1956 10 - 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 259.5 258.8 258.5 259.2 259.0 259.2 257.9 257.1 256.9 258.6 259.6 259.6 260.0 260.8 260.7 260.6 260.4 260.6 261.4 261.9 262.1 261.3 261.8 261.7 262.3 262.0 261.7 262.5 263.5 263.1 262.7 34 Hudson Bay 276.1 275.6 275.2 275.2 275.3 275.8 275.9 275.8 276.8 275.7 275.4 275.2 273.7 275.2 275.8 276.2 276.9 277.3 277.9 278.3 278.0 277.7 276.5 275.7 275.9 275.7 276.3 277.0 276.7 276.4 277.5 36 Hudson Strait 275.4 276.2 275.4 274.8 275.6 274.6 274.3 272.8 271.8 271.5 273.4 275.4 274.7 273.3 275.0 275.0 274.5 273.3 273.5 276.4 276.7 276.8 276.2 275.8 275.7 275.3 275.4 275.1 275.0 275.4 274.2 98 Bering Strait 256.9 256.8 259.5 267.5 264.7 268.0 262.8 259.4 257.9 260.9 254.9 258.8 270.6 270.2 267.1 263.8 266.2 261.6 261.4 260.8 261.4 260.1 266.9 268.1 268.2 268.3 261.4 266.8 269.8 264.8 262.7 128 Arctic subocean 229.9 229.5 231.0 231.9 228.5 231.5 228.2 229.3 229.3 230.7 232.8 239.0 233.1 236.9 233.3 234.5 234.2 237.6 237.3 242.4 244.5 244.5 245.7 246.5 248.8 248.5 246.8 243.2 240.1 239.4 240.0 130 Chukchi Sea 253.5 242.8 259.6 260.4 250.2 258.1 246.5 241.2 246.4 244.9 239.0 255.2 267.8 267.1 253.7 253.4 252.1 252.7 248.3 247.8 239.5 251.4 265.3 263.5 264.4 252.5 253.9 265.1 262.7 259.0 264.1 132 Beaufort Sea 265.4 265.1 264.1 266.9 268.5 268.5 270.7 270.7 265.4 264.8 265.6 260.0 264.3 267.7 270.1 269.8 269.9 270.1 268.1 268.1 267.7 265.9 265.6 269.1 268.9 270.1 269.0 266.7 269.1 269.6 266.5 134 Arctic Archipelago 261.1 259.9 260.1 256.1 251.3 253.7 252.9 260.1 260.8 258.9 253.0 249.9 256.3 258.9 255.0 257.7 255.6 253.6 259.4 260.2 261.1 259.4 261.6 259.1 258.3 258.9 259.0 259.2 258.5 258.6 258.0 136 Foxe Basin 268.1 267.0 266.5 262.3 257.3 255.8 254.5 250.7 258.9 269.0 268.0 264.6 269.4 270.0 265.9 263.1 266.1 265.7 259.0 269.0 268.8 268.5 270.0 270.9 267.7 263.9 269.4 269.7 268.2 265.9 262.0 138 Baffin Bay 237.9 236.3 235.3 234.6 234.2 234.7 233.1 230.8 243.7 245.3 251.6 248.9 245.0 247.4 244.7 243.2 244.7 245.3 249.8 255.4 252.5 252.6 257.9 253.4 262.0 260.4 255.7 251.5 245.9 246.5 246.7 139 South Greenland 261.5 255.1 246.2 249.1 250.2 252.1 249.6 244.9 239.0 249.0 256.0 257.1 257.2 260.9 261.6 259.6 257.8 255.8 256.1 258.5 264.0 259.7 260.8 257.6 260.2 262.3 263.4 263.1 263.1 259.2 254.7 140 Greenland Sea 229.2 234.6 232.7 231.8 230.9 238.4 237.0 231.5 230.2 232.7 232.9 246.3 235.3 233.4 233.6 238.4 242.0 238.5 238.7 246.2 250.4 248.7 249.0 248.3 247.8 247.4 246.3 242.7 241.8 241.2 241.7 142 Norwegian Sea 239.7 241.2 242.6 243.3 241.2 239.0 245.1 254.1 255.0 241.8 239.5 245.6 247.9 251.5 249.7 248.5 250.8 253.5 252.8 250.3 247.1 248.4 249.5 250.4 250.4 246.6 242.3 246.1 247.2 253.4 261.8 144 Barents Sea 249.3 245.2 243.4 244.0 244.0 239.6 236.6 232.8 234.5 242.3 248.3 243.1 238.3 244.6 252.2 259.5 259.9 258.5 255.6 253.2 253.8 253.4 253.7 251.9 248.3 246.8 251.0 253.8 250.7 245.4 244.9 146 Kara Sea 261.5 261.6 261.9 261.8 261.6 261.4 259.7 259.3 259.7 260.8 261.1 261.9 261.6 260.8 259.9 260.0 259.7 259.9 261.4 263.2 263.7 262.2 261.6 261.4 261.9 260.9 259.9 262.3 264.3 264.1 263.4 148 Laptev Sea 253.7 252.0 252.3 253.9 254.1 253.7 252.1 250.7 250.4 254.2 256.8 253.9 251.7 252.0 254.8 251.6 250.1 254.2 257.2 254.4 252.0 252.4 252.8 253.6 254.1 254.5 254.7 254.9 257.4 260.0 262.5 150 East Siberian Sea 245.4 248.1 247.7 247.3 250.8 247.3 246.0 248.1 244.9 243.1 250.1 256.9 260.8 257.2 249.7 251.3 249.9 249.6 247.7 245.9 249.5 249.2 248.8 250.1 254.6 255.3 259.4 258.4 261.1 261.2 259.3 152 Gulf of Alaska 265.8 269.1 268.9 272.2 272.4 272.5 273.2 271.1 269.3 272.6 269.6 268.2 273.1 273.5 273.0 271.7 271.8 270.4 271.0 271.4 271.0 271.0 272.9 273.2 273.1 273.1 270.2 270.9 272.8 269.9 269.9 154 Southeast Bering Sea 270.6 272.2 272.5 273.1 272.7 273.3 272.4 270.1 271.1 273.6 271.9 273.3 274.5 274.5 272.7 272.5 272.5 272.2 272.3 272.8 271.0 273.6 274.1 273.9 274.1 272.2 271.0 272.4 273.0 271.6 273.0