1985 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 257.1 257.0 257.7 257.9 258.1 258.0 258.1 258.2 259.1 258.6 258.0 257.7 258.6 260.0 261.6 261.5 260.0 259.7 260.7 261.2 262.4 261.8 262.2 262.9 263.5 263.8 263.7 263.6 263.7 264.0 263.9 34 Hudson Bay 276.4 275.3 275.6 276.3 276.8 276.9 276.9 276.1 275.0 275.2 275.9 276.8 277.6 277.7 277.5 277.3 277.1 277.5 277.6 277.1 276.7 275.9 276.1 275.8 275.5 276.1 276.4 277.0 277.5 277.9 278.0 36 Hudson Strait 274.1 274.2 272.4 273.8 274.0 274.6 274.8 274.9 276.3 275.1 272.8 272.1 274.6 276.1 275.9 276.0 275.6 275.8 276.6 277.1 277.4 277.0 277.3 276.4 275.8 276.8 274.4 273.9 274.8 274.7 276.2 98 Bering Strait 253.3 248.8 257.4 262.5 261.1 262.0 254.7 262.2 263.4 265.8 261.0 258.0 263.1 265.6 265.7 266.8 254.5 255.5 256.9 252.8 253.4 256.8 263.1 265.4 266.9 268.3 264.5 262.5 260.7 262.8 261.5 128 Arctic subocean 236.5 238.2 237.2 234.6 232.3 232.0 234.7 231.3 230.3 229.8 229.6 230.6 227.8 235.9 235.2 238.4 234.4 230.6 233.7 235.8 239.1 246.8 251.8 254.5 249.3 244.4 243.2 240.7 238.6 243.0 247.7 130 Chukchi Sea 230.7 238.1 253.0 248.4 260.5 247.7 249.9 249.7 255.8 251.8 247.2 255.4 250.2 251.6 257.1 251.0 247.7 243.9 247.8 246.0 248.5 259.1 253.6 262.9 255.2 250.0 254.1 252.4 248.2 246.7 252.9 132 Beaufort Sea 265.5 265.2 265.9 267.5 266.5 268.4 266.3 265.1 268.8 271.7 272.3 269.2 269.2 269.5 271.4 270.1 266.9 261.0 260.5 262.7 263.3 261.2 261.1 263.4 269.7 271.8 272.8 273.1 271.7 273.4 271.6 134 Arctic Archipelago 248.6 249.8 250.5 247.5 246.6 242.3 245.2 245.2 243.0 243.0 249.4 258.8 261.8 261.3 259.0 259.6 258.0 259.6 257.5 259.3 264.2 262.9 259.5 255.3 253.0 253.3 259.6 261.0 266.2 266.4 268.4 136 Foxe Basin 255.5 250.8 248.3 260.8 252.0 250.3 245.9 244.5 255.9 261.5 251.1 247.1 261.8 267.1 264.9 265.0 267.2 268.4 268.1 272.8 273.0 273.0 271.0 269.6 265.7 263.3 265.0 262.5 264.6 269.8 271.8 138 Baffin Bay 239.1 234.0 233.7 235.3 237.0 239.8 239.8 234.9 234.4 231.7 230.0 227.0 228.6 240.3 246.1 238.8 233.2 237.5 241.5 244.1 255.7 259.2 265.9 263.1 257.2 251.9 248.3 245.3 243.7 246.0 249.3 139 South Greenland 248.4 245.0 244.9 244.7 249.5 251.9 252.4 245.3 244.5 246.3 253.1 247.9 242.4 246.8 251.5 253.4 253.1 255.5 257.9 260.5 266.0 266.8 267.8 267.9 267.9 267.9 269.0 266.3 262.5 258.4 256.7 140 Greenland Sea 240.5 241.8 241.1 240.7 239.1 238.0 241.5 238.2 234.3 229.6 229.8 233.2 233.1 233.4 237.6 242.0 238.1 235.6 233.2 236.2 237.0 243.6 249.1 251.5 248.0 248.0 243.6 246.3 250.9 249.9 248.5 142 Norwegian Sea 257.1 247.5 246.6 254.6 249.1 248.9 253.7 247.1 243.1 245.4 241.3 242.3 243.1 258.9 259.6 252.2 252.9 249.4 248.3 247.3 244.7 244.8 246.3 257.1 255.7 253.1 253.7 254.1 256.4 260.0 254.9 144 Barents Sea 252.6 254.3 249.4 243.9 251.0 250.1 249.0 247.2 241.3 238.5 241.8 242.6 238.9 241.9 256.4 257.7 255.2 257.0 256.5 250.8 250.3 248.7 255.9 257.2 256.9 256.8 253.8 251.8 249.4 247.5 245.9 146 Kara Sea 261.8 262.3 262.8 261.6 260.1 259.6 260.9 262.3 264.4 263.0 260.0 260.3 261.9 260.4 260.3 260.8 260.9 260.0 261.6 264.2 265.9 263.9 261.9 262.8 263.3 264.8 266.0 265.9 265.8 265.7 265.1 148 Laptev Sea 247.3 248.7 247.4 246.7 248.4 250.1 250.4 252.5 255.1 252.3 250.7 249.4 251.0 255.0 256.0 255.4 255.2 255.9 258.3 257.5 255.6 254.0 252.5 253.8 256.4 256.0 254.9 255.2 257.3 257.9 259.0 150 East Siberian Sea 237.4 240.3 246.4 254.2 249.5 247.3 247.8 246.8 248.2 250.4 252.4 248.9 248.7 250.1 253.9 252.1 253.1 253.4 253.8 254.4 256.7 254.2 256.9 257.2 258.6 257.4 253.4 257.0 257.1 259.9 259.2 152 Gulf of Alaska 268.7 263.6 269.2 267.8 269.5 269.7 269.0 272.1 272.7 273.3 270.5 268.4 272.3 272.7 272.2 272.4 265.2 264.5 266.8 262.7 262.4 265.1 272.0 273.2 272.9 273.2 272.9 271.9 270.7 266.5 267.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 267.7 270.2 269.2 269.4 273.1 271.4 273.3 272.3 273.8 272.0 270.2 271.9 273.2 273.6 272.7 273.0 269.5 270.5 273.2 269.4 270.5 272.9 273.9 274.3 273.9 273.1 271.6 270.4 266.8 267.1 269.8