1981 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 259.2 258.8 258.0 257.6 257.6 257.1 257.2 257.4 257.2 257.1 258.1 258.9 259.4 259.7 259.9 260.2 259.6 259.4 259.4 259.1 258.7 258.5 258.5 258.3 259.0 258.8 258.0 257.7 256.7 255.6 255.5 34 Hudson Bay 275.9 275.7 275.7 275.9 275.3 274.4 274.6 275.7 275.3 275.2 275.4 275.1 275.3 275.8 275.7 275.2 275.1 274.4 273.8 273.1 273.4 273.8 272.7 273.0 275.8 276.4 274.9 275.0 277.2 276.4 275.8 36 Hudson Strait 274.8 275.2 274.1 272.1 272.0 274.6 270.4 271.8 273.6 273.3 272.6 271.6 271.8 270.1 270.1 273.4 272.0 271.7 273.9 272.8 271.4 272.7 273.0 270.9 269.7 272.3 272.7 270.2 270.9 275.6 274.6 98 Bering Strait 245.3 241.2 239.3 238.6 246.4 252.7 254.1 260.2 250.5 244.3 247.8 254.3 261.6 264.6 266.5 264.7 263.3 266.4 265.2 265.0 263.4 264.2 268.0 265.7 259.7 259.4 256.0 248.0 245.2 250.5 245.0 128 Arctic subocean 235.9 235.4 231.8 236.4 234.8 233.6 233.4 234.3 236.3 234.3 231.6 229.5 231.1 236.3 235.9 237.2 242.4 239.3 237.7 233.9 233.5 230.9 228.1 228.5 231.9 235.2 239.9 237.9 234.7 227.6 226.2 130 Chukchi Sea 228.6 223.9 221.1 227.8 230.4 236.9 246.7 247.1 233.0 228.9 234.8 244.7 253.6 262.9 264.6 257.6 255.7 267.1 259.5 256.5 260.3 258.9 262.6 260.9 250.4 237.5 232.0 232.8 234.9 229.3 225.1 132 Beaufort Sea 260.9 261.6 262.0 260.2 258.2 260.8 262.2 261.0 262.9 259.7 260.2 264.1 268.6 266.8 264.4 261.6 262.4 266.0 268.6 267.0 264.7 263.3 265.1 269.6 269.0 264.4 264.1 262.0 259.3 258.6 261.1 134 Arctic Archipelago 248.4 243.7 240.6 241.1 241.5 235.8 237.4 236.7 237.9 245.0 242.1 239.1 238.5 237.5 241.6 239.3 233.0 229.8 231.5 233.8 231.9 234.0 237.2 236.7 236.9 237.2 234.8 235.5 236.2 231.2 235.7 136 Foxe Basin 266.4 266.6 259.9 252.5 251.6 252.0 241.4 244.1 252.0 251.2 250.2 256.8 252.5 247.2 246.4 246.8 241.9 241.1 245.2 253.1 252.1 256.9 253.2 246.2 238.1 237.1 241.6 235.7 239.7 262.1 243.9 138 Baffin Bay 248.2 245.4 240.8 244.9 240.8 241.0 239.7 238.5 237.0 236.0 234.2 231.0 231.3 231.1 229.8 234.8 244.5 242.4 239.0 234.2 234.0 231.1 230.2 231.7 237.2 238.1 239.1 236.5 227.5 226.7 230.5 139 South Greenland 252.1 251.3 249.0 250.6 249.8 246.1 241.0 245.5 247.1 245.6 244.4 244.5 245.2 243.4 245.5 251.2 245.6 241.5 241.4 240.3 240.7 238.0 239.3 245.8 256.7 248.3 241.2 246.3 243.2 242.0 246.8 140 Greenland Sea 241.7 239.5 239.9 240.2 238.8 239.0 237.1 241.5 245.3 245.6 244.8 243.5 245.9 245.5 246.1 254.2 255.3 251.3 246.8 244.9 242.4 239.1 238.3 237.2 243.5 252.4 251.0 246.4 240.6 234.9 237.8 142 Norwegian Sea 246.4 250.4 247.4 244.0 244.0 252.1 254.7 251.2 242.2 239.8 249.3 249.9 251.6 260.8 249.9 250.5 260.1 254.6 246.4 256.6 255.0 250.7 248.4 243.0 240.8 243.1 249.6 251.3 250.0 252.1 246.5 144 Barents Sea 252.4 252.3 255.3 260.0 254.6 254.1 259.5 255.6 254.6 252.0 248.5 247.8 249.0 253.1 254.2 250.3 248.9 250.4 249.8 247.9 247.3 251.9 253.5 249.9 243.9 243.9 244.2 240.8 242.5 242.7 241.6 146 Kara Sea 261.3 262.1 262.4 261.2 262.0 261.5 260.6 259.3 259.4 259.9 260.2 262.2 262.8 263.6 264.4 264.9 264.0 263.9 264.5 264.2 263.6 262.1 259.9 259.5 260.7 260.2 260.7 263.9 263.3 261.3 260.4 148 Laptev Sea 260.9 261.7 260.4 258.4 256.1 253.9 253.1 254.1 256.3 259.2 264.1 262.6 259.9 257.7 255.5 255.9 256.0 254.6 254.4 255.0 255.6 256.7 257.4 257.5 259.2 260.0 259.6 259.3 256.9 255.0 254.2 150 East Siberian Sea 249.5 247.7 245.0 243.7 247.7 245.8 248.6 247.7 246.2 245.1 250.7 250.1 244.4 245.9 251.3 254.8 255.1 253.7 253.7 255.5 255.9 257.5 258.0 251.0 249.2 255.2 253.4 248.2 248.5 247.0 247.8 152 Gulf of Alaska 266.3 261.7 260.2 254.8 267.1 265.6 265.9 271.3 264.2 263.3 267.1 270.4 273.0 273.5 272.4 271.4 269.4 270.3 273.0 272.7 273.7 273.4 273.3 272.1 270.1 272.1 270.7 263.8 260.9 259.2 257.9 154 Southeast Bering Sea 267.3 265.5 262.8 263.8 270.0 271.5 272.8 274.4 269.9 272.3 269.8 270.4 273.2 273.3 272.6 271.7 271.8 273.2 273.5 274.3 274.6 273.9 273.3 272.9 273.4 272.7 271.5 269.5 267.7 263.8 268.1