1978 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 255.1 254.2 254.3 254.5 254.9 254.3 254.9 254.8 253.9 253.0 253.5 253.4 254.2 255.0 255.0 255.0 254.0 253.5 253.6 253.6 253.2 254.1 254.0 253.0 253.3 253.1 252.4 253.3 253.9 254.1 252.8 34 Hudson Bay 272.3 272.5 274.5 276.3 275.2 274.2 274.5 274.9 275.7 276.2 276.6 276.2 275.7 274.2 274.5 273.5 275.1 274.6 274.6 274.4 274.8 276.6 276.5 275.9 273.9 273.5 272.1 270.6 274.0 274.6 275.3 36 Hudson Strait 268.6 266.6 263.5 270.2 274.6 269.6 268.9 264.9 266.1 269.9 272.2 275.1 275.1 273.7 269.5 270.1 266.0 267.9 269.0 266.3 259.5 264.9 271.0 270.5 270.9 264.2 270.5 262.1 265.5 264.6 262.5 98 Bering Strait 263.3 257.4 252.4 253.5 256.5 253.7 262.8 257.6 251.2 247.9 246.5 249.7 253.2 255.2 255.5 255.8 255.0 255.4 261.1 266.4 264.8 270.1 262.9 252.9 257.1 255.3 260.6 265.5 263.6 259.1 252.3 128 Arctic subocean 226.1 225.6 219.8 222.0 227.0 227.9 225.9 225.9 230.8 230.4 226.8 226.8 227.6 234.5 234.7 239.1 231.4 231.6 234.6 232.9 230.2 224.6 225.4 227.2 230.6 229.9 231.8 226.2 225.1 234.1 234.5 130 Chukchi Sea 248.3 234.6 228.9 255.6 229.0 242.2 253.1 244.4 232.5 224.2 229.6 231.0 250.6 242.8 241.9 242.6 249.5 236.3 259.2 248.1 249.9 266.0 239.9 235.5 235.0 246.6 252.6 244.5 245.6 233.4 231.8 132 Beaufort Sea 267.9 268.9 264.2 260.7 265.4 261.3 262.5 266.3 266.9 263.0 260.3 257.9 257.0 259.2 259.0 261.4 259.5 261.7 262.0 268.7 267.7 268.5 269.5 262.4 260.5 258.4 258.8 269.4 271.5 271.9 265.9 134 Arctic Archipelago 233.1 242.9 252.9 241.3 235.9 238.6 235.2 237.7 236.8 245.5 250.5 251.9 243.3 229.5 224.6 225.0 227.7 230.1 232.8 236.9 242.1 237.5 234.9 233.4 229.7 232.2 228.5 233.5 232.1 238.3 247.4 136 Foxe Basin 232.3 234.2 240.0 256.7 243.4 228.3 237.0 232.3 245.2 252.0 264.9 266.1 261.9 256.7 230.2 234.5 223.8 222.6 229.9 223.1 222.6 231.5 238.4 233.0 229.6 221.7 230.2 222.1 219.9 225.2 225.8 138 Baffin Bay 226.2 220.1 222.5 231.2 236.8 225.6 222.0 225.4 231.7 228.9 226.0 232.6 237.7 241.7 239.3 234.8 225.6 231.0 232.7 224.2 221.3 220.9 220.0 219.4 223.7 221.0 219.4 216.5 224.6 236.8 230.2 139 South Greenland 234.7 236.2 236.5 239.9 244.4 247.8 247.1 240.4 233.9 238.5 242.0 249.2 249.8 254.0 255.0 251.2 245.2 241.2 232.2 229.4 226.9 229.5 230.6 232.0 236.2 238.5 230.8 235.8 238.2 234.2 227.1 140 Greenland Sea 239.5 231.2 221.7 219.8 237.4 241.2 237.6 239.6 244.4 238.9 233.0 229.1 228.4 243.3 245.0 252.1 243.3 241.6 242.5 235.0 237.4 234.6 237.0 235.0 236.8 237.8 237.0 232.0 236.4 244.3 244.3 142 Norwegian Sea 251.1 245.4 244.1 238.6 241.5 242.0 239.2 237.9 243.6 250.4 252.0 237.0 234.3 240.0 234.7 235.2 239.1 247.1 247.5 239.4 239.1 241.3 249.9 239.9 230.7 236.6 244.9 243.9 246.7 242.4 236.8 144 Barents Sea 244.9 255.8 254.0 252.7 249.3 245.9 243.9 241.2 237.6 236.5 234.4 238.5 246.6 245.6 243.7 239.5 235.6 231.0 230.0 228.0 229.6 233.3 233.6 235.6 240.5 238.7 234.4 234.1 230.3 226.6 228.0 146 Kara Sea 259.7 257.7 261.3 260.9 260.6 261.2 261.4 259.9 257.5 256.1 256.7 255.8 257.3 259.0 262.0 261.3 259.1 256.9 256.6 256.6 257.0 257.3 257.0 256.6 258.3 258.4 258.6 258.1 256.8 257.0 256.8 148 Laptev Sea 249.8 245.0 242.2 243.1 242.3 241.8 243.7 249.1 249.6 247.8 246.7 243.7 243.3 246.8 245.8 248.0 252.2 251.6 248.0 247.9 245.4 246.5 249.9 251.9 249.4 250.8 248.3 250.8 252.3 250.6 247.8 150 East Siberian Sea 243.0 242.9 240.4 237.0 239.6 244.6 242.7 240.1 239.4 237.7 244.8 243.3 243.4 239.4 241.1 243.2 240.0 245.0 250.0 249.7 248.5 244.0 241.4 243.4 244.4 241.8 241.0 238.1 237.6 240.0 240.9 152 Gulf of Alaska 273.3 271.6 269.2 268.9 272.5 267.3 270.1 270.9 267.2 262.6 262.7 265.8 270.5 272.0 271.6 266.0 268.7 271.4 272.2 273.4 273.0 273.1 273.1 269.8 271.5 267.8 269.9 274.0 273.9 272.2 269.1 154 Southeast Bering Sea 272.0 272.0 272.7 273.7 269.9 267.2 272.9 269.7 268.8 265.4 267.9 269.8 274.0 273.1 272.1 269.1 272.1 273.0 273.9 274.3 273.7 274.2 273.9 272.6 272.9 271.4 274.6 274.1 273.2 268.4 267.8