1959 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 262.8 262.3 261.7 261.3 261.4 261.8 261.4 260.9 260.9 260.0 259.9 260.4 260.4 260.5 260.9 260.9 260.7 261.0 261.2 261.5 261.9 262.5 262.8 262.4 262.2 262.0 262.3 262.4 262.3 262.0 261.3 34 Hudson Bay 277.0 277.0 277.7 277.3 277.4 277.3 277.4 277.6 277.8 277.6 276.4 275.8 276.5 277.2 276.7 276.1 275.7 275.6 274.4 275.3 276.6 277.9 278.0 277.7 277.8 277.9 276.9 276.2 276.8 277.8 276.9 36 Hudson Strait 272.7 271.0 270.9 272.3 274.1 271.6 270.4 271.0 273.2 275.0 272.8 272.4 271.7 273.7 272.0 273.0 273.3 272.3 271.6 270.3 269.3 270.7 272.8 273.1 272.6 273.2 275.1 274.2 273.8 275.1 276.4 98 Bering Strait 272.5 271.5 270.3 270.9 268.2 266.2 264.4 267.3 268.9 266.6 268.1 270.4 269.0 267.5 270.0 270.4 266.9 266.3 268.4 267.4 266.0 262.4 263.1 265.1 269.0 270.4 270.9 271.2 271.0 268.5 267.0 128 Arctic subocean 241.3 239.3 238.9 233.7 230.1 230.0 232.2 234.8 235.3 229.5 228.1 231.7 230.7 226.6 228.0 236.2 242.0 243.6 244.3 245.7 246.3 249.6 237.6 232.5 232.6 237.6 240.0 240.9 239.9 238.3 231.1 130 Chukchi Sea 270.1 265.4 260.8 255.1 259.8 246.1 249.0 261.4 255.4 249.1 257.1 254.0 254.8 253.5 267.1 262.7 248.9 261.3 258.7 247.0 239.3 234.6 238.3 248.5 269.6 270.8 269.6 267.8 260.5 253.4 246.9 132 Beaufort Sea 275.0 275.2 275.0 273.5 272.4 270.6 267.5 268.8 271.4 269.2 270.0 271.9 271.1 269.6 269.2 271.2 268.7 265.9 266.8 267.2 269.9 269.8 267.4 266.3 267.8 269.7 270.8 271.2 269.4 267.1 266.6 134 Arctic Archipelago 251.3 254.6 255.4 255.1 248.6 246.3 248.3 249.2 252.6 250.5 247.8 249.3 249.7 248.3 248.2 248.9 246.9 244.5 243.3 243.2 249.7 252.8 257.6 257.1 253.1 248.5 248.5 248.7 249.1 251.3 252.0 136 Foxe Basin 256.3 253.2 251.9 253.9 251.4 251.2 252.9 254.8 261.4 257.5 256.3 253.4 253.9 253.1 255.3 259.3 255.1 251.6 251.5 248.4 251.6 258.2 263.2 259.9 261.2 261.7 258.4 256.4 259.0 258.8 260.6 138 Baffin Bay 238.2 234.0 230.2 228.9 228.3 232.1 233.9 230.1 231.5 234.7 235.5 233.5 228.0 225.6 231.1 239.3 243.8 241.0 244.3 243.6 254.5 253.1 244.7 238.6 231.0 230.1 240.0 239.4 241.0 244.8 240.5 139 South Greenland 246.8 247.5 244.4 241.9 240.2 243.6 251.0 251.6 249.5 249.5 248.0 247.1 245.4 245.9 248.2 248.2 252.6 255.6 251.6 256.8 252.2 252.1 260.3 256.1 250.1 247.1 249.5 251.1 251.7 251.4 252.7 140 Greenland Sea 252.0 245.2 243.5 241.8 244.2 246.4 247.4 248.9 247.7 243.8 237.1 239.5 236.9 233.6 236.5 245.3 248.2 247.0 250.9 253.7 258.4 256.3 247.2 239.5 238.7 246.7 252.0 248.6 246.8 249.0 245.7 142 Norwegian Sea 269.4 267.7 266.5 265.6 265.3 264.8 263.5 261.7 262.1 263.4 264.6 264.9 262.4 262.7 266.2 262.2 261.8 260.4 258.5 260.1 260.3 259.4 260.8 261.7 264.6 262.4 263.1 265.4 262.3 262.0 261.8 144 Barents Sea 257.4 258.1 260.3 260.4 260.8 259.7 258.5 257.9 255.4 255.2 259.6 261.7 261.9 260.0 257.6 257.9 258.0 257.9 257.3 255.5 255.4 259.5 260.3 260.6 260.3 259.5 258.1 257.5 257.9 257.4 257.2 146 Kara Sea 264.7 264.6 263.8 263.7 264.4 264.7 264.6 263.4 263.6 264.3 263.4 262.5 263.6 265.5 265.9 264.4 264.2 265.6 266.2 266.2 265.8 266.0 266.2 266.1 265.4 264.8 265.2 266.2 267.3 266.4 265.5 148 Laptev Sea 254.5 253.1 252.5 253.2 257.3 259.1 254.9 252.7 251.9 249.7 249.8 252.1 252.7 250.8 251.4 250.6 251.0 250.8 251.6 253.5 252.5 254.8 255.7 256.4 254.9 253.9 252.7 252.3 251.4 252.4 252.3 150 East Siberian Sea 252.0 251.5 250.2 249.3 246.5 253.9 256.3 250.8 246.3 241.1 243.4 246.1 245.9 251.3 247.6 244.3 245.7 249.8 250.3 248.6 248.3 247.2 246.5 248.2 254.3 255.1 254.4 253.4 251.1 248.6 248.2 152 Gulf of Alaska 276.0 275.7 275.0 274.6 273.8 273.9 270.6 269.7 271.2 274.1 275.0 275.3 275.1 273.8 273.8 274.5 274.1 273.6 273.9 274.0 273.7 271.2 270.7 271.8 271.2 271.2 271.5 272.5 272.2 272.3 272.7 154 Southeast Bering Sea 276.3 275.4 275.0 274.5 274.0 273.3 271.0 272.0 274.1 274.8 275.8 275.6 275.5 274.6 275.1 275.5 274.6 274.6 274.5 274.1 272.5 270.8 274.5 275.0 274.7 274.2 274.0 274.1 274.0 273.8 272.1