1978 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 257.6 257.9 257.9 256.3 256.3 257.3 257.7 258.0 259.5 260.3 261.5 260.8 260.1 260.4 260.4 261.6 261.7 261.4 260.9 260.1 260.5 260.6 261.2 261.8 262.0 262.5 262.5 263.0 263.4 264.3 264.4 34 Hudson Bay 276.7 276.9 277.2 277.4 277.6 277.0 275.7 274.0 273.9 275.2 275.8 276.6 276.3 276.6 277.2 277.3 277.1 277.0 277.0 275.5 275.5 275.3 274.7 273.8 275.2 275.8 276.7 276.8 276.4 277.4 278.4 36 Hudson Strait 271.2 275.0 275.4 276.1 275.9 275.8 276.5 276.1 276.0 274.5 273.0 273.4 273.8 272.0 275.1 274.4 276.3 275.6 276.0 276.5 275.6 274.6 274.7 275.6 274.2 274.6 274.8 274.2 275.4 273.8 275.8 98 Bering Strait 254.6 253.7 257.3 257.9 254.0 258.3 257.1 263.3 265.5 264.7 264.0 263.4 262.4 265.0 263.0 266.6 265.9 263.2 268.5 266.2 263.0 260.2 265.2 261.5 258.0 259.5 261.9 266.2 263.6 261.2 261.6 128 Arctic subocean 239.7 236.2 232.4 228.0 229.7 227.2 226.9 234.8 242.1 248.0 248.3 243.1 247.2 242.6 242.1 246.5 243.9 241.5 238.7 237.8 237.6 246.7 252.9 255.8 253.4 249.6 249.9 247.4 251.0 248.7 247.3 130 Chukchi Sea 230.6 236.0 234.9 234.6 238.6 239.9 252.9 262.1 255.7 256.6 248.0 237.5 246.9 252.2 257.4 256.6 256.5 256.4 257.1 256.9 248.2 259.2 255.0 247.8 248.0 244.3 259.3 254.9 250.2 247.0 254.4 132 Beaufort Sea 265.4 265.5 263.2 264.3 264.6 260.5 258.2 259.3 263.5 267.2 271.9 272.9 272.5 273.2 269.4 268.3 269.3 268.5 267.3 268.7 268.9 263.3 265.3 270.7 267.0 266.0 265.0 266.3 269.5 267.7 266.8 134 Arctic Archipelago 252.9 251.6 253.8 249.6 246.2 249.2 251.8 245.6 240.6 250.1 254.6 253.2 259.9 261.3 261.2 261.5 257.7 255.1 251.0 247.2 248.0 251.2 248.9 245.5 249.6 251.0 250.0 256.1 257.7 262.9 259.9 136 Foxe Basin 244.3 265.7 262.8 266.2 258.5 264.6 271.6 270.1 269.8 267.5 263.2 261.7 259.4 258.4 264.5 271.3 267.7 263.8 267.0 262.8 252.9 253.5 251.3 266.2 265.6 266.4 261.2 264.6 266.0 264.4 262.7 138 Baffin Bay 239.4 240.3 238.9 235.6 241.0 236.6 235.7 243.2 257.4 257.7 260.0 253.3 242.7 243.9 251.5 253.8 256.1 252.8 249.0 248.0 255.3 258.4 258.8 255.5 255.3 256.0 257.8 257.2 254.6 254.5 252.8 139 South Greenland 254.2 256.8 255.6 248.8 253.6 254.0 255.5 261.5 266.1 264.8 265.2 261.7 256.5 253.7 257.2 261.5 265.9 264.3 261.4 262.3 268.2 263.3 257.1 260.0 261.9 263.0 262.9 262.0 264.1 265.5 265.4 140 Greenland Sea 243.6 243.8 247.7 237.6 235.7 234.9 232.5 231.8 245.7 252.7 251.4 254.8 248.1 246.0 243.9 249.4 250.3 251.0 246.7 245.6 250.9 258.6 260.3 255.6 254.2 251.5 251.2 254.5 255.2 252.7 254.5 142 Norwegian Sea 246.5 243.5 242.5 254.8 257.2 246.4 243.3 246.0 244.2 241.2 240.7 253.1 258.1 260.9 259.2 255.7 253.5 248.1 255.7 263.2 259.4 253.8 254.4 262.9 260.5 258.2 257.7 259.0 260.8 260.3 254.6 144 Barents Sea 253.9 254.0 251.3 243.7 244.2 252.1 245.4 242.5 251.4 255.4 256.3 249.4 251.3 253.1 248.6 250.8 249.1 249.9 249.7 249.4 259.4 256.3 258.3 260.5 256.8 253.1 249.2 248.5 250.7 251.3 250.6 146 Kara Sea 257.3 258.2 259.0 257.9 256.4 256.2 257.7 257.9 258.2 258.6 261.5 261.7 260.7 261.6 262.5 262.7 262.2 261.5 260.7 260.3 258.9 259.8 261.4 262.8 265.0 264.8 263.9 263.3 263.5 266.8 268.5 148 Laptev Sea 250.9 249.0 247.7 247.2 250.2 252.0 253.1 254.4 255.1 252.9 252.1 250.5 249.4 247.8 246.2 249.2 251.5 253.1 252.8 252.7 252.4 254.7 253.6 254.0 253.7 254.8 256.7 257.5 257.0 257.6 256.3 150 East Siberian Sea 247.9 247.7 247.4 244.3 242.2 253.5 258.9 253.1 246.7 243.2 242.4 245.4 245.5 247.4 248.6 249.1 246.0 250.5 250.9 245.8 246.2 247.7 251.6 250.3 250.6 260.9 259.2 257.5 259.4 259.7 257.3 152 Gulf of Alaska 269.9 270.2 271.6 271.1 269.6 272.5 268.0 270.7 273.2 273.8 274.1 274.4 273.8 271.6 271.1 273.5 273.4 270.6 272.9 273.4 272.4 270.6 272.4 271.2 271.8 270.7 268.3 271.6 271.0 269.2 269.9 154 Southeast Bering Sea 270.7 271.3 271.0 271.3 272.2 273.0 272.4 273.8 274.3 274.6 274.9 274.4 274.2 270.3 271.2 274.7 272.8 272.1 274.2 274.3 272.1 271.9 274.2 271.3 273.2 269.0 269.5 273.8 272.1 272.5 273.2