1951 08 - 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 256.9 255.5 254.9 254.6 254.8 255.2 255.4 255.9 256.5 256.1 256.4 257.0 257.7 258.2 258.0 258.7 258.5 257.5 256.8 255.9 255.8 254.8 253.7 252.3 252.4 251.7 251.9 252.4 253.0 253.9 255.1 34 Hudson Bay 276.0 275.9 275.7 275.2 275.5 274.7 275.0 275.7 276.5 275.8 274.3 273.5 273.7 272.4 272.2 273.5 274.2 274.0 273.8 273.9 272.7 272.0 272.5 273.7 274.1 274.3 274.7 274.9 274.3 275.3 273.4 36 Hudson Strait 271.2 273.7 274.4 274.4 273.3 273.7 274.9 272.1 270.6 273.7 275.7 274.2 272.6 274.9 272.3 271.6 272.3 272.2 269.2 270.5 271.6 268.5 269.1 271.2 273.4 273.0 268.7 269.1 271.2 269.4 270.7 98 Bering Strait 252.5 249.8 252.7 252.7 253.7 252.6 253.1 253.8 265.5 268.4 269.4 265.8 261.5 263.8 260.2 261.8 263.6 262.9 263.1 265.9 267.2 266.8 263.2 257.7 261.6 254.3 251.7 256.3 259.0 254.6 264.4 128 Arctic subocean 229.7 226.7 227.1 228.0 227.4 228.7 230.4 232.7 233.8 230.8 224.7 229.7 242.4 243.4 238.1 232.3 227.4 227.3 229.4 231.5 231.1 233.4 236.6 230.0 224.8 221.6 222.2 226.4 228.7 231.5 235.9 130 Chukchi Sea 226.0 227.1 243.8 248.6 236.4 245.6 239.4 247.9 263.3 268.4 261.9 256.8 258.7 255.7 257.2 264.5 263.6 250.2 242.7 254.7 262.1 254.2 241.3 239.7 251.5 232.7 229.7 236.4 233.4 237.8 257.4 132 Beaufort Sea 263.0 263.7 261.8 261.4 259.7 260.3 262.0 261.0 261.1 262.2 265.1 262.1 258.9 259.9 260.9 261.7 265.8 268.5 266.7 262.0 264.1 266.0 266.2 262.7 263.2 267.9 268.0 265.8 269.9 265.8 263.9 134 Arctic Archipelago 249.6 242.7 240.8 243.2 237.3 235.6 231.9 230.2 233.5 230.9 230.9 232.8 230.2 236.0 243.8 248.8 243.9 239.8 241.3 234.4 233.7 233.0 228.2 228.9 230.2 233.1 241.9 244.2 240.2 241.0 234.8 136 Foxe Basin 243.6 249.6 250.6 256.6 249.6 247.0 246.1 235.1 244.6 261.8 260.4 246.8 244.4 249.8 259.1 252.4 247.0 244.3 239.7 236.5 241.5 232.2 230.9 228.0 231.9 238.4 233.0 248.0 245.8 235.4 232.5 138 Baffin Bay 233.1 231.3 231.0 227.5 229.8 232.5 233.8 231.1 227.5 223.4 224.0 239.3 249.1 248.7 246.6 242.0 234.1 229.0 230.1 228.7 228.4 230.0 229.4 222.1 217.8 215.4 218.3 220.8 221.1 228.1 232.9 139 South Greenland 249.9 243.7 240.6 238.3 241.3 241.1 240.8 246.4 239.2 239.1 245.3 253.4 260.6 260.2 256.7 258.4 255.1 245.7 241.5 240.9 240.5 240.1 235.6 233.3 231.6 229.9 237.9 230.3 232.9 247.2 252.2 140 Greenland Sea 238.0 231.1 230.2 231.2 233.6 229.6 227.9 234.0 240.7 238.0 230.8 238.2 244.7 245.5 242.4 238.6 240.0 245.3 241.5 241.1 244.0 246.9 241.0 231.2 225.9 229.7 230.1 234.7 233.5 237.5 245.7 142 Norwegian Sea 230.1 239.8 239.8 242.8 245.4 236.5 229.6 228.2 229.0 228.9 232.2 244.1 245.0 235.6 236.3 236.3 236.6 239.5 250.2 244.8 245.0 251.4 248.3 253.1 255.1 248.7 244.9 244.0 245.3 256.5 243.2 144 Barents Sea 249.9 243.1 238.6 245.2 248.7 249.1 248.3 246.6 238.3 239.2 250.9 247.0 242.2 240.8 245.2 252.0 249.0 245.3 242.1 239.0 238.4 235.9 241.8 235.9 234.1 242.6 254.8 255.6 250.2 246.3 246.5 146 Kara Sea 260.4 260.2 260.1 257.8 257.9 259.0 261.7 262.8 261.7 258.5 257.2 258.2 260.0 262.2 260.9 261.2 262.4 262.2 261.7 260.9 261.0 258.1 256.7 257.2 257.8 255.8 254.1 254.5 256.7 257.7 258.8 148 Laptev Sea 253.6 251.3 249.1 249.2 249.9 248.7 247.7 247.9 251.6 253.8 254.2 253.5 253.0 252.5 253.1 253.2 252.9 251.1 249.1 247.3 247.0 250.2 248.4 246.8 247.0 245.6 243.2 242.7 242.8 243.1 242.1 150 East Siberian Sea 239.0 242.7 245.3 244.2 247.3 255.0 251.5 252.1 250.3 247.5 244.8 248.5 254.6 251.0 247.8 245.9 242.6 245.0 251.9 256.3 250.2 241.6 242.6 240.7 237.7 233.3 227.3 229.1 229.9 234.8 242.8 152 Gulf of Alaska 272.4 270.0 266.8 265.5 267.1 265.7 265.6 263.9 269.2 272.9 272.4 272.4 272.2 272.4 270.7 270.7 270.9 271.4 272.3 272.9 273.0 273.0 273.1 273.0 273.5 270.9 269.7 271.8 272.7 270.0 272.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 273.9 268.3 267.9 272.8 270.9 271.3 270.5 269.6 274.3 273.9 273.8 274.0 273.7 273.4 272.8 273.1 273.2 273.5 274.2 274.3 274.2 273.9 273.7 273.6 274.0 266.6 269.5 273.5 270.7 269.4 270.8