1951 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 259.2 260.4 261.0 260.9 260.7 260.3 260.4 259.7 259.5 260.7 261.2 261.1 260.6 259.7 260.2 260.9 261.1 261.7 262.2 262.4 261.5 261.3 262.0 263.2 263.8 263.2 263.2 263.6 264.1 264.3 264.6 34 Hudson Bay 277.3 277.5 277.4 277.1 276.9 276.3 275.5 276.5 277.3 277.4 276.4 276.0 276.1 276.7 277.3 276.8 276.5 277.1 277.2 275.7 275.9 277.1 277.3 277.0 277.6 277.1 276.4 277.0 276.6 275.7 275.4 36 Hudson Strait 271.9 275.0 276.6 275.8 274.8 273.9 273.8 274.0 274.6 274.0 271.9 269.9 270.0 270.3 271.8 273.7 270.8 270.3 273.7 275.1 272.1 271.5 271.8 274.3 275.7 276.3 276.7 275.4 276.8 277.4 277.0 98 Bering Strait 259.1 258.3 253.4 247.3 258.7 257.8 258.9 258.6 254.7 260.2 262.9 261.5 258.7 257.3 259.6 267.9 266.8 261.6 263.0 260.2 252.7 252.0 254.8 257.9 261.8 262.6 264.8 269.4 269.2 267.7 267.9 128 Arctic subocean 235.4 240.6 236.6 232.4 231.3 227.5 232.0 231.0 235.6 242.5 243.8 238.5 235.8 231.8 231.0 232.4 233.9 241.5 245.1 247.4 246.0 242.5 241.2 242.4 242.3 241.0 241.7 243.4 243.9 244.4 244.9 130 Chukchi Sea 236.9 235.9 231.5 240.9 248.8 245.3 247.8 237.7 240.9 256.1 257.4 249.0 239.6 239.3 253.6 261.2 260.7 250.3 246.8 241.6 235.6 238.2 246.9 249.0 260.4 264.3 270.4 269.1 263.5 257.4 263.0 132 Beaufort Sea 267.7 267.4 267.7 264.0 265.5 267.1 268.6 270.1 266.6 267.3 270.9 272.6 271.2 268.3 268.3 269.2 271.4 268.1 267.0 269.5 269.3 265.9 267.1 266.5 267.1 264.0 266.5 269.6 270.4 271.2 270.2 134 Arctic Archipelago 255.7 257.2 258.3 258.4 255.9 256.3 255.2 254.5 255.4 253.4 252.5 254.8 256.0 254.8 251.0 251.5 249.9 251.3 247.7 244.9 254.0 255.6 252.5 259.1 258.5 252.6 251.1 249.2 248.7 251.3 255.6 136 Foxe Basin 248.1 252.6 267.7 267.4 264.5 261.5 265.9 264.2 262.9 260.5 250.5 248.4 254.7 252.8 255.2 257.4 255.0 247.8 253.0 253.9 251.6 249.9 256.5 269.4 264.4 267.7 265.1 260.5 262.6 268.0 266.5 138 Baffin Bay 245.7 242.3 236.9 231.9 232.7 230.6 236.8 245.3 248.0 249.0 252.0 244.0 241.2 236.7 235.7 235.9 235.0 242.9 246.2 256.2 249.9 244.3 241.1 243.7 242.0 247.1 244.7 243.6 247.8 247.5 243.5 139 South Greenland 242.5 247.5 246.2 249.7 244.6 239.0 237.2 238.7 250.8 252.6 254.1 254.4 256.6 255.4 253.4 255.0 256.7 253.8 250.7 250.4 253.1 255.7 255.4 250.7 253.6 259.3 263.4 262.4 258.8 256.7 259.2 140 Greenland Sea 231.0 233.6 229.0 228.2 231.6 232.4 233.0 235.2 237.0 242.6 238.8 237.7 240.4 235.6 235.3 236.8 247.1 256.9 255.6 254.1 251.1 251.7 249.8 250.5 249.4 247.1 248.8 250.4 255.4 252.7 248.0 142 Norwegian Sea 248.8 247.2 239.9 238.9 234.9 231.2 231.4 237.9 239.6 239.5 247.7 245.8 242.7 244.6 248.1 247.5 250.1 250.2 247.3 255.4 263.5 267.3 266.4 266.5 265.7 264.5 262.2 259.8 257.5 257.9 258.1 144 Barents Sea 245.4 243.7 248.0 249.7 249.8 245.9 248.0 237.0 238.1 241.5 240.6 245.7 248.8 246.6 247.6 248.7 248.6 246.5 250.2 254.5 252.4 252.0 252.0 256.7 261.6 262.1 261.1 260.1 257.8 256.0 254.1 146 Kara Sea 261.1 263.1 265.3 266.3 265.9 265.3 264.0 263.3 262.1 261.9 262.9 263.5 263.6 263.7 263.9 263.1 262.2 262.9 264.0 264.6 265.1 264.2 264.1 263.8 262.9 262.4 262.1 263.2 264.4 266.0 268.0 148 Laptev Sea 256.9 259.8 261.8 262.5 259.4 261.4 262.3 259.0 258.9 260.8 261.3 259.8 256.4 254.2 253.7 254.9 257.3 261.8 263.0 261.1 259.4 259.3 260.4 261.6 261.0 259.0 258.7 258.6 261.0 260.4 259.0 150 East Siberian Sea 251.3 251.4 250.6 251.8 249.0 249.8 249.9 251.1 244.2 245.1 245.4 245.6 245.4 248.6 255.2 253.4 250.2 250.4 251.7 254.2 247.6 251.0 258.7 266.3 269.7 267.7 262.9 259.0 258.1 259.7 260.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 270.1 269.4 267.4 264.6 267.8 270.4 271.4 270.1 269.3 271.1 273.4 273.1 271.7 270.8 268.1 272.1 272.7 273.0 273.6 271.2 266.2 266.9 265.3 264.6 264.6 266.7 268.5 271.8 273.0 272.5 273.6 154 Southeast Bering Sea 266.7 270.1 266.4 265.7 268.0 270.8 269.2 269.1 269.7 272.2 271.6 270.6 269.2 269.4 269.7 274.2 273.8 274.3 273.0 266.9 266.0 266.4 265.7 267.4 267.8 272.3 273.1 274.1 273.1 273.4 274.8