2004 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 255.8 254.8 253.6 252.6 251.5 251.6 251.6 250.8 251.0 251.6 252.4 253.2 253.1 253.1 252.9 252.8 253.3 253.4 253.0 252.2 251.2 251.9 253.3 253.4 253.5 253.4 253.6 254.2 254.3 253.8 253.6 34 Hudson Bay 258.3 259.9 263.3 262.8 255.6 256.1 256.8 257.9 258.9 261.7 262.6 261.6 259.7 263.8 264.5 261.9 261.1 258.4 254.1 254.8 251.1 247.6 248.0 248.4 248.2 250.6 254.3 259.6 258.1 255.0 255.1 36 Hudson Strait 263.2 259.1 258.8 260.0 261.7 259.8 260.1 257.8 262.3 259.8 255.9 255.2 260.0 261.0 260.6 252.6 255.1 251.6 251.0 242.8 243.7 250.8 250.7 258.0 251.7 247.1 247.5 250.5 251.7 247.4 244.8 98 Bering Strait 266.7 265.7 262.0 256.2 251.4 251.5 253.8 253.6 253.6 254.5 258.0 259.6 257.9 255.8 255.4 258.7 260.9 262.1 260.6 255.1 251.9 261.5 263.1 261.0 259.5 263.5 262.3 258.5 257.1 257.4 262.5 128 Arctic subocean 241.2 245.4 245.9 245.2 242.8 240.9 237.8 238.4 242.9 243.6 243.7 242.6 239.5 237.4 237.9 235.5 239.8 241.6 242.0 241.9 245.9 246.3 245.0 242.7 245.8 248.7 244.4 244.0 249.8 252.8 250.6 130 Chukchi Sea 266.1 262.1 258.0 252.1 250.3 249.0 251.3 250.9 252.8 252.3 251.7 248.1 248.2 249.2 251.5 254.3 260.9 261.5 258.2 255.5 247.5 245.5 248.0 249.8 264.5 266.8 258.8 252.7 265.6 266.8 269.3 132 Beaufort Sea 262.0 264.2 259.8 253.6 249.0 248.8 248.7 248.1 254.4 258.0 256.9 260.4 262.6 261.2 260.1 257.9 258.7 257.7 259.3 254.1 249.5 253.0 265.6 265.7 259.6 257.7 262.2 259.2 255.9 250.9 251.1 134 Arctic Archipelago 242.0 242.3 239.7 242.1 243.9 242.0 244.6 245.6 243.7 241.9 240.0 243.8 244.7 242.0 241.7 239.2 236.7 238.0 238.5 239.0 241.7 242.2 242.8 241.7 246.5 247.1 247.4 244.3 245.4 249.0 249.6 136 Foxe Basin 256.5 249.1 248.5 250.5 251.7 248.6 245.2 245.7 254.1 255.1 250.1 248.6 249.4 247.9 243.2 237.2 235.1 235.0 236.6 237.0 235.5 235.8 234.2 233.6 237.7 243.6 243.0 242.2 240.1 238.1 237.3 138 Baffin Bay 250.5 246.8 243.5 242.4 241.9 242.1 242.3 239.1 239.5 242.7 245.1 243.4 242.1 241.6 242.1 241.7 242.9 244.3 246.4 239.5 236.6 235.2 236.4 239.4 248.3 247.9 237.3 239.1 243.5 239.7 239.6 139 South Greenland 257.8 252.4 251.9 253.2 253.3 250.7 251.7 250.7 246.4 245.2 249.3 250.3 247.3 246.8 248.3 246.7 245.0 251.7 251.3 248.1 243.7 240.0 241.3 246.5 256.3 254.2 246.1 247.3 244.7 242.6 240.5 140 Greenland Sea 248.3 246.9 244.8 242.9 242.5 242.8 242.2 241.2 238.7 240.8 243.4 243.9 240.2 241.3 242.6 240.1 241.7 242.1 244.1 239.1 238.0 239.8 243.1 246.0 248.9 248.3 248.7 251.0 248.6 246.0 243.5 142 Norwegian Sea 274.9 270.9 272.6 275.1 274.7 275.3 275.4 275.0 275.7 276.6 275.0 273.8 276.1 276.5 275.8 275.1 275.0 273.2 270.5 269.4 271.5 274.7 271.5 268.1 268.8 271.5 273.2 274.7 274.3 276.0 274.7 144 Barents Sea 261.4 261.5 259.8 258.8 257.9 257.1 256.4 260.0 261.6 261.1 263.4 265.3 265.3 265.3 267.5 269.0 268.5 269.1 270.5 271.9 268.7 265.7 263.1 262.1 264.3 266.4 267.6 266.5 262.5 265.3 269.2 146 Kara Sea 258.1 255.9 254.3 254.2 255.1 256.2 256.6 253.8 252.0 252.6 254.0 255.6 256.3 256.0 255.5 256.6 258.2 257.5 256.9 257.0 256.6 255.8 255.3 253.9 252.5 252.4 253.4 256.0 258.9 259.5 258.1 148 Laptev Sea 245.1 243.9 242.7 242.9 244.1 242.9 241.2 240.9 241.8 240.8 239.6 238.8 239.0 239.2 238.0 239.6 240.6 242.0 242.6 244.6 248.1 251.1 253.2 254.9 253.2 251.5 251.5 249.7 248.5 249.6 249.3 150 East Siberian Sea 245.2 244.2 245.0 244.4 246.2 247.8 245.3 243.1 241.9 241.3 242.0 243.3 243.4 240.9 240.1 239.7 238.7 238.3 239.6 243.3 245.2 247.0 248.6 251.0 250.9 245.0 242.1 242.5 245.0 243.2 241.1 152 Gulf of Alaska 273.7 273.5 271.3 266.4 261.9 265.9 267.2 267.3 266.0 268.5 270.2 272.1 272.3 271.7 271.3 273.8 273.3 274.2 273.6 268.7 267.1 274.8 275.2 268.0 264.8 266.5 269.1 267.7 263.1 260.8 264.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 273.7 271.5 267.3 266.6 265.0 272.1 272.0 270.3 265.2 262.0 271.5 271.2 270.0 267.3 268.8 273.2 272.6 272.8 269.6 264.0 264.1 271.3 269.8 251.2 266.4 271.4 269.9 266.9 263.0 271.0 272.6