2008 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 255.2 253.7 253.5 254.8 255.0 254.5 252.9 250.7 251.3 252.3 251.5 252.9 252.6 251.5 251.4 251.3 250.3 248.8 248.8 250.8 252.4 252.2 251.6 251.1 250.2 251.0 253.9 254.2 253.0 253.2 253.6 34 Hudson Bay 261.9 263.1 261.0 258.1 258.2 256.0 255.4 253.8 251.8 251.8 251.9 252.9 250.7 247.8 248.5 248.8 248.5 246.4 245.1 246.7 248.2 249.2 250.0 249.9 249.0 252.1 257.1 259.3 255.6 251.7 250.2 36 Hudson Strait 263.6 262.5 262.8 264.1 260.9 259.1 258.9 256.2 255.1 253.0 250.8 252.1 252.8 251.5 249.8 254.8 249.8 246.3 246.6 246.5 245.2 245.4 245.7 250.3 243.8 241.5 240.9 252.2 260.3 254.6 251.8 98 Bering Strait 254.9 251.3 252.4 259.0 260.0 258.5 258.2 255.1 255.1 257.9 256.0 256.8 256.9 257.5 261.7 261.9 257.9 257.1 258.8 260.1 257.6 257.4 258.0 256.3 252.6 249.4 250.2 249.7 247.0 246.2 244.3 128 Arctic subocean 251.5 243.2 242.0 239.4 238.3 238.1 241.9 238.6 238.3 242.1 244.7 244.5 246.6 244.3 241.7 240.2 243.4 244.1 246.7 251.0 248.4 243.1 239.6 242.3 244.8 242.5 237.7 242.1 243.0 242.0 242.3 130 Chukchi Sea 247.9 251.4 249.6 252.6 254.0 250.6 252.9 256.9 256.2 254.1 250.8 256.1 267.4 266.3 265.6 258.5 263.3 267.7 261.8 258.4 258.7 261.7 263.4 259.3 254.8 251.8 250.3 247.0 245.3 249.4 252.3 132 Beaufort Sea 263.9 257.5 253.1 254.0 256.3 254.2 253.4 247.9 247.9 253.5 255.7 255.0 250.2 251.9 258.6 261.2 255.4 251.3 248.1 249.5 250.3 250.1 249.7 251.2 252.5 249.6 253.3 249.8 245.5 244.4 243.4 134 Arctic Archipelago 250.0 251.4 250.9 248.3 243.9 244.0 241.3 240.6 240.7 246.9 245.1 240.2 243.2 244.6 246.0 242.2 243.0 243.2 243.9 248.2 249.8 243.9 238.0 237.3 237.7 242.4 242.9 241.7 239.8 237.6 239.5 136 Foxe Basin 255.6 256.1 255.6 252.2 251.9 250.7 248.2 248.6 244.5 244.5 240.5 242.0 240.3 238.5 240.2 241.5 244.1 240.3 241.3 239.6 240.5 240.0 240.0 237.5 232.8 233.4 239.8 244.0 244.8 250.1 257.7 138 Baffin Bay 252.9 252.5 249.3 249.3 247.9 248.3 245.6 242.5 247.3 250.1 245.8 246.2 247.2 249.7 246.7 241.1 244.2 241.4 242.9 243.1 244.9 245.1 244.7 242.2 237.7 240.0 245.6 242.4 238.8 242.0 252.3 139 South Greenland 259.4 255.5 254.9 253.5 252.6 250.6 246.8 249.4 258.5 256.1 248.6 251.3 251.5 252.9 245.9 245.7 244.2 242.0 243.3 246.1 248.1 250.0 250.5 250.1 246.1 253.2 259.1 250.1 243.6 252.2 257.9 140 Greenland Sea 248.0 249.7 243.4 244.7 243.1 243.5 243.8 243.6 244.5 252.3 247.0 246.8 250.5 249.8 249.0 253.8 250.2 245.7 245.6 244.5 244.8 245.1 247.3 245.9 243.8 243.5 251.5 249.0 240.7 239.8 247.8 142 Norwegian Sea 270.3 268.9 270.9 270.2 268.5 267.8 270.0 272.5 270.0 265.1 267.5 267.5 268.3 270.4 272.8 274.3 275.1 274.9 273.9 271.7 271.6 271.4 270.9 273.0 275.5 275.2 272.0 272.1 273.2 273.9 271.2 144 Barents Sea 268.4 271.3 271.4 271.0 270.7 267.9 264.2 265.9 263.4 263.5 265.7 266.5 264.7 264.4 266.9 264.1 264.6 264.9 267.4 267.4 266.1 263.8 263.5 262.8 263.5 267.0 269.1 268.0 268.0 270.3 267.7 146 Kara Sea 253.1 250.9 254.8 259.5 260.5 260.3 258.3 255.6 257.5 257.3 256.1 259.5 260.8 257.7 254.9 254.7 254.1 251.6 252.0 255.8 259.4 259.1 257.9 255.7 254.2 254.7 257.5 258.9 258.7 259.8 260.7 148 Laptev Sea 246.0 242.9 240.0 239.6 240.8 241.7 239.7 238.5 239.8 241.3 241.6 242.2 240.3 239.6 238.9 236.6 236.9 238.1 238.3 241.6 245.2 244.5 242.9 244.6 246.7 246.3 248.4 250.5 251.4 251.6 252.7 150 East Siberian Sea 249.7 249.5 246.8 250.0 249.2 255.6 253.6 244.3 240.6 237.2 238.2 245.0 245.7 244.0 243.5 250.7 248.3 247.7 246.2 245.7 244.2 245.9 246.6 244.9 244.1 244.4 249.2 253.0 257.6 258.6 253.1 152 Gulf of Alaska 262.7 259.8 266.1 271.5 271.9 271.1 270.4 266.8 268.8 269.8 266.5 262.0 259.3 259.8 263.7 265.5 262.2 261.6 263.1 261.2 258.6 259.7 264.0 263.8 260.7 264.3 261.3 257.9 255.0 255.1 253.4 154 Southeast Bering Sea 252.7 261.5 270.3 273.5 273.7 271.7 265.5 264.0 264.7 261.6 263.8 263.5 263.2 265.5 270.0 266.5 270.0 272.4 271.6 268.8 265.1 268.2 270.1 266.9 267.0 259.9 254.1 253.5 252.1 248.9 248.0