1970 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 259.4 259.9 259.9 259.7 260.3 260.7 260.6 260.8 261.9 260.5 260.9 260.7 260.4 260.4 260.3 260.1 259.3 259.9 260.8 262.0 262.6 262.8 262.8 263.1 263.2 263.5 263.6 263.7 263.3 263.3 262.8 34 Hudson Bay 277.3 276.6 275.7 275.2 274.5 276.0 276.3 276.3 276.9 276.3 276.9 277.2 277.5 277.7 277.8 277.4 276.9 277.5 277.7 276.9 276.7 276.2 276.6 277.2 277.9 278.0 277.6 277.0 276.8 277.1 277.7 36 Hudson Strait 276.0 275.3 276.2 274.9 275.6 274.3 275.1 276.2 276.8 275.9 276.0 275.6 274.9 274.6 275.5 276.5 276.4 276.6 276.2 277.1 276.3 276.5 276.6 275.5 273.9 275.6 277.1 276.9 276.3 274.0 274.7 98 Bering Strait 250.0 253.0 256.8 258.8 255.8 249.5 252.3 257.1 262.4 254.6 258.8 259.5 257.4 260.1 261.1 261.1 263.3 262.8 260.7 266.7 270.0 269.0 266.5 262.0 262.1 261.6 266.5 268.8 267.0 265.0 263.5 128 Arctic subocean 241.0 240.7 236.2 237.1 242.3 244.5 249.1 250.1 244.9 241.6 240.0 236.9 233.1 235.4 235.3 237.7 234.9 233.0 238.4 238.9 234.3 236.8 242.7 246.5 244.1 241.8 240.7 249.0 250.2 246.3 243.5 130 Chukchi Sea 233.6 238.4 239.2 235.5 236.3 226.7 229.8 241.7 244.0 240.6 242.9 242.2 246.4 251.6 252.2 253.8 252.7 254.8 263.2 263.1 264.6 265.0 252.2 252.3 252.5 260.5 263.6 264.1 255.9 253.9 260.6 132 Beaufort Sea 262.9 259.3 260.4 264.9 270.1 269.9 267.5 265.5 267.9 268.1 268.2 270.1 270.0 270.3 270.7 268.8 267.2 268.2 266.7 265.6 267.4 268.7 271.9 272.0 269.5 268.2 267.4 269.3 272.2 272.0 270.1 134 Arctic Archipelago 248.9 252.5 253.2 249.9 252.0 256.6 254.7 253.5 259.5 259.9 260.6 257.6 259.1 259.2 262.8 263.0 258.6 256.4 254.3 255.0 256.1 258.1 255.2 260.8 264.2 264.2 264.1 261.1 257.2 258.7 261.3 136 Foxe Basin 252.1 268.3 270.4 269.9 261.5 261.0 258.1 263.6 270.0 269.1 267.8 265.6 261.8 255.3 255.3 258.6 256.2 254.2 248.7 255.6 269.1 270.4 271.5 265.8 263.3 268.3 271.6 270.9 265.3 261.4 259.6 138 Baffin Bay 245.9 245.9 245.2 243.4 246.1 250.3 254.4 249.2 252.6 250.2 246.2 243.5 239.5 234.3 232.7 234.0 234.5 232.9 234.3 236.7 237.9 242.7 251.5 252.0 251.6 253.1 254.7 263.7 263.3 260.0 255.5 139 South Greenland 257.0 258.1 256.6 258.9 263.9 264.1 258.2 257.2 257.4 254.0 253.3 252.8 252.3 260.2 257.7 251.2 246.4 249.0 248.5 244.7 246.2 247.4 254.1 259.7 258.1 255.4 258.9 261.7 266.2 265.9 264.7 140 Greenland Sea 245.3 244.6 241.2 236.3 238.8 250.7 256.6 253.8 249.1 243.6 239.7 238.5 237.6 240.5 242.9 240.7 234.4 233.4 238.5 243.1 245.4 243.7 243.1 243.6 243.5 242.5 246.6 249.8 247.6 247.7 247.8 142 Norwegian Sea 244.7 248.2 252.1 255.1 258.1 254.5 256.3 252.9 252.2 253.5 252.5 247.2 244.0 242.5 243.0 246.6 249.6 252.6 257.2 257.7 263.8 263.8 264.9 265.8 266.2 262.5 253.5 250.8 257.0 259.8 258.3 144 Barents Sea 246.9 253.1 258.7 258.8 255.7 255.0 254.7 252.2 246.0 244.1 243.5 247.4 245.8 238.7 236.4 241.3 247.3 249.3 252.4 254.4 252.5 251.2 253.0 254.1 260.8 258.1 255.7 254.1 250.8 249.4 251.9 146 Kara Sea 265.5 265.3 264.5 264.1 263.7 263.7 262.9 263.2 263.9 262.8 262.2 261.4 262.0 263.1 262.3 261.4 259.2 259.1 260.5 262.6 263.5 264.8 264.1 263.2 263.2 263.9 263.7 262.7 262.4 262.3 261.1 148 Laptev Sea 251.6 251.8 250.8 250.1 250.9 251.6 251.7 252.9 255.7 255.4 256.7 256.3 256.1 254.0 254.8 254.5 255.1 256.7 258.7 259.3 258.6 257.9 256.1 256.8 256.9 257.0 256.7 256.4 255.9 257.4 256.6 150 East Siberian Sea 247.5 246.5 245.6 243.4 247.1 249.1 249.0 250.6 250.5 249.9 254.0 256.2 252.5 251.7 249.0 254.1 255.5 257.9 260.8 266.0 262.9 258.3 255.3 256.5 254.1 260.3 257.3 254.7 254.5 258.0 256.4 152 Gulf of Alaska 263.7 269.9 271.6 273.3 267.5 262.6 265.8 272.2 271.7 269.1 270.4 268.4 270.1 268.7 269.6 269.2 269.6 270.1 269.6 270.6 272.2 273.3 272.5 270.9 268.9 268.5 270.5 272.5 271.8 269.3 268.6 154 Southeast Bering Sea 268.2 271.4 272.1 273.4 264.4 265.9 272.1 273.5 268.4 269.1 269.5 269.8 269.1 267.9 270.5 270.6 270.3 271.0 273.5 273.9 274.1 273.5 273.1 273.0 272.6 272.4 272.7 273.5 272.9 271.3 273.1