1953 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 255.4 254.9 253.8 254.5 255.3 255.5 255.6 256.1 255.9 255.1 255.5 254.9 255.3 255.9 255.4 256.1 256.1 256.2 256.1 255.1 255.5 254.9 255.3 255.1 254.4 253.8 254.1 254.8 254.9 255.7 256.7 34 Hudson Bay 275.2 274.3 273.0 272.3 272.8 273.5 274.1 275.1 276.2 275.9 275.5 274.0 272.4 273.6 274.8 274.0 273.0 272.1 271.1 271.6 272.8 273.5 273.2 273.5 274.4 275.5 274.8 274.1 275.1 275.2 275.7 36 Hudson Strait 270.0 273.6 273.4 268.3 267.6 266.4 267.5 270.0 270.7 271.9 272.0 272.6 272.6 273.6 271.9 273.0 271.5 270.7 271.1 268.3 267.7 270.1 267.5 269.4 271.0 271.9 274.0 274.0 274.9 273.7 274.5 98 Bering Strait 255.7 256.4 260.0 258.0 248.5 252.3 255.9 245.4 243.7 244.7 248.2 252.6 265.3 253.1 251.8 258.2 263.0 265.5 267.2 263.4 267.6 258.2 259.0 255.2 249.2 244.4 249.9 248.9 252.4 247.9 255.5 128 Arctic subocean 221.1 226.7 236.2 233.7 233.7 235.3 225.9 226.0 230.2 227.4 230.5 227.8 226.0 226.1 226.6 233.8 241.3 235.3 235.7 236.3 235.8 241.1 239.0 232.6 232.1 228.3 224.3 225.0 229.8 232.3 232.1 130 Chukchi Sea 240.7 261.8 256.0 236.9 229.1 245.5 237.9 228.7 222.7 221.5 228.4 247.8 238.9 231.3 241.4 250.2 260.3 263.6 254.6 258.8 256.1 245.6 240.7 236.7 236.9 235.2 236.7 232.5 223.2 223.1 231.9 132 Beaufort Sea 262.5 261.6 264.6 268.3 267.3 262.9 268.1 268.5 261.6 262.1 260.2 259.1 266.1 267.7 260.7 261.3 263.1 263.5 265.6 265.1 266.5 267.7 265.0 265.1 262.3 259.7 257.9 262.9 263.9 262.8 262.6 134 Arctic Archipelago 236.1 231.1 234.0 237.1 240.9 241.2 234.7 251.1 261.1 241.5 247.1 246.8 239.3 238.9 234.8 236.8 239.1 239.4 239.1 238.8 239.5 236.6 244.3 242.9 239.1 238.6 245.2 249.3 243.8 241.9 241.1 136 Foxe Basin 235.1 239.0 234.4 235.7 232.4 231.8 236.8 239.4 253.6 259.2 246.9 260.4 258.9 242.8 235.1 240.4 234.9 230.5 234.1 236.3 234.1 233.4 234.3 240.4 239.4 243.3 260.0 268.1 264.1 256.9 253.3 138 Baffin Bay 219.6 220.8 225.5 229.5 235.9 240.5 231.8 229.4 234.6 248.3 243.7 233.6 236.5 229.1 224.1 233.0 239.7 240.3 238.5 232.8 234.3 238.2 231.9 228.6 226.5 223.4 224.5 227.3 236.7 238.1 242.8 139 South Greenland 241.8 238.7 234.4 246.9 250.1 236.6 234.7 238.9 237.3 240.1 250.7 243.0 248.3 254.4 256.7 256.6 248.9 250.8 245.5 246.9 252.9 242.7 240.0 240.1 237.3 238.2 236.8 236.8 239.8 254.1 252.8 140 Greenland Sea 240.5 245.5 242.9 242.1 246.0 247.0 241.1 237.0 232.3 233.5 237.8 234.9 237.0 240.3 236.9 248.9 243.8 245.1 249.0 243.7 249.2 252.1 243.9 242.1 239.4 239.2 234.6 227.7 228.8 237.4 238.0 142 Norwegian Sea 244.5 252.2 246.1 243.9 245.2 248.5 241.8 250.4 247.5 244.2 240.0 234.8 234.0 235.4 239.0 241.9 246.3 254.0 253.9 254.0 244.2 246.4 249.1 239.9 239.3 242.7 241.4 242.1 247.1 244.3 233.1 144 Barents Sea 249.9 247.4 247.8 244.9 235.8 231.3 232.8 234.2 240.0 247.2 251.8 239.7 241.0 253.0 248.6 239.9 234.1 231.4 233.2 236.0 231.8 230.4 233.2 239.9 251.1 249.4 241.5 237.4 237.7 244.9 249.6 146 Kara Sea 255.8 256.7 254.5 257.7 262.2 261.7 260.0 260.0 259.2 258.2 257.9 259.8 256.5 255.7 255.2 255.9 257.9 258.1 257.3 256.0 256.4 259.8 263.1 261.3 259.8 260.7 262.0 263.0 261.9 261.3 261.7 148 Laptev Sea 253.8 251.3 248.4 245.3 248.1 254.7 258.3 258.3 256.0 251.5 249.1 249.1 249.4 250.0 251.6 250.3 249.6 250.6 251.7 250.4 250.5 247.4 246.4 248.8 249.1 246.8 245.1 247.9 248.2 249.3 249.9 150 East Siberian Sea 259.5 254.6 246.6 243.2 241.4 240.4 240.7 243.0 242.9 243.7 240.2 240.4 244.1 256.1 265.6 263.8 256.0 254.7 253.8 248.4 242.3 238.8 237.7 237.1 236.6 237.1 239.7 236.5 233.5 232.4 233.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 268.6 268.6 270.5 272.3 264.8 265.1 269.9 265.5 265.5 265.7 266.4 268.8 273.6 266.2 263.9 266.5 270.1 271.7 272.8 272.2 273.2 271.7 272.3 271.6 268.4 265.1 269.8 266.9 271.1 270.2 273.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 267.7 268.1 270.4 270.9 261.0 267.5 267.8 264.7 267.8 264.7 270.6 273.3 273.2 264.5 264.5 269.8 272.4 274.0 274.4 273.6 273.9 272.4 272.8 270.6 268.4 268.0 268.8 268.2 270.5 271.8 272.2