1952 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 253.5 254.3 254.1 253.9 254.0 253.2 253.7 254.2 253.8 253.1 254.2 254.0 254.3 255.0 254.6 254.4 255.9 256.2 255.9 256.3 257.2 258.0 257.5 257.5 256.5 255.5 255.2 256.9 257.5 257.2 257.3 34 Hudson Bay 274.7 275.4 275.8 276.3 276.5 276.3 275.5 275.4 275.1 273.8 272.1 272.3 273.7 274.0 273.7 274.5 274.2 274.3 274.5 275.1 275.6 275.9 276.5 276.9 277.1 275.3 273.3 273.6 273.6 272.7 274.1 36 Hudson Strait 272.3 272.3 271.8 270.3 272.8 271.8 273.4 274.6 275.3 274.9 273.2 272.4 271.9 271.2 270.9 269.2 268.4 268.8 269.5 270.0 271.6 272.9 274.4 274.0 274.2 274.9 276.0 275.8 275.3 274.4 274.0 98 Bering Strait 251.3 252.9 247.3 238.0 239.9 244.1 243.6 242.6 249.2 255.4 266.1 261.8 256.6 262.2 258.9 254.1 261.5 259.6 249.5 246.6 249.9 247.0 256.7 262.8 257.6 258.5 245.1 248.7 254.7 255.7 256.8 128 Arctic subocean 219.3 229.4 227.0 229.8 234.9 229.2 228.7 226.4 221.3 220.1 224.0 224.2 224.1 222.2 223.6 223.3 223.8 226.6 231.0 235.7 226.2 228.1 225.6 230.0 231.6 230.3 233.2 240.2 246.5 246.4 240.5 130 Chukchi Sea 230.3 229.2 222.1 220.0 226.7 223.1 223.7 224.9 238.6 250.5 258.0 246.7 245.4 252.1 233.0 234.6 250.2 238.0 228.7 233.7 227.5 234.9 244.3 246.8 251.1 239.7 229.9 239.6 247.5 244.6 242.1 132 Beaufort Sea 262.7 264.6 266.4 264.0 258.9 258.4 260.0 257.7 256.7 256.5 258.8 262.0 263.2 265.6 270.5 267.5 271.5 273.6 271.4 268.4 266.7 264.6 263.9 265.8 260.7 259.3 258.8 256.0 256.8 259.1 259.2 134 Arctic Archipelago 239.0 242.5 241.7 245.5 238.8 228.6 234.6 241.6 240.4 242.1 247.4 246.0 239.9 237.7 238.4 243.9 244.1 249.9 257.4 263.5 253.9 253.8 242.0 239.1 239.0 233.5 231.0 235.6 241.0 239.5 241.9 136 Foxe Basin 254.8 259.0 246.8 245.1 244.9 244.0 251.1 260.6 257.5 261.1 261.5 255.3 248.0 246.5 244.2 237.9 242.5 246.3 244.3 249.5 259.3 257.2 263.6 251.7 258.4 268.7 263.5 259.5 258.9 265.5 262.6 138 Baffin Bay 237.5 238.5 234.6 237.4 238.3 232.5 229.3 223.1 222.2 221.3 224.8 223.2 222.4 223.1 224.5 221.1 220.2 221.8 224.7 228.7 230.9 225.4 225.4 226.3 223.7 225.5 241.4 255.0 254.3 248.5 243.8 139 South Greenland 237.2 239.1 242.6 246.7 248.3 240.1 241.4 247.2 243.2 240.2 243.9 242.8 245.1 246.5 241.9 240.0 235.0 233.5 231.1 225.7 228.2 235.8 235.0 239.1 236.9 236.6 248.1 257.7 259.6 257.2 251.4 140 Greenland Sea 224.7 232.8 237.2 237.2 236.6 235.7 236.8 226.3 224.3 219.4 221.9 225.4 225.6 230.0 234.8 233.4 230.9 231.3 231.3 223.5 225.1 230.8 231.3 236.2 238.4 236.3 238.4 247.0 250.5 247.5 244.4 142 Norwegian Sea 243.5 242.7 245.6 248.6 245.9 235.2 235.3 237.9 232.9 233.9 237.8 242.4 241.9 239.1 243.1 242.3 238.0 239.0 242.8 248.7 240.8 234.2 232.4 239.2 248.3 245.1 245.8 249.9 256.4 260.5 258.2 144 Barents Sea 245.8 250.0 248.4 247.8 249.1 250.6 247.8 242.0 235.9 243.0 254.5 254.8 254.5 251.0 246.4 240.3 244.3 248.2 253.2 252.7 249.0 248.2 242.5 243.5 253.8 249.3 250.7 254.3 257.3 259.4 253.4 146 Kara Sea 255.9 256.2 258.1 259.3 260.4 259.4 259.5 261.0 261.3 258.0 256.0 256.5 260.1 262.3 261.9 261.9 260.5 258.9 257.0 257.5 259.9 263.5 262.5 261.3 260.6 259.9 258.3 257.4 256.6 257.7 259.8 148 Laptev Sea 251.7 249.8 246.8 246.2 246.6 247.1 248.0 248.2 247.7 247.3 246.7 245.6 243.0 242.5 242.8 246.8 252.9 254.1 256.9 258.3 260.4 257.9 256.9 253.9 251.0 251.1 251.8 252.5 251.6 250.3 250.2 150 East Siberian Sea 232.0 231.1 230.8 230.6 232.1 238.2 240.5 247.1 247.1 238.4 236.8 236.6 236.5 231.9 231.0 230.7 233.6 237.0 238.1 243.0 248.1 253.5 252.1 250.9 246.4 245.4 250.6 257.6 251.6 245.6 248.3 152 Gulf of Alaska 272.9 272.0 268.9 262.2 259.9 263.8 262.8 260.7 260.5 269.4 272.9 273.2 272.1 273.8 273.7 272.4 274.0 273.5 268.5 265.4 269.5 263.0 266.1 270.3 270.0 272.2 262.0 261.4 264.9 271.1 270.9 154 Southeast Bering Sea 273.3 268.7 268.4 261.8 264.0 265.1 263.4 263.9 265.4 273.4 274.2 274.1 272.8 274.5 272.5 271.7 273.5 267.3 262.7 264.3 265.1 261.5 270.3 272.6 272.5 273.8 264.9 266.1 273.2 273.0 272.1