1948 10 - daily - mean of NCEP Daily Minimum 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 258.7 259.4 259.8 259.2 259.6 260.3 259.9 260.1 260.4 259.6 260.6 260.9 261.5 261.5 262.1 262.3 262.4 262.8 263.3 263.5 263.9 263.3 262.8 263.0 263.4 264.6 264.9 265.0 264.9 264.8 265.3 34 Hudson Bay 276.4 275.5 275.4 276.0 276.1 276.5 276.7 277.2 275.4 275.4 276.0 275.4 276.1 276.7 277.1 277.1 277.5 277.6 276.3 276.1 277.0 276.3 275.4 274.9 275.0 274.9 275.0 275.9 275.9 275.9 275.2 36 Hudson Strait 276.2 275.2 274.9 274.4 272.1 271.3 271.6 271.8 275.3 273.1 273.3 273.7 272.7 274.0 273.9 274.1 274.0 274.2 274.0 274.6 273.2 272.4 271.8 272.6 274.4 274.2 275.2 276.0 276.5 275.1 274.5 98 Bering Strait 256.2 263.1 259.4 258.5 254.0 259.6 250.9 249.6 253.0 252.8 260.5 262.0 262.4 258.3 264.1 261.6 259.3 260.1 263.3 258.9 258.2 260.8 265.6 266.8 266.9 270.5 272.0 269.2 267.4 264.1 266.3 128 Arctic subocean 230.4 234.4 236.5 238.6 234.9 237.1 235.7 243.7 248.2 249.1 248.2 243.6 240.5 239.4 240.9 241.2 239.5 237.7 235.9 237.5 238.3 241.5 245.3 243.2 239.0 243.6 243.5 239.7 240.2 242.4 245.9 130 Chukchi Sea 244.8 247.9 237.6 233.5 241.8 239.6 232.5 236.0 236.9 245.8 249.4 246.8 245.0 245.1 250.0 247.9 243.0 248.6 249.1 247.9 247.7 253.5 264.3 260.9 269.7 268.2 272.1 267.6 268.1 266.7 264.4 132 Beaufort Sea 264.3 265.6 267.5 267.4 266.4 268.9 270.8 263.3 263.7 264.2 262.9 267.1 270.9 269.9 269.2 271.7 270.7 268.7 269.3 270.8 268.6 265.2 263.5 267.0 266.7 268.1 271.0 272.8 272.3 270.6 270.8 134 Arctic Archipelago 237.5 240.4 243.3 241.0 241.9 243.4 249.0 256.8 255.2 251.6 249.6 250.8 249.5 249.4 253.4 254.1 256.9 257.9 257.7 259.5 263.9 262.2 257.4 252.0 254.6 256.6 253.7 253.8 255.0 254.8 257.4 136 Foxe Basin 253.2 250.1 244.7 257.1 245.3 248.1 249.0 245.0 255.8 264.0 260.2 260.6 264.0 260.7 261.8 264.1 259.7 263.5 266.2 262.1 259.5 267.0 267.7 267.3 264.5 264.1 264.2 267.5 266.5 269.7 270.0 138 Baffin Bay 240.5 234.1 242.2 243.0 242.6 245.4 243.9 245.0 247.4 249.5 247.7 249.8 249.0 247.0 249.1 250.8 244.8 242.3 240.3 239.2 239.5 243.7 254.2 255.3 253.4 253.6 253.6 251.9 249.2 250.7 256.3 139 South Greenland 254.3 260.2 255.7 252.0 263.0 259.7 259.3 262.7 256.8 253.2 262.3 260.2 257.1 254.6 251.3 247.3 250.3 249.2 248.4 249.3 248.2 245.7 243.1 248.3 247.7 250.2 251.2 251.7 257.4 266.2 268.8 140 Greenland Sea 238.4 242.2 250.0 241.9 242.6 250.4 250.8 257.7 260.9 256.8 254.9 251.2 248.8 244.8 242.6 240.7 239.9 239.9 239.9 240.7 242.7 241.0 241.7 243.1 243.7 246.2 246.0 245.5 247.0 247.0 253.3 142 Norwegian Sea 254.0 252.9 250.3 244.6 250.4 251.0 257.8 259.8 257.0 258.5 252.4 244.3 243.1 250.9 253.5 258.1 264.1 262.4 258.4 252.7 248.8 256.7 250.2 248.2 258.5 262.8 259.6 260.8 264.4 264.8 261.6 144 Barents Sea 243.6 245.6 248.1 248.9 251.1 248.3 243.5 240.6 241.7 240.8 240.8 244.6 252.0 254.8 252.7 250.9 253.6 258.3 258.6 258.1 255.9 254.1 252.1 251.4 254.2 259.4 264.1 265.9 265.1 262.8 258.6 146 Kara Sea 264.4 264.7 265.5 264.9 265.0 265.3 264.6 263.7 263.8 263.7 264.5 263.4 262.6 262.3 262.0 263.0 263.3 263.4 265.1 266.6 268.0 267.9 266.6 265.9 265.7 267.0 267.9 268.3 268.3 268.2 268.4 148 Laptev Sea 253.8 254.0 254.1 251.9 253.2 253.7 254.9 258.3 257.0 254.2 254.2 255.9 257.6 260.2 262.6 263.3 263.1 263.5 263.3 263.8 262.7 260.4 259.0 258.4 260.3 261.2 258.7 257.6 257.4 257.0 257.0 150 East Siberian Sea 246.6 243.0 241.1 245.2 243.1 242.3 242.9 242.0 249.4 248.0 250.4 249.5 249.9 251.1 251.9 250.2 252.3 254.3 257.0 254.3 259.7 260.6 261.5 264.5 261.5 258.5 257.4 256.9 253.4 251.7 254.3 152 Gulf of Alaska 269.3 271.8 273.2 272.4 269.8 271.5 265.8 266.0 270.1 265.9 269.8 272.3 272.3 271.3 272.4 271.7 270.8 272.1 271.7 269.6 268.5 268.7 270.9 272.7 272.8 274.0 274.3 273.3 272.7 272.1 272.8 154 Southeast Bering Sea 271.5 272.9 272.6 269.3 267.7 268.1 265.4 268.5 267.5 267.2 272.3 272.7 270.7 270.7 269.4 269.4 269.9 272.2 268.3 267.6 268.1 268.8 271.8 273.4 273.7 274.6 274.0 273.6 274.2 274.0 273.6