1953 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 260.2 260.6 260.8 261.0 260.7 259.9 260.6 261.3 261.8 261.6 261.4 260.8 261.4 261.6 261.9 261.7 261.7 262.6 262.7 261.4 261.8 261.9 262.0 262.3 262.5 261.8 262.4 262.1 262.0 262.3 262.2 34 Hudson Bay 275.3 275.1 275.2 276.1 276.5 276.8 276.9 276.7 276.3 275.5 274.3 273.9 274.5 273.9 272.5 274.0 275.1 276.7 277.6 277.7 277.3 276.2 276.6 277.6 278.3 277.7 276.5 277.2 277.2 277.3 277.3 36 Hudson Strait 273.3 273.5 271.3 270.6 270.6 271.5 272.2 273.6 274.1 275.1 275.8 276.1 274.1 271.6 271.4 273.5 272.6 272.8 272.4 272.5 275.8 275.4 274.3 274.3 275.2 276.8 276.2 275.3 275.0 275.0 274.0 98 Bering Strait 264.0 265.8 263.8 259.4 253.0 252.6 258.0 253.2 256.3 264.2 266.6 257.8 260.5 266.3 268.6 265.4 258.2 262.6 263.1 260.5 266.0 267.4 265.1 260.6 262.1 260.1 263.6 260.5 260.9 264.5 264.4 128 Arctic subocean 233.9 229.6 228.2 232.3 233.3 234.8 237.9 238.2 238.4 233.8 242.3 240.7 246.5 249.0 245.0 241.7 244.0 243.8 245.3 244.8 243.0 245.2 244.2 242.2 242.2 242.5 241.6 243.8 246.1 244.2 242.0 130 Chukchi Sea 261.0 250.5 239.1 230.3 230.4 240.5 247.1 240.7 247.5 258.5 248.4 245.0 261.7 266.5 258.6 250.9 252.0 244.8 251.9 254.3 262.3 259.7 254.8 255.5 249.1 252.9 246.3 254.1 256.7 251.6 249.2 132 Beaufort Sea 264.0 269.9 273.1 272.2 271.5 266.3 263.7 265.4 261.2 260.1 262.2 263.0 263.0 266.0 269.4 271.4 270.3 269.3 269.4 266.9 265.3 269.4 271.7 270.7 270.6 269.2 269.8 268.6 268.0 268.2 270.9 134 Arctic Archipelago 246.5 245.2 250.3 253.9 258.8 262.3 255.4 245.1 250.3 242.9 235.8 235.0 243.6 250.0 254.1 251.8 255.4 256.7 257.5 256.4 255.8 256.6 256.1 262.5 265.7 261.7 262.8 262.6 259.6 258.5 258.1 136 Foxe Basin 256.0 259.5 252.3 252.1 252.5 252.0 257.0 254.8 248.1 262.0 258.5 267.3 260.6 253.2 257.7 256.8 255.0 253.2 256.3 257.5 265.2 265.3 263.0 260.9 270.8 269.3 264.9 263.2 266.3 267.7 265.8 138 Baffin Bay 232.8 228.2 235.8 242.1 239.8 238.2 254.1 256.2 248.1 245.8 251.6 247.6 261.2 255.0 249.9 247.9 245.4 241.9 243.7 240.0 242.3 245.0 245.4 242.7 247.4 253.8 254.0 256.4 257.3 253.2 250.4 139 South Greenland 254.0 250.9 251.5 254.1 253.5 251.5 247.9 255.9 253.5 250.9 251.8 261.2 260.8 261.9 263.3 260.4 254.7 258.6 254.0 253.9 253.1 249.7 249.0 249.5 249.5 256.3 258.0 258.3 256.6 255.0 257.0 140 Greenland Sea 241.8 236.2 235.6 241.7 241.4 236.7 237.2 247.2 249.1 246.4 243.7 249.0 247.8 245.7 249.1 253.1 254.4 252.9 252.3 249.7 254.2 257.4 251.3 247.0 244.9 241.8 240.9 244.1 244.6 243.7 240.5 142 Norwegian Sea 237.7 240.2 249.6 255.4 254.5 250.1 240.3 243.7 249.8 251.2 257.6 258.1 256.4 257.0 262.8 261.6 258.5 257.1 256.1 257.3 259.6 262.9 259.5 253.4 252.1 248.8 251.5 257.2 256.7 257.5 251.1 144 Barents Sea 250.4 251.1 249.9 250.1 248.7 245.2 242.9 248.0 254.3 253.7 254.1 254.4 252.1 253.0 256.5 261.8 260.2 256.9 256.5 254.7 249.8 247.5 254.5 258.7 258.1 254.9 254.9 258.8 261.2 261.3 259.7 146 Kara Sea 263.9 265.1 265.9 266.3 265.8 265.6 265.1 264.3 264.2 264.9 266.1 266.3 265.0 263.1 262.1 261.9 263.4 264.8 265.8 264.4 264.6 263.6 263.3 263.1 262.6 262.4 263.0 261.0 261.9 262.6 262.2 148 Laptev Sea 258.1 259.0 257.6 255.3 255.5 255.3 258.1 261.3 262.4 261.5 259.5 256.6 256.6 256.5 255.8 255.1 255.8 256.1 254.0 252.4 254.4 255.6 256.9 257.9 257.1 254.6 255.1 255.9 253.8 255.7 256.5 150 East Siberian Sea 246.2 244.7 242.0 242.6 245.4 244.2 248.2 253.2 259.3 257.1 251.4 248.7 247.3 249.9 251.0 247.2 248.7 254.3 255.0 253.2 251.3 252.2 248.9 249.5 253.4 250.4 253.3 251.2 249.7 249.3 249.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 272.9 273.2 273.8 273.6 268.1 263.5 269.2 267.7 264.9 271.0 273.0 270.6 268.7 271.3 273.6 273.0 271.8 270.7 270.4 270.0 271.4 272.4 271.2 270.5 267.6 269.0 272.8 272.2 271.4 272.3 272.7 154 Southeast Bering Sea 273.4 274.1 273.8 271.0 263.8 265.7 273.0 266.4 267.1 272.7 273.8 270.6 271.1 273.4 273.5 271.8 272.1 270.7 272.9 272.7 273.4 272.4 270.2 270.9 267.8 272.4 273.0 272.0 272.8 273.4 270.7