1961 10 - 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 257.7 257.7 257.4 257.6 257.9 256.9 256.6 256.4 257.9 258.9 259.7 260.3 260.8 260.5 260.8 260.9 261.2 262.0 262.1 262.3 263.0 263.6 262.8 262.0 261.6 262.2 262.2 262.4 263.6 263.9 264.5 34 Hudson Bay 274.2 276.0 276.3 276.5 275.7 275.8 275.7 277.0 277.6 277.1 275.1 274.8 276.4 277.7 277.7 277.1 276.4 276.0 276.5 277.1 277.3 277.4 277.8 277.3 277.0 276.1 275.1 276.3 276.2 275.5 275.3 36 Hudson Strait 267.7 270.6 273.0 273.7 273.5 271.1 275.1 274.7 275.6 275.2 275.5 273.9 272.5 273.8 275.3 275.9 276.6 276.3 276.7 275.6 275.5 276.4 275.7 275.8 274.6 273.3 273.3 274.0 276.2 276.1 275.4 98 Bering Strait 260.2 255.3 263.2 265.9 260.7 259.3 256.5 251.7 248.8 257.2 261.4 252.0 250.5 249.5 254.0 258.9 262.9 263.6 260.0 257.2 258.0 264.0 262.7 260.1 264.0 266.4 262.9 259.7 262.1 264.0 268.9 128 Arctic subocean 226.7 226.7 230.2 236.6 240.2 241.8 240.6 237.0 239.4 240.7 240.9 244.1 242.9 238.2 237.1 234.3 237.7 238.0 242.6 246.6 243.3 244.4 245.0 246.3 244.5 246.4 248.3 248.9 248.2 249.6 253.8 130 Chukchi Sea 240.3 243.6 251.3 258.7 250.2 245.8 243.0 236.4 236.5 248.8 239.2 241.2 240.3 241.4 241.8 258.2 262.6 254.3 246.3 244.8 249.5 254.1 254.4 252.1 263.1 258.4 255.2 249.3 252.2 263.0 266.1 132 Beaufort Sea 271.0 266.2 265.2 265.4 265.6 262.8 266.1 264.2 262.0 259.1 266.7 269.8 264.9 263.9 264.1 263.7 265.2 268.1 269.1 269.5 270.1 272.0 271.3 269.1 268.1 266.7 265.6 264.4 265.1 265.0 269.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 249.8 250.9 241.0 240.4 238.2 237.2 241.0 248.6 248.9 240.9 246.8 254.3 260.7 256.3 254.6 255.1 257.8 255.4 260.1 260.8 258.1 257.5 255.6 253.6 251.5 251.0 250.2 260.4 264.0 263.2 257.7 136 Foxe Basin 236.0 245.4 249.5 241.9 244.4 244.2 247.5 252.0 259.8 250.4 263.2 259.4 252.9 263.6 269.2 270.8 270.1 267.9 265.1 269.3 268.0 268.3 267.5 264.7 264.1 260.5 260.1 264.7 271.2 270.5 268.4 138 Baffin Bay 225.5 228.1 231.5 230.4 243.9 236.2 236.0 232.8 235.6 248.2 244.0 243.6 239.5 238.2 242.8 245.4 244.6 254.9 253.1 250.7 247.5 249.0 249.8 251.6 250.7 249.1 252.5 251.4 253.8 253.9 254.5 139 South Greenland 245.3 242.3 243.9 247.4 246.4 243.7 243.0 244.3 249.9 253.3 250.1 251.1 253.0 251.7 253.7 257.2 254.7 262.7 263.6 261.8 262.6 262.4 257.9 255.0 251.9 252.2 254.6 255.6 260.2 260.3 256.6 140 Greenland Sea 235.2 235.3 242.4 250.6 253.4 249.2 244.4 244.1 246.2 249.0 250.3 249.4 245.6 243.0 245.8 239.9 237.9 245.6 252.0 249.7 248.3 254.0 257.6 255.6 253.2 252.6 252.0 255.7 259.8 255.4 253.4 142 Norwegian Sea 247.9 243.1 241.6 256.3 259.1 255.8 251.7 256.3 262.9 266.3 261.8 261.1 258.4 252.7 248.8 254.6 254.7 251.6 250.2 250.7 247.5 250.6 253.7 257.7 260.8 253.8 255.3 265.9 265.3 264.5 259.1 144 Barents Sea 255.4 249.0 244.8 242.0 251.5 256.0 255.1 252.6 250.6 251.8 256.2 261.0 258.4 251.0 250.5 255.3 256.9 252.1 248.2 251.8 261.3 261.1 254.7 252.9 254.1 261.2 261.2 257.3 253.5 253.5 252.0 146 Kara Sea 261.6 263.7 262.8 261.6 259.9 259.7 257.5 258.1 261.4 261.8 261.2 261.0 262.3 264.1 263.0 261.7 263.2 264.1 266.0 265.6 265.4 265.3 263.9 262.9 262.0 262.8 264.9 265.2 266.1 266.9 267.9 148 Laptev Sea 251.4 250.3 247.7 248.4 249.8 249.7 250.8 249.9 251.1 253.1 254.0 256.6 259.8 257.2 257.2 256.1 253.7 253.8 251.7 253.3 254.7 255.1 255.7 255.6 255.6 257.3 255.4 254.4 254.9 256.0 258.4 150 East Siberian Sea 241.4 246.5 246.8 246.7 248.7 242.6 244.4 243.9 247.8 248.3 248.4 249.7 249.7 253.4 256.1 253.0 249.9 249.3 248.1 248.9 251.6 250.4 250.3 254.6 253.0 253.3 253.7 253.2 257.2 256.3 255.5 152 Gulf of Alaska 272.9 270.2 272.4 272.8 272.6 272.7 268.9 266.6 262.2 268.6 271.9 264.8 265.0 266.2 265.9 267.4 271.9 272.6 270.1 265.9 268.1 270.2 270.6 270.0 269.8 271.7 271.2 269.7 269.9 272.4 273.9 154 Southeast Bering Sea 272.9 271.8 273.7 273.7 273.5 271.7 270.0 265.6 267.7 272.4 266.9 264.1 268.3 269.4 269.5 273.4 273.3 271.6 268.4 270.2 269.6 269.0 269.1 270.2 271.8 273.6 272.9 272.3 272.9 274.0 274.5