1959 03 - 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 268.4 268.1 267.9 267.6 267.5 267.1 266.7 267.3 267.5 267.3 267.5 267.4 267.5 267.5 267.9 267.5 266.9 266.9 266.6 266.9 266.9 266.7 265.9 266.0 266.3 266.5 266.6 266.7 266.6 266.2 266.1 34 Hudson Bay 279.2 279.2 279.4 278.9 277.8 277.1 278.0 279.3 280.1 280.2 280.2 279.4 278.5 279.3 279.5 279.5 280.5 279.9 279.3 279.1 279.2 278.9 279.2 279.5 279.5 279.3 278.4 277.0 277.6 278.9 279.0 36 Hudson Strait 276.3 275.2 275.7 277.2 276.1 275.5 275.1 275.3 276.7 278.2 278.6 278.6 277.8 276.4 277.6 276.6 278.6 278.5 280.2 279.5 278.5 277.6 276.8 275.8 276.7 277.8 276.6 277.2 277.0 274.8 274.3 98 Bering Strait 273.6 273.8 272.7 272.9 273.2 273.0 273.0 272.9 273.1 272.9 273.3 273.5 273.4 272.6 271.9 271.7 271.0 271.8 272.4 271.9 272.5 272.3 272.5 273.3 272.5 271.8 272.4 272.4 272.2 272.5 271.1 128 Arctic subocean 243.2 240.3 239.1 238.3 238.8 239.0 236.6 235.8 234.9 236.5 240.7 236.0 233.6 231.3 236.3 233.4 232.9 234.6 234.9 240.6 238.6 234.8 235.2 240.2 240.1 237.0 235.7 233.6 232.8 232.8 233.2 130 Chukchi Sea 272.6 272.6 272.4 272.4 272.4 271.6 271.6 271.5 272.1 272.0 272.0 272.3 271.6 270.3 269.5 269.3 270.5 272.0 271.4 270.7 270.2 269.7 271.8 272.3 271.6 271.7 271.1 270.8 270.7 269.4 269.6 132 Beaufort Sea 275.7 275.3 274.6 273.9 273.8 275.4 275.9 276.1 275.4 274.8 274.9 274.3 274.7 274.6 274.4 274.0 273.6 272.7 273.4 274.7 275.0 275.6 274.0 274.2 274.3 274.1 272.7 274.3 275.5 275.7 275.8 134 Arctic Archipelago 262.3 262.2 261.1 258.9 258.4 260.7 261.5 261.9 263.9 264.7 265.7 263.8 262.3 261.4 262.2 263.6 264.1 266.6 267.5 265.2 265.6 264.8 263.7 267.3 264.2 262.8 261.8 260.5 260.1 259.7 257.9 136 Foxe Basin 269.4 268.8 268.5 268.9 268.9 269.2 268.5 268.8 271.0 271.7 272.4 272.5 272.7 271.6 271.6 271.4 271.5 273.0 273.2 272.3 271.8 271.5 271.0 270.1 272.3 272.4 271.0 270.5 270.7 269.2 266.8 138 Baffin Bay 248.0 247.8 247.4 246.8 244.8 242.1 239.8 240.4 239.6 241.2 245.3 242.7 243.6 248.5 250.0 241.9 239.3 239.7 240.5 249.2 249.1 244.5 238.2 237.5 243.3 242.9 246.2 249.0 246.9 243.5 237.7 139 South Greenland 268.2 267.8 267.2 266.6 265.9 266.0 267.0 266.9 262.4 261.7 267.9 268.6 266.6 268.2 270.2 267.7 265.0 264.9 263.1 265.1 264.2 263.1 262.5 261.5 262.6 267.0 267.5 268.6 269.7 269.3 266.3 140 Greenland Sea 257.3 256.1 254.5 251.5 249.6 248.9 247.2 248.5 247.1 246.9 251.3 250.1 244.9 241.4 252.1 250.3 247.6 247.0 246.4 247.2 246.7 245.4 245.7 247.1 244.9 245.2 246.4 248.9 249.7 252.1 255.5 142 Norwegian Sea 271.0 271.1 271.7 271.8 272.6 272.8 272.7 272.4 272.0 272.1 272.3 271.6 270.9 270.9 270.6 270.9 271.0 271.1 271.1 270.0 269.4 270.1 270.5 270.8 270.3 270.8 270.7 269.7 269.7 270.7 271.6 144 Barents Sea 266.1 265.5 265.3 265.6 265.6 264.7 266.3 266.1 266.9 267.0 266.5 265.8 265.0 264.8 265.1 265.5 265.4 265.0 264.0 263.7 264.9 266.8 266.4 266.4 266.2 265.1 263.7 263.5 265.7 265.1 264.6 146 Kara Sea 269.6 270.0 270.4 270.0 269.9 268.8 267.6 268.2 268.4 268.1 267.8 268.3 269.5 270.3 270.1 269.7 268.7 268.7 268.4 267.8 267.3 267.1 267.0 266.8 266.9 267.4 268.2 268.5 267.8 266.8 267.3 148 Laptev Sea 259.6 258.7 258.3 258.9 260.9 260.1 258.6 259.5 260.2 260.0 257.9 259.0 259.7 257.6 258.2 259.2 257.7 257.4 256.8 257.3 257.3 256.6 254.6 254.6 256.6 258.0 258.3 258.5 257.6 256.5 258.5 150 East Siberian Sea 263.6 261.8 261.4 261.5 260.6 259.5 258.9 261.5 263.0 260.5 258.7 258.6 260.5 260.9 260.5 259.2 260.2 260.4 257.5 259.5 261.9 264.7 261.0 259.4 258.1 257.6 257.1 256.6 256.9 256.8 254.7 152 Gulf of Alaska 275.5 275.2 275.3 275.6 275.5 275.6 275.4 275.1 274.7 275.1 275.1 275.1 275.3 274.9 274.9 274.9 273.4 273.8 275.4 274.6 275.6 273.9 273.7 274.9 275.2 274.8 274.7 275.3 275.4 274.9 273.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 276.4 276.2 276.0 276.1 275.6 275.7 276.0 275.3 275.7 276.0 275.9 276.2 276.3 275.8 276.0 276.1 275.9 275.4 274.6 275.2 274.7 273.0 275.9 275.9 275.9 275.1 275.8 275.9 275.1 273.3 273.9