1959 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 259.3 260.4 261.1 259.8 259.3 259.7 260.2 260.9 261.6 260.3 260.6 261.6 261.4 261.4 260.5 260.8 261.8 262.0 262.4 261.9 261.9 262.3 263.1 262.2 262.8 262.2 262.5 262.0 262.4 263.4 263.9 34 Hudson Bay 274.1 274.5 274.5 273.4 274.3 274.6 276.5 277.3 277.6 278.0 278.3 277.9 277.6 277.4 277.0 276.7 276.7 276.6 277.4 277.0 276.6 275.7 275.9 276.5 277.3 277.1 276.6 276.2 276.1 275.4 277.1 36 Hudson Strait 273.0 272.0 272.2 271.6 271.8 270.7 271.6 273.6 275.1 275.3 275.5 275.9 276.6 276.7 274.7 271.8 273.0 272.4 271.2 274.1 276.5 276.6 276.1 275.0 274.5 274.6 275.9 277.1 275.9 275.7 275.5 98 Bering Strait 266.9 269.5 270.7 266.7 268.1 267.4 264.1 261.9 262.1 256.5 261.2 269.0 266.9 263.0 256.3 264.3 268.8 266.2 260.8 254.8 255.6 264.9 263.4 257.4 256.5 260.6 265.2 260.6 265.7 266.8 262.6 128 Arctic subocean 231.6 238.2 242.3 237.9 233.8 232.5 235.9 234.6 235.2 240.3 239.4 236.4 235.4 231.3 229.0 234.4 231.7 233.3 241.5 239.2 239.8 243.4 244.5 243.0 242.3 238.2 235.5 235.4 239.2 247.0 248.4 130 Chukchi Sea 263.8 262.3 266.6 265.6 262.9 255.0 250.9 246.3 244.5 244.1 255.4 262.0 253.3 241.7 249.9 258.4 256.9 255.1 246.8 239.1 248.7 250.5 240.8 236.4 238.8 259.7 251.8 256.4 257.9 253.8 251.4 132 Beaufort Sea 265.9 265.7 265.2 267.4 270.5 273.6 272.9 272.8 273.0 269.8 266.6 270.8 272.1 271.0 266.9 265.0 268.6 269.8 270.4 266.8 264.0 266.6 271.8 271.8 269.6 266.0 267.5 267.6 265.7 270.6 270.5 134 Arctic Archipelago 245.9 246.9 245.9 241.9 244.9 254.4 262.2 266.4 263.3 267.8 263.2 255.7 256.9 254.7 248.8 247.1 245.4 250.2 256.8 260.6 257.6 258.9 258.4 261.2 267.3 259.9 255.8 257.9 254.5 257.9 262.4 136 Foxe Basin 260.3 257.1 251.9 249.1 252.7 249.8 252.5 267.7 267.4 268.2 272.3 269.2 260.2 263.8 254.7 251.1 255.7 247.3 250.0 258.6 267.9 265.9 268.7 265.4 264.3 268.9 272.2 270.4 266.2 269.0 268.3 138 Baffin Bay 231.1 242.9 249.8 241.2 235.6 230.9 232.0 243.5 241.8 241.0 246.0 245.3 240.4 237.5 232.1 233.9 236.9 242.1 249.5 246.1 242.6 247.2 251.9 246.5 248.3 248.1 243.8 246.1 254.4 256.2 257.9 139 South Greenland 251.8 256.7 259.1 252.7 245.9 250.6 251.2 246.2 256.2 249.4 251.6 259.9 253.1 247.5 253.2 258.7 257.8 256.6 257.3 258.0 253.5 253.2 265.1 265.9 263.4 259.7 260.6 263.3 267.6 265.3 262.0 140 Greenland Sea 238.7 247.7 254.2 248.9 241.4 239.9 239.6 241.4 244.6 240.4 238.0 243.1 242.7 237.7 237.7 246.2 249.0 256.3 258.0 250.1 244.0 246.4 253.0 247.0 244.8 246.1 241.5 245.2 255.1 259.9 257.3 142 Norwegian Sea 256.2 252.7 242.9 246.0 257.9 252.3 251.6 256.7 251.1 251.9 251.7 252.6 254.0 262.2 260.6 262.2 258.2 251.6 258.1 259.4 252.9 252.5 257.0 256.5 256.1 252.3 250.6 260.2 259.3 255.6 250.9 144 Barents Sea 246.1 246.6 243.4 241.5 239.4 241.8 245.0 247.9 254.7 249.5 248.5 247.5 247.7 251.0 254.1 258.2 261.4 258.3 252.4 248.8 252.8 252.8 253.7 260.7 260.0 255.7 252.1 249.5 251.0 257.8 261.0 146 Kara Sea 262.9 263.8 263.4 262.1 262.0 261.6 260.7 260.0 260.3 260.8 262.5 262.4 261.1 261.1 260.4 259.7 260.8 263.2 265.0 266.8 267.2 263.8 263.0 263.1 264.7 264.7 264.0 262.0 261.2 262.3 264.3 148 Laptev Sea 252.4 251.9 256.4 258.5 255.4 255.5 256.9 258.6 255.8 252.8 251.4 253.8 259.4 262.7 261.0 258.0 257.5 255.7 256.0 256.1 258.3 259.8 259.1 253.6 253.1 254.4 258.7 257.4 257.3 255.1 256.5 150 East Siberian Sea 253.5 252.9 251.8 249.5 251.3 246.5 245.8 248.5 254.4 253.4 251.1 246.6 245.8 253.2 260.5 260.1 260.7 254.2 249.8 247.8 247.6 249.9 250.2 249.2 254.6 251.0 254.1 256.6 257.2 257.2 251.5 152 Gulf of Alaska 273.4 273.4 273.9 274.3 273.9 273.7 273.2 272.0 269.4 267.4 269.2 273.2 273.7 273.4 269.5 271.0 272.1 272.1 270.8 268.1 266.8 273.1 273.1 270.2 265.2 267.8 271.6 269.3 271.4 272.7 271.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 274.2 274.8 274.6 274.8 274.0 273.5 273.0 266.1 265.8 270.1 274.1 274.6 273.5 270.8 267.8 271.5 272.7 272.3 273.3 270.8 272.0 274.0 269.2 268.4 268.4 272.9 273.6 272.0 273.2 272.2 272.0