1961 01 - 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 272.3 272.4 272.5 272.5 272.3 272.2 272.1 271.9 271.8 271.8 271.9 272.0 271.9 272.1 271.8 271.8 271.3 271.3 271.6 271.5 271.3 271.5 271.2 271.0 271.3 271.1 271.3 271.4 270.8 271.1 270.9 34 Hudson Bay 279.3 279.3 279.8 279.9 280.2 279.4 278.5 278.5 278.9 279.1 279.3 279.1 279.1 279.3 279.0 279.5 278.4 278.0 279.1 279.3 279.4 279.6 279.7 279.3 279.3 279.7 279.6 279.0 278.9 279.5 279.6 36 Hudson Strait 277.7 278.5 278.3 278.9 278.0 278.1 277.5 276.2 276.3 277.2 278.7 277.9 277.7 276.9 277.3 277.3 276.4 277.6 277.2 276.9 278.1 279.2 278.6 279.3 279.8 278.6 278.1 277.5 277.4 277.0 277.2 98 Bering Strait 272.7 272.6 272.9 272.6 272.5 272.7 272.9 273.0 272.9 272.8 272.9 272.8 272.8 273.0 273.2 273.0 273.2 272.9 273.0 272.9 273.3 273.0 273.1 272.6 273.0 273.3 273.8 273.6 273.3 273.5 273.2 128 Arctic subocean 263.7 262.5 261.4 259.6 260.4 260.4 261.0 261.8 263.9 264.9 264.4 264.1 264.0 263.1 262.1 263.3 264.2 261.5 261.3 261.5 259.2 260.2 256.6 257.9 261.1 262.8 260.7 259.7 257.3 260.8 261.5 130 Chukchi Sea 271.7 271.5 271.9 271.7 271.8 272.0 271.9 271.7 271.9 271.9 272.1 271.6 271.8 272.3 271.7 272.2 272.0 271.0 271.0 271.9 272.1 272.4 271.8 271.5 272.1 272.8 272.7 272.2 271.9 272.3 272.2 132 Beaufort Sea 275.0 275.2 275.4 275.6 274.4 273.9 275.4 275.4 275.0 274.9 275.2 275.5 275.6 275.4 275.4 275.1 274.4 274.9 275.3 274.8 274.7 275.0 274.8 274.8 275.0 274.9 275.2 276.0 277.0 276.8 276.7 134 Arctic Archipelago 270.5 271.1 270.7 270.3 270.4 270.6 270.4 270.3 271.1 270.9 270.8 270.9 271.1 270.7 269.3 268.7 269.7 268.3 267.3 268.4 269.3 269.6 270.8 270.8 270.0 269.7 269.8 269.5 269.6 272.2 271.6 136 Foxe Basin 272.7 272.6 273.3 273.4 273.5 273.1 273.0 273.0 273.0 273.3 272.9 273.0 272.2 271.8 272.0 272.4 272.7 271.4 272.7 273.5 273.2 273.9 273.5 273.2 272.9 273.0 272.9 273.3 273.0 271.1 271.3 138 Baffin Bay 268.4 269.1 268.7 270.4 269.3 269.4 269.3 269.4 270.0 270.9 271.1 270.8 271.1 271.1 270.4 269.0 268.3 268.0 268.2 268.8 268.7 267.4 267.0 268.2 270.8 270.7 269.6 267.7 265.5 264.0 264.5 139 South Greenland 270.3 269.5 269.7 271.7 271.7 271.4 271.5 271.3 271.2 270.2 271.6 270.9 270.6 270.4 269.7 270.2 270.5 268.9 270.1 269.0 268.5 269.6 270.7 271.2 271.0 272.0 271.1 269.9 270.4 269.0 268.6 140 Greenland Sea 267.0 266.3 267.7 267.2 265.9 265.4 262.9 264.5 265.4 265.2 265.2 265.8 265.9 265.8 267.4 267.0 265.9 265.4 266.3 263.5 263.8 262.9 260.5 261.4 263.6 265.4 261.9 261.0 259.5 260.0 262.7 142 Norwegian Sea 271.5 270.9 270.9 271.6 270.4 270.6 271.3 271.1 270.5 270.4 271.3 271.4 271.7 270.8 270.9 270.9 270.5 270.2 270.2 270.8 271.3 271.7 271.4 271.3 271.0 270.7 271.9 271.6 270.8 271.3 271.7 144 Barents Sea 268.6 269.1 269.5 268.8 268.6 268.5 268.5 268.5 268.7 269.3 268.9 268.7 267.8 267.9 267.8 267.7 267.3 267.8 268.3 268.2 267.6 267.1 267.2 266.6 267.5 266.8 266.4 266.9 266.1 267.0 267.5 146 Kara Sea 272.0 272.3 272.8 273.0 272.5 272.3 271.9 272.0 272.1 271.7 272.0 272.1 272.2 272.1 271.9 271.6 271.7 271.8 271.6 271.7 271.7 271.6 271.0 270.4 271.0 271.3 270.9 271.5 270.8 271.1 270.7 148 Laptev Sea 269.7 269.2 268.8 267.9 268.1 269.1 268.6 267.6 266.3 267.2 266.2 266.6 266.0 267.3 266.5 267.1 265.6 266.4 267.3 267.0 265.4 265.9 265.2 265.4 264.8 263.0 266.2 267.4 264.8 265.5 264.3 150 East Siberian Sea 269.2 269.0 269.1 268.8 268.2 268.6 269.6 268.1 267.5 267.4 267.4 268.3 269.4 269.6 269.0 269.7 268.6 268.4 268.0 267.7 267.4 268.6 269.3 268.2 268.2 267.1 266.2 265.9 265.6 265.0 265.5 152 Gulf of Alaska 274.8 274.8 274.1 273.6 273.2 274.5 275.5 275.0 274.8 274.8 274.7 274.2 273.9 274.2 274.2 273.6 274.7 275.0 274.8 275.3 275.0 274.7 275.3 275.2 275.1 275.7 276.7 276.4 276.0 276.0 275.4 154 Southeast Bering Sea 275.4 274.5 274.1 274.8 275.6 276.2 275.9 275.3 275.6 275.2 274.7 273.8 273.6 275.0 274.6 275.5 275.9 275.5 276.2 276.2 275.7 276.1 276.7 275.5 276.0 276.4 275.9 275.5 275.7 274.4 274.9