1979 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 262.5 262.5 262.8 262.8 263.0 263.2 262.6 262.4 261.4 261.5 261.4 261.3 261.8 262.2 261.8 260.7 260.2 260.2 259.7 260.1 259.6 260.5 261.2 261.1 261.4 261.6 261.8 261.8 261.7 260.3 259.7 34 Hudson Bay 277.0 277.7 277.1 277.4 278.2 278.5 279.0 279.4 279.1 279.0 279.0 279.1 279.1 278.9 278.4 277.8 277.0 277.2 277.3 277.7 277.8 278.3 278.4 278.3 278.1 278.4 278.0 278.0 277.8 277.5 276.0 36 Hudson Strait 275.5 274.7 274.2 273.1 274.7 275.5 276.3 276.7 275.9 275.6 275.1 275.9 276.7 277.1 277.4 277.0 277.5 276.2 273.3 272.9 273.5 273.3 273.6 276.4 275.9 274.8 275.4 275.5 275.5 275.6 274.1 98 Bering Strait 270.7 271.0 269.0 267.8 268.5 267.3 266.9 266.6 266.4 265.4 262.7 263.8 266.5 270.2 269.3 268.1 267.9 265.0 261.0 263.9 263.1 259.0 258.0 256.9 258.9 259.8 265.0 261.6 261.1 259.5 263.3 128 Arctic subocean 240.9 237.7 231.6 229.2 229.5 229.0 228.5 229.0 229.2 232.0 235.2 233.1 231.4 223.7 222.8 222.9 223.9 229.2 226.1 225.0 227.1 230.2 231.0 233.3 228.8 231.8 235.2 232.3 231.2 230.6 228.4 130 Chukchi Sea 265.5 258.9 252.9 257.4 253.3 252.6 251.8 254.9 248.8 249.8 248.6 253.4 268.4 264.7 262.9 255.6 252.9 240.4 241.2 241.6 235.2 231.1 233.6 232.9 234.7 246.0 248.9 243.3 242.2 246.0 242.8 132 Beaufort Sea 272.1 272.0 272.9 271.6 273.0 273.4 271.5 270.0 271.0 272.5 270.4 266.3 266.5 271.0 271.5 271.6 272.2 272.5 269.8 270.3 270.6 270.4 269.5 269.0 269.7 268.3 267.3 269.3 269.3 266.7 266.7 134 Arctic Archipelago 248.3 250.6 252.5 257.6 257.8 261.9 262.9 259.6 259.4 261.3 265.4 264.8 256.6 248.6 250.5 249.0 246.8 249.9 254.4 257.2 257.3 259.3 260.2 262.8 265.4 268.0 266.6 265.8 265.4 260.7 255.4 136 Foxe Basin 262.7 263.4 263.3 263.0 265.7 265.0 268.1 265.9 266.3 262.6 266.1 272.1 270.6 268.5 260.8 258.7 259.7 249.0 246.1 254.0 259.8 252.8 253.4 260.3 267.5 268.8 265.4 264.6 267.6 266.5 259.7 138 Baffin Bay 237.8 238.0 237.7 235.3 231.7 228.6 230.6 232.9 228.4 227.7 229.7 239.5 244.3 237.2 227.2 223.7 228.9 226.5 224.1 226.2 227.4 225.7 230.5 240.8 245.0 244.1 243.6 246.8 247.3 238.9 238.3 139 South Greenland 258.2 260.8 256.5 252.1 249.9 245.3 242.8 243.4 236.9 233.8 233.7 234.3 242.2 250.7 251.9 242.0 239.4 247.1 246.8 236.5 236.2 236.9 235.6 234.3 243.8 245.4 252.2 252.1 253.4 254.0 255.5 140 Greenland Sea 245.7 243.4 237.3 234.2 234.9 230.6 229.4 231.7 231.0 230.0 231.3 225.9 225.7 223.8 230.3 230.0 226.1 227.0 226.7 229.3 227.7 233.8 230.8 229.5 226.3 228.0 228.7 227.4 232.6 234.3 235.9 142 Norwegian Sea 267.4 266.9 266.7 265.8 264.5 268.7 269.1 269.7 266.2 264.5 263.2 262.5 263.9 265.3 265.1 265.7 265.2 260.6 258.2 256.3 262.3 262.2 262.5 263.5 264.9 261.9 258.3 257.5 255.0 248.7 251.3 144 Barents Sea 261.4 260.7 259.0 261.2 263.8 263.1 259.1 258.9 260.2 258.4 258.2 260.2 258.3 259.8 261.4 260.7 261.8 260.1 258.5 254.8 253.2 254.2 255.5 259.2 257.9 256.9 256.4 258.3 260.1 258.7 257.5 146 Kara Sea 265.8 265.2 265.9 265.8 265.7 266.8 267.1 268.0 267.3 267.1 267.5 266.3 265.7 264.9 264.6 264.4 264.4 265.7 265.9 265.7 264.1 263.8 265.5 264.9 264.2 265.2 265.7 265.7 264.8 263.2 263.2 148 Laptev Sea 251.2 251.7 255.5 256.4 256.6 257.9 257.6 256.5 254.7 255.0 252.7 252.4 254.3 256.9 256.5 255.6 254.1 251.4 252.1 254.7 253.7 260.4 261.5 258.3 256.1 254.2 254.2 254.4 253.0 251.4 249.5 150 East Siberian Sea 248.4 247.7 251.0 249.6 250.6 248.8 244.7 240.8 238.4 242.6 246.4 248.1 248.7 247.3 244.6 244.4 242.6 242.7 240.7 244.6 247.4 247.0 247.8 248.2 250.1 247.3 242.1 239.7 243.1 245.3 245.7 152 Gulf of Alaska 274.7 275.3 274.7 274.6 273.8 272.9 273.4 273.3 273.6 272.9 271.3 272.2 273.4 274.6 274.8 275.0 274.9 274.2 272.7 273.2 271.8 268.9 269.8 270.7 268.5 269.0 273.8 274.0 273.5 270.7 273.4 154 Southeast Bering Sea 274.8 273.5 272.9 273.9 272.0 272.0 270.4 271.0 273.2 272.7 272.5 274.7 275.0 275.0 274.7 274.1 273.6 271.3 270.4 271.3 269.9 270.2 271.8 266.2 267.0 273.8 273.9 275.2 271.5 270.9 274.9