1950 12 - 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 269.9 270.5 270.6 270.3 270.6 270.4 270.1 270.4 270.5 271.0 271.8 271.8 271.5 271.7 271.9 272.0 272.3 272.2 272.0 272.0 272.1 272.0 272.0 272.3 272.2 272.2 272.3 272.1 272.2 272.4 272.5 34 Hudson Bay 279.0 278.5 278.6 278.8 278.8 278.1 277.7 277.8 278.3 278.9 279.3 279.3 279.4 279.3 279.0 278.3 278.2 278.8 279.1 278.6 277.9 278.1 278.9 279.5 279.7 280.0 280.1 279.9 279.5 279.8 280.1 36 Hudson Strait 277.3 276.8 277.3 276.7 277.8 278.0 277.2 276.9 277.3 276.0 275.6 277.2 277.0 277.2 278.0 277.2 277.9 277.6 276.8 277.6 276.8 276.3 276.8 276.7 276.9 277.5 277.9 277.9 278.7 277.6 278.0 98 Bering Strait 270.9 271.7 271.7 271.3 271.0 271.2 271.5 272.0 272.3 272.3 272.4 272.2 271.6 271.4 271.6 271.7 272.1 272.0 272.4 272.4 271.7 272.2 272.1 271.7 271.0 271.9 272.3 272.5 272.4 272.6 272.3 128 Arctic subocean 256.4 256.8 258.7 257.9 259.0 259.8 262.0 261.9 261.1 261.4 263.2 264.3 264.8 263.7 263.1 262.2 261.0 261.1 262.6 261.8 261.9 262.4 263.3 264.7 264.6 266.0 265.6 265.7 264.9 263.9 263.9 130 Chukchi Sea 271.7 270.2 271.3 271.3 271.0 270.9 270.8 271.6 271.5 271.3 271.2 270.8 270.5 271.1 271.1 271.6 272.0 272.1 272.2 271.4 270.5 270.9 270.5 270.6 270.6 270.1 270.6 271.5 272.0 271.6 271.2 132 Beaufort Sea 274.1 274.0 274.1 273.6 274.1 273.7 273.4 274.3 275.1 275.4 275.4 274.8 273.9 273.4 273.5 274.0 274.1 274.2 273.5 273.6 274.2 274.6 275.9 275.4 275.0 275.3 275.4 275.0 275.1 275.2 274.9 134 Arctic Archipelago 266.9 266.5 265.8 266.7 269.0 269.8 269.7 269.8 269.4 268.2 269.1 268.9 269.1 268.8 269.4 269.1 268.9 268.7 268.2 269.0 269.9 270.1 270.4 271.7 271.9 270.8 270.3 270.0 270.3 270.3 270.6 136 Foxe Basin 270.7 271.0 271.8 272.7 272.2 271.9 271.3 271.3 271.1 269.1 271.8 270.9 271.4 271.4 272.1 272.1 272.2 272.6 272.6 272.6 272.2 271.4 271.6 272.5 272.9 272.6 273.0 272.6 270.8 272.5 272.1 138 Baffin Bay 264.9 266.1 266.4 266.7 268.3 269.5 269.0 270.5 270.2 268.4 268.8 271.0 271.9 271.2 271.0 271.6 271.0 270.6 270.9 270.2 270.1 270.7 270.9 271.3 270.9 270.1 269.9 271.4 269.8 269.9 270.1 139 South Greenland 266.5 266.7 266.8 268.2 269.2 269.6 268.8 268.9 268.8 269.8 271.4 270.7 270.1 268.6 268.8 269.2 268.9 268.9 269.2 269.5 268.7 269.3 268.8 269.2 268.2 269.5 270.6 268.9 270.5 270.5 271.3 140 Greenland Sea 261.8 262.7 262.7 264.2 262.9 261.5 261.6 262.9 264.7 265.9 267.3 268.4 266.2 265.9 266.8 266.6 267.4 267.2 265.9 265.5 265.4 265.5 266.3 266.4 267.4 267.7 266.9 265.0 266.3 267.7 268.5 142 Norwegian Sea 268.4 270.9 270.8 269.9 269.3 269.5 269.6 269.7 269.9 270.3 269.6 269.8 270.8 271.5 270.8 270.6 270.2 270.4 270.8 271.1 271.1 270.2 270.1 270.4 270.4 270.9 270.8 270.5 271.8 271.3 271.1 144 Barents Sea 266.2 267.1 266.7 266.8 267.1 265.4 265.2 265.6 265.6 266.1 267.1 266.1 266.1 267.0 266.7 267.9 269.0 269.1 267.3 268.2 268.9 269.4 269.3 269.1 268.3 268.1 268.8 268.6 269.1 269.5 268.7 146 Kara Sea 269.5 270.3 270.8 270.2 270.6 270.2 270.0 269.9 270.1 270.6 271.2 271.5 271.4 271.9 272.2 271.9 272.3 272.3 272.8 272.4 272.8 272.6 272.2 272.4 272.2 272.4 271.9 271.6 272.0 272.1 272.2 148 Laptev Sea 266.1 267.7 267.6 266.3 265.8 266.1 266.0 266.3 265.4 266.7 268.9 268.7 267.8 268.9 269.1 270.1 270.6 269.8 269.4 269.0 269.3 268.9 267.6 268.9 268.9 268.7 268.8 269.0 268.7 268.4 269.0 150 East Siberian Sea 265.9 266.8 267.0 265.7 265.5 265.2 264.2 265.1 266.2 267.3 268.3 267.5 267.3 268.5 269.3 270.8 270.7 270.3 268.1 270.0 269.6 268.0 269.0 268.4 268.5 266.2 269.0 269.1 269.8 270.2 269.6 152 Gulf of Alaska 271.9 272.5 273.2 273.2 273.3 273.7 274.3 273.9 273.6 273.5 273.5 273.5 273.5 273.7 274.0 274.0 273.6 273.1 273.4 274.2 274.6 274.6 274.2 274.0 273.8 273.5 273.3 273.8 273.6 273.7 273.8 154 Southeast Bering Sea 273.4 273.2 273.1 273.2 273.6 273.9 274.0 273.5 273.5 273.6 273.5 273.5 273.6 274.2 274.0 273.5 273.6 273.9 274.7 275.4 274.9 274.4 274.1 274.3 273.3 273.6 274.3 273.1 273.1 274.5 274.7