1970 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 253.9 254.6 255.3 255.2 255.4 255.4 256.0 256.2 255.0 253.6 253.5 253.4 255.2 255.1 254.4 254.0 253.8 254.6 254.6 253.6 254.0 253.4 253.8 252.7 251.7 251.9 252.8 253.2 254.1 253.8 253.4 34 Hudson Bay 275.8 276.3 276.2 275.8 275.5 274.7 273.9 275.1 275.4 275.0 275.6 273.9 272.5 272.7 273.8 274.2 274.6 273.3 273.3 273.6 274.2 273.5 274.4 275.9 275.9 276.5 276.2 274.2 274.3 274.6 275.2 36 Hudson Strait 272.2 273.4 274.5 275.0 274.3 275.5 275.9 275.7 275.4 274.4 272.8 271.5 272.1 270.9 272.9 271.3 271.2 272.6 273.4 272.8 273.4 272.8 271.7 271.5 270.7 269.2 274.1 272.0 271.7 273.3 274.7 98 Bering Strait 259.2 259.9 249.3 251.2 252.7 255.2 257.3 253.3 251.0 248.0 252.5 256.3 270.8 269.9 265.6 263.0 258.5 262.9 261.2 259.7 260.7 250.6 246.9 246.7 240.8 241.3 247.1 245.8 249.5 243.2 246.8 128 Arctic subocean 220.5 220.5 220.3 219.5 222.0 222.4 221.2 221.6 221.3 220.4 221.2 224.1 225.9 221.9 219.4 221.4 218.8 221.3 223.1 222.1 227.6 222.9 219.9 224.8 224.3 221.9 220.7 224.0 228.3 233.5 237.9 130 Chukchi Sea 255.6 239.4 228.8 242.4 253.4 249.3 236.0 234.4 239.9 235.4 235.4 247.6 269.6 268.2 255.3 247.2 248.4 253.5 241.9 237.6 246.7 228.3 228.5 231.0 222.4 225.6 237.2 227.9 236.9 226.4 238.1 132 Beaufort Sea 265.5 263.2 260.5 257.0 255.9 257.2 262.1 264.0 265.4 266.5 262.8 259.0 263.3 268.4 270.5 266.7 262.5 261.7 263.9 265.4 264.6 265.9 263.1 261.7 264.9 261.0 258.5 260.6 259.0 258.3 254.3 134 Arctic Archipelago 235.8 235.7 234.1 231.1 243.9 245.2 246.8 248.8 241.8 243.8 250.4 238.0 231.6 237.7 239.8 243.0 242.3 243.4 243.2 241.0 239.2 237.7 240.6 229.9 226.4 238.7 236.3 231.7 237.9 235.5 238.1 136 Foxe Basin 233.3 234.1 237.0 243.7 242.8 255.4 259.4 261.6 257.6 244.9 244.3 256.3 250.7 254.5 259.8 257.0 258.7 262.1 264.6 256.7 250.5 259.6 260.1 241.5 231.2 229.0 251.5 239.6 245.1 247.1 243.1 138 Baffin Bay 216.3 217.5 220.5 221.6 222.9 224.0 230.3 229.8 229.2 229.4 224.1 234.0 237.3 225.6 224.1 225.5 223.7 230.3 227.9 231.2 230.4 226.9 225.1 228.6 225.2 217.3 220.7 226.8 229.2 235.0 241.7 139 South Greenland 236.4 234.2 234.6 232.6 235.5 236.8 241.3 246.3 247.9 244.7 241.2 238.1 249.3 245.6 240.1 235.8 234.6 246.0 248.3 244.6 249.1 247.5 245.7 240.5 237.6 239.0 239.1 241.8 247.5 252.8 254.4 140 Greenland Sea 232.9 240.7 236.4 227.6 226.9 221.4 220.4 229.6 229.4 219.6 217.0 221.6 235.9 230.8 222.3 222.4 221.0 226.8 229.2 228.6 230.8 223.8 223.4 225.7 229.0 227.5 226.8 229.3 235.7 238.7 245.3 142 Norwegian Sea 234.4 248.1 252.2 254.2 254.9 249.2 244.9 239.0 237.1 239.1 237.8 241.5 231.7 231.9 232.1 238.3 230.1 230.7 232.6 227.9 227.5 230.9 236.6 236.1 242.5 234.5 235.3 240.5 235.2 233.5 234.1 144 Barents Sea 235.1 233.8 241.6 252.8 256.9 256.9 253.8 248.3 243.1 240.7 235.3 230.8 231.5 244.2 247.8 239.9 235.7 240.1 238.2 238.6 235.9 236.8 239.0 235.7 232.7 235.3 239.3 235.6 230.2 231.6 233.6 146 Kara Sea 257.7 259.5 260.5 259.0 258.3 258.3 260.0 261.2 261.0 258.4 258.7 259.7 260.0 257.8 257.6 259.3 261.1 259.7 260.7 259.1 258.8 259.7 260.8 259.3 260.8 260.4 259.2 261.4 261.3 258.9 255.5 148 Laptev Sea 251.1 253.3 255.1 254.3 252.6 251.9 249.4 248.6 246.8 246.7 246.5 245.3 244.0 243.4 244.2 244.7 244.6 245.4 244.5 243.6 245.5 245.9 247.3 248.3 245.4 246.4 248.9 248.8 250.9 252.8 251.3 150 East Siberian Sea 242.6 241.5 256.0 261.2 252.9 247.8 246.6 242.1 235.3 236.4 239.5 247.9 249.9 245.1 235.7 235.9 243.6 237.9 235.1 230.4 231.6 233.8 236.0 235.6 234.0 233.2 234.1 238.0 235.8 236.8 236.7 152 Gulf of Alaska 267.5 271.5 263.6 260.6 263.9 269.0 270.9 268.8 267.5 265.5 266.3 269.2 272.8 274.1 273.1 273.0 267.1 272.4 273.3 273.0 273.4 271.8 269.0 269.7 260.9 260.3 263.1 268.0 270.8 263.6 263.2 154 Southeast Bering Sea 268.0 272.9 264.1 267.2 272.3 272.2 269.7 267.3 265.1 265.7 266.6 272.2 274.1 275.4 273.8 273.0 269.4 274.0 274.0 273.7 274.0 270.5 267.5 266.9 260.8 260.7 272.1 270.9 273.4 268.8 269.7