1972 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 256.1 257.0 257.1 256.1 255.6 255.8 255.1 256.2 256.2 256.5 256.3 256.7 258.0 258.5 258.1 257.9 257.5 256.8 257.3 258.3 257.3 256.3 255.7 255.2 255.6 255.3 254.5 255.0 255.6 255.8 256.5 34 Hudson Bay 277.6 277.9 278.0 278.2 277.9 277.2 275.7 275.8 276.7 276.7 276.9 277.4 277.1 276.4 276.4 276.2 276.1 275.2 276.1 276.9 277.3 276.9 276.9 277.0 276.8 276.4 276.4 275.9 275.7 275.7 276.7 36 Hudson Strait 271.4 272.9 274.2 274.4 275.9 275.4 275.1 274.3 274.5 275.7 275.3 275.9 276.2 275.8 275.5 274.8 274.9 274.1 270.7 272.1 272.6 272.3 272.0 272.0 272.5 273.1 272.5 273.3 273.1 275.0 273.9 98 Bering Strait 246.0 249.5 250.5 247.4 247.3 249.6 252.1 254.6 251.4 250.5 253.8 250.1 252.1 256.4 250.9 246.6 248.8 257.3 258.8 261.4 257.7 253.4 251.8 253.3 255.8 259.1 251.2 255.2 253.7 251.7 258.0 128 Arctic subocean 228.3 224.7 227.2 227.4 229.9 230.6 222.4 226.0 226.5 226.4 224.1 224.8 226.8 231.4 234.5 236.5 233.9 233.3 228.7 232.9 230.3 229.3 228.7 227.0 222.5 222.3 223.9 224.4 227.8 229.8 232.3 130 Chukchi Sea 225.6 230.3 229.3 231.4 231.7 234.9 241.3 246.7 233.2 243.6 233.4 231.4 249.0 243.0 228.7 233.5 239.0 233.4 232.8 239.8 236.0 240.2 243.6 240.6 247.9 242.3 236.0 235.0 232.2 230.7 235.2 132 Beaufort Sea 268.1 268.1 268.5 268.0 264.7 261.5 264.1 262.6 263.0 262.3 262.3 263.7 263.4 262.9 261.3 261.0 261.6 265.0 271.7 273.2 272.8 269.7 267.6 266.1 265.3 266.3 265.4 266.6 268.9 268.3 269.3 134 Arctic Archipelago 255.4 250.2 249.1 253.2 255.2 253.1 240.0 246.4 242.4 254.2 256.4 258.0 263.7 263.5 261.6 255.8 247.8 244.1 247.5 258.3 256.7 254.8 249.9 248.2 245.3 242.9 240.1 241.4 246.3 251.4 251.1 136 Foxe Basin 248.3 256.9 243.9 246.0 264.6 264.1 258.3 245.8 256.8 260.6 258.9 267.1 268.6 267.4 269.4 267.6 267.0 259.2 247.8 241.4 245.6 251.3 252.8 251.3 251.1 258.0 254.8 249.9 254.5 268.8 264.2 138 Baffin Bay 233.2 234.7 231.3 224.3 224.9 232.2 234.7 234.6 234.8 233.6 234.1 241.2 241.1 240.5 240.4 241.0 238.5 235.1 229.9 229.0 225.4 225.7 224.4 225.6 226.2 226.6 227.6 230.6 234.0 233.9 229.3 139 South Greenland 231.5 232.5 238.1 234.4 230.9 230.8 236.3 242.5 241.1 242.4 244.0 244.6 250.3 255.1 256.2 250.8 248.3 245.5 243.5 241.5 239.0 242.3 243.4 241.2 242.0 237.8 234.8 233.7 240.1 242.5 248.4 140 Greenland Sea 230.7 225.4 224.8 228.4 227.9 228.6 228.8 232.0 234.3 234.3 226.7 228.1 231.8 234.3 235.8 238.4 241.6 240.3 240.2 236.3 233.4 234.3 233.5 232.4 232.2 229.2 225.3 222.0 223.5 226.5 226.8 142 Norwegian Sea 246.9 244.5 244.8 234.2 236.5 247.7 246.2 236.7 232.3 234.9 237.3 241.5 239.5 240.9 234.5 232.5 233.4 244.9 249.9 254.5 252.8 257.5 254.7 251.7 243.9 241.1 255.7 257.5 247.5 231.7 228.7 144 Barents Sea 251.2 250.6 247.1 248.9 249.5 243.4 242.3 248.6 243.5 237.9 236.2 237.2 243.6 246.1 241.7 240.9 240.0 247.6 250.4 254.7 251.8 246.8 245.9 245.6 243.2 240.3 238.6 241.2 245.4 249.1 251.3 146 Kara Sea 255.8 256.5 258.4 256.9 257.1 260.9 260.9 260.0 260.4 259.1 259.0 259.9 260.3 259.8 260.2 260.8 260.9 260.4 261.0 262.3 260.2 258.7 258.2 257.2 259.3 260.8 261.0 260.8 260.5 259.1 257.3 148 Laptev Sea 258.5 261.0 259.6 257.3 251.0 247.8 247.4 249.9 252.7 255.5 253.4 253.2 253.1 254.6 255.9 258.8 258.2 252.3 250.7 249.6 249.9 249.0 251.1 250.7 249.5 247.9 249.2 251.3 250.8 249.5 249.3 150 East Siberian Sea 242.7 246.6 247.4 247.5 255.7 254.9 248.2 245.3 247.8 246.6 246.4 243.0 242.8 239.9 242.2 240.6 241.5 237.2 236.2 233.8 239.2 242.0 238.8 238.6 240.0 238.1 235.6 235.1 231.3 233.0 240.9 152 Gulf of Alaska 264.3 269.2 265.3 260.6 260.4 260.9 260.6 265.7 261.2 260.7 268.6 263.3 263.4 271.1 271.2 269.5 271.6 273.2 273.6 273.4 271.5 266.2 264.2 265.9 270.1 272.1 271.3 271.7 268.8 268.8 272.1 154 Southeast Bering Sea 264.7 264.5 259.5 258.3 260.2 262.0 262.9 271.1 267.2 267.8 273.5 268.5 270.3 273.5 269.0 267.6 271.0 271.2 272.3 270.2 266.4 263.1 263.2 270.5 271.7 269.7 267.7 266.9 268.5 269.7 273.4