1973 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 258.1 258.1 258.6 258.6 257.8 257.4 256.7 256.1 257.1 258.5 259.3 259.3 260.4 260.8 261.1 261.7 260.7 259.7 260.0 260.6 260.5 261.0 262.1 262.9 263.3 264.0 263.9 263.5 264.4 265.1 265.2 34 Hudson Bay 277.4 277.5 277.6 277.6 277.5 276.8 276.6 276.7 277.5 278.2 277.2 276.9 277.9 277.8 277.5 277.4 276.5 276.0 276.3 276.5 277.2 277.8 277.6 277.6 277.9 278.4 277.8 277.7 278.3 278.4 278.1 36 Hudson Strait 276.9 276.4 276.7 277.2 276.0 275.7 276.4 276.0 276.2 275.8 275.5 276.0 275.8 277.2 276.9 276.8 275.7 275.3 273.8 273.7 274.9 276.2 276.2 276.9 276.9 276.3 276.4 277.0 276.7 276.8 277.8 98 Bering Strait 255.7 255.5 252.3 252.7 252.6 250.5 250.5 250.8 249.3 251.2 253.6 250.0 249.1 248.9 250.9 253.2 261.6 257.0 259.4 260.2 259.8 261.9 259.8 264.2 260.0 259.0 256.4 261.1 263.0 260.4 256.9 128 Arctic subocean 232.7 232.6 229.2 229.3 228.9 233.7 235.4 233.9 236.1 237.0 240.0 237.5 238.6 244.2 249.2 250.2 248.4 245.4 243.4 240.2 237.0 238.1 236.9 238.8 241.5 241.6 243.3 243.4 242.6 245.3 245.9 130 Chukchi Sea 240.5 244.1 245.0 248.9 243.4 244.1 242.6 248.5 242.3 236.2 238.6 235.3 234.9 240.1 241.7 244.3 252.9 247.4 250.6 250.7 255.8 256.6 260.6 256.4 252.1 251.7 255.9 255.0 256.2 250.5 250.0 132 Beaufort Sea 270.3 268.3 270.4 270.0 267.2 265.6 263.9 262.2 265.4 263.0 262.5 264.3 267.5 267.2 266.9 266.1 266.2 270.9 268.7 270.8 267.8 266.8 265.8 268.0 270.5 271.1 269.9 270.3 272.2 270.8 268.6 134 Arctic Archipelago 258.9 258.6 258.6 258.0 256.5 254.9 254.5 251.6 252.4 263.5 263.8 257.2 256.3 262.5 258.2 255.5 251.0 251.7 258.4 260.2 264.0 261.5 263.2 262.0 259.2 265.5 266.3 265.5 265.1 267.8 268.0 136 Foxe Basin 265.2 264.5 266.9 260.2 266.7 265.5 267.9 263.7 269.7 269.6 271.2 270.8 268.5 267.3 268.1 269.4 268.4 262.1 260.1 263.0 269.5 269.2 270.1 271.0 271.2 271.3 272.1 271.5 272.1 271.7 272.9 138 Baffin Bay 234.8 238.2 236.2 231.0 236.1 237.9 232.5 240.6 241.0 241.3 241.1 244.2 247.5 244.9 247.9 254.0 251.7 247.2 243.6 243.4 242.8 245.8 250.8 245.7 244.7 243.8 244.3 242.2 253.3 256.7 257.8 139 South Greenland 248.5 250.9 251.2 254.7 248.9 248.2 247.9 253.2 252.9 251.4 252.8 250.9 252.6 254.7 258.8 256.3 253.4 254.9 252.6 250.8 250.3 248.5 255.1 261.2 265.0 261.1 257.3 255.8 264.0 266.9 265.3 140 Greenland Sea 228.9 229.3 227.7 226.4 235.4 242.2 238.0 236.7 242.5 237.2 236.6 236.1 239.5 244.9 256.7 256.4 251.5 249.1 248.8 246.6 241.8 239.2 238.2 239.5 239.0 248.4 254.2 248.1 244.5 251.0 249.0 142 Norwegian Sea 238.0 239.6 242.3 240.2 240.1 252.0 254.7 248.4 237.7 241.2 243.5 253.1 253.2 245.6 251.5 254.0 254.1 256.7 253.3 254.6 250.8 248.1 247.3 249.9 247.8 253.3 258.8 262.5 261.4 259.9 258.4 144 Barents Sea 240.1 238.8 238.7 237.6 233.9 232.4 233.5 232.6 246.6 257.5 254.3 253.9 258.1 259.6 256.1 248.1 242.8 240.7 240.8 240.6 243.7 254.4 254.2 250.9 249.2 249.8 249.5 249.7 251.5 253.9 254.2 146 Kara Sea 260.8 260.1 261.6 262.8 261.3 259.4 259.5 256.7 256.1 258.1 261.3 262.7 263.6 264.5 265.1 265.8 263.4 261.7 261.0 260.8 261.0 261.0 263.5 266.3 267.1 267.0 266.7 266.0 265.1 266.5 268.2 148 Laptev Sea 252.6 254.2 254.8 253.1 254.4 254.2 251.8 252.6 251.3 250.4 250.6 251.9 252.0 250.9 250.4 254.1 254.5 252.6 253.8 256.7 255.2 255.1 254.5 254.6 257.0 258.7 259.6 258.6 259.3 259.0 258.6 150 East Siberian Sea 241.8 241.2 241.8 243.7 242.5 246.9 247.5 245.5 249.5 252.9 254.0 249.9 251.4 247.5 244.1 248.2 249.1 250.6 253.7 255.3 256.1 255.7 257.1 252.6 250.8 252.7 254.2 253.6 253.4 254.1 257.1 152 Gulf of Alaska 271.3 270.8 270.6 267.3 267.4 268.1 268.0 268.8 264.5 264.5 265.6 263.8 263.9 266.8 271.8 272.1 272.8 269.4 270.9 271.4 270.4 267.8 271.1 271.9 271.6 268.6 269.2 271.2 270.7 270.9 271.1 154 Southeast Bering Sea 271.7 267.3 266.9 263.9 266.4 268.7 268.1 270.1 266.9 265.3 264.9 266.8 269.0 270.7 272.8 273.2 268.6 266.2 273.3 270.0 268.7 268.8 272.8 272.2 270.4 268.9 271.0 270.5 269.2 269.3 269.1