1968 11 - 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 264.4 265.3 265.2 265.3 265.6 265.5 265.6 265.8 265.8 266.1 266.0 267.0 267.4 267.6 268.1 267.8 268.1 268.5 268.6 268.5 268.8 269.3 269.2 269.6 269.4 269.2 269.1 269.1 269.0 269.5 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 277.2 277.3 277.4 278.1 278.6 278.2 277.0 276.8 277.2 277.5 277.1 277.2 278.0 278.2 278.4 278.6 278.6 278.4 278.0 277.1 277.2 277.4 277.6 278.0 278.2 278.1 277.9 278.2 278.5 278.4 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 274.2 276.3 276.0 274.5 275.1 275.9 276.4 275.7 276.7 276.1 277.2 276.5 276.9 277.5 276.4 275.1 276.0 276.9 277.1 277.5 276.7 276.8 277.3 278.5 278.4 278.3 277.8 277.6 276.9 277.2 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 269.2 267.0 265.7 263.7 264.6 264.6 266.2 268.1 268.6 270.4 271.1 269.2 268.7 267.7 268.9 268.1 270.1 272.5 270.4 269.8 268.8 271.4 272.4 271.2 271.4 270.5 271.3 271.8 272.5 271.9 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 241.0 246.5 246.1 247.0 246.4 247.2 252.5 252.5 251.8 251.0 246.8 250.5 253.8 253.4 256.5 258.7 258.7 259.4 261.0 260.2 259.9 258.7 259.2 258.4 258.4 255.9 257.8 257.6 255.7 255.9 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 264.4 262.6 259.4 260.0 258.2 258.1 259.0 266.7 267.4 270.3 264.6 260.8 261.8 259.2 256.7 267.7 269.9 270.0 271.3 265.2 269.0 271.7 268.8 271.9 272.3 269.4 270.5 272.5 272.1 272.7 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 272.1 272.6 272.3 271.8 272.5 270.4 269.8 270.0 271.1 271.5 272.4 273.4 273.5 272.8 273.2 272.7 272.7 273.2 271.9 270.0 269.7 271.7 272.4 273.0 273.9 274.6 274.8 274.5 273.9 273.7 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 259.5 260.5 261.3 261.3 263.0 263.5 263.5 263.6 264.8 266.2 265.9 265.3 265.7 265.6 265.8 266.4 264.2 262.4 265.7 266.2 267.9 269.4 270.1 270.8 269.9 268.1 268.4 267.9 267.2 266.7 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 263.4 263.4 261.5 264.0 264.7 261.3 260.9 266.5 269.9 270.2 271.5 271.9 271.0 270.6 270.3 267.9 266.6 266.1 267.2 267.3 272.2 269.4 271.6 272.7 272.1 272.3 271.9 272.8 272.4 271.8 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 250.3 253.9 252.9 257.3 258.2 255.3 256.3 257.5 257.7 255.0 255.8 263.3 264.2 265.1 265.8 266.9 266.7 265.3 266.8 266.5 269.0 268.2 267.4 267.4 266.6 266.3 268.0 267.0 267.0 266.2 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 255.6 261.7 263.5 261.6 261.2 262.9 261.3 260.5 259.7 257.2 260.0 264.8 266.8 267.1 268.4 266.2 266.2 267.7 268.9 267.6 269.1 269.8 271.3 270.9 268.8 269.1 268.8 269.1 267.4 266.1 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 245.5 251.0 255.5 255.5 254.3 257.4 260.3 260.2 257.0 254.0 251.2 251.5 258.4 259.5 260.9 264.8 264.1 263.6 264.5 264.9 264.4 262.5 262.0 261.7 262.2 261.4 260.6 262.8 261.9 262.0 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 263.2 263.2 260.1 254.4 258.2 258.2 259.1 263.7 266.1 264.9 264.1 261.3 258.6 258.4 257.5 261.0 259.0 259.2 257.9 258.4 263.3 262.4 255.2 255.8 259.9 264.5 264.5 262.2 260.3 262.5 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 256.8 260.9 258.3 255.1 253.5 254.7 255.7 253.7 252.4 258.9 259.9 263.2 262.9 261.6 261.1 259.4 259.6 261.2 261.4 260.6 261.1 261.7 261.7 262.5 260.4 260.3 259.0 258.5 258.5 259.9 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 265.3 265.6 266.2 268.1 268.9 268.4 268.3 268.1 267.9 267.4 267.3 267.6 267.8 267.7 268.6 267.9 268.1 269.1 268.4 268.9 270.0 270.2 269.4 269.6 269.8 269.5 269.5 268.9 269.2 270.7 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 260.7 259.5 259.0 259.0 259.1 259.0 258.7 258.1 257.2 258.1 257.9 260.3 260.3 261.8 262.0 261.8 262.6 260.6 262.1 263.7 262.4 263.4 262.9 264.0 264.7 263.7 263.0 263.7 263.6 264.1 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 253.7 257.1 254.6 252.9 251.4 255.0 258.1 259.9 260.6 260.1 258.3 257.6 258.5 259.2 260.3 258.6 261.7 264.6 266.1 265.2 264.7 261.9 263.6 264.0 260.5 261.1 261.7 261.4 262.8 265.1 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 272.9 272.9 272.7 272.3 272.2 270.8 270.5 272.2 272.7 273.5 273.8 273.7 273.1 272.8 272.5 272.1 272.5 273.2 273.7 273.8 272.6 273.2 274.4 274.3 274.2 274.2 273.9 273.7 273.8 273.8 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 273.1 272.9 272.7 273.1 272.1 269.2 271.4 273.6 274.3 274.3 273.9 273.7 272.4 272.0 273.0 274.0 274.5 275.2 275.5 275.4 275.5 275.5 275.4 274.9 274.7 274.4 274.5 274.7 275.3 275.0 -9999.0