1968 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 255.2 254.7 255.1 254.0 254.2 255.4 255.9 255.1 254.2 254.1 254.7 255.6 256.2 256.3 256.0 256.0 256.1 254.4 253.6 254.0 253.7 253.7 254.5 254.8 254.7 254.9 256.4 256.7 256.0 255.8 256.4 34 Hudson Bay 274.6 274.4 273.1 272.8 274.5 274.4 272.9 271.7 273.0 274.0 274.8 275.8 276.2 276.0 276.0 275.9 275.2 274.1 274.3 275.1 275.3 274.8 275.2 274.7 273.5 272.9 272.4 272.0 272.9 274.2 275.3 36 Hudson Strait 275.4 274.6 275.0 272.8 270.5 272.6 273.0 272.3 274.7 273.4 273.2 274.1 273.7 274.7 274.7 275.1 276.2 273.9 272.6 273.4 273.4 273.3 270.9 273.1 274.7 273.0 272.4 270.7 270.3 268.4 268.9 98 Bering Strait 251.0 254.2 258.8 255.0 249.4 253.5 260.7 262.4 254.6 245.1 245.7 246.9 245.3 249.3 251.3 252.5 256.3 251.0 248.2 248.8 247.8 244.6 247.6 248.8 250.6 251.0 260.4 267.7 265.6 266.4 269.6 128 Arctic subocean 226.2 228.2 233.3 236.3 236.3 236.6 233.9 226.3 223.7 221.6 223.2 222.0 224.6 223.5 220.7 223.0 226.9 226.8 227.3 230.4 234.1 233.9 234.5 235.3 235.7 235.0 235.0 233.1 228.3 227.0 226.3 130 Chukchi Sea 241.8 251.1 250.3 224.6 224.3 233.8 258.5 252.0 234.4 227.9 230.6 225.6 227.7 230.0 241.5 255.5 239.9 231.3 240.3 231.7 232.4 227.9 234.2 243.0 233.6 236.4 267.0 263.9 255.8 256.4 262.7 132 Beaufort Sea 256.9 256.7 259.5 262.8 260.5 259.5 260.8 268.0 270.7 267.8 265.0 266.5 265.4 264.7 263.6 263.3 263.4 265.3 261.9 261.9 263.2 261.6 258.8 256.9 258.6 258.1 259.1 267.8 270.9 271.3 272.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 246.1 239.8 236.9 237.0 237.5 238.1 238.1 233.8 237.4 245.2 249.4 249.7 257.1 255.0 254.2 248.1 240.9 240.1 242.4 240.4 235.9 241.1 244.4 242.8 237.8 238.5 237.4 234.4 233.3 240.6 246.1 136 Foxe Basin 265.3 251.1 257.3 248.3 252.1 248.2 242.0 239.3 244.6 250.3 252.6 250.2 251.6 255.6 261.0 258.7 257.6 248.7 244.7 257.5 251.9 239.7 240.3 253.7 261.8 255.9 244.2 237.7 236.6 233.2 245.6 138 Baffin Bay 229.5 229.2 239.6 234.8 235.6 241.9 240.3 233.4 229.3 226.4 223.7 229.5 231.2 231.7 233.9 235.1 233.0 227.7 229.5 232.2 234.5 229.5 233.9 237.8 238.2 237.8 235.1 233.7 228.4 224.0 223.3 139 South Greenland 245.9 251.8 248.9 244.6 250.8 256.3 252.6 249.1 244.1 241.1 238.5 234.8 236.8 241.5 250.6 261.9 256.2 249.8 248.3 243.7 241.9 242.1 247.5 244.6 242.1 241.7 246.1 243.9 242.1 237.4 234.0 140 Greenland Sea 237.3 235.4 240.8 239.5 241.5 246.0 246.2 241.0 233.6 231.4 224.2 224.7 228.9 227.9 231.7 235.9 246.4 237.2 236.2 244.0 239.5 237.2 239.6 245.2 246.2 246.3 245.9 245.1 240.7 234.4 230.2 142 Norwegian Sea 249.8 243.5 245.3 245.4 247.2 254.2 243.3 242.8 250.8 248.4 249.0 244.7 234.5 229.2 229.0 232.5 235.2 246.5 244.1 240.0 243.0 249.5 248.7 243.5 248.8 247.9 245.6 245.6 249.2 245.4 244.7 144 Barents Sea 247.4 247.2 253.0 251.7 251.3 249.4 246.7 245.5 241.9 240.8 245.8 250.2 250.1 244.2 236.0 240.5 239.0 233.0 229.7 234.4 238.3 236.2 237.9 246.7 248.5 243.1 239.9 243.7 248.8 250.5 249.4 146 Kara Sea 257.4 256.2 255.1 256.2 257.1 258.3 259.4 258.1 256.0 255.5 256.3 257.2 257.9 258.5 258.2 256.7 260.1 260.3 258.2 258.7 257.2 257.0 256.4 256.4 255.4 256.0 260.0 260.1 258.7 258.1 259.6 148 Laptev Sea 250.4 250.5 250.1 246.9 245.3 246.0 247.9 249.1 251.7 255.2 256.7 255.7 254.2 252.6 250.2 249.4 248.0 246.1 249.7 249.0 249.5 251.7 253.1 251.6 251.5 253.2 252.5 251.0 249.9 248.5 245.3 150 East Siberian Sea 247.9 244.3 240.3 238.8 240.4 240.8 238.3 233.7 234.3 238.4 243.6 246.7 252.8 256.6 252.4 244.4 242.9 243.3 237.4 238.8 240.4 245.3 249.1 243.9 248.3 255.0 252.0 245.2 240.8 241.5 245.4 152 Gulf of Alaska 266.3 269.4 273.1 273.0 272.1 272.9 273.3 273.4 267.8 263.0 260.9 263.0 261.7 260.4 261.4 263.9 269.1 263.5 262.8 265.9 260.3 260.7 258.1 262.7 268.2 263.9 269.0 273.1 273.3 273.2 272.9 154 Southeast Bering Sea 272.0 273.1 274.0 273.5 273.2 273.2 274.0 272.7 264.8 262.9 259.6 265.0 260.6 262.3 268.8 271.9 270.9 264.6 268.3 262.3 261.9 262.7 261.6 272.2 269.6 269.5 274.0 274.4 274.0 274.2 274.2