1955 12 - 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 270.9 271.1 270.9 271.2 271.5 271.5 271.4 271.5 271.7 272.2 272.2 272.3 272.2 272.0 271.9 271.8 271.9 271.9 271.9 272.3 272.7 272.7 272.5 272.3 272.4 272.3 272.4 272.5 272.4 272.7 272.6 34 Hudson Bay 279.1 278.0 277.9 278.2 278.7 278.9 279.0 279.2 279.4 279.3 279.2 279.1 279.4 279.3 279.2 279.5 279.6 279.4 279.4 279.5 279.7 280.0 279.7 279.3 279.0 279.0 279.2 279.6 280.1 280.1 280.1 36 Hudson Strait 276.7 277.9 277.9 275.4 276.7 276.4 276.4 276.3 276.0 275.8 275.7 275.6 276.5 276.9 276.8 277.1 276.8 276.8 276.3 276.5 276.3 277.9 277.4 276.7 275.7 276.1 277.4 277.5 278.5 278.5 278.7 98 Bering Strait 272.2 272.2 272.0 272.1 271.8 271.5 271.0 271.6 272.1 271.9 272.2 272.3 272.4 272.1 272.0 272.3 272.2 272.5 272.4 272.5 272.6 272.6 272.2 272.0 272.3 272.3 272.5 272.5 272.3 272.3 271.9 128 Arctic subocean 262.8 265.1 266.5 266.7 267.1 266.0 266.0 265.1 265.0 265.0 263.7 263.8 265.2 265.1 264.7 263.5 263.7 263.1 263.6 263.7 263.5 262.3 261.7 261.8 262.1 265.0 264.8 264.1 264.3 265.9 265.8 130 Chukchi Sea 272.4 271.8 271.7 271.7 271.3 270.6 271.0 271.3 271.2 272.0 271.8 272.0 272.3 271.9 272.1 271.5 271.8 271.0 270.8 271.5 271.5 270.9 271.7 272.0 272.0 272.2 271.5 271.4 271.4 271.3 271.3 132 Beaufort Sea 272.9 273.4 273.8 273.9 274.1 274.2 274.3 274.8 275.2 275.4 275.3 275.4 275.5 275.4 275.7 275.4 275.2 275.8 276.1 275.8 275.5 275.5 275.7 275.7 275.5 275.0 275.3 274.8 275.1 275.2 275.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 268.9 270.1 270.3 271.4 270.2 269.0 268.9 269.7 268.6 269.2 269.4 269.9 269.4 269.3 269.3 269.7 269.4 269.3 269.5 269.6 270.6 270.4 269.5 267.6 268.5 268.6 269.5 270.7 271.4 271.2 270.6 136 Foxe Basin 272.1 272.4 272.6 272.1 271.3 270.9 271.7 270.9 269.6 270.3 271.4 270.5 269.9 271.2 271.4 271.1 271.5 270.6 270.7 270.8 271.0 272.1 270.9 270.7 271.2 270.9 271.8 272.6 273.2 273.3 273.3 138 Baffin Bay 266.9 268.4 270.5 271.0 270.2 271.0 271.9 270.5 269.5 269.5 269.5 269.6 270.6 270.3 269.4 269.1 270.9 269.6 268.7 268.9 269.1 268.3 268.1 267.9 268.7 269.7 270.0 270.0 270.6 271.0 270.6 139 South Greenland 270.0 270.5 269.2 269.1 270.3 269.8 268.7 268.2 267.9 271.4 271.6 271.4 269.6 268.2 268.0 267.5 267.6 266.6 267.2 266.7 267.9 268.4 270.8 271.1 270.7 268.5 268.3 269.2 271.1 271.4 270.3 140 Greenland Sea 269.3 268.7 267.0 267.0 267.6 269.0 267.6 267.3 268.4 268.1 267.8 268.4 268.2 266.8 266.2 266.3 265.8 265.9 266.9 267.2 266.7 267.0 267.0 268.9 269.2 269.5 269.4 269.0 270.1 269.7 269.9 142 Norwegian Sea 269.9 270.8 270.8 271.2 271.4 271.9 270.7 270.4 269.9 270.2 270.4 269.8 269.6 269.7 270.0 269.6 270.0 270.4 271.0 271.4 271.2 271.0 270.7 270.6 270.6 270.8 270.8 271.1 271.4 272.1 272.0 144 Barents Sea 265.9 267.4 267.6 267.2 267.2 268.6 268.3 267.4 267.7 266.8 267.0 268.6 268.4 268.4 268.2 266.9 267.0 267.7 267.8 269.1 268.1 268.5 268.5 268.0 267.1 267.8 268.2 269.0 268.9 269.3 269.2 146 Kara Sea 270.7 270.6 270.6 271.2 271.5 271.1 271.1 271.3 272.1 271.9 271.8 272.5 272.4 272.1 271.6 271.8 271.9 272.1 272.2 272.3 272.9 272.8 272.8 272.9 272.7 273.0 273.2 272.8 272.6 272.6 272.7 148 Laptev Sea 266.6 266.8 266.3 266.1 267.4 267.4 267.2 267.9 268.0 269.8 269.7 268.8 268.5 268.3 268.7 268.1 268.2 268.3 268.2 269.9 270.7 270.5 269.6 269.3 270.3 269.9 268.9 268.8 267.7 269.2 269.1 150 East Siberian Sea 267.4 268.0 266.4 268.0 267.9 267.4 268.0 267.5 267.5 268.7 269.3 269.4 269.1 268.6 269.0 269.8 269.8 269.9 269.3 269.8 270.8 270.9 268.5 267.4 269.1 267.4 268.5 269.5 267.8 268.6 267.7 152 Gulf of Alaska 273.2 273.3 273.6 273.8 273.5 273.1 273.0 273.6 273.6 273.5 273.7 273.8 274.1 274.1 273.6 273.4 273.5 273.8 273.6 273.6 273.6 273.6 273.8 274.2 274.8 274.6 274.1 274.0 274.0 273.8 273.7 154 Southeast Bering Sea 273.7 274.2 274.9 274.5 274.1 274.4 274.5 273.4 273.1 273.4 273.4 273.6 273.9 273.7 273.8 273.8 273.7 273.7 273.8 274.1 273.7 273.8 274.3 274.3 274.0 274.1 274.1 273.8 273.7 273.7 274.3