1963 12 - 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 269.5 270.2 270.1 270.0 269.8 269.9 270.1 270.3 270.8 270.9 271.2 271.2 271.2 270.7 270.9 271.0 271.3 271.2 271.2 271.3 271.4 271.3 271.2 271.4 271.6 271.4 271.4 272.0 272.1 271.9 271.9 34 Hudson Bay 279.0 279.3 279.5 279.8 279.4 278.6 278.0 278.9 279.5 279.4 278.9 278.7 278.5 278.4 278.6 278.8 279.0 278.9 278.7 278.8 278.6 278.4 277.9 278.1 278.4 279.0 278.7 278.4 279.0 279.2 279.3 36 Hudson Strait 276.2 275.7 276.6 276.2 276.3 277.4 275.3 275.7 275.9 276.9 277.3 277.5 277.1 277.8 277.5 276.6 276.7 278.1 277.8 277.7 277.9 277.8 277.6 278.2 277.4 276.9 276.5 278.1 275.9 274.6 277.5 98 Bering Strait 271.2 271.7 272.0 271.6 271.2 271.4 271.2 270.9 271.4 271.3 270.6 271.7 272.3 271.9 271.3 271.5 271.3 272.2 272.6 271.9 271.6 271.5 271.0 272.1 272.2 272.1 272.8 272.9 272.5 271.8 271.8 128 Arctic subocean 257.6 255.7 256.5 258.1 259.4 261.3 260.8 261.7 260.9 261.9 264.2 263.4 262.9 262.1 260.9 261.6 263.5 262.5 261.8 262.4 262.7 262.7 262.4 264.0 264.1 262.0 263.5 264.0 263.6 265.0 263.6 130 Chukchi Sea 271.6 271.6 270.8 271.7 270.7 270.4 270.0 270.7 270.3 269.7 270.3 270.9 271.4 270.7 269.8 269.6 270.0 272.0 271.8 270.9 271.0 271.2 270.7 270.6 271.8 271.9 271.5 272.2 270.9 272.2 272.2 132 Beaufort Sea 274.1 274.8 275.2 274.5 273.8 274.5 274.6 274.5 274.2 274.2 273.9 274.0 273.9 274.3 273.9 273.9 273.5 273.8 274.7 274.6 274.0 273.4 273.4 273.4 274.4 274.2 274.2 275.7 275.0 274.4 274.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 268.1 268.1 266.8 267.2 267.9 267.3 268.6 269.8 270.7 269.8 268.4 268.5 269.8 269.1 269.3 270.4 270.5 270.4 270.0 269.0 268.9 269.5 269.1 269.2 269.3 268.0 267.7 268.1 269.3 269.4 270.2 136 Foxe Basin 271.3 270.9 271.3 270.0 271.2 271.2 270.9 271.1 271.2 272.6 271.1 271.0 271.8 272.4 273.0 272.5 272.3 271.2 272.0 272.0 272.6 272.4 272.8 272.2 272.4 272.8 272.2 271.8 271.6 271.0 271.6 138 Baffin Bay 265.2 265.0 264.1 262.8 263.9 265.2 267.5 267.8 266.6 268.1 268.2 267.0 267.1 267.4 267.9 270.1 270.0 269.7 270.0 270.2 270.5 270.4 269.7 269.1 269.0 269.6 269.9 269.1 269.5 269.8 269.7 139 South Greenland 269.0 268.3 266.5 265.5 266.8 266.4 266.7 266.5 269.4 268.2 268.4 269.2 267.2 267.2 268.4 268.2 267.8 267.6 266.6 266.8 268.0 269.3 270.9 270.8 270.3 271.2 270.9 270.4 267.8 267.7 269.0 140 Greenland Sea 263.4 263.0 265.7 267.9 268.7 267.1 265.1 266.7 267.5 266.7 268.2 268.5 267.1 265.3 265.7 265.8 267.6 266.9 267.2 268.2 268.0 268.2 267.3 266.7 266.1 266.4 268.4 266.5 266.2 266.8 266.4 142 Norwegian Sea 269.5 268.7 268.7 270.2 271.9 270.7 270.5 270.9 271.0 271.7 270.7 270.5 270.0 269.9 270.0 270.8 271.1 272.2 271.4 271.0 271.2 270.4 270.3 271.5 272.1 271.7 270.4 270.5 271.4 272.3 272.5 144 Barents Sea 267.3 267.9 266.7 266.0 267.0 266.4 267.6 268.5 268.4 268.1 267.5 268.1 268.7 267.7 267.8 267.4 268.4 269.2 268.9 267.1 267.7 267.8 267.2 268.2 268.4 268.2 267.5 268.7 270.2 270.3 268.3 146 Kara Sea 269.4 270.3 270.9 270.9 270.1 269.5 270.1 269.9 270.6 271.1 271.8 271.5 271.5 271.0 271.3 271.2 271.0 271.1 271.1 270.7 271.3 272.0 271.7 271.5 271.5 271.3 271.0 271.8 272.5 272.0 271.7 148 Laptev Sea 261.6 263.9 263.4 263.9 263.5 264.9 264.2 265.1 266.1 266.1 267.6 267.6 267.5 266.2 266.0 265.8 267.6 265.8 266.0 267.5 267.5 266.3 266.6 267.2 267.8 267.0 267.5 269.0 268.4 268.0 268.2 150 East Siberian Sea 264.2 265.6 263.7 262.8 260.6 263.3 266.5 264.5 263.6 263.1 263.5 264.0 265.3 264.9 267.3 267.8 267.7 267.3 268.0 269.0 269.6 267.6 267.5 268.1 268.0 267.0 268.0 268.8 269.3 270.3 270.6 152 Gulf of Alaska 273.0 273.3 273.1 273.0 274.0 274.0 273.3 273.1 273.4 273.7 273.9 274.2 274.7 274.3 273.7 273.9 274.5 275.1 275.2 274.5 274.0 273.4 274.2 275.6 275.0 274.5 274.5 274.3 274.1 274.0 274.1 154 Southeast Bering Sea 274.2 274.8 273.3 273.7 274.6 274.1 273.2 273.5 274.7 274.5 275.3 275.5 275.7 274.6 274.7 275.4 276.1 276.1 275.7 274.8 274.0 274.1 275.7 276.0 275.2 274.5 274.3 275.0 274.4 274.6 274.2