1979 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 258.2 259.1 259.5 259.3 259.8 260.1 259.6 259.6 260.0 260.2 261.7 261.2 261.7 261.3 262.1 262.7 263.3 262.7 262.1 262.1 262.8 262.9 262.7 262.6 261.9 262.9 262.7 262.5 262.7 263.7 264.0 34 Hudson Bay 277.7 277.2 278.1 277.6 276.4 275.8 275.9 275.8 276.2 275.7 275.0 274.9 274.9 274.4 274.7 274.9 276.3 277.5 277.9 277.1 277.5 277.3 277.0 276.3 276.2 276.2 277.5 278.1 277.3 276.7 276.8 36 Hudson Strait 275.5 274.4 274.7 275.7 275.7 273.4 273.9 274.1 275.6 276.3 273.6 272.2 273.2 275.9 274.3 274.0 273.2 274.0 276.3 276.8 276.2 275.7 276.1 275.4 274.4 274.2 274.5 274.0 275.3 274.5 274.1 98 Bering Strait 263.8 261.2 263.2 260.8 263.2 262.9 258.6 257.0 256.2 256.2 264.1 260.3 269.8 265.4 269.0 268.5 265.0 260.8 262.6 267.2 269.6 268.5 264.4 267.9 263.2 268.2 266.1 267.2 270.7 270.3 269.9 128 Arctic subocean 228.0 227.1 225.5 224.6 225.8 224.9 230.7 235.0 233.4 236.0 241.5 240.1 238.2 236.9 237.7 236.9 234.7 238.8 235.9 236.1 235.4 234.4 238.2 238.0 237.2 239.8 235.1 240.4 237.5 241.9 243.0 130 Chukchi Sea 252.1 251.0 247.0 242.7 246.6 246.1 242.1 245.0 243.9 249.0 251.5 255.0 259.0 264.2 265.2 251.1 243.7 245.4 253.7 262.6 264.2 252.6 256.1 251.2 251.4 256.7 254.0 264.4 265.2 268.1 259.4 132 Beaufort Sea 270.1 270.8 268.5 267.2 265.3 265.3 260.6 258.6 258.8 257.4 259.8 261.1 261.7 264.1 264.6 270.8 272.8 269.7 266.7 267.9 272.3 271.8 268.7 267.4 268.9 268.8 272.1 268.2 269.1 272.0 272.6 134 Arctic Archipelago 243.3 246.8 253.4 252.8 245.0 240.6 241.9 241.9 243.7 248.6 249.6 247.0 243.8 245.0 249.1 249.1 251.7 258.1 260.4 260.8 256.5 257.7 251.7 250.4 246.3 251.2 254.7 259.1 256.6 258.1 254.6 136 Foxe Basin 263.2 250.8 250.0 262.9 262.4 250.2 246.4 251.4 257.5 256.7 256.5 251.2 250.1 261.4 262.9 260.0 256.6 248.4 266.7 270.5 264.8 264.4 265.4 268.8 268.9 264.6 258.2 258.9 265.2 263.5 258.3 138 Baffin Bay 229.3 227.4 225.3 225.3 227.6 227.8 229.0 230.4 233.3 244.5 249.0 246.3 244.7 239.6 237.6 240.1 240.3 238.4 235.5 234.4 242.8 245.4 244.6 243.0 240.4 241.0 236.9 240.7 245.2 250.3 248.4 139 South Greenland 240.2 244.5 244.2 239.6 242.2 246.1 244.6 246.5 249.2 253.7 260.1 258.6 258.2 254.6 253.1 258.1 258.3 253.0 249.8 248.4 259.3 262.0 262.2 255.7 251.7 251.5 255.2 251.6 250.2 254.6 262.8 140 Greenland Sea 235.7 233.5 232.1 229.9 230.4 237.2 237.8 240.4 245.7 247.5 251.1 253.8 251.8 249.7 242.9 241.5 248.2 249.7 245.0 239.9 238.2 237.8 244.4 246.1 242.3 239.3 235.6 234.9 237.7 242.0 252.8 142 Norwegian Sea 244.5 248.7 259.2 259.1 262.6 254.5 253.6 250.3 259.4 257.8 259.2 258.1 257.4 260.4 260.0 255.8 250.1 254.1 263.8 267.4 262.6 250.8 250.8 256.0 261.0 262.6 262.3 256.7 251.2 261.6 256.7 144 Barents Sea 244.8 246.9 240.9 244.6 252.0 254.2 250.9 246.9 243.7 248.8 245.7 246.3 250.4 248.0 247.4 251.1 253.3 250.9 246.6 248.8 255.6 257.4 255.9 254.9 253.3 250.1 255.6 257.4 256.8 257.3 256.5 146 Kara Sea 261.9 263.1 263.2 263.2 262.8 262.2 261.7 262.7 263.3 262.7 265.3 265.7 265.1 263.8 263.9 263.6 263.2 264.1 265.0 264.4 262.8 262.5 262.8 263.6 266.4 268.4 267.0 265.8 264.4 264.6 264.7 148 Laptev Sea 252.3 255.4 257.4 257.4 259.0 260.9 263.2 263.8 262.2 258.0 257.6 256.1 256.2 258.5 262.6 262.0 262.9 261.4 258.8 258.3 256.9 258.0 259.8 259.7 256.7 258.5 256.3 254.6 254.8 255.6 256.8 150 East Siberian Sea 243.4 245.7 249.4 250.8 255.5 260.1 260.4 259.1 260.1 259.8 258.7 257.2 259.2 258.9 258.5 258.8 262.8 259.2 254.5 251.1 251.0 252.6 253.1 256.9 253.0 250.3 247.7 253.4 258.8 259.4 256.9 152 Gulf of Alaska 274.2 273.4 270.6 272.3 273.4 273.7 272.5 271.5 269.7 271.0 273.9 271.9 273.4 273.6 273.6 274.4 272.5 271.0 272.3 274.4 274.6 274.6 274.4 274.9 273.3 274.2 272.8 272.0 273.9 274.1 274.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 273.6 270.6 269.3 273.4 274.6 274.5 274.6 274.2 273.8 274.6 274.2 274.3 275.0 274.9 275.0 274.0 271.5 272.1 274.7 275.4 275.6 274.5 275.0 273.7 273.1 275.1 272.6 274.2 274.8 274.5 275.3