1960 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 261.6 260.7 260.8 260.6 261.1 261.8 262.6 262.9 262.4 261.9 261.6 261.2 261.7 262.5 262.4 261.6 260.6 260.4 260.4 260.7 260.6 260.3 259.8 260.1 260.7 261.1 261.0 261.3 261.1 260.9 260.9 34 Hudson Bay 279.8 279.4 278.9 278.7 278.6 278.5 278.9 279.4 279.1 279.3 279.4 278.6 278.4 278.4 278.5 278.1 277.7 277.4 277.8 278.1 277.8 277.7 277.6 278.0 277.6 277.4 276.9 276.1 276.0 276.9 277.5 36 Hudson Strait 276.9 277.8 277.8 277.6 276.1 275.7 276.7 277.2 276.9 276.6 276.1 275.9 275.9 274.3 273.4 272.8 272.0 273.0 275.6 276.2 274.7 274.4 275.7 276.3 276.9 276.6 275.2 273.9 273.4 272.3 271.9 98 Bering Strait 267.7 266.0 262.9 261.4 262.0 264.4 263.8 263.8 264.9 264.4 267.1 268.7 269.3 269.0 266.7 264.3 260.8 260.4 262.3 263.7 265.5 267.7 268.1 268.1 268.4 267.3 267.1 265.6 262.2 262.9 265.9 128 Arctic subocean 239.1 241.4 238.0 234.4 232.7 229.9 233.0 232.7 232.6 234.2 231.4 229.4 233.1 236.4 235.2 229.1 230.5 232.9 235.7 232.1 229.8 232.4 226.5 226.7 224.0 222.8 224.1 222.4 223.6 226.4 223.3 130 Chukchi Sea 255.1 245.1 241.8 239.5 241.7 243.4 245.3 244.3 244.2 254.9 267.9 268.5 256.1 250.7 249.3 243.4 236.5 237.2 239.6 246.6 240.7 240.8 241.2 251.3 251.2 249.1 243.2 234.1 233.4 239.3 254.9 132 Beaufort Sea 271.6 270.4 268.6 268.1 268.5 267.8 268.2 269.6 269.2 268.1 267.9 269.8 271.8 271.5 272.1 271.1 270.4 268.2 268.0 268.8 268.9 269.3 269.2 269.4 269.9 270.1 270.8 271.2 270.0 270.2 270.3 134 Arctic Archipelago 249.0 248.4 249.1 250.8 250.7 256.7 263.4 265.5 263.7 260.3 257.7 251.6 251.3 250.2 252.7 252.6 251.5 256.8 259.9 259.6 258.3 256.2 250.8 248.3 251.4 250.8 249.7 251.9 252.7 253.7 252.7 136 Foxe Basin 258.5 263.5 264.3 268.2 266.9 268.0 268.6 269.4 270.3 268.8 265.8 263.6 261.1 259.3 256.7 257.6 259.5 258.3 258.2 260.5 264.1 264.8 262.1 267.4 268.2 265.8 263.7 260.8 260.3 258.6 256.3 138 Baffin Bay 239.6 239.4 235.5 234.9 232.4 233.3 235.1 236.8 235.1 236.4 236.6 238.9 242.3 245.1 241.3 236.2 237.1 235.1 231.6 233.2 235.0 232.8 226.7 225.9 226.4 229.4 230.5 232.1 229.9 230.1 233.3 139 South Greenland 242.2 243.2 246.3 247.4 253.1 252.5 245.3 239.7 242.6 247.6 249.0 250.0 250.0 251.4 253.5 250.3 246.2 245.2 243.7 238.9 238.4 242.7 246.6 244.5 242.7 247.1 251.0 252.3 249.0 245.1 243.2 140 Greenland Sea 252.4 244.3 242.7 240.6 240.3 233.7 231.9 231.5 231.1 232.1 234.5 234.9 236.4 240.0 239.4 236.7 234.6 235.0 236.2 234.0 235.4 233.6 231.0 234.7 232.3 228.2 229.0 229.0 227.3 225.2 224.9 142 Norwegian Sea 265.8 264.9 261.9 261.3 261.4 259.6 259.7 261.4 265.8 267.3 266.3 264.5 263.2 261.8 261.0 262.0 260.7 261.2 265.2 267.8 268.4 269.8 269.0 266.5 265.9 264.1 261.7 260.5 258.5 258.6 258.5 144 Barents Sea 258.6 258.0 258.7 259.1 258.7 258.7 259.9 260.0 260.5 260.1 258.9 257.7 256.2 256.1 258.7 262.1 262.3 260.3 256.2 258.8 264.7 266.2 264.9 262.6 261.6 258.6 258.9 258.4 258.8 258.0 255.9 146 Kara Sea 265.3 264.7 265.1 264.8 264.8 264.9 266.0 266.5 265.0 264.4 264.1 263.5 263.7 265.7 265.2 264.1 263.9 262.8 263.3 264.2 264.4 264.3 262.6 262.7 263.4 263.7 264.8 267.7 268.9 268.1 266.8 148 Laptev Sea 251.0 250.9 253.6 253.1 253.7 255.3 255.5 255.3 253.9 251.0 250.2 251.9 255.3 258.1 257.6 257.6 255.4 253.7 253.8 253.4 250.9 249.1 250.6 252.8 255.3 256.9 253.4 252.6 252.8 251.6 251.0 150 East Siberian Sea 246.4 243.0 243.1 244.7 250.4 252.7 259.5 261.3 262.8 261.1 255.6 249.2 246.3 243.4 242.5 243.9 246.0 255.4 253.2 249.6 246.2 243.3 245.7 244.7 247.1 249.9 251.6 248.0 249.6 252.1 255.6 152 Gulf of Alaska 272.8 271.3 269.9 267.6 266.9 270.2 269.0 268.3 269.1 269.0 269.9 272.1 273.3 273.7 273.4 273.3 268.6 266.4 266.5 268.3 272.6 272.9 272.9 273.7 273.7 273.7 274.1 273.0 270.0 268.7 269.8 154 Southeast Bering Sea 273.3 268.7 267.6 267.8 266.6 267.2 269.3 269.3 268.4 269.3 272.9 274.8 275.5 274.2 272.5 271.1 267.3 268.8 268.9 273.0 272.6 270.9 271.6 273.2 273.2 273.2 271.5 269.0 266.9 267.7 273.2