1978 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 263.5 262.6 262.6 262.5 261.3 260.5 260.6 260.9 261.4 261.7 262.0 262.0 261.8 262.6 261.5 261.5 262.6 262.2 261.4 261.6 262.2 263.7 264.6 264.4 263.7 263.3 263.0 262.6 262.5 261.9 261.9 34 Hudson Bay 279.2 279.0 278.6 278.2 278.2 277.9 277.7 277.0 276.6 277.0 277.5 278.0 278.3 278.2 278.2 278.4 278.4 278.3 278.1 278.2 278.0 277.9 278.3 278.5 278.6 278.2 277.8 277.3 277.0 277.3 277.5 36 Hudson Strait 277.5 277.3 277.1 274.7 274.8 277.1 277.4 277.2 274.9 272.5 273.1 274.4 274.6 274.8 274.6 274.6 275.2 276.2 276.9 276.2 276.2 276.6 277.7 276.9 276.4 276.3 276.4 275.9 275.9 276.2 274.8 98 Bering Strait 270.6 270.1 269.8 270.0 267.2 268.0 269.0 267.9 266.3 267.6 269.0 269.2 271.1 272.1 270.8 269.6 268.2 267.5 267.4 266.5 267.8 270.5 270.5 270.2 270.0 268.8 268.3 268.5 269.9 271.2 271.3 128 Arctic subocean 228.1 229.5 230.0 236.1 238.9 233.3 230.4 232.3 234.1 235.0 229.2 231.2 229.0 235.2 234.3 233.6 232.5 235.4 236.4 234.6 232.0 230.3 232.3 235.7 233.9 232.4 228.8 228.3 236.4 234.0 235.6 130 Chukchi Sea 264.0 268.0 264.0 255.5 253.3 258.0 255.2 252.7 253.0 257.0 257.0 259.2 260.5 264.5 265.5 263.3 257.6 255.5 255.3 255.3 257.7 262.2 260.3 258.2 254.6 255.0 258.2 260.3 262.5 264.6 265.0 132 Beaufort Sea 270.5 269.3 268.6 269.8 269.3 268.4 270.9 272.7 272.1 273.4 273.2 271.3 271.5 272.0 270.5 272.0 272.8 272.5 271.6 271.0 270.1 270.9 271.9 271.6 270.9 269.7 269.0 268.5 268.2 269.5 270.7 134 Arctic Archipelago 256.0 254.3 248.8 246.5 243.5 248.4 251.3 256.0 261.5 266.1 266.0 264.8 254.6 258.4 258.6 248.6 250.5 256.4 259.2 261.8 263.2 261.9 261.1 257.3 259.6 259.0 257.6 256.1 250.0 252.7 250.9 136 Foxe Basin 268.4 262.4 259.3 251.0 251.5 251.2 248.0 251.3 248.0 253.1 259.1 265.4 264.5 264.3 270.2 267.8 255.6 253.4 257.6 266.5 271.2 270.6 272.6 267.9 268.1 269.1 270.7 272.0 270.4 269.9 257.8 138 Baffin Bay 232.6 232.5 234.7 238.2 232.6 229.0 225.0 226.5 228.8 235.4 236.0 233.1 237.2 241.2 235.8 241.4 236.3 232.8 233.6 238.8 236.6 240.4 241.5 245.1 243.6 243.6 239.8 240.8 243.3 241.3 244.5 139 South Greenland 252.3 253.0 259.7 255.8 246.9 247.6 254.0 255.5 252.6 247.2 245.4 247.8 251.0 251.9 249.7 252.3 260.1 249.8 241.5 242.6 247.0 253.5 256.6 263.7 257.0 256.1 258.3 257.7 264.1 258.3 259.3 140 Greenland Sea 241.8 238.5 240.5 250.2 246.6 237.8 234.6 233.5 230.3 232.3 231.1 234.3 237.3 249.6 243.5 241.5 243.7 244.4 242.1 235.8 231.0 232.6 236.9 242.8 240.7 238.4 236.5 236.1 245.6 240.0 240.5 142 Norwegian Sea 256.7 254.5 259.1 255.2 256.8 257.1 255.6 255.9 256.9 258.5 260.8 261.3 262.4 265.6 265.9 263.3 263.1 263.2 257.8 257.7 259.4 259.4 259.7 260.9 258.8 260.9 262.6 261.3 261.4 257.2 254.8 144 Barents Sea 259.5 256.1 253.7 257.5 258.1 257.8 258.4 257.5 255.8 256.3 258.8 258.4 258.9 257.6 256.1 258.1 259.5 258.4 257.3 258.8 261.3 259.0 259.1 260.1 261.4 262.3 260.3 261.1 259.3 257.0 257.5 146 Kara Sea 265.6 265.0 264.6 264.8 265.0 264.4 264.1 264.9 266.3 265.3 266.1 267.0 266.1 266.1 264.9 263.3 263.7 263.8 264.2 264.8 265.9 266.0 267.0 266.8 266.1 265.5 265.8 266.5 265.9 265.2 264.4 148 Laptev Sea 255.0 256.2 258.8 257.4 257.3 253.9 252.2 250.7 253.3 253.5 252.3 250.0 248.3 248.6 249.1 253.1 258.1 256.7 254.4 252.9 252.0 256.7 257.6 255.2 254.8 253.9 253.3 250.7 250.2 250.5 251.1 150 East Siberian Sea 261.2 252.8 250.9 249.5 244.0 242.5 243.4 243.5 244.0 243.1 245.0 246.0 249.5 250.2 245.3 243.5 245.4 250.1 246.4 246.3 250.7 255.3 256.9 254.3 252.7 256.3 256.5 253.6 249.7 246.6 246.7 152 Gulf of Alaska 272.6 273.3 273.9 275.0 274.5 274.7 274.8 273.5 271.7 273.2 273.3 272.6 273.3 273.9 273.8 274.0 271.5 269.3 270.6 271.1 273.2 273.7 273.1 273.1 272.3 270.1 269.5 270.8 273.5 274.0 273.6 154 Southeast Bering Sea 275.0 275.4 275.5 275.4 274.6 274.8 273.0 269.2 268.4 273.1 273.1 273.7 274.5 275.1 275.3 273.1 270.4 270.1 273.0 273.2 271.7 271.6 273.0 271.0 271.5 272.3 273.3 273.9 273.8 274.1 273.9