1956 05 - 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 262.6 262.6 262.6 262.6 262.9 262.8 263.4 263.7 263.3 263.5 262.9 262.7 263.1 263.0 262.5 262.5 263.0 263.4 263.1 262.8 262.6 262.5 261.4 260.5 260.1 260.0 259.7 260.3 260.8 259.8 259.7 34 Hudson Bay 279.0 278.8 278.7 278.8 278.9 278.9 279.0 279.1 278.9 278.7 278.6 278.3 277.9 277.8 277.8 277.9 278.3 278.3 277.6 277.5 277.7 278.1 278.4 278.0 276.6 276.6 277.6 278.0 278.3 278.1 277.2 36 Hudson Strait 273.9 273.3 273.1 274.2 275.1 274.9 274.8 275.2 275.2 276.1 276.5 276.4 276.6 277.1 276.2 276.9 277.2 277.1 278.1 277.0 276.3 276.4 273.5 273.8 274.9 274.5 274.2 273.9 273.7 276.8 276.8 98 Bering Strait 269.4 267.9 266.7 266.6 266.3 266.6 266.2 268.5 268.8 268.3 267.7 267.8 267.2 266.7 266.4 265.9 266.9 265.6 265.4 264.5 263.4 262.8 262.7 261.7 264.1 266.3 265.0 263.4 264.1 264.7 265.5 128 Arctic subocean 229.7 230.1 232.4 233.4 231.1 231.0 228.7 228.8 231.4 232.6 236.1 241.1 239.6 238.6 236.5 234.8 232.1 232.5 235.4 238.3 240.7 240.1 239.8 237.4 237.5 233.4 227.4 226.6 228.2 229.6 233.1 130 Chukchi Sea 256.3 253.7 250.3 245.3 244.1 246.7 253.6 258.6 262.0 260.7 257.3 256.9 254.6 256.5 253.1 253.7 250.2 256.3 252.5 245.7 244.5 243.1 240.8 240.3 247.0 243.4 242.7 244.4 246.8 260.4 249.5 132 Beaufort Sea 272.8 272.3 271.9 271.7 272.8 272.9 271.7 272.5 273.4 272.7 272.4 271.9 271.4 271.6 270.7 270.7 269.9 268.7 268.5 270.1 270.9 271.3 269.9 268.4 267.5 271.6 271.2 270.1 267.6 266.8 267.9 134 Arctic Archipelago 265.3 267.9 269.4 266.9 262.8 262.0 264.1 265.7 268.0 268.9 268.2 268.1 267.4 265.0 261.1 258.8 257.0 254.5 252.2 251.2 252.9 257.8 261.3 261.2 256.0 254.1 259.7 262.3 261.2 257.5 254.4 136 Foxe Basin 266.8 269.6 270.7 271.0 271.0 268.4 268.5 270.4 271.6 270.7 270.9 271.4 270.1 268.5 268.9 268.1 269.2 269.2 267.3 269.3 261.3 261.9 264.6 267.8 264.9 263.9 267.4 268.5 267.9 264.2 262.6 138 Baffin Bay 230.8 236.3 234.6 236.1 235.8 235.9 236.7 236.1 238.4 242.8 242.6 242.0 243.8 241.7 238.5 236.5 235.4 236.2 239.2 244.5 247.2 242.7 241.1 239.5 236.3 233.4 233.3 235.7 234.1 234.8 237.9 139 South Greenland 237.6 238.9 240.2 240.5 249.4 246.9 243.7 245.2 244.3 248.4 250.1 244.5 246.5 250.5 254.2 255.3 251.8 258.2 256.4 252.9 262.2 260.1 251.7 247.1 244.8 241.0 240.2 239.4 241.6 244.0 250.6 140 Greenland Sea 227.4 230.4 229.2 229.5 228.3 226.7 228.5 225.2 225.9 227.5 229.3 237.7 237.4 236.1 235.0 236.6 241.1 239.7 243.0 242.3 245.1 250.8 247.6 241.8 233.6 231.9 229.5 228.6 230.6 229.9 238.4 142 Norwegian Sea 262.9 262.3 262.5 265.9 267.4 267.0 265.6 265.7 266.0 267.6 267.5 267.1 267.0 265.8 263.0 261.3 259.5 260.5 265.6 265.4 264.4 262.0 261.5 263.6 266.2 266.3 264.0 261.8 259.2 258.9 260.3 144 Barents Sea 259.7 258.8 258.4 259.1 260.5 261.2 260.9 260.5 262.3 263.1 261.6 261.0 259.4 258.4 257.6 257.9 256.9 259.0 258.0 257.5 258.3 259.9 259.9 259.7 260.4 258.9 255.6 256.9 261.1 259.6 257.7 146 Kara Sea 266.6 265.7 265.0 265.1 266.2 266.3 267.7 267.8 267.0 266.3 265.1 265.3 265.9 266.1 266.0 266.3 268.7 268.5 268.0 267.1 265.9 265.3 264.3 262.5 261.5 261.2 262.5 264.9 264.9 263.2 262.7 148 Laptev Sea 254.8 256.3 257.8 258.7 257.8 258.4 259.1 257.9 254.1 253.1 252.5 251.8 253.9 253.4 253.4 252.8 251.9 256.0 256.9 257.0 254.1 252.9 251.5 252.4 255.1 256.8 252.4 251.0 252.1 250.1 249.2 150 East Siberian Sea 252.7 249.9 250.4 249.3 246.2 244.3 245.8 249.1 249.0 251.8 248.6 249.4 250.6 250.9 248.3 250.6 257.3 250.7 247.0 247.5 246.3 246.0 244.5 243.9 244.2 244.3 243.7 244.6 248.5 244.9 240.9 152 Gulf of Alaska 272.9 273.1 273.3 272.2 270.8 270.6 271.6 272.9 272.6 272.3 272.6 272.9 272.8 272.3 273.5 272.4 271.2 270.4 271.8 271.6 270.5 269.7 269.1 269.7 273.7 271.8 270.7 270.4 268.9 268.8 272.4 154 Southeast Bering Sea 274.2 272.5 271.6 269.7 269.2 269.5 273.2 272.7 271.9 272.0 272.2 273.7 273.2 273.5 273.0 271.6 270.5 270.4 272.2 270.2 268.6 267.6 267.8 271.4 271.9 268.9 268.6 268.8 268.2 270.6 273.3