1985 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 256.5 256.4 257.1 256.7 257.8 256.7 256.1 256.3 256.8 256.0 255.2 254.6 254.8 254.3 253.7 254.4 254.5 254.8 256.1 255.1 256.1 257.4 257.6 257.2 257.5 256.7 257.1 256.7 256.3 256.4 256.5 34 Hudson Bay 274.4 273.7 274.1 275.7 276.2 276.3 277.2 277.1 276.0 275.0 274.7 274.1 274.5 275.3 276.2 276.7 276.5 276.3 276.1 274.9 275.1 276.5 277.1 277.1 277.2 276.9 276.5 275.7 275.1 275.8 276.4 36 Hudson Strait 273.3 273.2 272.2 273.5 273.0 270.7 273.8 276.1 275.6 275.2 275.2 275.3 274.7 273.8 272.8 273.5 275.2 275.1 274.3 275.3 276.0 274.0 274.5 272.8 272.9 276.1 275.5 275.7 273.8 271.5 273.0 98 Bering Strait 251.8 261.4 261.0 257.6 254.4 250.2 248.7 252.8 248.7 246.2 246.8 246.9 248.1 247.3 247.3 253.9 246.8 242.9 249.2 247.2 255.3 257.0 253.4 246.5 245.8 244.8 241.5 241.9 244.6 242.3 244.5 128 Arctic subocean 238.8 239.3 242.1 237.2 240.4 239.1 237.7 236.5 239.5 242.6 235.8 229.3 225.1 223.9 225.0 224.6 222.8 222.7 225.8 221.3 220.3 233.9 237.4 240.1 234.0 228.5 225.4 225.8 230.4 229.9 233.5 130 Chukchi Sea 246.4 249.2 244.7 240.6 231.4 236.1 236.6 238.7 227.5 229.3 228.4 234.7 242.9 245.6 244.4 245.4 241.4 242.2 235.0 234.0 240.1 239.2 242.9 239.7 238.0 233.2 230.9 231.5 228.7 233.5 241.8 132 Beaufort Sea 258.3 262.2 266.8 265.7 265.3 262.7 261.0 259.8 258.8 258.2 256.8 258.8 263.0 262.3 260.9 263.0 262.3 261.3 258.8 260.9 266.6 266.4 267.3 266.6 265.1 263.2 259.0 254.6 256.5 262.5 258.5 134 Arctic Archipelago 237.5 234.5 238.9 238.2 240.1 243.7 246.7 247.5 251.2 247.7 248.7 247.7 243.8 245.8 246.0 245.2 248.4 246.4 242.5 242.0 242.6 244.4 240.5 241.6 249.3 250.9 252.6 246.6 238.6 238.9 248.2 136 Foxe Basin 250.0 245.5 238.7 234.3 237.1 237.1 242.8 249.6 263.2 260.5 251.9 261.2 260.7 250.8 252.1 259.9 266.1 261.4 254.8 269.9 267.2 253.0 251.3 245.8 248.6 255.1 264.7 269.7 254.7 243.7 245.1 138 Baffin Bay 238.1 233.6 237.2 238.4 246.4 243.6 236.7 233.0 235.2 236.5 238.1 232.8 234.1 234.4 232.7 231.2 229.3 229.8 234.1 228.6 234.8 251.0 249.2 245.1 234.9 230.1 227.7 232.6 241.9 241.4 238.5 139 South Greenland 255.7 252.5 256.9 258.6 254.0 247.4 241.5 243.1 241.0 244.2 243.6 246.8 250.8 251.4 248.0 244.0 242.2 246.3 254.9 246.9 251.5 262.6 259.4 250.7 248.3 243.5 244.6 244.3 252.0 252.7 250.8 140 Greenland Sea 247.5 249.5 251.8 250.6 253.2 251.0 243.4 244.6 250.8 245.5 239.1 237.0 234.2 231.5 231.8 230.1 226.0 224.2 235.1 231.2 227.7 239.2 246.9 247.4 241.6 236.1 236.3 233.1 234.3 236.4 240.2 142 Norwegian Sea 247.1 248.9 246.1 245.5 247.0 242.2 241.5 240.8 243.3 242.9 238.7 237.1 235.9 240.2 238.8 236.0 244.8 249.7 241.8 234.7 233.8 238.4 243.4 239.9 243.1 253.7 254.5 243.9 242.1 239.5 242.6 144 Barents Sea 255.3 251.1 254.5 250.5 248.0 247.1 247.1 243.9 240.6 240.4 238.7 237.8 237.0 232.0 233.8 233.3 233.8 245.1 250.8 248.6 248.0 247.8 246.2 246.8 247.8 238.4 238.1 246.1 245.0 242.5 239.7 146 Kara Sea 257.8 257.0 257.2 257.5 261.1 260.2 259.2 259.2 262.0 261.4 260.8 259.7 257.4 256.3 255.3 259.1 261.9 259.9 258.9 259.5 259.5 259.1 259.8 260.7 260.2 260.4 261.1 259.9 260.1 261.4 262.2 148 Laptev Sea 252.5 251.6 250.7 249.5 249.8 249.7 252.0 253.4 253.3 252.0 249.4 249.0 250.3 251.2 249.2 245.7 246.4 250.9 254.4 252.1 249.3 248.7 251.5 254.1 258.1 259.6 260.8 261.2 256.9 253.4 252.6 150 East Siberian Sea 246.6 246.3 242.4 242.7 247.7 247.2 244.4 243.7 244.2 244.5 246.4 244.0 247.3 244.7 243.9 242.0 237.5 235.4 237.1 237.4 238.0 238.6 237.9 236.7 240.9 240.5 251.4 254.5 253.9 252.3 248.1 152 Gulf of Alaska 266.6 271.4 272.1 270.8 267.4 264.6 262.7 263.7 261.6 258.6 267.0 258.5 257.6 259.8 263.5 263.8 260.8 255.9 268.4 264.6 271.4 270.6 261.6 256.4 255.8 256.2 252.6 252.4 250.3 248.2 251.2 154 Southeast Bering Sea 270.5 272.7 272.7 270.2 269.9 269.5 268.8 269.2 269.7 270.3 270.1 262.9 267.0 266.2 269.4 266.0 263.4 268.5 269.0 268.8 271.2 267.1 264.8 264.4 264.5 261.0 259.9 261.1 260.1 261.0 264.3