1979 12 - 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 270.4 270.4 270.3 270.4 270.6 270.5 270.7 271.0 271.1 271.2 271.3 271.4 271.7 272.4 272.7 272.9 272.7 272.7 272.6 272.8 272.4 272.4 272.6 272.6 272.8 272.5 272.3 272.5 272.3 272.4 271.9 34 Hudson Bay 279.5 279.5 279.3 279.0 278.6 278.6 278.8 278.6 278.5 278.3 278.6 279.3 279.7 280.0 280.2 280.0 279.8 279.7 279.9 280.1 280.0 279.7 279.4 279.7 279.7 279.5 279.2 279.6 280.2 280.4 280.2 36 Hudson Strait 277.4 276.8 276.9 277.0 276.1 276.5 277.2 277.5 276.8 276.7 277.1 276.5 276.2 276.6 278.0 278.1 278.9 279.2 278.6 278.6 279.6 279.8 278.9 277.1 277.3 279.2 278.7 277.9 277.6 278.9 279.3 98 Bering Strait 273.5 273.7 274.2 274.2 274.1 274.0 274.0 273.9 273.8 273.7 273.7 273.6 273.3 273.5 273.5 273.4 273.4 273.4 273.9 274.0 274.0 274.5 274.6 274.5 274.4 274.3 274.2 274.1 274.1 273.7 273.5 128 Arctic subocean 259.0 259.7 259.7 259.9 261.0 260.5 259.1 259.1 261.2 263.7 264.1 264.6 263.4 263.5 263.6 263.8 264.4 264.5 264.6 263.6 262.1 260.5 261.3 260.9 261.3 259.9 261.7 263.9 263.7 263.9 263.1 130 Chukchi Sea 272.9 273.1 273.9 273.3 273.0 273.3 273.4 273.0 272.9 273.0 273.2 273.4 273.1 272.8 272.6 272.3 272.4 272.5 273.6 273.6 273.5 274.0 274.1 273.9 273.7 273.4 273.5 273.5 273.2 272.8 272.8 132 Beaufort Sea 274.8 274.9 275.2 275.7 276.1 276.1 275.8 275.3 275.6 275.7 275.6 275.2 275.3 275.1 275.4 275.4 275.5 275.6 275.4 275.5 275.6 275.7 275.7 276.0 275.9 275.9 275.9 276.0 275.8 275.6 275.6 134 Arctic Archipelago 269.0 267.4 268.1 268.0 270.4 269.8 268.4 265.8 267.8 269.1 270.0 269.9 269.5 269.2 270.1 271.2 271.4 271.3 271.6 271.1 270.4 270.8 271.2 270.1 269.3 268.5 269.3 270.2 270.0 269.7 268.7 136 Foxe Basin 272.4 271.2 270.5 268.0 268.8 269.7 269.4 270.2 271.3 271.9 271.4 269.7 269.4 268.2 268.0 272.1 273.5 273.6 273.7 273.3 273.4 273.1 272.8 272.3 272.4 272.7 270.9 270.6 270.3 271.7 271.3 138 Baffin Bay 269.3 269.1 268.9 267.6 266.1 266.5 266.1 267.1 266.8 267.8 267.9 267.2 269.7 269.9 269.0 269.2 269.3 268.1 268.7 268.2 268.9 268.8 268.3 267.7 269.2 270.1 270.9 271.3 270.1 270.3 270.2 139 South Greenland 266.2 266.2 265.9 265.5 266.1 267.5 265.8 266.1 265.7 266.9 267.8 264.8 265.2 266.8 267.3 267.8 269.5 269.1 268.9 268.7 272.1 273.0 272.1 269.2 270.6 270.4 272.0 272.6 272.1 270.4 270.9 140 Greenland Sea 263.5 264.8 265.9 264.5 264.0 263.6 264.9 265.4 267.1 266.3 265.1 264.3 265.4 266.5 266.6 266.7 266.4 266.2 267.2 266.5 265.9 265.9 267.6 267.1 266.2 267.3 266.4 266.8 267.1 267.3 266.2 142 Norwegian Sea 260.4 262.2 264.4 269.5 271.8 270.5 268.4 268.2 269.3 265.7 265.9 268.6 270.7 272.3 272.3 272.3 271.6 271.1 269.5 269.7 269.9 270.1 270.5 270.0 269.5 270.1 270.1 271.4 269.9 270.3 270.8 144 Barents Sea 264.5 264.1 264.8 265.9 267.3 265.9 266.9 268.4 265.2 264.9 264.7 265.2 266.7 269.0 268.1 268.5 269.5 270.2 270.6 270.5 269.4 268.4 267.6 268.9 269.1 268.6 268.0 268.6 267.8 268.3 267.9 146 Kara Sea 270.2 270.1 269.4 269.4 270.2 270.3 270.6 270.5 270.8 271.3 271.5 271.1 271.4 271.8 272.9 273.4 273.4 273.6 273.7 273.0 272.0 272.4 272.9 272.8 272.9 272.5 272.1 272.2 272.2 272.4 271.8 148 Laptev Sea 265.3 264.7 264.4 265.1 264.9 263.8 265.2 267.2 267.1 266.5 266.6 267.7 268.9 270.0 270.6 270.1 268.5 268.3 266.5 268.6 267.4 266.8 267.2 268.2 269.5 268.4 267.8 268.2 267.2 267.3 266.1 150 East Siberian Sea 265.5 267.9 268.2 268.2 266.1 267.4 267.1 269.1 270.0 270.1 269.4 271.0 269.5 271.7 270.7 270.3 267.2 268.2 268.6 269.9 269.9 270.1 270.5 271.5 271.3 269.9 269.0 268.8 268.4 269.4 268.4 152 Gulf of Alaska 274.9 275.2 275.4 275.9 275.5 275.6 275.6 275.8 275.4 274.5 274.4 274.6 274.3 274.8 274.7 274.6 274.8 274.7 275.2 275.4 275.3 275.6 275.6 275.9 275.7 275.4 275.5 275.5 275.6 275.3 274.8 154 Southeast Bering Sea 275.7 276.0 276.6 276.4 275.9 275.8 276.1 276.2 275.3 275.1 275.8 275.8 276.3 275.3 275.1 274.6 275.0 275.7 276.6 276.6 276.5 276.7 276.7 276.6 276.0 275.7 276.3 276.4 276.3 275.9 275.3