1950 05 - 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 263.1 262.7 262.6 262.2 261.5 261.1 260.8 260.7 260.3 259.8 259.9 260.1 260.0 259.7 259.9 259.8 259.7 260.5 261.7 262.5 262.5 262.1 261.8 260.9 260.7 260.8 261.0 260.1 259.7 260.0 260.7 34 Hudson Bay 278.0 277.8 278.5 278.8 278.1 278.3 278.8 277.7 276.6 277.1 278.0 278.2 278.0 277.2 276.6 276.8 277.0 277.0 277.5 277.8 277.6 277.1 277.0 277.4 276.3 276.6 277.9 278.3 278.4 278.1 277.6 36 Hudson Strait 274.0 272.8 271.8 273.8 276.5 275.0 273.3 273.6 273.8 275.5 274.8 273.6 273.9 273.0 272.6 272.3 272.0 272.0 274.6 274.3 272.5 272.0 273.3 273.5 273.5 273.5 274.3 276.5 276.9 277.2 276.1 98 Bering Strait 268.6 266.8 265.8 265.8 265.4 265.0 262.8 263.6 265.8 265.4 265.2 264.6 267.2 266.1 266.1 266.9 267.5 266.3 266.8 267.0 266.5 266.5 267.2 267.9 267.1 268.0 264.9 264.3 261.9 262.1 260.6 128 Arctic subocean 244.2 240.7 239.8 239.0 233.4 229.1 227.8 230.7 233.2 235.9 234.8 235.7 234.0 234.1 234.9 234.7 235.0 232.5 233.7 235.1 238.9 230.1 229.3 227.5 232.5 234.6 233.4 233.4 229.1 226.9 226.9 130 Chukchi Sea 257.7 252.4 250.9 251.1 249.2 247.9 246.9 252.0 251.5 247.8 243.4 247.0 252.5 250.9 254.9 252.4 253.8 254.8 256.2 255.1 248.8 245.4 251.2 251.3 255.5 256.0 245.4 245.7 243.8 232.9 237.1 132 Beaufort Sea 273.6 273.3 271.2 270.3 270.1 271.3 269.8 268.9 270.7 271.4 271.5 271.7 272.4 271.6 271.0 271.5 272.1 272.6 273.2 273.4 274.0 273.0 272.6 268.9 268.3 270.7 269.8 268.5 266.9 267.3 267.8 134 Arctic Archipelago 251.5 251.3 252.2 254.0 253.4 254.7 259.0 262.4 260.8 259.9 259.8 260.8 261.2 263.1 265.8 264.7 263.1 263.0 263.1 262.4 262.4 261.4 261.1 261.9 254.1 248.9 250.4 249.7 253.0 253.2 253.8 136 Foxe Basin 257.1 255.4 255.6 258.9 261.9 260.3 261.0 262.2 262.6 261.5 259.4 258.9 257.2 256.9 258.8 260.4 260.0 259.9 259.5 258.7 260.4 261.3 262.5 267.6 268.5 265.5 263.7 256.4 259.0 268.4 260.2 138 Baffin Bay 250.3 243.0 238.7 237.1 234.3 233.7 233.2 227.5 224.5 225.4 228.5 231.3 228.8 229.2 232.7 232.1 233.6 233.2 231.9 231.8 236.7 237.8 234.7 230.3 241.8 237.3 239.6 233.0 231.3 230.3 232.3 139 South Greenland 251.8 247.9 246.5 244.3 245.4 244.7 244.4 240.5 237.4 234.2 234.4 234.6 235.4 236.2 237.1 235.8 236.1 235.6 236.0 236.2 230.3 232.1 235.3 237.6 243.0 253.1 251.7 249.3 247.1 244.5 247.0 140 Greenland Sea 256.3 248.7 245.4 242.1 243.3 235.1 229.2 228.3 230.1 235.7 234.9 230.0 229.6 225.4 224.6 225.6 228.9 228.6 228.6 228.8 234.0 232.2 235.1 230.3 236.5 243.1 243.9 243.1 241.9 231.8 229.6 142 Norwegian Sea 263.9 262.9 261.8 259.5 259.8 261.9 263.8 265.4 264.6 263.8 263.8 262.5 261.8 262.5 265.0 263.5 262.1 265.1 267.0 266.2 265.4 264.1 263.2 260.7 260.3 258.5 256.6 257.2 257.2 256.5 256.2 144 Barents Sea 260.4 257.3 255.8 256.7 260.5 262.7 263.4 262.6 261.1 258.7 255.9 256.3 255.9 259.2 261.2 260.3 258.8 257.8 258.0 259.4 259.3 258.8 257.3 254.6 252.5 253.1 254.1 255.2 255.5 258.3 260.5 146 Kara Sea 263.6 265.8 267.4 266.7 265.2 264.5 265.0 265.7 264.3 264.3 264.7 264.9 263.9 262.3 262.5 263.8 263.0 263.3 264.7 266.1 266.3 266.2 265.3 265.0 265.4 264.5 264.6 264.5 265.3 266.3 266.2 148 Laptev Sea 253.8 254.7 255.3 255.5 254.7 253.5 252.7 251.4 250.9 248.2 248.5 249.2 249.8 251.8 251.3 249.8 250.2 254.5 258.6 260.2 260.3 259.0 256.6 253.1 251.4 251.8 252.0 250.7 249.2 252.3 256.0 150 East Siberian Sea 256.8 256.2 253.6 250.4 246.5 245.0 242.8 245.5 249.7 250.1 250.5 249.7 247.3 244.3 244.0 241.2 239.8 244.5 245.3 246.2 247.1 248.9 251.6 253.6 248.9 245.4 249.2 245.1 241.3 240.6 241.5 152 Gulf of Alaska 272.0 271.6 271.3 271.0 270.2 270.7 270.3 272.1 272.0 272.7 271.8 270.1 270.9 272.5 272.8 270.8 271.8 272.2 272.3 273.1 273.4 273.6 271.4 273.1 274.5 273.5 272.1 270.5 271.3 270.2 268.9 154 Southeast Bering Sea 271.1 270.9 270.8 270.0 270.6 270.2 270.6 272.6 270.8 272.2 269.6 269.4 272.4 274.2 270.6 269.9 272.0 271.6 270.0 270.1 270.6 270.3 269.6 274.8 274.6 273.3 270.1 270.7 273.3 267.1 271.7