1974 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 256.1 255.1 256.0 256.9 258.1 256.9 256.2 258.3 259.9 260.5 261.0 260.4 259.6 258.0 257.6 259.5 260.0 259.5 260.1 259.9 261.2 262.0 263.0 262.5 261.8 262.9 263.9 263.9 264.0 264.4 264.3 34 Hudson Bay 277.3 276.1 276.0 276.0 276.7 277.0 276.8 277.1 276.7 276.6 275.8 275.7 275.4 275.2 276.2 276.7 276.1 276.1 276.8 277.2 277.5 276.2 275.5 275.9 276.7 277.3 278.0 277.6 277.8 277.6 277.3 36 Hudson Strait 272.6 276.5 276.0 275.5 274.7 275.7 275.0 276.9 276.3 276.9 276.4 275.3 275.6 276.0 274.6 276.6 275.7 274.7 273.5 275.8 277.0 275.0 272.4 271.7 271.6 273.3 274.5 274.8 276.5 276.2 276.1 98 Bering Strait 238.5 236.5 238.3 248.0 248.3 242.8 240.7 244.3 247.3 246.6 248.3 246.4 247.0 242.6 249.9 251.9 254.3 251.8 256.0 251.6 255.8 262.0 260.9 258.2 256.6 260.9 260.1 257.6 258.7 261.0 257.7 128 Arctic subocean 239.7 237.0 240.7 236.0 235.4 230.3 225.0 233.1 238.1 237.9 241.5 235.0 232.0 231.3 231.4 238.7 238.6 238.3 237.0 234.4 237.6 239.6 241.3 244.7 246.1 245.4 249.9 251.4 251.6 253.3 254.7 130 Chukchi Sea 233.8 226.8 234.6 237.5 234.0 232.2 235.3 240.6 238.6 238.4 233.2 238.1 237.0 244.4 247.0 245.3 243.3 245.3 243.1 250.7 255.5 253.7 252.9 252.5 250.3 254.0 258.7 257.6 252.0 252.6 257.6 132 Beaufort Sea 255.5 256.0 256.6 257.3 260.9 261.5 257.1 260.3 261.6 260.6 258.7 259.3 257.2 259.7 257.9 259.3 263.1 263.8 267.2 266.0 266.1 265.8 271.7 272.4 270.0 268.4 266.7 267.5 270.2 269.3 267.1 134 Arctic Archipelago 246.1 241.5 243.9 246.7 245.8 242.9 240.1 249.0 248.6 249.9 252.9 251.1 247.7 244.4 247.3 247.5 246.8 249.1 252.7 258.2 259.6 251.1 251.9 260.2 262.4 258.5 261.9 266.1 264.9 264.1 261.5 136 Foxe Basin 244.9 264.0 267.5 267.9 264.7 255.6 246.8 265.9 263.9 264.8 263.5 258.5 261.7 266.5 256.0 266.9 268.0 264.0 256.1 258.8 268.5 263.7 254.2 247.8 248.5 256.0 261.5 266.6 271.1 267.3 266.8 138 Baffin Bay 238.4 246.0 250.9 242.6 236.3 231.9 238.1 237.1 248.1 250.5 253.5 247.9 240.5 237.8 240.1 250.2 251.8 247.9 245.7 243.9 244.1 241.6 241.1 241.3 247.7 250.8 252.4 253.1 251.3 258.9 264.2 139 South Greenland 243.9 246.1 247.6 252.2 251.0 247.0 245.5 249.5 261.1 263.1 264.7 265.0 261.4 254.7 251.2 259.9 262.9 259.6 252.9 251.2 251.2 259.3 262.8 259.3 260.1 264.4 262.3 256.8 253.1 264.2 265.8 140 Greenland Sea 248.0 242.6 241.8 240.8 240.5 238.5 240.0 237.8 236.1 244.2 244.1 246.2 249.5 242.3 239.0 243.3 241.4 238.3 238.2 238.5 241.4 245.6 242.9 241.2 240.4 245.6 246.4 246.3 244.5 254.3 254.6 142 Norwegian Sea 265.2 264.8 263.1 260.1 258.5 260.6 262.9 259.7 259.6 258.9 257.9 258.3 256.9 261.7 262.3 258.7 256.7 258.5 259.6 260.5 260.7 260.5 258.8 260.5 260.5 257.7 257.5 262.2 262.9 261.7 263.1 144 Barents Sea 252.2 252.9 258.5 255.1 251.9 249.7 249.1 249.2 245.5 247.9 251.3 248.6 247.2 244.9 241.4 246.5 247.8 249.0 252.1 251.3 254.2 250.5 246.4 246.1 248.1 253.3 259.8 259.8 255.8 254.3 260.6 146 Kara Sea 261.4 259.5 259.3 262.8 265.9 263.8 262.4 262.2 263.4 264.4 264.4 265.4 265.9 263.8 263.4 264.2 264.4 262.3 263.9 263.2 264.1 265.4 266.7 264.9 262.7 262.7 263.9 264.5 264.6 263.8 264.1 148 Laptev Sea 252.8 250.6 250.1 248.1 249.5 252.3 253.5 257.4 260.5 259.6 260.4 258.6 256.7 254.0 251.4 254.0 255.0 255.1 254.7 255.8 256.0 258.1 262.3 261.4 258.9 259.1 260.5 261.0 261.0 260.0 258.4 150 East Siberian Sea 238.2 236.5 238.6 236.1 239.2 240.1 242.4 248.0 249.2 250.1 251.4 249.1 247.9 248.9 248.4 246.5 242.7 248.2 247.3 245.3 248.6 251.9 251.2 252.8 252.9 258.4 255.9 252.0 258.4 258.4 257.4 152 Gulf of Alaska 257.6 260.4 260.9 266.3 267.6 259.9 263.1 258.9 258.7 258.0 261.7 257.0 263.6 261.0 267.8 265.6 264.9 268.4 261.5 259.7 264.8 270.4 270.8 267.0 264.8 265.6 267.3 269.2 269.7 265.3 265.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 268.1 266.4 269.4 265.8 269.4 267.0 267.8 265.0 263.7 265.0 264.2 270.4 270.3 271.8 270.9 269.9 272.1 267.4 263.0 264.1 272.3 270.4 268.4 267.0 268.0 269.2 272.7 272.5 270.7 268.8 268.9