1981 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 259.0 258.7 259.1 259.1 259.2 259.6 259.3 259.5 259.4 259.4 259.0 259.4 259.3 259.6 259.3 259.4 259.8 259.6 259.5 259.7 260.9 260.9 260.6 260.6 260.6 261.4 262.4 262.6 263.5 264.2 263.3 34 Hudson Bay 275.1 275.5 277.0 278.2 278.4 278.6 278.7 278.3 277.8 277.5 276.9 276.2 276.2 277.1 277.9 278.1 278.1 278.0 278.1 278.1 277.6 278.1 278.1 277.9 278.1 277.2 276.9 276.8 276.6 276.8 276.5 36 Hudson Strait 268.7 268.4 269.6 273.4 275.0 275.0 275.6 276.5 277.1 276.6 275.0 275.2 274.4 275.1 274.6 276.3 276.8 276.3 276.7 275.7 275.3 274.3 276.2 276.7 276.5 277.3 276.5 277.3 276.1 276.7 276.4 98 Bering Strait 269.9 267.4 266.7 265.7 267.3 267.4 266.5 266.6 265.6 266.6 264.9 267.7 264.5 262.5 261.6 262.3 263.4 262.7 260.0 264.0 266.8 267.0 264.6 262.7 260.1 266.0 265.2 262.2 267.8 268.5 270.4 128 Arctic subocean 238.5 235.2 233.9 233.7 235.4 236.2 239.0 242.3 240.0 238.4 239.4 238.1 231.4 227.6 229.0 229.2 232.7 231.5 229.5 231.9 234.8 231.5 232.6 234.0 238.3 237.5 238.5 238.9 240.3 239.4 239.5 130 Chukchi Sea 264.6 257.3 256.3 258.7 253.5 251.4 260.4 263.4 258.5 254.0 263.4 259.8 252.2 253.0 257.5 258.9 254.5 254.6 254.0 255.0 253.1 248.5 251.8 246.8 251.5 261.5 252.0 249.0 264.6 266.9 265.2 132 Beaufort Sea 273.5 274.4 273.3 272.4 274.1 274.2 273.4 273.2 272.2 270.5 268.0 269.4 271.2 269.5 268.6 269.1 270.6 268.6 265.8 264.8 267.9 270.9 271.1 271.4 269.4 268.4 272.8 270.3 269.2 270.0 270.6 134 Arctic Archipelago 241.2 248.5 259.8 261.6 260.5 258.4 256.9 258.9 256.9 253.5 247.8 245.1 244.6 251.3 253.0 251.0 245.7 253.0 260.7 258.5 253.9 252.4 253.2 256.2 258.4 258.2 254.4 256.9 258.0 254.0 251.5 136 Foxe Basin 241.0 238.1 239.5 254.9 257.8 255.4 248.5 254.4 263.0 267.4 266.1 265.6 261.0 259.0 252.8 267.1 264.6 253.1 265.4 269.6 265.6 258.4 250.7 256.0 262.7 271.4 270.1 269.3 263.2 261.2 262.5 138 Baffin Bay 230.2 229.5 226.5 228.9 232.3 235.4 231.7 228.7 230.9 235.3 238.3 236.3 234.6 237.8 238.0 245.2 245.6 235.6 234.4 238.4 245.8 241.2 239.0 239.2 236.3 236.9 238.0 241.8 241.7 245.4 243.8 139 South Greenland 237.6 232.1 229.8 231.5 236.6 243.2 239.2 235.8 235.4 239.3 244.7 246.4 245.4 247.0 245.4 245.2 253.2 255.6 247.1 245.3 247.2 249.7 249.9 249.5 251.1 248.1 250.0 244.8 259.6 264.5 259.6 140 Greenland Sea 241.7 235.6 233.2 233.1 237.6 242.9 241.4 242.7 243.6 244.9 246.0 243.9 241.7 238.8 234.2 231.6 242.1 244.6 233.4 229.0 232.4 240.4 238.7 237.7 239.8 239.8 240.0 236.5 233.8 246.6 251.8 142 Norwegian Sea 245.4 250.3 250.3 247.0 244.9 258.0 255.7 251.3 246.7 244.7 248.5 248.8 247.5 246.1 241.7 241.9 243.9 242.5 245.4 246.8 245.6 246.6 244.6 253.9 257.7 258.8 254.8 254.1 250.9 247.3 245.9 144 Barents Sea 244.4 249.3 251.6 255.8 259.4 258.6 258.2 254.9 251.3 247.0 244.6 245.5 246.7 241.4 238.5 238.1 239.6 237.5 237.4 239.3 244.2 245.5 246.7 247.1 245.3 247.6 257.2 262.5 259.8 255.1 251.4 146 Kara Sea 261.4 260.9 260.1 257.5 255.7 256.3 256.9 258.6 258.8 257.7 257.0 257.9 258.5 258.9 258.7 258.9 260.1 259.8 260.8 260.2 261.4 260.6 260.9 262.7 262.4 262.0 262.4 263.7 263.6 263.8 263.9 148 Laptev Sea 256.0 255.1 255.1 254.9 253.5 252.2 252.2 253.2 253.8 255.1 256.4 258.1 258.0 260.5 261.1 259.3 255.6 255.5 255.4 257.4 258.6 258.5 256.7 254.7 256.2 259.4 261.0 258.9 259.1 260.6 259.3 150 East Siberian Sea 249.2 248.7 250.3 250.9 250.6 250.1 249.9 247.4 250.8 256.7 254.2 253.2 254.3 251.4 251.2 251.2 251.9 255.8 259.5 256.8 257.8 256.3 254.7 249.7 248.3 250.0 252.5 260.4 261.9 263.0 256.3 152 Gulf of Alaska 274.8 274.0 273.7 274.0 273.8 273.3 272.5 273.4 273.2 272.5 272.5 274.4 273.5 272.7 273.4 273.4 272.6 271.2 270.9 272.1 273.6 273.2 273.8 272.3 272.5 274.9 273.8 269.8 273.2 273.6 274.2 154 Southeast Bering Sea 274.3 274.7 274.4 274.7 273.7 272.1 274.2 274.0 273.4 272.8 274.8 274.7 273.8 273.8 273.9 273.2 272.5 271.3 272.5 273.8 273.9 272.9 274.2 273.2 275.0 275.8 271.9 271.4 275.1 274.8 275.2