1966 05 - 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 262.3 262.0 261.7 261.1 261.2 261.4 261.4 261.5 261.4 261.6 261.7 261.2 260.0 259.3 259.1 259.1 258.3 258.3 258.2 258.7 259.5 259.4 259.5 259.7 260.4 261.2 261.5 261.7 261.7 261.4 261.1 34 Hudson Bay 278.9 279.6 279.2 279.3 279.2 279.1 279.2 278.5 278.3 278.2 278.3 278.0 277.1 276.7 276.7 276.1 275.5 274.5 273.8 274.1 276.2 276.8 276.3 275.8 275.2 275.7 276.6 276.7 275.6 274.7 274.8 36 Hudson Strait 276.0 276.7 277.4 278.0 277.6 276.2 276.0 277.0 276.6 276.8 275.9 275.5 274.9 274.4 274.4 275.7 275.2 273.8 272.8 273.3 273.4 274.4 276.0 277.9 276.0 275.6 273.2 273.9 274.3 273.1 274.4 98 Bering Strait 268.7 268.4 266.4 266.6 267.7 267.7 266.9 266.4 266.8 266.6 267.9 265.6 264.5 263.4 264.2 266.1 263.1 264.2 263.6 264.6 264.7 264.9 265.1 260.6 259.7 260.5 262.7 266.8 268.9 268.0 267.4 128 Arctic subocean 233.7 235.0 237.7 236.3 235.7 232.6 228.9 228.3 226.1 227.2 227.1 224.5 224.0 229.1 228.9 226.0 223.3 225.6 226.4 229.3 230.3 228.5 230.7 230.7 234.8 242.3 248.6 249.8 241.1 233.5 229.7 130 Chukchi Sea 261.2 256.6 253.1 250.0 257.4 257.2 255.8 253.0 251.8 250.4 254.9 250.2 242.9 238.2 242.6 254.4 245.1 247.9 242.7 251.0 246.4 246.0 246.5 234.6 236.6 232.8 245.1 261.9 266.7 265.5 259.8 132 Beaufort Sea 271.9 272.4 271.6 272.1 273.1 273.5 272.4 271.3 271.9 272.3 272.1 270.9 270.1 269.4 267.7 268.0 268.9 265.7 265.1 266.6 266.2 265.4 265.8 266.2 266.1 265.6 264.1 262.7 265.2 266.2 268.1 134 Arctic Archipelago 257.2 255.5 255.3 255.9 254.8 254.6 255.7 256.5 257.5 257.8 255.5 254.6 252.6 252.0 250.6 246.7 246.1 246.7 247.8 254.2 257.3 255.6 255.5 254.2 254.5 252.9 251.2 250.7 251.5 249.9 246.8 136 Foxe Basin 268.4 264.6 263.2 260.6 258.5 260.5 263.3 264.1 260.2 259.2 259.4 260.1 261.8 262.3 262.1 263.5 259.6 258.4 262.6 266.1 266.6 269.6 269.7 268.8 270.4 265.0 266.1 267.3 264.8 260.0 259.6 138 Baffin Bay 233.1 232.0 233.9 233.0 231.4 229.8 227.0 227.4 229.7 229.0 226.0 225.2 227.4 231.4 232.3 230.6 225.9 227.0 226.0 225.5 229.9 231.6 233.4 234.8 242.8 256.5 258.3 253.5 248.0 240.3 236.0 139 South Greenland 242.6 240.4 245.0 242.7 242.3 243.8 244.7 247.9 249.3 250.5 248.8 250.2 249.9 249.5 247.3 246.7 247.0 247.6 247.8 245.5 244.5 245.3 249.8 255.3 259.0 263.6 259.5 252.6 249.4 248.8 247.3 140 Greenland Sea 239.9 238.3 239.4 240.3 234.4 232.0 233.0 233.6 233.5 234.5 235.8 229.9 230.5 233.0 231.2 229.2 232.9 233.5 232.4 235.3 234.8 232.7 230.9 233.2 238.5 245.9 250.8 251.2 247.6 247.0 245.5 142 Norwegian Sea 267.9 268.3 267.0 264.2 262.3 258.7 258.2 259.1 260.8 262.9 263.1 262.7 261.6 260.5 261.9 259.8 258.4 257.9 257.0 256.8 259.5 263.0 263.8 264.4 266.4 265.6 265.7 267.7 265.4 261.8 262.5 144 Barents Sea 259.4 261.7 260.8 260.2 259.3 258.6 259.9 261.2 262.0 261.5 260.2 260.9 260.6 260.1 259.8 258.9 258.8 258.1 257.7 257.1 256.0 258.3 260.1 261.2 264.2 263.5 261.4 259.9 257.6 257.1 259.9 146 Kara Sea 266.5 266.8 265.8 265.3 265.4 265.6 266.3 266.0 264.2 263.0 262.7 263.6 263.1 262.7 262.9 262.5 261.7 261.7 262.5 262.3 262.6 262.3 263.3 263.3 262.8 262.3 263.1 263.2 264.1 265.1 265.2 148 Laptev Sea 253.3 251.0 250.7 250.1 251.1 252.1 251.4 251.7 253.2 257.2 259.2 258.1 253.9 251.7 250.9 251.7 251.3 253.1 252.1 252.5 254.7 253.9 249.8 250.9 252.6 253.4 251.9 252.3 253.3 255.4 255.5 150 East Siberian Sea 247.5 248.2 247.5 244.2 245.0 247.3 246.0 246.8 246.5 244.7 245.3 244.3 241.7 237.8 239.5 241.4 240.8 240.9 242.1 239.5 238.8 238.2 241.1 244.3 243.6 246.1 251.4 257.6 255.9 250.3 244.9 152 Gulf of Alaska 271.8 273.0 272.5 272.6 272.0 271.7 271.6 271.4 271.7 272.1 272.5 272.1 271.6 271.2 273.2 274.0 273.4 271.9 271.7 272.0 273.6 273.9 273.8 271.2 268.4 269.6 267.4 269.1 270.9 272.2 274.1 154 Southeast Bering Sea 272.6 273.2 272.2 271.9 270.1 270.7 271.0 269.5 269.4 271.3 271.3 271.7 272.4 274.6 275.2 275.9 272.5 272.6 273.1 274.9 275.0 274.9 274.8 267.4 267.0 271.3 270.3 271.3 272.3 274.6 274.4