1951 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 271.0 270.7 270.4 270.7 270.9 270.8 270.8 271.0 271.3 271.7 271.9 272.3 272.3 271.8 272.0 271.9 272.0 272.0 272.1 272.2 272.4 272.0 271.8 272.1 272.1 272.3 272.4 272.3 272.5 272.4 272.4 34 Hudson Bay 278.7 279.2 278.8 278.4 278.4 278.3 278.1 278.4 278.0 278.3 278.3 278.3 278.2 278.3 278.1 277.9 278.1 278.4 279.0 279.6 279.6 279.1 278.9 279.0 278.9 279.0 279.2 279.5 279.7 279.9 280.0 36 Hudson Strait 278.1 277.0 277.2 277.7 276.7 277.1 276.0 276.4 275.6 275.9 276.1 277.9 278.7 278.4 277.6 277.6 277.6 277.3 278.1 277.8 277.8 278.7 278.2 279.1 278.8 277.3 276.2 276.6 278.0 277.3 276.5 98 Bering Strait 271.3 271.9 271.9 272.1 272.3 271.8 271.6 271.4 271.4 271.4 271.1 272.2 272.5 272.6 272.5 272.6 272.2 271.4 271.5 271.3 272.0 272.2 272.0 272.3 272.4 272.4 272.6 272.9 272.8 272.6 272.3 128 Arctic subocean 260.7 260.6 258.8 258.4 260.7 262.7 262.2 263.0 264.1 266.9 267.4 265.8 265.4 265.3 265.4 264.7 264.5 264.0 265.0 265.3 265.4 265.5 265.1 263.8 265.4 266.1 265.0 265.0 265.7 264.8 263.8 130 Chukchi Sea 271.0 269.9 271.0 271.6 271.2 270.9 271.8 271.4 271.0 271.9 271.3 270.7 271.3 271.0 270.9 272.0 272.1 271.8 271.9 271.7 272.2 272.3 272.0 272.0 271.9 272.0 271.7 271.9 272.0 271.4 270.6 132 Beaufort Sea 274.3 273.3 272.9 274.0 274.2 273.9 274.4 274.0 273.7 274.2 273.3 273.5 274.8 275.2 275.2 274.2 273.9 274.5 274.7 274.7 274.3 274.0 274.7 275.7 276.0 275.9 276.0 276.0 276.4 276.2 275.3 134 Arctic Archipelago 269.1 268.0 267.8 269.3 270.9 270.9 270.7 270.1 269.3 269.7 269.5 268.9 269.9 269.1 269.7 270.5 270.8 270.7 270.8 270.7 270.5 271.0 270.5 269.8 270.4 270.3 269.4 270.0 270.7 270.7 270.3 136 Foxe Basin 271.9 271.0 271.2 272.4 272.0 271.5 272.3 271.8 271.4 272.2 271.7 271.7 270.8 270.0 272.2 273.2 273.2 273.0 272.6 273.1 273.1 272.6 271.5 272.1 271.7 272.0 272.5 272.6 272.6 271.9 272.2 138 Baffin Bay 269.9 268.9 268.0 268.1 269.7 269.8 268.7 269.2 267.8 269.3 269.6 269.7 270.3 270.6 270.5 269.8 270.3 270.5 270.6 270.3 270.0 270.4 271.0 271.2 271.1 270.8 271.1 271.5 272.2 272.6 272.4 139 South Greenland 270.8 270.7 269.4 268.7 268.6 269.2 270.0 268.4 268.0 268.4 268.8 268.2 266.6 266.3 267.9 267.9 269.3 269.2 269.2 269.8 269.8 267.2 266.1 266.1 267.6 268.5 269.5 269.9 270.3 270.0 269.5 140 Greenland Sea 267.4 265.3 265.0 265.7 264.0 263.5 264.1 266.3 269.4 268.6 267.4 267.3 266.6 266.1 265.4 265.2 266.4 266.8 265.7 265.7 266.0 266.8 267.4 268.7 269.5 268.9 269.3 269.7 269.5 269.9 270.0 142 Norwegian Sea 267.4 270.3 270.9 270.7 270.8 270.1 269.7 270.0 269.7 269.3 269.9 270.7 271.2 270.3 270.2 270.4 270.5 270.6 270.7 271.9 272.3 272.6 272.1 271.5 270.0 270.1 270.7 271.7 270.8 270.5 270.9 144 Barents Sea 263.8 265.5 265.6 266.2 267.0 266.0 265.5 266.4 267.4 267.3 267.3 266.4 267.7 268.2 269.1 269.0 269.1 269.2 270.3 270.2 270.5 270.1 269.0 269.0 268.3 268.8 268.5 268.5 268.3 268.1 268.1 146 Kara Sea 271.4 270.8 270.3 270.8 271.0 270.8 270.4 270.8 271.5 271.2 271.9 272.9 272.8 272.1 272.2 272.4 272.3 272.2 272.2 272.1 272.2 271.9 271.7 272.3 271.9 272.6 272.4 272.3 272.4 272.3 272.5 148 Laptev Sea 265.6 265.9 265.4 265.7 265.5 265.7 265.3 265.8 267.6 269.4 270.0 270.7 269.7 268.3 268.5 268.8 268.4 268.3 268.1 268.6 269.2 268.4 268.4 267.9 268.2 268.8 268.9 268.2 268.0 267.8 269.0 150 East Siberian Sea 268.2 266.5 266.9 266.3 267.6 268.4 269.7 270.0 270.3 270.0 270.7 271.1 271.1 269.9 269.8 268.6 269.8 270.2 269.1 267.8 269.2 269.3 268.5 269.5 269.4 268.2 268.7 267.4 269.0 268.0 267.1 152 Gulf of Alaska 272.9 273.2 273.8 273.5 273.9 274.4 274.7 274.4 273.9 273.9 274.3 274.4 274.5 274.5 274.5 274.3 274.4 273.9 273.7 273.5 273.8 274.1 274.2 274.2 273.8 273.8 274.4 274.6 274.2 274.0 274.2 154 Southeast Bering Sea 273.3 274.3 274.6 274.6 274.7 274.6 274.8 274.7 273.9 274.0 273.7 273.2 273.9 273.8 273.8 273.8 273.9 274.1 274.0 274.2 274.5 274.7 275.1 274.9 274.1 273.9 273.6 273.5 274.0 275.3 275.8