8 253.3 253.6 256.5 259.3 263.2 264.3 266.0 266.7 263.4 252.7 98 Bering Strait 253.9 252.7 251.8 257.0 257.6 255.7 258.1 261.8 263.2 264.6 265.0 263.3 260.6 258.2 258.2 256.8 256.5 257.8 260.3 261.2 259.3 261.5 259.7 256.1 256.8 257.5 256.9 259.3 264.7 264.0 261.6 128 Arctic subocean 244.1 245.6 246.1 255.0 255.1 247.5 245.0 247.5 247.4 244.3 244.3 247.7 245.4 243.5 242.6 245.3 244.7 243.4 247.4 250.4 257.8 257.8 250.3 247.0 248.2 245.6 240.9 242.7 240.2 240.0 239.0 130 Chukchi Sea 251.8 245.9 246.3 248.1 249.4 251.5 251.0 256.0 261.3 265.1 263.5 257.6 254.2 250.4 251.5 250.2 249.6 249.3 251.6 251.4 252.3 251.8 252.4 247.1 248.1 252.2 257.1 260.7 268.9 267.8 265.1 132 Beaufort Sea 261.2 266.0 268.5 259.7 261.0 260.6 256.7 254.1 255.4 255.3 255.7 258.3 257.3 253.7 256.5 262.1 262.9 262.7 264.7 267.4 267.4 269.4 270.9 268.0 264.2 262.9 259.4 254.5 253.2 254.1 253.8 134 Arctic Archipelago 247.6 249.3 260.5 261.2 253.2 246.0 245.3 242.2 246.0 249.4 248.0 244.7 242.4 242.2 242.3 244.2 245.4 244.7 245.4 250.1 252.1 253.7 259.9 257.2 254.6 251.2 250.6 248.3 247.7 246.1 247.4 136 Foxe Basin 251.9 253.3 254.5 260.7 262.9 257.0 256.5 256.8 252.3 250.2 247.1 249.7 251.9 253.2 254.8 260.0 258.3 253.5 263.0 267.4 264.7 255.7 255.5 255.5 260.6 259.8 259.2 258.4 253.7 246.2 243.9 138 Baffin Bay 248.7 248.9 245.7 251.1 258.1 254.8 251.5 246.8 242.1 239.5 238.8 238.7 239.6 246.0 249.8 250.9 247.0 245.4 249.3 261.1 263.8 259.5 255.2 250.4 249.3 249.1 247.9 246.2 245.1 243.3 243.1 139 South Greenland 261.3 257.7 252.2 249.8 260.5 260.1 254.2 250.5 250.3 251.3 252.5 246.9 251.2 258.7 255.5 251.8 250.0 250.1 254.0 259.4 261.0 258.7 254.9 251.3 249.9 249.2 251.4 250.4 250.1 251.2 254.2 140 Greenland Sea 250.8 250.6 243.1 246.4 255.7 255.3 250.4 247.9 240.3 237.9 238.0 238.0 236.9 241.4 243.3 245.0 243.2 241.8 243.6 248.8 251.7 248.9 247.3 245.1 243.9 243.6 241.2 240.4 237.4 236.0 237.5 142 Norwegian Sea 276.1 275.2 275.7 277.0 274.0 274.0 276.4 273.9 274.0 276.4 275.0 271.0 272.3 273.4 271.4 272.2 272.7 275.3 274.4 269.2 266.0 265.8 268.0 274.6 274.0 272.9 271.1 271.0 269.8 269.7 268.8 144 Barents Sea 270.6 271.1 270.9 269.0 269.7 268.4 266.8 265.8 264.6 267.6 270.3 270.5 268.5 266.7 267.3 267.8 264.2 261.6 264.6 267.0 264.6 264.8 264.8 264.2 266.6 269.4 267.7 267.7 269.0 269.5 267.9 146 Kara Sea 253.2 254.3 255.6 256.5 257.4 258.5 261.8 265.6 266.6 266.2 264.2 263.0 262.8 262.7 263.2 263.1 262.9 264.7 263.6 262.8 263.6 263.0 262.8 262.8 263.0 260.7 259.8 260.7 260.8 259.9 260.7 148 Laptev Sea 244.5 244.9 245.5 248.6 252.4 254.6 255.4 254.8 257.7 260.4 263.6 263.0 257.9 255.2 255.3 255.1 254.0 255.4 258.9 255.7 250.1 246.3 246.5 246.3 249.1 253.2 251.4 245.5 246.1 246.6 244.9 150 East Siberian Sea 243.5 243.9 243.2 246.3 248.6 248.4 249.0 250.4 250.8 250.0 250.0 253.4 252.0 247.3 246.7 244.8 243.9 243.5 243.6 244.6 243.8 242.2 241.2 241.4 243.0 244.5 247.4 248.2 247.4 246.3 244.7 152 Gulf of Alaska 267.1 264.3 269.0 271.0 268.3 263.5 268.7 269.9 271.4 270.8 271.7 271.3 269.7 268.7 270.3 270.6 269.1 270.3 272.1 271.3 270.4 271.4 267.9 264.6 263.0 262.3 262.0 266.4 271.2 271.8 268.7 154 Southeast Bering Sea 256.6 257.9 262.9 270.4 268.3 258.9 264.8 269.4 273.7 273.3 269.9 267.2 262.9 265.0 266.8 264.9 258.6 265.1 267.6 264.0 263.2 255.2 254.1 251.5 249.9 256.3 267.3 272.4 273.9 271.9 266.2