1981 11 - 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 263.5 263.8 264.3 264.0 264.2 264.3 264.8 265.4 265.2 265.3 265.2 265.2 265.9 266.5 266.7 266.1 266.5 267.0 267.6 268.4 268.4 269.2 269.1 269.7 269.9 269.8 269.4 269.8 270.0 270.2 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 276.1 276.3 277.5 278.2 278.5 278.3 278.2 277.4 277.3 277.3 277.0 277.2 277.5 277.5 277.0 277.1 277.5 277.8 277.8 277.8 278.5 278.4 278.1 278.2 278.4 277.7 277.5 278.5 278.9 279.4 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 275.2 274.0 272.8 276.2 276.1 275.9 274.3 275.3 275.1 274.7 276.4 276.3 276.3 275.8 275.0 276.4 275.6 278.0 278.4 277.1 276.5 277.6 277.7 276.7 277.9 278.3 277.1 276.5 276.1 276.3 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 270.7 267.6 270.2 269.9 270.4 269.6 269.8 270.2 270.0 267.6 266.3 266.9 267.7 268.1 271.8 269.8 272.9 271.6 272.5 271.8 271.4 271.9 271.6 270.8 268.7 270.9 270.0 270.7 270.7 271.2 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 242.6 245.0 240.2 236.6 241.8 244.3 245.4 246.9 245.9 248.1 250.9 248.9 245.9 247.8 246.0 244.7 246.5 248.1 246.9 246.3 254.0 254.8 257.2 259.3 259.7 259.2 256.5 257.7 259.5 259.9 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 264.4 266.6 266.8 266.6 265.7 263.0 262.4 266.6 267.3 262.4 257.1 256.8 259.4 267.8 266.7 269.8 269.5 272.4 271.2 267.0 264.3 267.1 264.6 262.9 266.7 267.4 267.2 268.5 268.2 268.2 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 273.1 273.1 273.1 273.7 274.5 273.5 271.9 271.3 272.4 272.5 272.5 271.5 270.7 270.4 271.6 270.6 270.8 271.5 274.7 274.9 273.0 272.1 272.0 271.4 271.5 271.8 274.2 274.3 274.6 273.9 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 257.0 262.5 263.8 257.7 258.4 259.3 258.5 259.1 256.9 258.3 258.7 258.6 258.9 258.6 259.8 260.9 260.4 262.9 262.2 264.2 262.2 265.4 265.4 265.6 266.9 267.1 267.0 269.1 269.8 270.1 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 255.7 253.6 253.9 266.1 263.6 255.0 249.3 251.2 247.8 251.6 262.6 262.4 257.9 260.5 262.7 263.1 267.9 270.4 269.7 268.2 266.5 268.6 272.8 271.2 270.3 271.9 269.7 270.4 270.4 272.2 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 240.4 239.4 241.7 241.8 241.0 240.7 240.7 248.5 252.2 255.2 255.0 251.1 258.3 258.6 255.8 252.7 255.8 257.2 256.9 258.2 262.0 263.1 262.6 265.1 266.8 266.1 266.6 266.8 265.9 266.2 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 254.9 252.6 255.4 255.1 253.6 251.2 257.0 258.8 256.3 256.0 256.0 260.4 264.4 265.7 263.9 263.4 258.4 259.6 268.1 270.6 271.3 269.4 267.7 270.6 270.2 267.8 268.2 270.2 269.8 268.5 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 249.5 242.6 238.5 237.6 242.1 246.1 249.6 254.4 257.4 257.0 253.9 252.0 251.8 252.8 252.5 252.3 251.4 253.8 249.2 256.9 261.2 263.4 264.9 265.2 264.8 262.7 260.5 263.3 263.7 262.4 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 252.6 248.6 257.9 256.9 255.6 254.1 252.4 256.6 260.1 263.2 262.3 268.6 270.0 266.1 265.0 262.8 261.5 257.1 255.4 259.3 259.8 260.4 260.7 263.3 266.6 267.7 268.8 268.4 268.1 268.1 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 251.2 250.7 251.1 253.7 257.7 256.9 254.8 254.5 252.7 251.4 250.9 252.6 255.4 258.5 261.1 262.6 263.2 263.8 263.4 262.9 262.5 261.4 260.2 260.5 259.9 260.0 261.1 265.2 266.5 267.4 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 264.8 265.9 266.2 265.8 265.8 267.6 269.0 268.6 268.3 268.2 267.7 266.8 266.1 267.6 267.6 266.9 267.1 267.3 268.3 268.9 269.2 269.9 269.7 270.5 271.1 271.0 270.0 269.8 268.9 269.1 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 258.5 259.7 259.0 258.0 257.5 257.7 257.7 259.2 259.4 261.3 262.2 261.8 262.2 261.2 261.1 260.5 260.5 260.4 260.1 261.5 260.7 263.6 264.0 266.3 266.6 267.2 265.0 264.4 265.1 264.9 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 257.3 257.9 259.5 257.1 255.3 252.7 255.1 257.7 256.7 253.6 255.4 258.2 263.9 263.3 262.6 259.7 262.8 263.4 260.6 263.8 264.7 267.3 267.7 264.5 263.5 263.2 263.6 263.8 265.5 268.1 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 274.4 273.9 274.4 274.7 274.7 274.4 274.6 274.4 274.5 274.0 273.1 271.5 272.7 273.0 274.0 273.8 275.1 275.4 275.7 274.7 274.0 274.3 273.3 273.2 273.6 275.0 274.1 273.5 272.9 273.6 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 274.5 275.1 274.9 274.9 275.2 275.2 275.6 275.5 275.3 274.2 272.3 271.9 274.1 275.4 274.8 275.3 276.2 276.6 276.0 274.4 274.7 274.2 274.3 275.0 275.8 275.3 272.4 271.8 273.2 274.7 -9999.0