1968 02 - daily  - mean of daily NCEP sigma-0.995 temperature with 25-km topography correction (K); RIMS mask V1; C. Oelke, NSIDC, May 2003
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	248.1	248.0	248.6	249.6	250.8	251.1	251.7	251.9	252.4	252.1	251.8	251.9	252.1	251.6	250.7	250.0	250.2	250.8	251.7	252.4	253.5	254.3	255.0	255.4	255.6	255.9	256.9	257.6	257.3	-9999.0	-9999.0
34	Hudson Bay	249.8	250.4	255.2	255.3	258.1	255.6	254.0	252.2	251.5	251.8	253.6	254.6	256.3	256.7	254.3	250.3	247.5	246.9	247.7	246.2	247.6	251.9	255.1	259.3	261.4	261.4	260.7	259.3	260.1	-9999.0	-9999.0
36	Hudson Strait	248.7	241.8	242.4	252.9	249.9	254.1	256.6	242.8	240.5	250.0	263.9	261.6	257.1	253.9	251.6	254.0	253.3	247.5	247.4	257.8	262.6	259.7	258.3	257.1	255.8	254.2	251.7	250.4	252.2	-9999.0	-9999.0
98	Bering Strait	245.5	245.2	243.1	241.3	241.7	244.5	251.8	260.4	261.5	261.6	259.2	258.6	259.1	262.5	262.2	259.5	256.4	253.2	251.3	251.8	251.3	250.3	249.5	250.6	252.8	256.8	262.5	264.6	263.2	-9999.0	-9999.0
128	Arctic subocean	233.3	235.0	235.1	235.3	237.5	238.4	235.4	234.8	238.0	238.6	237.1	237.5	239.7	239.1	238.5	236.4	238.4	239.4	243.0	247.1	248.5	243.6	240.9	239.8	236.6	234.1	233.2	232.2	233.0	-9999.0	-9999.0
130	Chukchi Sea	250.2	248.1	243.2	242.5	241.8	240.7	239.2	241.1	244.7	247.7	245.2	245.9	252.0	260.6	259.9	253.6	251.3	249.9	247.5	245.9	243.1	239.6	238.1	239.2	240.4	245.9	245.6	250.8	247.8	-9999.0	-9999.0
132	Beaufort Sea	240.0	239.5	237.0	241.5	244.4	250.0	257.4	261.9	267.3	267.1	265.8	263.5	262.0	260.4	256.9	250.6	247.6	246.3	245.9	247.1	251.6	257.0	260.7	260.4	259.7	261.2	266.7	269.6	269.9	-9999.0	-9999.0
134	Arctic Archipelago	234.9	232.8	234.1	232.3	233.1	232.2	232.4	234.5	242.8	246.2	247.4	250.1	249.2	245.8	240.8	237.2	239.4	240.4	241.3	239.5	239.9	244.1	248.8	246.9	244.4	241.8	241.6	251.0	246.1	-9999.0	-9999.0
136	Foxe Basin	239.8	237.0	237.1	244.4	236.0	241.1	242.7	238.1	236.1	237.1	241.7	241.2	242.7	241.6	241.1	243.1	252.9	255.1	256.0	252.0	251.1	248.8	247.9	251.5	248.1	242.7	239.2	242.4	244.7	-9999.0	-9999.0
138	Baffin Bay	237.1	236.2	234.9	234.5	238.2	237.6	238.4	244.1	246.7	241.5	237.2	235.4	236.4	236.2	238.7	242.2	245.7	251.0	256.5	257.8	256.1	249.3	248.6	247.9	243.7	240.3	238.7	235.3	232.5	-9999.0	-9999.0
139	South Greenland	245.1	243.6	240.4	239.5	246.8	249.0	255.3	260.2	258.9	253.1	251.6	252.1	248.8	250.1	256.0	259.6	259.5	260.4	260.6	260.5	260.6	258.1	258.4	254.4	255.3	255.3	251.4	245.9	244.4	-9999.0	-9999.0
140	Greenland Sea	234.4	234.3	232.1	231.5	233.1	238.3	238.4	245.7	249.4	243.3	235.9	234.5	235.0	237.9	239.5	241.6	242.9	247.0	251.6	252.1	253.2	249.1	246.1	246.4	244.0	239.4	238.5	238.2	236.1	-9999.0	-9999.0
142	Norwegian Sea	268.8	268.5	268.1	266.5	267.5	267.3	267.5	268.6	269.1	269.8	271.1	270.5	269.8	266.9	264.8	266.3	266.2	266.4	268.0	268.6	267.4	266.1	266.6	267.7	271.0	274.2	274.5	274.8	274.9	-9999.0	-9999.0
144	Barents Sea	263.7	266.7	267.6	265.9	263.1	261.5	259.3	256.7	259.3	260.9	260.8	263.5	261.1	261.6	261.3	260.0	261.0	261.6	260.6	262.4	262.0	259.3	258.4	257.9	258.3	259.9	260.6	260.6	260.5	-9999.0	-9999.0
146	Kara Sea	251.5	252.1	253.9	255.9	256.1	255.6	254.9	253.7	252.9	252.9	252.8	253.0	253.3	250.9	250.5	251.3	252.7	254.1	255.7	257.7	259.1	259.3	258.0	257.4	258.2	259.0	260.2	261.4	260.9	-9999.0	-9999.0
148	Laptev Sea	247.1	247.2	247.7	249.7	251.4	249.5	247.1	245.5	244.6	244.4	243.4	242.4	244.1	243.8	242.4	242.4	242.9	243.5	245.9	247.5	249.3	252.2	254.5	256.6	255.1	254.3	254.9	254.9	256.0	-9999.0	-9999.0
150	East Siberian Sea	255.8	253.9	252.6	249.8	250.4	251.5	249.4	246.6	241.7	238.3	237.6	239.0	239.3	240.8	241.7	246.8	251.5	254.6	252.5	249.7	247.6	246.4	245.1	244.4	245.3	246.6	249.9	252.5	251.9	-9999.0	-9999.0
152	Gulf of Alaska	248.8	249.6	250.4	250.7	254.2	262.7	271.4	272.9	272.9	273.1	272.2	271.5	270.9	271.7	269.5	267.9	265.7	265.3	265.6	267.6	268.2	267.9	268.3	268.9	270.2	272.6	274.9	273.7	273.3	-9999.0	-9999.0
154	Southeast Bering Sea	250.5	253.9	250.5	247.8	244.1	247.4	257.6	266.6	266.4	265.9	264.8	271.9	274.3	273.1	270.5	265.9	260.4	261.1	261.1	255.7	253.4	248.5	249.7	253.4	264.4	269.3	272.7	271.3	267.9	-9999.0	-9999.0