1968 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 261.6 261.1 260.9 261.4 261.5 262.0 262.2 262.1 262.0 261.6 261.8 261.8 262.2 262.6 262.2 261.9 261.7 261.6 261.7 261.5 261.1 261.4 262.1 261.5 260.9 261.1 260.8 260.4 260.1 260.4 260.8 34 Hudson Bay 277.3 277.6 277.0 277.6 278.3 278.5 277.5 277.2 278.2 278.1 276.3 276.2 278.2 279.3 279.6 279.7 279.2 278.9 278.9 278.4 278.0 277.6 277.9 278.1 276.9 276.6 277.4 277.4 276.6 276.8 277.2 36 Hudson Strait 277.3 276.9 275.0 274.7 274.3 275.3 271.3 271.4 273.7 274.1 273.4 274.9 273.2 274.7 275.1 275.7 273.9 275.1 276.5 276.2 276.4 277.0 275.8 277.1 277.7 275.7 276.0 276.5 277.2 277.1 275.2 98 Bering Strait 267.9 267.5 265.2 265.1 266.5 268.9 268.8 267.6 266.4 267.4 267.4 266.0 266.5 267.6 269.1 269.1 267.2 266.3 266.3 264.8 264.0 267.6 269.4 267.2 264.4 266.2 269.7 266.0 262.1 263.5 265.8 128 Arctic subocean 236.8 237.8 237.9 238.9 239.0 238.0 234.8 233.6 236.0 240.1 243.3 245.5 240.7 237.5 237.8 238.6 239.0 235.5 234.4 232.9 236.5 239.7 240.7 240.8 241.5 241.4 237.9 235.8 234.3 239.7 245.6 130 Chukchi Sea 263.4 249.7 242.7 242.6 244.1 251.2 257.9 266.0 263.8 260.4 259.5 249.0 247.1 248.2 251.2 250.4 250.3 250.0 248.2 246.8 250.1 266.3 264.1 252.2 247.8 263.6 261.8 247.2 242.0 261.5 246.5 132 Beaufort Sea 268.0 268.0 270.5 271.6 271.7 271.7 270.2 269.3 269.0 267.1 267.2 269.6 271.9 272.8 274.0 273.5 272.8 272.1 271.0 268.1 265.4 265.5 265.5 266.0 266.2 265.6 267.7 266.7 265.7 264.8 265.2 134 Arctic Archipelago 260.4 257.4 255.8 256.9 255.2 253.8 252.7 251.2 251.1 251.1 252.5 252.8 253.6 255.6 262.3 266.6 266.7 262.2 260.0 255.4 256.3 259.5 259.2 256.6 256.0 256.4 253.2 253.3 254.8 254.0 247.5 136 Foxe Basin 269.6 269.1 268.1 263.9 260.5 261.9 264.7 265.1 260.3 256.8 255.5 254.3 254.2 254.6 258.8 266.4 270.8 271.0 264.2 264.4 270.4 269.2 266.9 266.2 267.9 266.2 263.6 263.5 270.1 269.3 264.8 138 Baffin Bay 237.9 244.6 245.7 243.6 240.1 241.7 242.8 242.2 242.4 244.3 247.6 249.3 243.9 240.8 234.4 235.6 239.2 237.6 231.9 232.2 229.5 231.1 234.7 236.2 238.2 243.9 243.4 241.7 239.5 246.9 255.0 139 South Greenland 253.4 255.4 253.4 252.0 254.0 254.5 257.4 255.7 254.3 255.1 256.6 255.1 251.3 248.4 245.3 241.5 243.3 245.0 245.8 247.5 246.3 246.2 247.4 248.2 249.6 251.8 251.9 254.5 257.4 266.1 262.8 140 Greenland Sea 242.5 244.3 246.3 247.3 247.3 248.4 247.5 248.8 252.0 252.8 256.5 253.1 248.6 246.0 238.6 238.4 235.9 235.3 237.3 238.9 242.6 245.0 247.2 244.4 245.3 243.0 241.6 242.4 240.9 243.5 250.5 142 Norwegian Sea 261.6 262.8 264.6 265.0 267.8 268.3 266.8 266.5 267.1 265.2 265.6 265.1 264.2 263.4 262.8 263.4 260.9 258.1 257.1 258.2 260.4 260.6 258.3 259.5 265.9 262.2 259.7 259.9 259.4 259.2 258.8 144 Barents Sea 259.3 256.0 255.0 257.0 258.0 257.8 258.0 259.4 259.7 260.0 260.2 258.7 257.8 258.7 259.4 259.0 256.1 255.0 255.1 255.0 255.5 253.0 253.8 255.9 257.8 256.6 259.1 259.7 257.0 255.5 253.7 146 Kara Sea 262.9 261.8 262.5 264.1 264.5 263.6 263.2 263.3 263.9 264.4 265.7 265.3 265.4 265.6 264.7 264.1 263.6 263.9 264.2 264.0 262.9 264.0 265.8 264.8 263.3 262.1 262.1 262.3 261.7 261.2 261.7 148 Laptev Sea 252.2 253.1 252.7 251.7 250.5 251.0 252.0 253.7 253.2 250.3 249.8 250.0 250.8 251.6 249.5 248.5 249.4 251.6 253.1 254.1 254.4 252.2 252.5 252.6 251.9 252.8 250.5 249.8 250.3 249.7 251.2 150 East Siberian Sea 248.6 243.7 243.5 244.7 245.9 252.4 258.2 254.0 249.6 248.4 245.0 248.7 255.3 257.0 256.6 255.9 255.0 253.9 255.6 260.9 261.1 259.5 255.8 252.1 251.3 253.8 246.7 247.3 253.5 248.0 249.4 152 Gulf of Alaska 273.4 273.5 272.3 270.9 271.0 272.4 272.8 271.6 271.1 272.9 273.9 273.5 273.7 273.0 272.9 272.5 272.3 271.9 272.4 271.4 268.6 269.3 273.2 273.9 270.2 269.9 274.1 272.8 266.8 266.8 272.1 154 Southeast Bering Sea 274.4 271.9 269.0 268.0 268.3 269.4 271.1 271.5 273.2 273.4 272.7 270.2 270.6 270.4 270.1 270.5 270.7 273.3 273.8 271.6 270.7 273.8 275.7 274.5 273.2 274.4 275.1 271.9 269.0 269.3 274.0