1983 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 257.5 258.1 258.3 258.4 257.6 257.7 257.5 258.2 258.9 258.4 258.5 259.5 259.7 260.1 260.6 261.0 261.0 261.0 260.3 260.2 260.6 262.4 262.3 261.9 262.5 263.2 263.7 263.9 262.6 262.9 262.8 34 Hudson Bay 275.4 276.2 276.3 276.8 275.9 277.1 277.6 277.0 276.6 277.1 275.9 275.9 277.3 276.5 276.0 276.6 276.7 277.1 276.9 276.6 277.1 277.3 278.0 278.3 278.2 278.2 277.9 277.6 277.4 278.2 278.5 36 Hudson Strait 274.2 272.6 272.2 273.0 273.1 272.4 275.9 275.5 275.9 275.5 275.8 272.8 274.9 275.5 275.8 275.0 275.7 275.9 275.0 275.2 274.9 275.0 276.1 276.4 277.4 277.5 277.1 277.3 276.8 275.9 276.8 98 Bering Strait 266.4 266.4 264.8 263.6 257.7 261.7 257.2 264.2 261.7 257.7 262.8 260.6 255.1 260.5 253.6 253.0 251.5 249.7 252.2 253.2 259.6 262.8 262.8 261.6 262.2 263.9 262.5 264.8 266.4 265.4 265.0 128 Arctic subocean 228.8 228.5 229.7 233.3 239.6 236.4 229.2 227.9 236.5 237.7 234.7 245.2 247.7 243.0 240.9 239.7 237.6 237.7 242.1 239.6 237.9 238.3 239.8 241.1 240.4 238.7 243.2 243.9 241.5 237.6 241.4 130 Chukchi Sea 248.2 262.0 252.7 251.8 246.2 247.3 254.8 255.2 242.4 246.8 254.0 247.4 242.6 245.7 234.6 233.8 233.8 237.6 235.8 247.5 258.9 255.4 254.3 253.9 257.6 260.0 253.8 265.3 259.2 257.0 265.2 132 Beaufort Sea 271.1 270.6 271.3 267.4 265.6 265.2 265.2 267.2 270.2 264.2 267.0 270.4 264.8 262.6 266.3 264.1 262.8 263.4 262.3 266.3 266.1 270.4 270.7 269.1 269.6 269.3 267.8 267.1 271.0 271.2 270.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 241.1 249.2 250.1 246.1 243.6 243.4 245.7 251.3 250.3 248.8 242.9 245.8 253.5 249.7 249.1 252.5 259.4 259.0 257.0 254.5 255.3 259.3 263.2 263.9 263.1 261.6 262.3 262.2 257.4 263.4 265.9 136 Foxe Basin 240.8 242.1 241.5 251.4 247.3 241.2 257.8 262.8 260.0 261.8 254.8 248.6 259.8 260.3 266.9 261.6 267.1 271.0 269.1 267.8 266.9 268.6 269.9 270.3 271.5 269.6 270.9 271.7 269.2 268.3 269.9 138 Baffin Bay 226.1 227.8 226.5 232.6 238.5 236.5 231.1 230.1 247.5 246.4 250.1 254.5 247.8 245.0 251.8 249.7 243.0 243.1 243.4 249.2 251.1 245.7 244.2 247.3 243.5 253.5 258.7 257.5 257.2 246.3 245.8 139 South Greenland 245.9 249.4 248.6 246.9 244.6 244.7 243.3 245.4 248.6 257.0 259.0 260.5 253.2 256.9 261.4 262.0 259.5 256.7 252.6 245.9 245.7 250.9 247.5 247.5 248.1 254.0 258.6 266.7 267.4 265.6 257.5 140 Greenland Sea 229.9 238.7 241.1 251.8 252.3 247.3 245.9 240.5 240.1 247.1 244.3 249.8 248.1 246.4 249.3 247.7 247.3 246.3 246.1 243.7 240.8 240.2 240.2 247.5 246.2 242.3 244.4 249.4 243.9 243.9 241.0 142 Norwegian Sea 248.8 260.0 254.8 252.9 253.1 253.8 257.3 257.0 249.8 245.6 245.6 249.4 249.7 247.3 246.8 256.2 261.4 263.7 262.9 264.4 265.4 263.3 259.1 253.8 254.2 255.8 247.9 246.1 245.0 248.7 257.7 144 Barents Sea 253.0 246.5 251.5 252.6 250.1 251.4 245.1 240.4 241.9 245.3 243.1 244.3 241.8 240.5 243.3 247.7 245.3 250.3 253.9 257.8 261.9 262.0 259.0 257.9 254.3 252.9 253.7 252.8 246.6 249.6 249.5 146 Kara Sea 261.7 261.3 258.4 258.0 258.7 259.3 261.7 263.4 262.5 259.9 260.3 261.7 262.9 262.8 263.0 263.8 264.8 265.3 264.5 263.1 262.3 265.5 265.3 263.5 265.3 266.5 267.6 266.4 264.0 264.1 263.7 148 Laptev Sea 247.4 247.8 252.5 253.1 251.2 251.4 248.9 249.1 251.3 252.3 250.1 249.9 253.6 258.8 258.9 258.9 258.0 256.3 252.9 252.0 251.1 252.6 252.9 252.1 254.3 253.9 254.0 252.5 251.2 253.1 254.5 150 East Siberian Sea 245.1 244.6 246.7 248.6 250.5 246.9 244.1 240.7 240.9 240.6 245.9 247.2 249.7 248.5 249.4 250.8 251.3 250.0 251.8 253.1 252.3 251.4 252.0 253.0 254.3 254.5 253.5 256.6 255.4 255.8 255.2 152 Gulf of Alaska 273.0 272.7 272.8 272.2 269.9 271.4 271.5 272.4 273.3 272.7 273.3 270.6 269.7 270.5 267.8 266.5 265.7 266.5 267.4 265.9 271.9 271.0 269.6 270.4 268.9 269.7 270.8 272.2 273.1 270.7 270.9 154 Southeast Bering Sea 273.5 274.0 273.0 271.5 271.2 272.6 272.8 274.0 273.2 272.8 271.1 269.2 270.5 268.6 268.3 266.5 265.6 266.0 267.2 269.6 273.7 270.9 270.7 271.6 271.1 271.8 272.9 274.4 273.9 272.4 273.7