1959 11 - 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 264.7 265.2 265.1 265.2 265.1 264.6 265.4 265.2 265.3 265.4 264.9 265.0 266.2 266.6 266.2 265.9 266.8 266.5 267.4 266.7 266.8 266.8 266.8 267.8 267.6 268.2 268.8 269.3 269.4 269.6 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 278.1 278.3 278.7 278.7 278.5 278.1 276.9 275.9 277.0 277.3 277.4 278.2 278.6 278.3 277.7 277.3 277.9 278.6 278.8 279.0 278.7 278.3 278.5 278.7 278.6 278.2 278.3 278.7 278.4 278.3 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 275.8 276.5 275.7 276.6 276.1 276.3 275.1 273.7 273.3 275.7 274.6 275.3 276.6 276.4 276.8 276.9 276.5 275.7 276.0 274.6 277.3 277.1 275.8 275.3 276.8 277.2 276.0 276.2 275.3 275.5 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 261.0 262.4 260.7 259.9 260.9 262.6 268.8 266.6 267.8 268.5 264.2 264.7 269.6 269.6 268.4 267.7 269.8 270.8 270.7 269.9 270.6 269.7 268.1 269.6 268.3 269.3 269.8 269.9 270.1 271.2 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 248.1 249.8 248.4 251.3 249.4 247.3 246.5 248.6 248.8 248.9 245.9 246.1 249.6 250.7 252.2 251.5 249.8 248.3 252.8 252.7 251.6 250.2 254.7 260.4 260.5 260.0 261.9 263.9 262.4 261.4 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 253.3 249.2 247.3 248.2 253.8 263.7 264.7 255.6 252.2 253.5 257.3 263.1 261.3 269.6 268.9 268.3 266.9 267.9 265.8 271.2 268.3 266.5 267.4 268.4 265.7 265.9 265.6 266.9 268.7 270.2 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 267.9 270.8 271.5 271.6 269.4 267.8 270.0 272.8 271.4 273.0 271.0 270.3 270.7 272.9 272.5 272.5 273.3 274.1 273.5 272.6 273.2 273.5 273.7 273.4 273.2 273.0 273.9 273.2 273.1 273.1 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 262.1 261.1 263.7 265.0 262.8 261.9 259.7 261.1 262.8 261.2 265.4 263.4 260.7 262.1 264.2 264.1 267.0 267.2 268.6 268.5 266.7 266.6 266.8 267.4 268.2 268.0 266.1 268.1 269.1 268.8 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 268.2 269.5 268.7 269.8 269.0 269.9 268.8 267.5 265.0 265.8 266.3 270.3 267.7 267.0 264.6 262.9 265.3 268.0 270.4 270.6 268.6 271.0 270.3 269.0 269.7 271.8 271.4 270.4 269.9 270.4 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 250.2 250.6 250.2 251.8 253.9 253.0 254.7 255.4 255.0 253.3 251.8 250.4 252.8 253.1 254.4 253.0 254.6 255.2 259.4 255.2 256.4 258.1 260.2 263.1 264.3 266.9 267.9 269.5 268.8 268.0 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 264.5 263.9 259.5 259.0 263.4 262.3 262.8 260.5 257.5 255.6 253.7 256.7 257.7 257.3 257.1 253.6 256.2 254.1 262.3 262.0 258.1 259.1 262.7 268.0 266.3 265.2 266.9 268.7 269.8 269.1 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 255.5 257.7 257.0 257.5 253.9 254.2 252.9 255.6 253.1 251.2 248.0 248.9 249.9 250.2 248.8 249.4 250.4 249.4 247.7 252.3 251.3 252.4 258.0 263.8 264.0 263.8 265.8 265.8 265.1 264.8 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 255.6 259.2 259.6 261.2 262.9 265.9 268.4 267.3 265.6 261.6 259.8 255.4 255.7 257.3 254.9 254.6 261.9 264.9 262.7 259.1 259.4 265.4 266.8 265.7 264.4 264.2 265.8 265.8 266.0 266.9 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 259.3 256.2 253.8 252.5 253.8 255.6 258.9 259.7 263.6 263.2 261.4 259.3 258.7 261.2 257.6 256.7 258.4 260.2 263.6 259.1 259.2 257.8 256.3 258.4 259.9 260.2 259.4 260.5 265.7 262.9 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 265.8 266.0 266.6 266.7 266.5 265.4 266.7 266.8 266.9 266.2 266.5 267.1 268.1 268.5 268.0 267.0 267.0 266.7 267.8 267.0 268.0 267.7 267.2 267.5 267.0 268.2 268.5 268.8 269.0 269.6 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 260.7 262.3 262.7 262.2 261.2 260.1 259.4 258.0 257.6 259.1 259.0 258.2 260.0 259.2 259.2 261.2 262.0 260.0 260.0 259.4 259.7 260.2 259.5 261.2 260.2 261.3 263.1 264.3 262.6 264.4 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 252.4 254.3 254.5 255.2 257.4 254.1 255.4 256.3 256.6 259.2 259.1 257.6 264.3 263.6 263.2 265.8 266.0 263.9 262.1 259.9 260.8 259.6 260.5 258.9 262.0 262.5 265.3 264.1 264.3 263.7 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 271.6 270.5 269.7 269.3 267.9 269.6 274.2 273.6 274.1 274.0 272.8 272.4 272.3 272.3 272.8 272.8 272.8 272.9 273.0 273.1 273.2 273.1 273.3 273.1 274.0 273.7 273.2 273.2 273.1 273.4 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 269.6 268.4 267.9 266.7 266.2 273.8 274.1 274.1 274.7 273.8 271.9 273.2 271.7 272.4 273.4 273.0 272.8 273.8 273.8 274.3 273.7 273.8 273.5 273.9 273.8 273.2 273.2 273.0 273.4 273.4 -9999.0