1960 08 - 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 256.7 256.7 256.1 255.7 255.4 254.7 254.4 253.9 253.8 254.8 255.7 255.9 256.4 256.4 255.0 254.9 255.4 255.1 254.7 253.7 253.4 252.7 252.1 252.3 251.9 251.8 253.9 254.4 254.3 254.0 254.4 34 Hudson Bay 276.9 277.1 277.0 276.8 275.8 275.3 275.0 274.1 274.7 274.6 273.0 273.3 274.4 276.4 276.3 274.8 275.7 276.2 274.9 274.1 275.1 274.5 274.5 276.5 276.8 276.5 275.7 275.3 276.0 276.5 275.8 36 Hudson Strait 270.3 268.9 270.0 271.1 273.8 275.2 273.9 274.1 275.3 275.5 274.4 272.9 270.0 269.4 269.5 271.6 269.9 269.8 271.7 270.5 271.2 273.2 269.5 269.8 275.2 276.1 275.1 274.9 275.3 274.1 274.8 98 Bering Strait 251.5 240.2 240.5 244.8 246.6 246.9 247.2 249.1 247.4 251.4 263.4 259.8 252.4 250.6 252.0 251.5 252.6 252.6 252.2 244.9 242.5 247.9 248.0 247.5 244.3 243.6 243.7 239.2 235.6 236.4 241.7 128 Arctic subocean 234.8 232.6 235.4 234.3 227.3 231.3 238.9 239.6 230.8 231.1 227.0 225.5 229.3 239.8 238.5 234.0 234.8 237.3 237.2 234.8 233.2 231.6 227.2 221.9 221.1 223.8 234.5 234.4 232.4 230.5 229.2 130 Chukchi Sea 221.8 221.7 227.9 227.4 227.9 234.5 231.9 224.5 235.5 249.3 244.3 238.0 240.8 240.3 234.1 232.8 241.8 241.0 233.6 228.7 229.7 226.7 227.7 229.6 230.9 232.2 221.9 217.1 219.2 219.0 224.1 132 Beaufort Sea 271.5 268.3 263.0 261.5 262.7 261.0 258.9 261.2 258.9 257.6 262.2 268.1 270.9 268.2 265.7 265.9 262.6 259.7 258.6 258.5 257.6 257.7 263.7 264.0 262.2 259.6 258.8 260.3 259.4 257.5 256.8 134 Arctic Archipelago 247.4 257.7 261.8 252.4 239.9 234.4 233.2 238.0 244.0 250.7 247.3 240.3 246.3 250.9 241.1 237.0 239.8 238.9 233.5 232.6 237.0 236.2 230.7 240.8 252.4 251.6 255.4 252.8 248.2 255.5 258.1 136 Foxe Basin 234.0 237.2 244.6 251.4 261.8 243.7 240.2 250.6 259.5 264.3 261.6 249.7 247.2 244.7 237.4 239.9 235.7 238.7 239.3 235.1 231.1 255.2 243.2 232.8 258.3 264.3 265.7 265.5 261.8 250.9 263.4 138 Baffin Bay 233.9 231.9 231.8 239.2 243.5 243.5 236.5 230.4 231.5 236.4 233.9 233.6 237.4 237.2 234.5 236.8 243.0 242.1 243.6 236.0 227.3 225.6 222.9 222.4 218.3 227.7 242.1 239.9 234.7 230.8 233.1 139 South Greenland 235.7 239.0 242.2 238.6 244.1 247.5 252.5 244.2 238.4 241.5 241.3 245.7 252.2 248.6 247.0 247.7 243.4 247.5 245.6 241.7 241.3 238.8 243.7 244.1 235.8 233.3 251.5 251.9 250.3 249.4 245.2 140 Greenland Sea 245.0 239.0 231.1 231.3 232.3 239.0 245.1 246.8 237.0 234.0 237.4 235.9 240.1 247.2 244.2 245.4 248.9 245.0 246.0 243.7 239.6 237.5 234.5 229.6 225.4 223.1 231.3 236.3 245.0 238.9 232.3 142 Norwegian Sea 249.7 248.0 241.3 235.0 246.5 258.1 258.5 255.4 248.4 244.3 237.3 238.4 234.8 229.6 236.7 238.8 240.5 243.7 239.4 238.0 248.6 245.2 251.2 250.9 243.2 243.0 259.1 258.4 255.3 244.9 250.7 144 Barents Sea 246.3 250.3 248.0 242.8 238.4 236.2 238.6 239.2 244.4 247.0 246.0 243.2 242.2 241.5 240.2 239.8 237.3 235.1 234.1 232.1 234.5 236.3 236.5 246.7 246.1 240.8 240.0 253.9 254.0 252.9 245.8 146 Kara Sea 262.3 262.5 261.4 260.3 259.7 258.7 257.2 256.2 256.9 257.7 259.9 260.9 260.7 260.0 257.5 257.1 257.6 258.0 257.9 258.1 258.0 256.6 255.2 254.2 253.9 255.2 256.9 255.9 256.2 256.2 258.5 148 Laptev Sea 251.9 252.2 252.4 254.2 252.5 252.5 252.1 249.8 248.5 246.5 245.6 247.2 247.6 248.1 248.9 249.0 250.6 250.1 252.6 255.7 254.3 250.5 248.2 245.3 244.9 245.5 246.9 249.8 251.3 249.2 247.8 150 East Siberian Sea 231.9 238.5 235.3 237.5 241.3 238.4 240.3 245.2 245.7 245.0 245.1 243.9 240.8 240.3 243.3 249.4 252.7 249.5 246.4 242.5 241.2 242.8 240.8 238.4 233.2 229.4 231.3 230.2 232.9 237.4 239.1 152 Gulf of Alaska 270.7 261.7 260.6 263.8 265.5 267.4 269.4 265.1 261.8 265.1 272.5 270.7 266.0 265.1 267.8 264.0 262.8 263.7 268.3 264.3 264.3 264.3 261.2 260.6 262.3 265.0 262.6 260.0 256.0 257.2 262.5 154 Southeast Bering Sea 263.3 258.2 266.3 266.9 270.5 269.7 271.6 263.4 263.9 271.4 273.4 268.1 265.1 266.2 266.3 263.4 264.5 268.3 271.4 268.1 269.9 264.4 264.7 263.1 267.8 267.9 264.7 260.6 259.7 262.1 266.3