1962 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 253.5 253.8 253.9 254.8 254.6 254.4 252.9 253.4 253.7 253.5 254.7 255.3 255.3 254.8 255.4 255.4 254.4 254.0 255.0 254.9 255.7 254.9 254.1 254.6 255.3 255.6 257.0 257.3 256.8 256.2 256.0 34 Hudson Bay 274.3 273.9 274.9 274.2 273.5 274.3 273.4 275.4 276.0 275.7 274.0 274.0 274.0 274.4 275.5 276.0 274.5 273.6 274.3 275.4 276.4 277.2 277.2 277.3 276.6 276.1 276.4 276.9 276.8 276.8 276.2 36 Hudson Strait 275.0 272.4 269.8 270.2 266.9 268.6 269.3 269.4 273.9 273.9 274.5 272.4 272.4 271.4 271.9 271.4 271.3 267.5 268.7 270.3 272.4 272.8 273.9 274.0 274.8 273.9 273.9 274.9 275.1 274.6 274.8 98 Bering Strait 261.5 261.2 256.3 254.2 251.6 256.3 247.5 251.3 250.6 250.4 258.6 249.8 245.6 243.7 251.1 256.9 261.9 266.3 266.9 263.5 261.4 253.9 250.4 250.8 250.6 248.7 252.5 250.9 250.0 250.2 252.1 128 Arctic subocean 224.3 229.2 235.1 237.1 235.4 227.0 226.5 226.2 226.9 225.7 223.6 225.2 224.4 223.5 223.3 222.8 220.3 222.3 225.3 226.3 227.5 224.5 228.9 228.7 233.2 233.5 231.6 231.1 229.4 226.5 232.7 130 Chukchi Sea 248.2 250.6 232.4 234.3 231.9 240.0 238.4 234.3 240.0 244.2 237.2 232.3 225.6 222.0 233.5 266.2 249.0 247.1 258.1 258.7 251.6 242.8 239.4 235.9 232.1 235.8 236.4 235.3 233.8 234.3 242.1 132 Beaufort Sea 264.1 269.7 265.5 262.6 263.7 263.0 266.6 262.6 262.9 260.9 265.0 268.3 264.9 265.5 265.1 266.5 270.0 271.0 272.8 272.1 271.8 269.4 265.2 267.0 267.0 268.0 269.0 268.7 267.2 263.6 261.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 237.7 236.7 236.6 232.1 237.5 239.8 239.7 247.9 247.2 244.1 239.7 243.3 241.2 238.8 243.9 241.4 236.1 238.6 251.4 252.8 257.3 254.1 252.0 249.1 258.9 258.4 256.2 255.6 251.9 249.2 249.0 136 Foxe Basin 246.2 236.9 230.8 230.4 242.4 249.4 240.4 237.1 254.0 253.3 258.4 251.7 243.4 244.5 242.3 245.0 247.7 236.7 240.0 232.8 251.7 255.9 250.6 248.2 247.5 245.6 246.7 255.9 261.2 264.7 267.7 138 Baffin Bay 225.2 228.5 237.5 241.7 243.0 235.4 229.2 224.0 226.6 229.7 227.5 226.3 227.2 229.4 221.3 222.3 222.9 217.6 218.6 219.3 221.8 221.4 223.9 230.8 234.7 237.7 239.5 233.0 229.2 233.8 241.1 139 South Greenland 249.5 248.2 250.6 254.7 250.1 251.2 249.6 245.2 239.0 237.9 242.4 242.3 243.9 243.5 242.2 237.3 236.6 237.1 235.5 236.2 232.4 229.6 230.1 230.9 231.2 236.3 242.1 240.9 243.9 255.8 261.4 140 Greenland Sea 233.6 240.1 242.9 243.3 243.0 242.5 242.4 239.7 235.0 232.9 232.9 230.0 227.1 224.6 222.5 225.6 222.1 224.1 226.8 234.7 237.7 234.4 229.6 227.7 228.7 230.2 232.3 231.5 227.2 229.4 236.5 142 Norwegian Sea 227.4 230.4 229.7 223.9 227.6 234.1 234.8 241.0 248.5 251.7 249.1 242.5 237.4 239.9 237.9 236.7 241.7 235.3 235.4 260.0 255.4 249.5 254.6 248.6 244.0 233.8 232.0 232.5 232.7 230.8 229.8 144 Barents Sea 237.9 233.2 234.0 232.1 233.0 228.8 227.8 227.4 230.0 232.5 239.2 249.5 244.7 243.1 236.5 231.9 227.7 227.0 229.8 231.5 237.0 238.3 237.0 237.5 242.6 250.4 246.4 237.3 229.7 228.6 232.4 146 Kara Sea 254.4 254.4 255.3 259.9 261.3 259.9 257.2 257.9 258.1 257.1 256.4 257.3 259.6 260.4 261.9 261.7 259.7 259.7 259.9 256.7 257.6 259.1 258.6 256.7 255.6 256.6 259.2 259.8 258.3 256.0 254.8 148 Laptev Sea 247.6 249.6 249.8 249.6 246.0 246.9 247.3 247.7 248.7 250.6 253.1 255.0 255.9 250.7 250.9 250.5 249.5 246.6 245.7 248.4 249.0 247.1 248.6 252.0 253.6 251.3 251.8 254.9 258.3 258.2 255.0 150 East Siberian Sea 237.9 234.5 235.7 239.9 238.2 237.9 236.1 239.0 237.5 235.7 238.8 239.0 244.1 248.5 250.0 244.3 243.9 244.8 242.2 240.3 239.1 239.7 239.1 241.2 244.2 240.0 242.9 249.8 256.8 251.8 245.5 152 Gulf of Alaska 273.9 273.9 273.8 272.9 270.9 270.9 262.8 267.3 266.4 269.8 273.4 267.6 267.4 266.6 267.1 267.3 272.1 274.0 273.5 272.5 271.5 268.2 263.7 266.9 267.5 265.4 267.7 270.6 264.6 263.7 266.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 274.3 274.5 274.2 271.0 269.9 263.6 263.0 272.5 268.0 273.2 272.9 264.8 265.2 263.8 261.2 267.4 271.5 273.3 273.2 273.3 269.6 266.1 263.5 272.0 263.9 262.7 272.6 269.3 263.7 265.3 272.3