1969 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 253.6 254.0 254.3 255.0 255.3 254.3 253.8 253.7 253.5 253.7 253.6 253.3 253.0 252.9 252.7 252.5 252.7 252.8 252.3 253.0 252.9 254.3 255.0 254.9 254.7 254.8 255.4 255.5 255.6 254.7 254.9 34 Hudson Bay 274.7 274.8 275.1 275.8 275.2 275.5 276.1 276.3 276.4 276.5 276.0 275.0 274.5 275.0 275.9 276.0 276.6 277.4 277.2 276.1 274.6 275.8 275.8 276.0 276.8 276.7 276.3 276.5 275.6 276.2 277.4 36 Hudson Strait 273.3 272.8 272.5 274.3 273.8 272.8 272.4 273.0 274.4 275.4 275.5 275.2 274.4 273.5 272.3 273.7 274.4 274.3 274.6 275.5 274.1 272.5 274.6 272.1 270.6 272.9 276.0 275.7 275.4 273.9 274.3 98 Bering Strait 250.1 254.4 250.9 253.3 256.5 258.5 258.7 252.3 250.5 252.4 258.0 254.5 251.2 254.0 249.3 252.4 249.3 246.9 245.8 249.2 250.6 249.0 242.1 241.6 242.1 248.0 252.3 257.8 259.6 257.4 254.9 128 Arctic subocean 229.7 228.6 227.5 225.5 225.4 223.6 225.4 226.2 223.6 220.6 219.3 225.0 223.1 222.6 223.3 220.8 221.5 220.3 223.0 233.9 226.8 222.0 228.8 228.0 231.9 236.1 232.4 227.6 224.3 226.6 226.5 130 Chukchi Sea 238.0 238.8 238.0 239.8 246.4 256.0 245.6 239.9 241.4 244.9 232.7 228.6 240.9 237.6 242.6 241.3 232.9 228.5 227.3 229.8 231.0 225.4 225.2 225.9 227.3 233.9 243.2 250.0 247.6 241.8 237.5 132 Beaufort Sea 263.5 264.6 267.3 264.2 262.5 263.0 264.4 265.7 265.8 264.8 265.7 263.9 262.4 264.5 266.0 266.1 269.0 267.0 261.8 259.9 263.6 265.0 264.6 265.4 262.9 261.3 262.8 263.5 270.0 272.1 270.7 134 Arctic Archipelago 246.1 247.7 246.1 246.4 249.2 247.6 247.3 246.2 244.8 243.3 242.4 246.7 246.4 241.9 242.2 242.9 249.0 255.4 257.3 244.3 233.0 237.6 240.6 250.7 260.3 256.9 258.8 257.3 249.8 247.7 258.6 136 Foxe Basin 249.0 245.8 249.3 254.1 255.6 248.0 256.6 260.3 264.6 267.4 266.8 265.1 257.9 251.2 250.0 251.8 253.4 251.8 261.4 266.8 246.7 236.4 243.3 237.3 251.5 254.9 267.3 266.5 261.6 257.0 249.7 138 Baffin Bay 236.6 232.1 229.7 231.7 230.3 225.9 224.4 228.0 235.0 233.1 229.4 227.3 227.4 227.0 229.3 228.4 223.0 219.7 223.9 243.1 233.4 232.4 230.0 225.4 228.3 232.8 228.8 229.3 231.5 229.1 228.7 139 South Greenland 236.4 235.8 234.0 232.9 242.0 245.8 238.4 235.2 235.7 242.7 248.7 247.5 248.6 254.0 252.3 245.6 242.6 240.2 234.7 243.0 256.8 254.7 253.6 246.0 238.6 235.4 238.6 240.4 244.7 239.0 239.2 140 Greenland Sea 233.7 234.2 230.8 225.2 221.4 218.2 225.1 227.8 230.3 231.6 226.9 224.4 224.1 229.4 227.4 228.5 227.0 227.8 225.6 237.0 241.4 237.9 247.2 241.5 237.0 234.0 229.1 226.6 226.0 224.8 222.0 142 Norwegian Sea 260.9 252.5 245.3 234.5 232.8 232.5 241.5 235.3 230.0 230.5 231.3 233.5 237.6 227.9 227.7 233.3 234.0 241.2 241.8 231.9 227.4 235.8 237.0 233.7 236.6 235.2 235.1 228.8 228.4 232.9 239.6 144 Barents Sea 237.1 240.8 249.7 252.1 242.8 236.3 247.4 253.1 243.9 240.7 238.9 236.7 231.0 230.7 234.5 230.4 229.9 233.2 230.0 228.0 229.0 242.0 240.2 237.6 233.8 231.2 232.8 238.6 236.6 228.2 227.0 146 Kara Sea 257.0 255.2 254.7 258.2 261.1 258.4 254.7 254.9 257.6 256.9 257.4 259.9 259.4 256.3 252.9 253.2 253.7 254.0 257.4 257.9 257.6 259.0 259.7 259.6 260.7 261.4 258.6 257.2 256.6 256.3 255.9 148 Laptev Sea 247.7 249.1 249.5 247.1 244.8 245.6 245.5 244.5 240.6 241.9 240.4 239.0 242.6 245.0 247.6 247.7 249.1 248.1 243.1 243.9 243.3 245.5 251.0 250.9 247.8 247.8 252.1 250.4 250.6 250.0 251.5 150 East Siberian Sea 235.9 243.0 248.7 247.5 244.9 243.1 241.9 242.4 242.1 240.7 237.9 234.7 233.1 233.4 235.9 236.5 236.1 238.4 237.6 234.6 239.1 237.6 236.6 243.3 242.4 238.9 240.1 240.8 242.5 244.9 243.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 268.8 272.0 261.9 265.6 271.3 272.8 270.6 265.1 263.0 267.6 272.4 271.9 272.0 271.5 268.8 270.2 263.9 261.3 262.6 266.5 267.1 267.8 261.7 258.7 259.4 267.1 268.9 272.7 271.4 267.6 264.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 271.8 264.9 261.8 271.2 272.6 273.5 268.9 267.1 265.8 273.2 273.3 273.0 272.7 270.2 268.4 266.2 261.6 262.3 263.5 267.4 267.2 266.9 258.9 258.8 263.8 269.8 271.2 271.2 267.2 265.9 265.2