1953 05 - 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 264.0 263.4 262.3 261.8 261.4 261.0 260.6 260.9 260.3 260.5 260.4 260.1 259.7 259.7 260.1 260.8 261.5 261.4 261.5 261.9 261.6 261.2 261.2 261.0 260.5 260.4 260.5 260.5 260.3 260.5 260.7 34 Hudson Bay 278.2 278.2 278.5 278.9 278.6 278.4 277.9 277.1 275.9 275.6 275.9 276.3 276.8 275.8 275.5 275.4 274.4 274.4 275.8 276.8 277.0 276.8 277.1 276.8 275.8 274.7 275.2 275.9 275.7 275.9 276.0 36 Hudson Strait 272.7 271.1 272.2 275.3 276.1 275.3 275.4 276.2 277.0 275.6 275.0 273.4 272.5 271.9 272.9 274.9 275.6 275.3 275.0 275.8 273.4 272.5 273.2 273.4 273.1 275.5 275.8 275.0 274.8 274.9 275.2 98 Bering Strait 269.2 269.4 268.8 268.1 269.4 268.5 268.6 270.5 270.2 270.0 269.5 268.9 267.5 270.4 271.1 270.0 268.7 267.0 267.2 264.1 260.8 260.9 261.4 262.3 266.5 265.5 264.4 263.9 261.5 265.0 269.7 128 Arctic subocean 236.2 235.3 236.4 236.4 235.2 234.9 230.3 229.9 231.5 235.3 231.1 227.7 229.7 229.1 231.8 231.8 227.3 225.4 226.8 232.0 232.1 231.3 229.6 232.5 231.7 232.4 229.7 233.8 237.3 235.9 231.0 130 Chukchi Sea 263.5 262.5 254.5 255.7 254.1 252.0 252.1 261.1 263.9 265.4 255.8 250.6 256.4 255.2 263.2 267.2 247.1 243.7 246.2 240.9 238.7 238.0 242.4 246.0 256.9 252.2 253.5 244.2 243.2 253.1 256.7 132 Beaufort Sea 274.1 273.8 273.1 272.7 272.7 272.4 272.7 273.2 273.2 273.5 273.2 273.0 271.1 270.9 270.8 271.5 271.4 269.7 271.3 272.6 270.7 268.5 267.1 264.7 263.5 265.6 266.7 268.5 268.2 267.1 268.8 134 Arctic Archipelago 253.2 251.6 250.5 249.7 248.9 247.8 247.1 246.9 249.6 255.1 255.0 257.7 257.9 251.4 248.5 246.0 247.6 251.6 252.7 255.2 257.4 252.2 254.6 256.9 256.0 257.7 259.0 260.0 259.3 261.3 257.4 136 Foxe Basin 260.0 262.3 257.9 254.4 249.5 247.8 248.3 249.9 251.9 254.2 256.2 253.7 260.7 262.8 257.4 259.2 264.4 264.3 263.3 263.4 259.1 258.0 263.1 265.9 267.6 269.6 269.8 267.3 266.9 264.1 262.6 138 Baffin Bay 243.5 239.5 233.7 230.5 229.1 230.4 233.3 232.5 227.6 224.9 225.2 222.7 222.0 224.2 224.8 225.6 225.6 224.3 226.0 231.4 235.3 236.4 237.7 238.3 236.6 238.6 236.5 237.7 241.5 241.6 240.0 139 South Greenland 253.9 250.2 248.3 248.1 248.5 247.2 243.4 241.3 238.1 235.6 232.9 232.9 231.7 236.0 245.5 246.9 243.5 244.1 249.3 254.0 257.0 258.1 258.0 255.7 254.3 249.1 245.3 238.5 238.8 236.8 242.5 140 Greenland Sea 242.1 240.7 240.2 240.9 240.2 242.7 245.6 235.7 230.3 230.6 231.4 231.1 231.0 232.9 234.5 235.4 235.2 230.6 231.3 233.7 234.4 235.9 236.5 236.4 233.6 233.6 233.8 231.5 231.3 232.9 234.9 142 Norwegian Sea 267.0 267.1 268.2 268.6 268.3 268.3 265.5 261.7 260.7 262.3 263.2 262.5 262.9 265.5 263.8 264.3 264.1 265.2 268.3 267.9 266.7 265.0 264.7 262.7 263.5 264.0 263.7 264.0 264.8 264.7 266.1 144 Barents Sea 262.5 263.7 265.2 264.6 263.2 261.6 259.9 257.8 255.2 253.6 254.2 257.1 259.3 261.2 260.0 258.1 260.8 262.4 263.2 263.9 263.4 262.4 261.7 260.8 258.6 257.5 256.6 255.3 256.2 260.0 264.1 146 Kara Sea 265.9 265.9 265.6 265.0 264.2 265.0 265.4 265.1 264.1 263.0 262.8 262.9 263.9 263.8 263.6 264.4 266.3 267.3 266.1 265.6 265.2 265.6 265.3 265.0 264.3 264.5 265.0 265.4 264.6 263.5 262.5 148 Laptev Sea 258.7 256.3 253.2 252.4 253.5 251.7 248.6 251.9 252.9 254.4 256.0 254.3 251.6 250.3 251.1 254.8 259.4 258.0 255.8 255.3 255.9 254.6 252.8 251.1 250.8 252.0 253.0 253.5 252.4 252.6 251.9 150 East Siberian Sea 251.3 253.2 249.3 248.3 245.3 242.9 246.5 250.3 251.8 254.7 254.5 252.2 247.4 248.6 247.7 245.6 244.7 243.1 243.5 242.9 241.1 242.4 246.4 251.6 248.8 245.8 245.4 245.7 252.0 252.0 248.9 152 Gulf of Alaska 274.3 273.8 273.8 273.6 273.6 273.7 272.7 272.6 273.1 274.2 274.5 273.9 273.0 273.0 274.7 274.4 275.5 275.5 275.5 274.1 270.6 271.4 271.1 268.3 270.5 273.1 273.0 272.6 269.8 269.9 272.8 154 Southeast Bering Sea 273.3 272.8 272.2 273.0 273.0 272.1 271.3 272.3 273.8 273.4 273.2 273.0 273.5 273.4 273.8 275.9 276.2 276.0 273.4 269.6 267.6 271.7 272.5 270.2 274.0 273.7 274.1 273.6 269.4 271.0 274.9