1968 10 - 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 260.1 260.4 259.8 261.1 260.8 260.2 258.8 258.7 259.5 259.2 259.9 259.9 260.1 260.7 261.2 261.9 262.1 262.3 262.8 263.2 263.1 263.5 263.1 262.9 262.5 262.3 262.1 262.3 261.8 262.2 263.3 34 Hudson Bay 275.3 275.3 274.1 274.4 276.7 277.1 276.8 276.5 275.8 276.1 276.3 275.7 276.3 277.0 276.1 274.3 273.7 273.6 273.8 274.9 275.7 275.7 276.6 276.7 277.1 277.8 278.3 276.7 275.6 276.0 276.4 36 Hudson Strait 274.3 272.6 273.4 272.6 272.4 275.1 276.1 277.2 276.8 276.2 276.6 277.0 276.8 276.0 274.5 275.3 274.6 274.1 273.9 274.1 272.8 271.6 273.0 276.3 274.7 274.2 275.9 276.4 274.1 273.7 274.2 98 Bering Strait 268.5 269.5 265.8 263.4 257.8 259.5 257.0 259.3 268.0 269.4 267.8 265.3 260.9 263.7 265.5 271.0 271.3 271.2 270.3 269.7 269.9 266.0 265.8 268.2 264.5 257.7 260.0 267.7 263.5 265.7 268.8 128 Arctic subocean 234.2 246.9 248.5 250.8 245.7 249.5 243.7 233.7 228.8 230.0 236.2 233.8 238.4 240.7 240.0 239.6 240.3 242.3 241.9 238.4 240.3 239.9 242.2 240.3 240.3 241.2 240.7 240.6 245.4 242.9 241.8 130 Chukchi Sea 266.1 265.4 264.0 248.5 241.4 243.8 253.1 253.3 268.9 266.9 256.1 251.4 247.2 244.7 269.4 271.5 271.2 267.3 262.9 263.7 252.3 265.6 266.7 265.4 247.2 248.9 259.8 253.4 262.6 265.8 263.3 132 Beaufort Sea 265.2 266.7 267.2 271.9 268.9 265.7 264.1 264.0 264.0 267.1 269.2 269.4 270.4 267.6 265.4 268.3 269.6 272.1 272.8 273.7 273.2 272.1 270.3 272.0 273.8 270.7 266.0 267.5 269.4 268.7 270.6 134 Arctic Archipelago 237.0 240.2 244.0 249.1 250.0 248.6 242.9 239.8 242.1 242.7 246.9 251.4 252.5 252.6 250.9 252.6 252.1 248.3 254.7 258.6 260.0 265.3 256.6 252.5 258.7 264.0 260.7 259.5 260.5 257.0 259.6 136 Foxe Basin 249.6 239.4 242.2 244.7 246.7 242.5 253.3 247.6 260.8 250.5 259.7 269.0 262.8 258.9 258.1 262.4 262.4 262.2 261.0 256.3 254.6 252.8 268.3 260.0 257.6 252.9 264.5 269.2 264.2 264.4 264.9 138 Baffin Bay 246.5 247.1 245.6 242.1 236.6 241.8 238.7 232.5 232.8 241.3 245.1 240.5 247.9 244.1 243.2 242.0 238.4 240.6 241.1 240.9 240.8 240.3 246.0 246.1 246.1 243.9 244.3 239.8 241.3 243.1 246.0 139 South Greenland 264.2 264.1 259.6 263.9 264.4 254.7 254.1 250.5 255.2 258.0 252.5 254.4 259.1 259.2 254.7 250.4 253.1 258.9 261.0 259.5 257.6 255.4 254.2 256.5 253.7 251.7 256.1 252.2 251.1 252.1 252.5 140 Greenland Sea 245.7 260.6 257.6 259.0 262.4 256.6 252.3 246.0 244.7 241.4 242.2 240.2 245.3 245.5 241.2 239.8 242.7 246.3 247.4 245.4 248.9 251.0 252.6 251.6 250.3 249.8 245.1 244.5 244.9 242.5 243.0 142 Norwegian Sea 239.5 246.1 243.6 253.0 256.2 248.7 245.9 247.1 246.4 244.4 249.8 246.9 246.7 249.2 251.2 250.4 252.0 248.8 249.3 247.9 249.3 255.6 259.4 258.1 260.1 258.1 253.8 257.0 265.1 265.8 265.3 144 Barents Sea 241.6 241.0 243.2 251.4 248.9 243.0 241.0 247.7 246.8 243.3 245.7 250.0 253.5 253.6 251.1 250.5 248.6 245.7 247.0 247.0 247.6 246.4 246.0 252.6 259.5 260.2 256.6 252.0 247.7 253.0 253.3 146 Kara Sea 261.9 262.4 263.2 264.7 265.2 264.3 262.1 261.9 261.2 260.2 260.6 260.2 259.9 262.6 264.3 263.5 263.3 263.0 263.9 264.9 265.3 265.7 265.5 264.0 262.7 263.7 263.2 264.3 264.2 263.7 264.4 148 Laptev Sea 255.8 254.7 252.7 251.3 250.7 253.4 253.8 253.7 253.7 252.3 253.8 254.2 251.9 250.6 252.1 255.9 258.3 259.6 259.4 258.5 256.5 257.5 256.8 255.3 253.6 255.0 255.5 255.9 255.0 256.8 259.0 150 East Siberian Sea 252.9 248.2 244.2 244.2 247.0 250.4 248.8 253.5 255.8 251.2 250.7 249.2 249.4 253.3 258.8 262.8 261.7 257.4 254.8 256.7 259.7 261.9 259.1 256.9 256.3 255.6 255.7 256.9 257.2 255.9 255.1 152 Gulf of Alaska 272.4 272.9 272.9 273.1 272.1 271.7 269.7 269.1 271.3 273.9 274.2 274.1 271.3 271.5 272.1 273.6 274.0 274.0 273.9 274.1 274.1 272.4 271.6 274.2 273.0 266.1 266.2 273.1 271.6 271.7 273.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 273.1 273.5 274.1 273.5 273.4 269.5 270.2 273.6 275.1 275.5 274.9 273.2 270.3 272.2 274.3 275.1 275.2 275.1 275.2 273.7 271.6 270.8 272.0 274.2 270.9 267.1 270.4 272.8 271.2 272.2 272.7