1970 03 - 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 268.5 268.6 268.9 268.7 268.5 268.7 269.0 268.8 268.6 268.4 267.9 268.3 268.1 267.7 267.5 267.6 267.5 267.5 267.6 267.7 267.3 266.8 266.5 266.4 266.9 266.9 266.7 266.4 265.8 265.5 265.6 34 Hudson Bay 277.4 277.3 277.8 278.6 279.4 280.0 280.3 280.5 280.3 280.3 280.4 280.7 280.7 280.7 280.6 280.4 280.2 279.7 279.0 278.8 278.8 279.0 278.4 278.4 278.6 278.8 279.3 279.5 278.9 278.0 278.0 36 Hudson Strait 277.4 276.5 278.0 276.4 275.3 276.5 276.5 277.7 276.0 275.3 275.9 277.1 278.2 277.8 278.6 279.3 279.2 278.7 277.0 276.5 276.9 278.5 279.1 278.1 276.8 277.6 277.6 276.6 277.8 276.6 278.6 98 Bering Strait 273.5 273.7 273.2 273.1 273.3 272.8 272.5 272.1 272.2 271.9 272.1 272.1 272.2 273.1 273.1 272.6 272.4 272.6 272.1 271.8 271.8 272.1 272.6 271.5 270.7 271.2 272.0 272.2 272.8 272.4 272.0 128 Arctic subocean 247.0 244.2 243.9 240.8 236.7 239.4 246.7 247.9 242.6 239.8 243.3 244.6 242.7 238.3 235.7 235.6 236.7 237.7 239.5 240.3 241.1 241.2 233.5 233.1 238.7 235.5 231.8 227.1 225.9 226.4 228.2 130 Chukchi Sea 272.9 272.4 271.6 270.9 271.1 271.8 271.7 271.2 270.9 270.4 270.3 270.1 272.1 273.0 271.1 270.2 271.2 272.0 271.1 270.8 270.4 270.9 270.9 268.2 268.3 269.6 270.5 272.0 271.5 270.1 270.1 132 Beaufort Sea 273.1 273.5 275.2 276.2 276.4 276.6 276.4 276.3 276.4 276.1 275.6 275.0 275.1 274.8 275.0 275.3 274.8 273.2 273.3 273.8 273.6 272.8 273.3 274.6 274.0 274.2 274.0 273.7 273.4 273.5 273.8 134 Arctic Archipelago 264.2 263.8 264.6 265.6 265.2 263.8 266.0 266.2 267.2 269.4 269.2 269.5 268.5 265.9 265.8 265.7 267.0 267.3 265.7 263.8 264.4 266.2 266.9 264.6 264.6 263.9 264.6 264.0 263.5 261.5 263.1 136 Foxe Basin 271.8 271.1 272.8 272.8 271.0 270.9 270.9 270.8 267.9 267.5 271.7 272.8 272.9 272.8 272.9 272.9 272.5 272.9 273.2 272.2 272.1 273.3 273.4 272.6 271.5 271.2 272.1 272.4 272.8 272.7 272.3 138 Baffin Bay 259.1 255.6 257.3 253.6 250.4 248.1 242.7 240.4 245.4 243.5 248.3 247.4 245.5 237.1 235.7 235.7 236.9 242.9 250.2 254.8 248.1 247.1 241.5 247.3 248.9 247.1 243.1 239.3 238.3 235.4 232.8 139 South Greenland 271.0 271.1 270.0 268.4 267.3 267.0 267.6 266.0 263.5 263.2 262.4 263.5 262.2 262.4 262.3 263.4 264.3 266.1 266.6 267.3 265.6 263.8 265.9 269.7 269.9 268.3 265.0 263.0 262.4 267.2 266.2 140 Greenland Sea 256.2 256.3 254.9 251.6 249.6 250.2 254.0 253.0 251.6 246.0 247.2 250.1 243.9 239.5 240.9 244.2 244.0 242.8 245.8 250.7 249.0 244.1 239.1 239.8 248.5 246.8 243.4 237.7 235.3 237.0 234.3 142 Norwegian Sea 272.9 272.9 271.1 270.3 270.0 270.6 270.7 270.7 270.9 271.4 271.6 271.4 271.7 272.1 272.1 271.6 272.2 272.2 272.1 271.7 271.7 272.2 272.0 271.8 271.2 270.7 270.6 270.7 270.8 269.9 269.0 144 Barents Sea 267.3 266.6 265.6 265.0 264.5 265.3 266.0 265.5 265.2 266.1 265.2 266.0 266.8 267.4 267.6 267.7 267.6 266.2 264.9 264.6 265.9 267.3 266.7 266.7 266.2 266.2 265.6 264.3 262.7 264.3 265.3 146 Kara Sea 268.0 268.5 269.7 269.9 270.2 270.4 270.0 269.5 269.7 269.6 269.4 269.8 270.0 270.1 270.6 270.4 270.0 269.8 269.7 269.0 268.1 267.4 267.2 266.5 266.7 267.3 268.4 269.3 268.8 267.5 267.3 148 Laptev Sea 260.8 261.4 261.3 261.2 261.3 262.3 263.3 263.1 262.8 262.6 259.0 258.4 258.3 258.1 257.0 257.2 257.8 258.1 258.5 259.7 260.0 258.2 258.3 257.5 259.7 259.0 257.5 256.6 255.6 256.4 257.0 150 East Siberian Sea 266.6 267.1 264.0 262.1 260.2 260.4 261.6 263.1 262.1 261.2 261.3 263.4 263.9 263.4 260.6 261.1 259.2 259.0 259.2 258.4 259.8 259.1 259.2 257.4 257.8 259.1 260.1 259.9 258.9 258.0 259.1 152 Gulf of Alaska 275.1 275.6 275.6 275.5 275.1 274.2 274.0 273.8 273.6 273.4 273.2 273.0 273.3 274.9 275.4 274.9 273.6 274.6 274.9 274.8 273.8 274.1 275.1 273.9 273.8 272.2 272.7 274.0 274.8 274.2 273.2 154 Southeast Bering Sea 276.6 275.7 275.7 275.2 274.0 273.9 275.0 273.4 273.1 273.5 273.3 274.8 276.3 276.9 276.0 274.2 274.4 276.1 276.1 275.8 275.2 275.9 275.1 274.3 273.0 272.1 274.4 275.8 276.0 273.9 273.9