1973 05 - 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 261.4 261.3 261.7 262.0 261.3 261.0 261.2 260.3 259.9 260.1 260.0 259.9 260.5 260.6 259.9 260.2 259.7 259.2 258.7 259.0 258.9 258.5 259.9 260.1 260.5 261.1 261.5 261.8 262.3 261.3 260.2 34 Hudson Bay 278.1 278.2 278.3 278.3 278.0 277.7 277.3 277.3 277.5 277.6 277.2 276.6 276.4 277.2 277.4 276.3 276.4 276.7 275.6 273.4 272.0 272.4 273.5 274.4 274.6 275.3 275.9 275.3 275.0 274.7 274.7 36 Hudson Strait 270.6 274.0 271.2 270.3 273.4 273.7 273.8 273.0 272.1 272.3 272.6 273.4 274.0 274.5 274.6 273.6 274.4 271.9 274.1 274.3 272.9 272.0 272.5 272.9 274.3 273.9 274.3 274.1 274.3 275.7 274.7 98 Bering Strait 261.8 265.2 265.6 264.3 263.1 263.0 264.2 263.8 261.7 263.4 264.5 263.5 265.2 266.2 267.1 270.7 268.3 268.8 270.4 271.5 270.0 268.6 270.6 269.6 269.0 269.7 270.8 270.8 270.0 268.7 269.0 128 Arctic subocean 243.8 244.4 239.0 235.4 235.0 235.3 234.9 235.8 237.6 235.2 234.6 233.3 231.1 229.9 228.8 234.0 236.8 238.0 232.9 230.2 228.9 234.5 232.6 230.7 232.2 230.2 229.2 230.5 232.6 229.6 230.4 130 Chukchi Sea 252.2 252.9 248.0 247.3 243.8 246.9 245.8 246.5 249.1 254.3 247.1 245.5 246.5 248.4 267.3 269.3 263.6 260.8 269.7 271.8 270.9 266.2 267.3 266.4 261.4 261.9 268.2 267.4 268.2 267.3 267.5 132 Beaufort Sea 267.9 270.7 273.9 274.2 273.2 272.9 273.2 272.4 271.2 271.8 271.5 271.0 271.4 267.3 264.9 270.6 271.9 271.1 268.2 269.3 269.0 270.1 271.5 272.2 272.9 271.1 267.8 266.7 268.0 268.5 270.7 134 Arctic Archipelago 245.3 241.5 248.5 253.1 253.5 251.8 252.8 253.0 251.1 249.0 248.0 248.7 256.1 255.1 243.0 236.0 235.2 238.9 238.3 238.6 239.2 239.7 248.2 249.5 256.5 254.8 244.2 242.6 243.7 243.7 242.0 136 Foxe Basin 241.8 239.0 236.5 246.1 254.2 255.6 247.9 243.1 240.9 236.9 236.2 239.9 244.8 255.5 264.4 245.9 240.9 235.2 234.1 241.9 252.4 244.9 242.8 246.4 251.8 252.9 253.2 257.6 262.2 263.8 261.8 138 Baffin Bay 239.9 243.4 245.6 242.0 239.3 235.2 229.9 224.3 225.9 228.5 231.1 228.8 223.2 225.4 230.8 234.3 235.9 238.5 233.9 234.0 232.6 226.8 225.8 224.6 225.4 228.9 228.2 229.1 239.6 238.4 233.6 139 South Greenland 256.4 251.3 250.5 251.5 247.0 247.0 248.2 248.7 249.8 247.1 246.2 244.3 243.1 238.4 239.9 247.8 247.9 250.5 249.6 244.4 243.6 241.2 245.6 249.4 250.7 255.3 256.5 253.9 252.4 249.5 247.6 140 Greenland Sea 258.6 255.0 246.8 241.2 240.2 237.1 233.8 236.5 242.3 246.2 235.7 231.4 235.2 233.2 232.0 239.7 241.7 243.8 242.6 237.4 234.5 231.2 233.7 230.5 231.6 231.3 240.6 243.9 244.7 238.0 239.7 142 Norwegian Sea 261.6 261.0 262.0 264.6 266.0 266.6 268.0 268.7 267.9 263.2 263.4 265.2 263.6 263.0 263.9 264.5 267.0 266.1 263.1 263.3 265.6 265.6 265.7 263.7 260.4 256.4 257.1 259.4 258.1 260.9 265.3 144 Barents Sea 258.0 258.9 258.5 258.6 259.5 261.8 263.2 262.8 263.1 261.2 260.8 262.5 259.4 256.1 256.6 256.9 257.2 259.9 261.1 260.0 257.4 257.7 259.0 258.3 256.8 254.4 254.4 258.1 258.8 259.4 255.6 146 Kara Sea 265.2 264.6 264.2 263.4 262.8 262.7 263.1 261.8 260.8 261.9 264.1 264.4 264.7 266.3 265.3 264.6 263.4 261.5 260.5 261.4 262.3 263.1 264.5 264.8 265.0 266.8 267.3 267.7 267.5 266.9 265.6 148 Laptev Sea 256.4 256.1 257.3 259.7 258.2 258.3 259.3 257.5 255.4 254.4 253.8 254.2 254.3 254.8 255.0 254.9 252.7 250.1 250.5 252.9 252.6 251.3 252.2 252.7 251.6 250.8 253.3 254.5 255.3 253.9 251.5 150 East Siberian Sea 237.1 238.8 239.0 242.5 241.8 240.6 241.6 240.6 242.0 243.4 240.3 240.9 245.7 248.2 242.8 238.2 239.2 239.0 241.1 244.9 247.4 246.9 243.2 240.7 242.0 246.2 248.8 251.3 250.0 245.2 240.6 152 Gulf of Alaska 272.7 273.7 274.6 273.6 273.1 271.8 270.4 270.0 271.0 274.2 275.1 274.6 273.4 272.0 272.8 273.9 273.7 273.2 272.9 272.4 272.5 274.1 275.0 274.9 274.6 274.0 273.4 273.3 273.2 273.5 274.6 154 Southeast Bering Sea 274.5 273.6 272.0 268.9 268.9 268.0 268.5 269.3 274.4 273.6 272.1 271.6 271.7 271.9 274.2 274.9 274.7 274.7 275.0 275.2 275.1 275.5 275.6 275.3 274.0 273.5 273.8 274.2 274.4 274.4 274.8