2008 10 - 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 273.7 273.9 274.5 274.2 273.8 272.9 272.8 272.5 271.9 271.2 270.8 270.3 269.9 269.4 268.8 268.4 267.5 266.5 265.8 265.9 265.7 265.9 266.7 267.4 267.4 266.5 266.6 267.0 266.7 267.0 265.8 34 Hudson Bay 281.5 281.0 280.5 280.8 281.8 281.3 281.9 280.5 278.6 276.5 275.6 276.3 278.2 278.4 275.8 275.2 276.2 276.7 275.5 273.7 274.5 274.7 276.3 277.9 277.4 274.5 270.9 270.8 272.1 274.1 271.9 36 Hudson Strait 275.4 275.8 274.4 272.4 271.9 273.0 272.8 272.9 275.2 275.2 273.5 274.3 272.7 277.3 273.6 270.1 269.3 268.2 271.2 268.7 264.5 267.0 270.6 272.6 273.3 274.1 274.4 274.6 274.2 270.6 267.5 98 Bering Strait 272.0 271.1 271.8 269.9 269.6 268.4 266.7 266.0 265.1 268.1 270.3 268.8 267.5 265.6 264.8 263.4 262.3 261.1 261.7 261.2 260.2 260.9 259.8 259.3 258.0 257.0 260.7 261.6 260.3 261.8 262.4 128 Arctic subocean 257.5 259.7 263.7 258.7 254.4 251.1 256.0 268.7 263.4 257.2 255.8 253.0 251.5 249.0 247.0 248.3 250.4 247.8 248.0 248.0 249.2 250.7 249.4 249.7 246.9 247.1 245.3 243.2 246.6 249.1 250.8 130 Chukchi Sea 269.7 269.9 269.7 270.0 269.3 268.3 267.2 266.1 264.8 264.7 266.7 266.0 265.3 262.9 262.0 265.3 265.4 263.4 263.1 262.8 262.1 261.4 260.1 259.8 260.5 260.5 265.7 268.0 262.6 262.1 264.3 132 Beaufort Sea 280.7 281.6 282.9 281.1 280.2 277.9 274.3 272.3 271.2 271.5 274.5 276.0 275.1 272.9 271.9 271.7 270.5 267.9 267.6 269.9 269.4 270.7 273.0 270.5 268.1 262.7 264.1 266.2 265.3 264.3 264.2 134 Arctic Archipelago 263.3 268.7 270.1 270.1 269.5 270.8 273.2 270.7 267.2 264.1 266.2 269.4 267.3 263.9 261.7 260.3 261.3 259.8 257.1 258.5 259.3 258.2 262.0 263.4 260.9 259.5 257.0 256.6 253.1 252.3 256.4 136 Foxe Basin 268.5 268.9 268.6 269.3 272.2 269.1 271.3 272.2 271.6 269.6 267.6 268.4 271.5 269.9 268.1 267.5 267.0 268.1 264.3 264.5 264.8 264.7 262.1 265.4 269.0 269.3 270.1 267.5 262.6 259.9 258.1 138 Baffin Bay 254.8 253.1 256.1 257.2 253.8 249.4 257.1 266.0 264.9 261.8 257.3 255.2 252.9 249.4 249.8 248.9 248.4 250.2 252.3 252.3 250.5 249.1 247.5 248.6 250.1 250.1 254.9 258.3 258.1 260.9 258.9 139 South Greenland 258.4 257.9 259.0 260.0 257.0 256.8 263.1 263.5 264.7 263.0 260.1 259.9 258.9 255.8 256.7 260.4 254.9 252.7 251.4 255.6 252.9 250.7 248.3 251.2 253.8 254.7 262.1 264.8 263.7 268.0 263.4 140 Greenland Sea 250.1 249.8 253.2 252.9 248.2 244.8 253.3 263.3 266.0 260.7 254.7 250.2 249.6 246.3 245.1 245.0 243.9 242.9 245.8 248.2 249.2 245.8 244.8 245.0 247.7 247.3 247.1 251.8 254.7 258.6 264.3 142 Norwegian Sea 278.1 278.0 277.2 276.1 277.1 278.3 277.2 278.0 279.1 279.9 279.3 278.4 278.0 277.9 276.7 276.3 276.1 276.3 276.6 278.7 277.7 276.2 277.6 278.5 277.3 277.0 275.4 273.5 272.2 271.4 270.2 144 Barents Sea 276.7 277.0 278.9 278.8 279.2 279.2 279.3 277.4 275.0 274.1 274.1 274.9 273.8 272.6 272.0 271.1 271.2 274.7 276.3 275.2 275.5 277.5 276.3 274.6 275.0 275.6 275.1 275.4 274.8 273.9 273.8 146 Kara Sea 277.3 278.2 279.0 279.2 279.1 278.0 276.0 275.3 275.7 276.1 276.1 274.5 273.6 274.0 273.9 273.3 271.6 269.6 267.9 268.1 269.0 270.3 271.6 272.5 272.9 272.4 272.2 272.6 272.6 272.0 269.8 148 Laptev Sea 273.5 272.7 271.9 271.3 270.7 270.6 270.1 269.4 268.8 267.9 266.3 265.3 265.3 266.6 267.3 267.0 267.0 265.5 265.2 264.0 262.6 262.6 263.0 263.5 264.0 265.0 264.9 264.2 263.7 263.5 262.2 150 East Siberian Sea 268.8 268.0 268.6 269.0 268.2 267.9 267.7 267.9 266.9 264.8 263.4 264.1 264.4 264.0 264.2 265.2 261.5 259.7 259.1 259.0 258.4 256.5 259.1 261.2 261.8 261.2 260.9 257.9 257.9 257.2 254.9 152 Gulf of Alaska 276.0 276.6 276.0 274.2 273.8 272.4 272.2 271.5 271.5 275.4 275.5 274.3 271.7 271.6 273.7 272.4 270.4 270.9 272.3 271.7 271.3 270.6 268.0 267.3 264.3 266.9 267.1 266.8 267.4 267.6 266.5 154 Southeast Bering Sea 276.6 276.5 274.7 272.9 272.0 271.0 270.4 269.9 271.0 275.4 273.7 269.2 266.6 268.3 267.0 264.8 263.1 267.6 267.6 265.7 262.8 262.6 260.0 263.4 266.5 263.3 259.9 262.3 266.4 268.7 268.5