1974 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 253.2 253.6 254.3 255.7 256.6 257.7 257.2 256.5 256.4 256.3 256.0 256.0 256.2 255.7 255.9 255.2 253.1 252.2 253.1 254.7 256.0 256.4 256.3 255.6 255.0 254.9 255.9 256.3 255.5 254.9 253.7 34 Hudson Bay 273.6 271.9 272.0 271.1 270.9 272.8 273.6 273.5 273.5 274.1 276.4 276.1 275.6 276.0 276.9 276.6 275.4 274.4 273.8 272.8 272.7 272.4 271.5 273.1 275.3 274.3 272.8 274.0 275.7 276.1 276.7 36 Hudson Strait 271.7 275.1 273.5 273.0 271.6 271.7 273.3 273.6 273.6 274.3 274.0 274.6 274.9 272.1 271.6 272.1 274.7 274.4 274.9 274.6 273.4 272.2 271.6 271.2 270.9 272.6 273.8 272.0 270.7 271.0 270.2 98 Bering Strait 234.8 236.6 239.6 245.9 248.3 256.5 259.8 259.2 249.1 248.7 249.8 253.1 255.6 252.0 254.3 262.3 259.9 256.7 257.9 257.8 262.1 258.0 257.1 240.4 237.9 247.1 252.5 252.8 244.6 242.9 238.2 128 Arctic subocean 236.8 239.0 240.7 243.8 240.2 237.3 238.4 238.8 237.2 235.9 233.6 231.0 227.2 225.7 227.3 222.7 219.5 218.2 217.6 224.6 228.9 227.5 222.0 225.6 227.6 229.6 228.1 232.0 231.3 229.2 223.2 130 Chukchi Sea 226.7 225.8 231.4 250.0 250.6 245.0 255.7 248.6 243.2 241.9 243.4 238.9 239.9 247.8 255.9 256.3 257.8 255.5 248.1 251.6 250.5 250.8 233.5 226.7 232.1 234.1 228.9 230.9 231.2 229.3 230.9 132 Beaufort Sea 249.6 247.4 247.7 250.4 256.8 261.9 264.6 265.4 266.8 265.3 262.8 268.2 270.2 268.1 265.8 264.8 260.6 259.6 262.5 262.4 259.3 258.5 265.1 267.1 257.2 255.4 265.9 269.8 269.9 267.2 265.5 134 Arctic Archipelago 236.7 233.3 229.8 238.9 251.8 249.6 245.8 242.5 241.2 240.7 245.1 244.3 246.2 252.2 257.5 253.5 248.3 241.5 237.5 237.2 236.3 239.0 236.7 243.5 249.2 238.7 236.0 238.7 244.9 245.7 246.3 136 Foxe Basin 250.5 256.9 256.9 254.3 248.7 249.8 255.9 256.3 261.0 259.6 252.6 249.3 254.3 244.0 243.4 258.6 261.7 261.1 259.6 259.7 262.7 259.8 253.6 247.2 241.8 248.8 258.9 256.1 250.2 254.7 242.6 138 Baffin Bay 241.6 240.2 250.6 255.5 249.9 245.6 246.4 246.6 241.7 238.1 231.7 229.8 231.8 231.9 236.1 232.1 223.3 222.5 224.4 229.6 230.6 229.6 227.9 228.2 230.8 233.2 233.5 235.2 233.6 232.1 227.6 139 South Greenland 244.2 248.5 254.7 261.1 261.2 262.6 259.5 254.9 254.9 248.4 244.9 243.1 238.6 235.3 234.7 233.9 235.6 236.6 241.9 245.9 246.5 245.1 245.4 247.5 249.3 246.6 244.7 245.3 245.0 240.9 238.3 140 Greenland Sea 246.7 244.9 247.8 247.8 243.7 244.6 249.0 252.7 249.7 245.2 243.9 239.1 235.0 231.8 226.8 219.0 219.6 218.9 221.1 230.1 233.2 228.8 228.5 232.5 237.6 238.6 243.4 248.0 241.8 240.1 234.9 142 Norwegian Sea 250.0 245.3 249.2 251.3 248.0 240.9 240.5 239.9 241.7 236.9 241.2 253.9 254.3 247.2 241.7 238.0 237.1 238.2 244.9 238.0 238.8 238.4 242.3 245.6 244.2 241.1 241.4 242.1 244.5 243.1 242.2 144 Barents Sea 251.0 257.8 253.3 243.1 242.0 248.3 252.1 248.3 245.9 246.2 247.2 243.1 240.2 242.9 243.4 244.5 238.5 236.3 236.8 235.4 236.3 237.8 238.2 234.7 234.6 237.1 241.4 242.0 241.5 242.8 245.2 146 Kara Sea 261.9 260.8 260.5 263.2 264.1 263.6 259.7 258.3 258.1 258.2 259.3 261.0 262.5 260.5 259.3 256.7 255.6 256.2 256.8 258.1 260.7 262.0 261.2 260.8 260.6 260.6 260.5 260.6 262.0 262.1 261.4 148 Laptev Sea 244.3 246.9 248.6 246.3 244.8 245.4 244.7 245.6 248.9 251.4 250.3 246.1 243.7 245.6 247.3 248.0 246.2 245.0 247.3 251.8 255.9 259.6 260.0 258.5 256.6 256.2 253.8 252.6 248.8 247.5 245.0 150 East Siberian Sea 242.7 246.1 245.6 245.8 243.3 241.7 239.4 242.5 249.0 249.7 242.9 246.7 250.3 251.9 246.1 243.1 239.3 238.2 240.5 245.0 240.2 238.3 240.6 244.2 243.1 237.6 240.1 235.7 231.5 231.9 232.8 152 Gulf of Alaska 247.4 249.8 246.0 251.8 261.3 270.6 271.5 269.3 257.6 265.6 268.0 264.8 260.3 255.4 262.2 269.9 271.2 270.5 270.2 264.0 272.3 273.1 272.7 257.8 252.3 266.7 272.6 271.8 262.7 258.1 253.6 154 Southeast Bering Sea 260.7 262.0 260.9 265.6 271.8 270.9 270.9 267.2 266.2 266.9 263.8 262.3 262.5 262.4 272.7 273.2 273.9 273.9 269.7 269.3 273.2 273.6 266.2 258.0 259.5 271.1 271.9 266.2 262.9 262.6 260.1