1956 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 259.5 259.9 259.8 258.7 258.0 256.9 255.9 256.0 255.2 255.2 254.7 254.0 253.9 254.1 254.3 256.0 256.1 254.0 252.0 252.2 252.9 253.0 253.1 255.1 256.2 255.6 256.2 255.9 255.4 255.8 256.0 34 Hudson Bay 274.8 275.7 275.3 274.4 274.4 275.2 275.4 276.0 276.6 275.5 274.5 275.2 274.6 274.0 272.1 272.4 272.5 272.7 272.4 273.1 274.8 275.7 276.0 276.0 272.7 271.6 272.7 274.2 275.1 274.6 275.4 36 Hudson Strait 273.4 272.2 272.1 272.5 273.8 273.6 272.9 272.0 272.2 274.4 275.5 273.9 272.7 271.8 273.2 273.1 269.5 268.8 268.2 268.1 271.8 272.6 272.8 273.8 273.0 273.2 272.7 271.8 269.9 265.8 265.8 98 Bering Strait 253.4 250.5 254.5 251.1 254.9 254.4 254.2 253.1 246.7 247.5 245.8 245.6 254.5 259.6 265.7 261.9 258.6 253.4 255.3 261.9 264.2 256.7 252.2 257.6 265.6 263.9 263.5 264.2 267.2 268.2 268.6 128 Arctic subocean 224.9 227.6 226.0 224.9 226.0 227.7 226.5 227.0 225.7 231.2 227.8 231.4 232.8 234.2 233.0 232.2 232.1 233.2 231.7 228.3 225.4 218.8 219.4 219.5 220.7 221.9 229.7 226.0 230.5 230.8 228.9 130 Chukchi Sea 231.2 229.1 231.9 239.3 237.6 237.2 239.1 233.1 228.5 234.1 224.0 233.9 234.0 253.9 259.8 251.9 237.1 241.9 255.6 255.0 245.2 240.5 236.6 255.8 270.7 264.1 259.6 261.3 258.9 255.3 264.5 132 Beaufort Sea 268.6 267.1 269.8 269.9 269.8 270.3 268.4 266.4 262.8 259.5 262.5 260.2 262.9 261.4 264.1 264.5 263.7 263.0 263.5 267.1 270.7 266.8 264.7 260.4 261.6 267.8 270.1 270.5 271.6 272.4 272.5 134 Arctic Archipelago 248.1 248.3 245.1 248.4 256.5 260.2 259.2 258.0 254.0 256.1 251.4 244.2 233.9 230.4 231.3 231.6 230.4 230.7 235.4 236.0 240.5 243.3 242.4 239.7 241.0 241.0 249.3 255.2 250.4 249.6 246.3 136 Foxe Basin 259.9 257.0 257.6 255.7 251.8 253.3 256.0 257.2 255.8 261.8 267.1 263.8 239.3 232.5 237.4 238.1 238.2 232.8 231.3 236.4 235.3 236.9 246.9 256.1 256.9 252.7 247.3 247.5 239.9 232.2 234.6 138 Baffin Bay 233.8 230.4 229.7 229.4 229.4 230.2 231.4 231.3 234.4 234.6 234.8 238.6 235.9 236.3 237.0 232.6 231.6 229.0 224.9 221.7 217.3 213.4 216.0 219.4 223.4 224.4 222.2 222.1 220.3 220.8 225.9 139 South Greenland 249.0 251.8 255.2 251.0 246.6 244.3 239.6 240.6 241.0 241.7 240.2 241.1 246.9 246.3 245.0 259.1 259.6 248.9 238.5 232.1 234.0 245.7 247.7 251.6 249.2 242.1 236.4 232.5 234.0 237.3 239.0 140 Greenland Sea 226.9 236.5 238.9 234.2 227.2 228.9 223.7 220.1 223.2 225.4 224.6 225.4 233.8 239.0 239.4 241.0 241.8 244.5 234.2 229.5 228.5 225.0 223.7 221.6 222.7 222.9 221.5 222.4 227.3 236.5 242.6 142 Norwegian Sea 232.5 233.9 234.8 236.5 242.8 246.0 238.1 237.1 235.6 227.8 225.2 225.0 229.3 235.8 242.8 246.3 239.5 239.7 248.7 248.9 244.1 248.6 247.7 245.6 239.0 232.2 231.0 239.7 247.7 248.8 247.3 144 Barents Sea 252.7 247.0 243.2 241.7 239.8 237.1 234.4 243.1 249.3 242.9 241.0 240.0 233.1 233.9 237.6 245.8 242.5 235.6 231.4 228.3 233.4 245.8 245.4 244.3 243.2 244.8 244.6 234.8 231.4 240.3 253.8 146 Kara Sea 262.4 264.5 264.2 263.0 262.6 259.6 260.5 261.4 258.9 258.5 257.6 257.8 258.3 258.3 257.0 255.9 256.9 255.5 253.2 255.7 256.1 253.9 255.8 260.2 260.7 260.4 261.4 259.9 258.3 257.1 255.6 148 Laptev Sea 261.0 263.3 261.1 258.7 256.4 252.0 248.8 247.6 251.4 253.5 253.2 250.9 248.5 247.3 247.1 251.1 253.8 250.8 246.5 243.8 243.0 245.6 243.2 245.6 250.4 251.2 250.6 250.2 250.6 249.4 246.7 150 East Siberian Sea 252.2 249.2 250.4 249.7 244.0 247.2 245.8 240.6 234.1 236.9 241.7 239.5 242.4 244.5 241.8 252.8 255.3 255.7 251.4 247.2 241.9 238.0 242.2 247.0 246.0 236.1 237.3 242.4 240.7 242.7 241.2 152 Gulf of Alaska 270.8 270.5 268.6 268.1 267.2 267.2 265.5 267.3 266.0 267.1 269.2 265.5 269.3 270.2 274.0 273.0 272.8 267.9 269.2 270.6 273.1 273.3 270.3 268.1 271.4 272.2 272.8 273.0 274.4 274.1 274.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 264.6 263.5 264.2 263.2 263.8 268.3 264.7 271.4 270.2 272.3 268.1 268.1 270.4 273.3 274.6 274.1 270.2 266.3 267.8 272.3 273.9 273.6 270.0 271.3 273.9 273.5 273.5 273.1 274.4 274.4 274.0