1953 11 - 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 262.6 263.3 263.2 263.0 263.4 263.3 263.6 264.3 264.7 265.0 265.5 265.8 266.2 266.6 266.4 267.2 268.2 268.7 268.9 268.6 268.8 269.1 269.2 269.5 269.7 269.9 270.5 270.5 271.1 271.0 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 277.1 277.5 277.1 277.1 277.7 277.4 277.9 278.1 277.6 277.7 277.9 277.4 277.4 276.8 276.2 277.1 277.5 277.8 278.0 277.1 276.7 276.5 277.0 277.5 277.5 277.4 277.5 277.6 277.9 278.7 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 273.3 273.1 273.4 272.3 274.1 274.6 276.8 277.1 276.4 276.4 276.9 276.7 275.9 276.1 274.8 274.1 274.7 275.0 276.1 277.0 276.7 274.6 274.2 275.5 276.9 276.5 276.2 275.7 275.5 275.8 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 260.6 262.8 263.2 262.9 267.2 263.4 262.7 265.6 265.8 266.8 269.2 269.8 270.7 270.3 270.9 270.0 271.3 271.2 271.8 272.9 272.7 271.5 271.9 269.6 270.7 270.4 270.7 271.3 272.0 271.9 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 241.9 243.7 242.6 244.1 244.2 246.7 248.1 249.1 250.1 249.7 249.0 250.8 249.6 250.4 255.5 257.5 254.2 255.0 258.2 260.5 260.0 260.9 259.9 260.4 261.4 262.6 259.7 259.6 260.6 260.9 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 251.1 253.2 251.9 261.1 258.2 254.6 257.9 256.8 264.9 271.1 269.8 269.8 271.4 269.0 261.3 268.7 267.7 269.3 273.0 272.1 271.5 270.2 265.2 271.1 270.5 270.9 269.2 269.1 269.8 269.3 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 272.4 270.0 269.4 269.0 268.9 270.6 269.7 270.0 269.9 271.9 272.5 273.3 272.7 273.4 274.1 273.1 273.9 273.6 271.3 272.0 274.0 274.6 274.3 272.9 272.5 273.3 273.4 274.1 275.1 275.4 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 262.3 263.8 264.6 265.7 265.8 265.4 268.3 269.0 269.0 268.4 266.5 264.5 263.7 262.1 259.2 265.1 265.5 266.7 264.6 264.7 265.5 265.7 266.4 266.3 265.6 266.2 267.4 266.4 265.9 266.1 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 264.1 264.0 261.4 263.9 268.3 271.1 270.7 270.9 271.5 270.3 271.6 269.5 267.9 268.7 268.6 265.2 268.0 267.4 268.4 268.9 271.2 268.5 268.9 269.3 270.2 268.5 269.5 267.7 268.4 268.0 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 246.9 248.8 250.6 250.8 256.5 258.5 257.2 255.4 257.2 257.0 256.9 253.2 253.0 256.6 256.1 252.9 256.7 262.1 266.5 266.1 266.9 265.0 264.8 266.2 267.5 268.8 268.9 268.6 269.5 269.8 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 261.3 261.8 261.9 259.4 253.1 253.4 255.2 255.6 255.3 256.8 262.0 264.0 264.4 263.6 261.5 261.1 266.0 268.9 268.0 267.3 267.8 269.1 268.2 267.8 267.6 267.7 270.2 271.5 270.4 269.5 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 245.4 249.9 249.4 246.1 242.7 244.9 246.3 246.9 246.9 246.9 245.2 250.7 255.7 261.8 264.7 262.8 260.0 263.7 265.7 266.6 266.7 266.1 266.8 267.0 266.2 266.1 266.8 267.8 268.5 268.2 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 248.4 253.6 254.2 256.4 259.0 256.7 254.5 259.6 260.2 263.2 258.8 255.5 261.3 268.0 265.1 262.6 263.6 263.6 259.4 259.7 260.5 260.2 261.5 262.6 264.3 266.8 265.6 266.3 267.3 267.8 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 258.5 258.4 257.6 257.1 257.0 257.9 261.1 257.8 254.6 254.8 257.8 260.8 258.7 258.0 260.0 263.8 262.1 259.3 259.8 258.9 259.2 257.9 258.8 261.0 262.6 264.2 263.9 262.4 263.0 262.0 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 262.9 264.0 263.6 263.7 264.6 264.5 264.8 265.5 265.5 265.0 265.4 265.5 265.0 264.3 265.3 266.1 266.1 266.8 268.4 268.0 268.6 268.0 268.2 269.5 270.2 269.9 271.1 270.7 271.5 271.5 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 256.0 256.5 254.8 254.9 256.1 254.8 253.3 253.5 255.6 256.7 256.8 257.4 261.6 262.6 261.6 263.1 265.9 266.3 264.7 263.5 264.3 266.4 266.6 266.1 266.1 266.1 266.3 267.2 268.7 268.1 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 251.6 252.1 257.9 253.8 252.6 252.2 253.2 261.9 266.2 263.2 262.1 261.4 259.8 266.0 263.3 264.8 267.2 266.6 266.8 266.6 262.3 266.7 268.2 267.3 264.6 266.4 267.4 267.9 267.1 265.7 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 267.9 268.6 270.2 270.9 272.5 271.8 269.5 268.5 269.9 270.3 271.9 272.5 273.6 274.2 274.0 273.9 273.4 272.9 273.1 274.4 274.9 274.3 274.0 273.6 273.5 273.5 273.5 273.5 273.1 273.1 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 267.7 270.4 269.7 273.4 272.9 273.3 269.4 269.1 270.1 272.9 273.3 274.6 275.1 274.9 274.3 273.1 273.1 273.9 274.5 275.9 275.2 274.8 274.5 274.4 274.3 274.2 273.5 273.1 273.0 272.9 -9999.0