1961 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 257.1 256.9 256.5 256.4 256.1 255.3 255.1 255.4 255.1 254.3 253.4 254.1 253.9 253.2 253.4 254.3 255.2 255.9 256.2 255.8 256.0 256.6 256.5 256.9 257.0 256.9 258.0 258.3 258.1 258.1 257.7 34 Hudson Bay 275.6 274.4 274.7 274.2 274.5 273.6 273.5 276.4 276.1 276.3 275.7 275.6 274.9 274.2 275.4 275.8 276.1 276.2 276.7 276.9 277.1 277.0 277.3 277.2 276.8 276.6 277.4 277.1 276.6 276.2 276.1 36 Hudson Strait 275.2 274.5 275.2 273.6 269.8 270.0 269.3 269.7 271.8 271.7 272.0 271.3 273.1 270.8 268.3 271.3 269.5 270.7 272.6 275.1 275.3 275.5 275.3 275.2 275.0 275.1 274.3 273.2 273.4 274.3 274.9 98 Bering Strait 256.6 261.4 256.9 254.8 254.7 259.7 251.6 260.0 262.3 262.6 258.0 256.4 255.3 245.4 246.6 248.6 242.0 250.3 250.8 246.5 250.6 257.0 257.5 255.0 251.1 247.3 245.9 246.9 248.7 251.2 252.4 128 Arctic subocean 234.6 231.2 238.3 232.6 232.8 229.4 228.9 227.4 223.4 222.3 223.2 225.8 227.5 223.1 223.2 227.4 230.6 236.0 234.9 236.0 232.6 227.7 227.3 227.6 225.8 226.4 230.2 232.0 231.9 231.9 231.3 130 Chukchi Sea 245.6 241.1 238.8 233.2 242.5 238.1 239.6 250.2 248.2 256.7 238.7 235.5 232.1 226.1 233.0 223.9 227.5 227.8 231.5 232.3 230.1 243.6 242.5 247.1 238.1 230.5 229.5 228.6 235.6 236.2 238.5 132 Beaufort Sea 258.5 264.2 263.1 264.6 262.9 263.8 264.5 262.5 264.1 263.0 267.2 264.3 262.4 264.2 262.5 266.7 266.9 266.1 269.6 269.9 269.2 269.7 269.5 268.7 266.7 265.3 266.0 264.8 266.4 265.4 266.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 253.6 247.9 242.5 240.5 238.5 236.6 242.5 243.4 241.7 238.0 236.0 242.3 235.0 229.4 240.1 237.1 247.2 254.4 255.9 253.8 251.5 253.0 256.0 258.4 259.8 257.9 258.7 259.6 255.2 258.0 258.4 136 Foxe Basin 270.2 268.5 260.9 256.0 241.1 238.3 240.0 235.6 241.2 246.9 239.2 240.5 243.8 231.9 235.1 239.9 233.6 235.1 242.7 245.4 243.7 250.1 256.3 260.1 265.6 268.9 266.6 267.7 265.6 262.8 270.3 138 Baffin Bay 242.0 244.5 245.3 244.0 247.3 242.2 238.5 230.4 227.6 227.0 223.7 223.8 220.9 218.6 219.7 221.4 227.1 233.9 237.8 239.4 237.2 232.8 230.1 224.0 223.3 230.6 237.9 239.7 240.0 236.8 235.1 139 South Greenland 258.9 251.2 255.9 257.9 256.8 254.7 252.4 251.2 250.2 246.6 242.4 241.2 238.1 242.9 236.9 234.3 235.2 234.8 235.3 233.8 234.1 234.0 237.1 236.6 236.6 235.2 240.7 248.5 250.6 252.2 246.7 140 Greenland Sea 240.6 235.6 242.3 241.7 243.4 239.5 242.0 242.2 241.7 235.8 235.5 232.5 233.3 231.8 233.8 231.8 237.0 234.3 231.4 228.8 226.7 223.7 224.4 224.7 222.9 224.0 227.3 230.8 232.3 235.1 231.5 142 Norwegian Sea 248.6 247.0 239.6 236.3 234.9 240.4 238.1 236.0 240.9 248.3 252.9 250.3 253.4 253.2 248.3 244.4 255.5 256.0 253.2 253.7 244.0 241.4 238.2 240.1 237.6 235.1 234.9 233.2 232.9 232.3 235.3 144 Barents Sea 247.7 248.4 250.9 252.0 247.0 242.9 236.3 233.4 237.3 234.5 235.6 244.8 248.3 254.4 250.1 249.7 241.2 237.2 243.7 245.6 243.8 250.1 247.5 243.5 237.2 241.5 244.8 245.4 247.4 247.5 249.3 146 Kara Sea 260.5 259.6 259.4 260.6 261.6 259.6 259.3 257.5 257.0 257.3 256.2 255.9 255.4 255.7 256.4 258.8 261.4 260.0 257.4 257.7 259.2 259.7 259.7 261.1 261.8 263.1 264.1 264.1 263.1 262.2 261.1 148 Laptev Sea 246.4 248.7 247.8 246.7 246.6 246.8 248.6 249.3 246.7 246.1 247.4 250.6 253.3 251.7 251.5 252.4 253.1 252.1 254.5 252.0 249.6 248.2 248.5 252.2 255.3 253.2 254.0 253.8 253.0 253.1 251.8 150 East Siberian Sea 240.2 237.4 234.0 234.1 232.9 236.3 242.2 247.5 246.4 240.5 235.5 236.2 239.6 241.6 237.8 237.7 239.0 247.6 242.6 242.2 249.4 247.9 243.4 239.8 244.8 246.1 243.9 241.6 239.4 239.8 240.2 152 Gulf of Alaska 269.8 272.7 272.9 271.6 271.2 272.4 267.7 269.7 272.6 272.8 272.5 272.5 272.9 266.3 266.5 265.3 260.9 266.2 263.6 261.4 261.0 261.6 264.3 266.8 267.6 263.5 261.3 264.2 262.2 264.2 268.8 154 Southeast Bering Sea 273.6 273.9 274.3 272.2 272.5 273.6 270.5 273.0 274.3 274.1 272.9 273.0 272.1 264.1 268.1 258.9 261.5 261.2 262.9 261.9 262.8 266.9 267.1 270.5 264.8 260.8 264.9 261.5 262.4 267.5 268.3