1963 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 256.9 256.2 255.9 255.3 256.1 256.5 256.4 256.4 256.3 255.6 255.2 255.5 256.8 257.3 257.6 257.2 256.8 256.0 256.0 257.0 256.6 256.7 256.6 255.6 254.9 254.5 255.4 255.6 255.7 256.8 257.7 34 Hudson Bay 274.3 273.4 273.1 273.3 274.3 274.2 275.4 276.4 275.6 275.2 275.7 276.2 276.1 276.0 275.6 275.7 275.2 276.1 276.7 276.1 275.5 275.9 276.7 276.9 276.6 276.7 277.3 277.4 277.3 277.3 277.2 36 Hudson Strait 268.5 268.5 268.4 267.2 269.9 270.8 270.3 272.0 272.9 270.7 269.5 269.4 269.9 269.1 272.1 272.9 272.3 271.0 271.4 273.2 272.8 271.1 272.1 273.3 275.2 274.6 274.3 274.0 274.7 275.6 273.8 98 Bering Strait 264.2 261.5 252.7 256.5 261.6 262.0 254.6 251.5 254.9 254.8 251.1 251.7 254.3 257.0 257.1 256.2 255.4 256.7 257.2 258.3 252.7 254.6 256.7 253.2 254.2 256.7 257.4 258.0 255.2 252.4 253.2 128 Arctic subocean 240.8 244.2 240.3 236.5 234.7 233.6 233.1 234.6 234.9 228.0 227.5 231.5 232.6 231.2 229.6 224.3 221.7 223.9 227.8 232.4 230.1 228.7 233.7 234.0 230.7 230.7 230.7 230.0 229.3 230.3 235.8 130 Chukchi Sea 252.5 238.6 238.2 252.5 259.9 242.7 233.9 240.9 243.1 242.0 239.6 243.8 250.6 253.1 246.6 242.8 238.8 249.9 262.4 243.5 240.8 250.9 247.1 242.2 240.6 241.3 245.2 254.7 251.0 234.5 227.7 132 Beaufort Sea 268.2 268.9 266.5 262.9 265.1 269.8 268.3 263.3 263.1 268.5 269.6 267.5 266.8 266.1 265.9 265.5 266.0 264.9 265.0 264.1 264.3 265.4 266.6 266.7 267.8 265.4 264.7 264.3 264.2 265.7 266.5 134 Arctic Archipelago 242.2 242.6 243.8 242.7 244.7 246.0 248.6 248.1 244.1 237.7 247.0 253.1 256.3 253.3 251.0 244.8 240.0 236.1 232.1 230.2 230.7 235.1 235.9 238.0 236.8 236.8 241.8 246.8 255.6 259.8 262.9 136 Foxe Basin 237.7 242.2 243.2 244.4 248.8 254.3 247.7 245.1 250.1 250.1 240.9 238.8 241.7 251.3 264.1 261.2 249.6 242.4 239.1 237.3 236.1 232.0 232.5 236.6 250.4 240.0 251.9 249.1 259.9 257.5 258.5 138 Baffin Bay 250.2 251.5 244.2 238.8 233.6 229.2 230.6 231.8 238.3 237.8 232.2 227.2 226.1 226.8 232.1 231.8 226.3 223.9 219.1 219.3 216.7 219.3 222.0 224.8 229.1 226.0 225.9 225.7 224.5 225.4 230.3 139 South Greenland 257.3 254.5 253.3 250.4 249.7 251.8 252.5 251.6 252.4 250.0 246.5 243.0 239.2 235.7 237.5 236.4 240.4 239.9 237.3 239.6 245.6 245.5 243.6 239.4 235.3 235.8 243.5 242.0 237.2 236.2 230.3 140 Greenland Sea 248.7 245.9 240.5 237.0 234.7 235.6 239.5 244.1 245.9 243.1 239.2 236.0 239.1 237.2 233.1 229.6 229.1 232.9 236.3 239.4 238.0 239.1 240.5 241.3 239.1 235.4 237.0 233.9 229.6 229.2 233.2 142 Norwegian Sea 252.9 249.8 243.1 243.9 245.9 245.3 245.3 253.9 250.1 254.9 256.9 255.0 256.7 254.4 251.8 248.1 244.8 244.8 245.3 239.5 234.8 235.2 238.0 239.8 242.8 256.8 254.9 249.0 247.2 250.1 244.0 144 Barents Sea 241.2 253.2 251.3 241.3 246.6 248.9 247.1 238.8 238.7 237.3 237.1 243.1 244.9 249.0 254.1 254.2 253.4 248.2 244.6 242.7 244.4 245.7 245.9 248.4 246.4 246.3 250.5 252.7 251.5 252.7 254.3 146 Kara Sea 259.1 255.7 255.9 256.9 257.3 257.4 258.2 260.0 259.9 258.6 257.4 257.3 258.2 258.1 258.1 259.0 258.8 259.4 263.0 266.7 266.4 266.3 265.3 262.5 260.4 259.8 259.3 258.1 257.7 259.3 261.8 148 Laptev Sea 246.4 246.8 249.4 248.4 248.8 249.2 249.7 250.0 249.0 249.1 250.6 252.3 255.7 256.2 255.9 254.9 254.1 249.1 247.0 250.8 252.1 249.8 247.2 245.6 244.4 245.1 244.8 245.4 246.9 250.6 249.6 150 East Siberian Sea 237.3 237.6 245.9 249.2 244.7 242.8 242.0 243.8 243.8 241.6 236.9 234.7 239.7 246.7 248.9 250.4 256.3 259.1 251.7 246.8 240.1 236.0 238.6 239.4 240.3 239.1 239.0 241.8 243.3 244.5 248.8 152 Gulf of Alaska 273.2 273.5 269.6 269.0 270.9 271.5 270.4 271.9 270.3 267.6 268.3 269.1 270.7 271.5 272.3 272.2 271.1 269.1 267.7 268.2 269.0 270.4 270.8 268.6 268.1 269.3 270.1 269.5 269.3 271.3 271.5 154 Southeast Bering Sea 274.1 271.2 268.9 270.5 272.7 273.4 271.4 268.5 266.4 268.9 271.6 271.8 273.0 272.9 271.7 270.6 268.9 267.7 267.7 268.7 268.6 269.5 268.2 265.8 262.8 263.6 267.1 272.2 271.2 270.6 266.2