1972 12 - 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 269.9 270.1 270.2 270.6 270.8 270.6 271.0 271.0 270.6 270.8 270.6 270.6 271.0 271.4 271.1 271.4 271.4 271.3 271.5 271.9 272.0 272.2 272.0 271.9 272.0 272.0 272.2 272.2 271.9 271.8 271.7 34 Hudson Bay 278.4 278.8 278.5 278.1 278.5 278.5 278.5 278.4 278.9 279.0 278.9 278.8 279.1 278.8 278.8 279.0 278.9 278.9 278.8 278.3 278.6 279.3 279.4 279.5 279.6 278.7 278.8 279.5 279.9 279.8 279.5 36 Hudson Strait 276.9 277.9 278.0 277.9 278.1 277.5 276.5 277.4 276.7 277.0 279.2 278.7 278.0 277.3 277.5 278.9 278.2 278.3 278.5 277.6 278.3 277.7 277.0 278.0 278.1 277.9 278.5 277.9 278.1 277.0 277.3 98 Bering Strait 271.0 270.8 270.7 272.0 271.7 271.1 271.9 272.0 271.8 271.6 272.2 272.7 272.7 273.3 273.4 273.2 273.2 273.3 272.5 272.9 272.6 273.1 273.1 273.2 272.8 272.6 272.7 273.0 273.1 273.4 273.2 128 Arctic subocean 262.2 262.2 260.2 261.9 263.8 263.5 263.3 264.4 262.7 261.9 265.2 263.9 263.0 262.7 263.6 263.7 262.9 261.8 264.5 264.5 264.1 264.9 265.0 264.4 264.9 264.3 265.6 264.1 263.1 263.7 265.6 130 Chukchi Sea 269.9 270.2 270.2 271.1 270.0 270.9 270.7 270.7 270.9 271.7 271.4 271.4 272.7 272.8 272.5 272.4 272.1 271.8 272.2 272.4 272.4 272.7 272.8 272.6 272.5 272.1 272.1 272.1 271.8 272.5 272.9 132 Beaufort Sea 273.8 273.2 272.7 273.5 273.9 273.6 274.7 274.9 274.2 273.9 273.9 274.4 274.4 274.3 274.9 275.1 275.1 275.2 274.2 274.6 274.9 274.9 274.3 274.5 274.0 273.6 274.5 275.2 275.2 274.2 274.4 134 Arctic Archipelago 267.7 267.9 269.3 270.6 269.2 269.0 269.1 269.7 269.5 270.7 271.0 270.7 271.2 269.6 267.5 268.8 269.1 269.5 269.8 270.0 270.1 270.5 270.5 270.2 269.6 269.9 271.0 271.2 271.0 270.7 270.7 136 Foxe Basin 271.2 272.0 271.9 271.8 271.2 271.9 271.8 271.2 271.6 270.3 273.1 273.0 272.0 270.9 271.0 272.8 272.3 272.7 272.7 272.3 272.5 272.4 272.1 271.4 270.8 272.2 272.7 271.8 272.2 271.4 272.1 138 Baffin Bay 270.3 269.6 271.0 271.0 270.9 271.0 271.6 271.5 270.6 269.1 269.2 269.6 270.9 270.2 269.9 270.5 270.6 271.3 271.4 272.0 271.2 270.6 270.7 269.7 269.0 269.8 269.7 269.7 269.9 270.1 268.0 139 South Greenland 271.1 270.5 272.3 272.2 271.1 271.9 271.4 269.3 268.7 271.6 269.1 267.3 269.2 270.0 269.4 270.0 270.8 272.0 271.9 271.3 271.5 271.1 270.0 269.8 270.2 268.8 270.9 268.5 270.0 268.5 269.1 140 Greenland Sea 269.0 266.5 265.0 266.3 267.9 265.6 268.0 266.2 264.6 266.3 265.9 265.1 266.1 266.3 266.0 266.2 266.2 266.1 266.4 266.7 268.4 270.4 270.2 268.5 268.0 267.9 268.2 267.1 266.6 268.6 267.5 142 Norwegian Sea 268.6 268.6 268.6 269.0 268.7 268.6 268.8 269.1 269.9 270.3 271.3 270.8 270.8 271.1 271.5 271.8 272.1 271.9 271.9 271.4 271.4 270.9 271.1 271.8 271.9 272.4 272.5 272.4 272.0 271.4 270.9 144 Barents Sea 265.6 265.5 265.9 265.9 264.4 264.3 262.7 263.1 263.4 264.6 265.2 265.7 266.3 267.3 267.4 268.8 270.0 269.1 269.7 269.6 269.4 268.1 268.1 267.3 267.5 268.9 270.0 269.0 267.8 266.9 266.3 146 Kara Sea 270.2 271.2 271.2 269.5 269.3 270.0 270.2 270.3 270.8 270.5 269.6 269.8 269.8 270.9 270.9 270.8 270.7 270.0 270.4 270.8 270.7 271.9 271.9 271.7 272.0 271.7 271.5 271.7 271.7 271.4 271.6 148 Laptev Sea 262.9 262.7 262.7 265.7 267.4 265.7 267.7 267.5 265.7 265.9 265.6 265.5 266.7 267.0 265.5 266.0 265.5 265.7 266.6 268.1 268.2 267.7 266.5 267.1 267.9 269.4 269.0 268.3 266.4 266.9 266.7 150 East Siberian Sea 262.4 261.8 263.1 266.0 267.7 266.9 267.8 269.1 265.9 264.7 265.9 267.3 267.3 268.7 268.5 268.6 267.7 268.9 269.8 271.1 271.1 270.8 270.9 270.9 270.0 269.4 268.8 270.0 269.5 271.2 270.7 152 Gulf of Alaska 272.9 272.1 273.6 274.2 273.9 273.6 273.7 273.0 273.2 274.2 274.3 274.2 273.5 274.4 274.8 274.9 275.0 275.1 275.0 274.1 273.9 273.6 273.9 274.1 274.2 274.0 274.3 274.7 274.3 274.1 274.4 154 Southeast Bering Sea 272.4 273.6 275.0 274.9 274.3 273.9 273.5 273.5 274.4 275.6 275.5 275.0 275.3 275.9 276.0 276.3 276.2 275.6 274.6 274.1 274.1 274.2 274.6 274.8 274.7 274.6 274.8 274.8 274.5 274.8 275.5