1972 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 257.2 258.0 257.1 258.0 259.1 259.9 259.8 260.2 260.7 260.9 259.6 259.3 260.0 260.9 261.5 261.7 262.5 262.8 262.1 261.0 261.0 260.3 261.1 261.7 262.6 262.0 261.7 262.6 264.0 264.2 264.0 34 Hudson Bay 274.7 275.6 276.3 277.2 277.6 277.9 278.1 277.6 277.7 277.6 277.5 277.4 276.8 276.8 277.2 277.9 278.0 277.8 277.7 277.8 277.5 277.4 277.1 277.3 277.6 277.9 277.0 276.9 276.9 277.3 278.1 36 Hudson Strait 274.1 271.2 270.0 271.1 274.9 273.9 275.2 276.3 275.6 274.4 275.6 276.4 277.3 276.8 276.0 275.9 276.9 277.1 276.4 275.5 275.4 276.4 275.8 275.4 274.1 274.6 275.0 276.7 274.4 274.8 274.8 98 Bering Strait 257.6 255.9 253.4 251.7 261.7 256.0 251.7 259.9 264.9 267.6 263.2 262.7 268.4 264.4 263.8 260.2 262.5 260.1 265.9 262.4 267.1 261.6 262.5 262.9 259.8 260.6 265.3 268.9 267.7 266.5 264.4 128 Arctic subocean 234.6 236.5 233.3 230.3 228.9 232.2 237.6 239.5 238.7 234.2 233.2 234.9 240.5 245.1 246.4 247.1 245.2 243.4 243.7 241.7 242.2 241.0 243.7 239.0 243.1 242.7 244.7 246.0 246.1 246.7 250.9 130 Chukchi Sea 239.9 239.5 233.7 232.2 238.1 233.8 243.6 251.3 260.3 264.1 250.0 261.1 266.2 257.3 243.7 245.9 250.5 251.9 251.7 257.4 252.8 248.7 252.7 250.6 261.4 259.3 256.2 263.2 260.5 258.1 258.2 132 Beaufort Sea 265.5 269.1 269.3 266.6 270.0 272.4 266.4 264.5 267.9 267.2 267.6 264.8 268.0 271.7 271.4 271.7 271.9 271.2 270.7 270.8 270.2 269.8 271.0 272.5 271.3 269.0 269.3 270.0 272.3 273.5 272.5 134 Arctic Archipelago 245.3 244.1 248.7 257.6 251.1 256.4 267.1 259.9 249.1 251.6 251.6 261.7 263.5 264.9 264.9 264.0 262.5 263.6 263.0 259.8 261.0 259.6 263.4 266.6 268.6 268.4 262.1 259.2 259.5 262.0 265.6 136 Foxe Basin 255.2 252.0 245.6 261.1 256.3 252.4 258.3 271.0 265.0 262.1 268.0 267.0 271.4 273.2 271.5 267.9 266.7 267.9 268.3 267.0 264.5 260.4 267.1 262.9 268.5 268.9 269.8 269.9 265.8 261.4 259.5 138 Baffin Bay 243.3 245.4 239.8 236.2 236.5 238.2 239.5 246.0 249.3 247.4 244.7 244.8 241.9 248.2 254.7 258.1 254.8 252.8 249.4 252.0 253.1 245.9 243.4 245.4 247.7 244.5 251.7 255.4 257.7 254.4 253.7 139 South Greenland 256.9 255.4 248.2 247.0 247.4 251.6 246.1 244.3 257.0 260.1 256.6 254.3 255.6 255.8 257.2 259.0 263.2 263.9 260.6 256.5 259.5 256.8 252.8 251.9 253.4 252.0 247.4 252.5 255.8 253.7 252.7 140 Greenland Sea 243.6 244.5 242.3 239.6 235.9 237.5 233.9 232.4 234.2 243.5 237.7 235.3 239.3 241.0 244.9 249.0 247.2 242.9 240.8 242.9 248.7 246.2 244.6 244.5 244.2 243.8 240.3 245.5 249.6 252.5 254.7 142 Norwegian Sea 241.8 241.9 241.6 245.1 249.6 248.7 244.9 242.5 245.2 241.6 239.9 253.5 258.0 258.1 254.4 253.7 245.5 242.6 244.6 246.2 246.8 242.1 248.5 255.1 254.0 254.9 251.5 258.9 262.0 261.5 259.6 144 Barents Sea 241.9 243.6 252.3 251.8 254.9 257.6 251.7 247.0 241.3 240.5 240.9 238.8 238.6 247.4 249.9 258.0 256.6 252.8 244.0 240.9 239.7 247.9 252.8 251.5 258.8 253.5 250.5 252.3 254.7 258.0 256.3 146 Kara Sea 261.1 261.2 258.9 261.1 261.9 262.6 264.0 264.0 262.5 261.7 259.6 259.1 259.8 260.8 259.6 259.4 262.3 264.5 263.9 261.4 260.2 260.3 262.8 263.3 262.6 262.4 263.1 264.2 266.4 266.8 266.9 148 Laptev Sea 248.1 251.9 251.2 250.9 250.4 251.8 251.9 253.4 252.9 254.1 253.9 252.9 251.3 251.3 255.8 253.3 253.6 253.2 252.2 252.8 252.4 251.4 250.8 252.3 255.7 255.2 254.1 253.6 254.6 254.9 254.6 150 East Siberian Sea 242.6 240.2 239.7 242.5 245.0 245.9 247.7 252.9 258.7 257.1 255.9 253.6 251.0 247.9 248.2 249.0 248.4 251.1 255.3 254.6 254.4 251.3 250.0 251.3 250.7 252.1 253.5 250.6 254.8 251.9 250.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 272.1 271.4 267.5 267.0 272.8 268.2 266.7 268.6 270.4 273.4 271.1 270.7 273.6 273.3 271.9 269.9 271.3 271.2 272.2 270.1 271.5 271.3 272.4 269.7 268.7 271.5 272.4 273.3 273.3 272.8 272.6 154 Southeast Bering Sea 270.2 269.2 265.9 270.2 271.3 267.2 267.4 268.5 273.6 273.8 272.8 273.7 274.4 273.8 270.7 269.9 269.2 272.0 272.0 271.5 273.0 272.6 269.9 268.6 272.5 273.0 274.0 273.7 273.1 272.5 271.6