1955 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 255.0 254.9 255.3 255.0 254.8 253.5 253.4 255.3 256.1 255.4 255.6 256.4 256.9 256.2 255.7 255.6 256.1 257.5 257.9 258.2 257.8 256.8 255.3 254.3 254.6 254.7 255.3 255.6 257.0 257.4 257.4 34 Hudson Bay 274.8 273.7 272.3 273.8 276.5 277.7 276.5 274.6 272.4 271.5 271.6 271.3 272.6 273.5 275.1 275.4 274.2 273.2 274.2 274.8 274.5 275.2 276.5 276.2 273.9 273.5 275.2 276.5 277.5 276.9 275.8 36 Hudson Strait 274.1 270.6 270.8 267.7 268.5 271.3 275.9 273.3 274.5 274.4 273.8 273.4 275.8 273.2 272.2 274.0 274.0 275.1 274.6 272.1 270.8 269.6 271.3 274.3 274.9 269.0 269.5 268.7 274.4 274.5 275.4 98 Bering Strait 255.9 252.7 255.3 252.5 248.4 244.3 248.6 259.7 263.6 260.5 260.7 265.4 262.8 247.8 243.8 250.6 261.5 260.4 250.0 249.5 249.1 246.5 243.0 245.2 250.0 250.8 242.0 237.1 238.8 235.3 237.3 128 Arctic subocean 233.6 234.7 233.1 229.1 227.1 228.0 230.8 231.5 229.2 226.7 222.5 226.0 230.1 232.7 236.1 235.7 233.7 231.9 234.9 230.1 232.6 236.0 233.4 233.5 236.2 236.7 235.9 234.0 237.1 240.7 237.1 130 Chukchi Sea 238.4 242.4 235.4 234.9 229.0 221.9 232.1 255.1 257.8 245.5 249.5 252.9 237.9 223.8 228.8 243.0 253.0 237.7 222.9 221.7 225.1 225.9 223.5 228.3 232.9 231.0 221.4 221.3 220.4 219.4 226.0 132 Beaufort Sea 259.0 259.6 264.3 266.8 267.1 264.2 258.8 256.1 258.5 260.1 258.4 264.1 269.9 268.5 263.6 259.3 261.0 269.6 268.1 265.3 266.8 264.6 260.8 256.7 257.0 260.1 262.1 261.5 258.2 257.0 258.5 134 Arctic Archipelago 242.8 238.4 237.5 243.2 245.5 250.7 244.9 236.8 235.9 237.0 236.4 234.2 239.9 245.7 247.7 247.3 242.4 242.2 246.4 242.2 239.0 245.9 238.1 227.2 223.2 223.1 221.9 234.9 243.7 246.8 241.4 136 Foxe Basin 256.8 245.7 238.9 238.0 239.7 250.4 256.4 248.9 246.4 243.4 249.1 257.0 256.5 252.0 249.3 256.7 253.2 263.9 259.7 253.9 242.4 239.0 257.8 240.7 234.5 228.0 225.3 223.7 255.5 262.5 261.3 138 Baffin Bay 240.2 238.2 236.9 228.9 227.1 223.2 228.8 236.0 233.2 229.1 224.9 228.1 236.6 241.5 240.9 237.3 234.2 241.2 243.3 240.8 243.1 241.2 236.2 231.0 233.4 223.8 228.7 224.8 236.8 237.6 238.8 139 South Greenland 237.0 243.3 248.0 245.8 241.6 237.6 233.7 245.2 241.6 242.7 240.8 252.6 252.5 259.3 261.9 257.5 257.3 259.4 251.8 243.9 241.7 237.9 234.9 237.2 239.7 239.3 250.2 251.0 247.7 247.7 246.7 140 Greenland Sea 233.5 235.1 242.4 240.9 240.9 237.1 234.8 237.1 241.3 239.6 236.6 237.8 243.1 246.1 249.2 246.5 240.8 241.8 238.6 239.0 240.4 235.4 233.7 237.8 243.5 240.0 242.6 246.1 248.9 246.6 243.2 142 Norwegian Sea 252.4 247.1 244.6 242.7 248.9 249.9 244.6 243.6 242.3 247.5 248.5 249.6 253.3 249.3 245.9 241.8 246.3 240.7 237.1 240.6 247.4 254.8 256.1 255.0 259.4 255.2 255.5 258.1 257.8 255.7 253.7 144 Barents Sea 238.5 243.0 250.5 250.8 242.7 241.0 244.5 243.3 244.4 238.5 238.2 242.6 248.3 247.5 243.2 241.7 242.9 244.1 243.9 241.8 241.5 246.9 252.0 253.0 252.4 251.3 251.3 249.5 250.0 252.4 255.7 146 Kara Sea 260.1 258.6 256.9 256.7 258.0 257.4 257.8 259.8 259.8 260.0 260.9 260.8 261.3 260.8 260.5 260.2 259.7 260.3 262.3 265.0 265.2 264.2 262.4 261.9 261.5 261.2 261.4 262.1 263.2 263.8 262.9 148 Laptev Sea 251.1 253.7 254.1 252.4 252.9 247.4 243.6 244.9 250.6 251.6 255.5 252.6 248.6 246.7 246.4 245.6 248.2 252.1 257.0 260.2 258.4 254.8 251.8 251.3 252.7 255.3 256.4 256.0 256.4 257.3 258.2 150 East Siberian Sea 237.4 237.3 235.4 235.0 232.9 234.3 246.6 254.8 253.4 249.1 245.9 237.9 231.8 233.2 235.5 239.1 235.6 232.7 235.1 238.3 238.2 235.1 235.3 233.7 234.2 237.0 237.2 236.1 235.9 239.7 242.5 152 Gulf of Alaska 269.4 270.0 271.3 270.8 266.9 265.4 261.2 270.2 273.6 273.9 274.0 274.2 273.6 268.3 260.3 261.6 270.9 274.0 273.5 273.1 271.0 268.7 264.4 265.2 269.1 271.3 264.8 262.0 259.6 260.3 259.6 154 Southeast Bering Sea 272.4 271.9 271.4 269.5 266.7 267.9 267.1 274.2 275.1 275.3 275.3 275.1 273.8 262.8 260.3 267.5 275.0 273.6 271.4 271.2 267.9 265.0 265.0 268.1 268.6 268.9 263.1 260.7 259.6 257.9 257.0