1979 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 255.7 256.5 257.4 257.8 258.3 257.8 257.4 258.3 258.9 258.5 257.5 257.1 257.9 257.8 256.9 256.7 256.3 255.5 255.2 254.0 254.0 253.8 254.2 253.3 253.0 252.6 252.3 251.8 252.5 254.4 256.2 34 Hudson Bay 274.4 273.2 273.4 273.0 272.7 273.9 273.9 274.3 275.5 276.1 275.9 275.9 274.2 273.0 273.4 273.5 274.6 275.5 274.1 273.9 275.0 273.8 274.3 274.7 273.4 272.9 273.8 273.7 274.2 274.7 272.0 36 Hudson Strait 274.4 275.1 274.8 274.5 273.4 273.3 272.4 270.9 272.1 272.0 271.8 271.5 272.4 269.4 266.8 266.7 265.4 267.3 272.8 269.6 268.7 272.7 273.4 273.4 272.7 274.1 273.6 273.6 274.5 275.1 274.8 98 Bering Strait 267.1 263.9 261.3 257.8 260.6 257.0 244.7 251.9 252.3 247.5 237.5 236.8 248.8 258.1 260.0 259.9 250.9 246.8 253.5 246.9 251.6 265.3 259.3 249.8 258.1 250.5 246.5 244.1 242.0 249.7 260.4 128 Arctic subocean 220.7 227.2 228.8 229.3 231.6 226.3 226.6 233.9 240.3 240.2 238.6 231.3 228.9 224.9 225.5 231.9 230.6 229.2 226.8 222.9 222.9 222.2 222.3 218.4 220.4 220.0 220.5 222.7 217.7 218.4 233.1 130 Chukchi Sea 266.7 261.0 250.6 250.4 247.1 235.0 232.0 250.4 230.1 221.3 220.4 223.9 241.0 249.0 241.3 226.5 221.8 233.2 228.5 228.4 245.0 258.3 236.9 236.8 249.4 240.8 232.4 232.7 230.1 242.1 244.7 132 Beaufort Sea 259.6 257.9 256.7 254.9 258.0 259.5 258.6 256.8 257.5 258.0 259.4 255.4 255.7 264.8 267.8 269.8 268.0 263.6 262.9 259.8 257.1 259.5 266.2 258.2 253.8 254.3 252.6 253.1 254.5 251.2 255.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 236.4 238.4 243.0 239.5 236.4 236.4 232.4 233.9 233.1 230.1 229.6 237.6 242.4 240.0 235.3 241.0 253.3 247.0 235.7 239.6 236.1 232.2 231.2 230.8 224.0 221.1 223.6 225.6 233.4 238.2 234.0 136 Foxe Basin 262.0 269.4 255.9 251.4 251.5 244.3 249.3 241.8 240.6 230.4 238.3 235.2 248.8 243.2 239.7 233.8 233.9 239.5 243.3 233.4 237.1 244.8 236.5 233.2 228.1 245.6 246.7 248.4 254.9 266.1 264.6 138 Baffin Bay 226.5 235.5 234.6 234.1 231.9 230.4 231.0 237.2 243.4 247.9 245.6 236.6 235.6 230.3 229.5 234.0 233.8 231.5 228.4 225.3 223.9 221.8 224.5 218.9 215.8 216.6 219.3 223.4 223.1 233.0 247.1 139 South Greenland 237.4 242.3 256.7 261.9 262.3 257.9 256.9 257.9 258.9 256.7 252.4 250.6 247.4 250.0 248.5 244.7 241.7 238.2 238.1 236.0 233.0 230.9 235.6 241.7 241.3 241.3 246.4 242.4 250.9 250.9 260.4 140 Greenland Sea 224.0 227.1 238.6 243.0 238.2 235.4 234.1 240.1 246.5 246.8 242.2 237.6 236.7 236.2 242.1 247.4 244.2 237.6 237.0 238.8 230.4 225.6 227.3 229.2 225.0 224.1 232.6 228.8 226.1 218.8 245.6 142 Norwegian Sea 227.3 224.7 223.2 228.6 237.5 254.9 255.5 253.5 240.8 234.9 235.0 233.0 239.0 241.0 243.0 236.1 249.0 244.8 248.0 245.5 246.4 238.2 236.1 240.1 237.3 243.8 237.5 242.9 234.7 234.4 235.3 144 Barents Sea 235.8 234.5 233.9 248.3 252.2 245.1 242.1 244.7 247.4 247.4 242.9 240.8 237.9 233.9 232.9 235.2 235.3 236.8 236.5 236.7 242.5 240.6 236.1 235.4 244.9 235.6 229.6 224.4 225.9 230.0 228.3 146 Kara Sea 259.1 260.5 261.7 261.2 262.7 264.5 266.4 266.5 265.4 265.3 265.7 266.8 266.8 265.4 263.6 262.1 261.4 261.5 261.5 259.7 259.4 257.8 256.2 254.2 254.1 257.1 256.2 256.0 257.4 261.2 260.7 148 Laptev Sea 252.0 253.8 254.3 255.5 256.6 255.9 254.3 255.2 258.4 260.3 260.9 260.7 261.1 257.8 255.1 254.0 254.2 253.2 253.7 254.0 251.4 251.7 256.4 257.5 255.8 255.1 255.8 256.0 252.8 252.3 252.7 150 East Siberian Sea 258.7 257.3 256.2 251.2 244.6 243.2 254.1 251.1 245.6 242.9 241.8 241.9 242.2 241.3 239.9 238.0 237.6 240.3 242.9 244.3 251.0 242.7 243.4 255.5 255.4 250.8 251.2 246.9 250.1 249.2 247.2 152 Gulf of Alaska 273.0 273.7 273.5 273.3 274.1 274.9 264.4 262.6 271.1 270.0 260.8 259.3 265.5 270.7 274.1 274.2 271.0 270.4 270.8 267.1 263.5 272.8 273.7 266.4 269.5 270.9 266.1 266.7 262.6 263.0 273.6 154 Southeast Bering Sea 274.4 274.8 274.8 274.8 275.2 275.2 265.7 266.7 271.6 268.1 263.0 263.7 270.7 273.5 274.5 273.3 271.0 270.8 269.4 268.1 268.9 274.6 274.4 271.4 274.6 274.0 271.4 273.5 266.8 270.7 274.9