1985 12 - 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 269.5 269.7 269.9 269.8 269.6 269.4 269.5 270.1 270.0 269.8 269.9 269.9 270.2 270.3 270.6 271.1 271.2 270.8 270.8 271.0 271.1 271.1 271.7 271.6 271.1 271.0 271.2 271.2 271.1 271.2 271.2 34 Hudson Bay 278.3 277.6 277.1 277.4 277.6 277.9 277.6 277.8 277.4 277.8 278.2 278.9 278.7 279.2 279.3 278.8 278.6 278.9 279.4 279.2 279.2 278.5 278.3 279.0 279.0 278.5 278.7 279.0 278.9 278.7 278.8 36 Hudson Strait 278.6 278.7 276.8 275.8 276.4 276.6 276.6 277.0 277.5 275.8 276.4 277.7 276.7 276.3 277.0 278.3 278.1 277.1 277.3 277.3 277.4 277.3 277.7 276.4 277.5 278.0 276.3 276.5 277.0 278.0 278.1 98 Bering Strait 270.6 270.7 270.3 270.5 270.5 268.6 269.5 271.0 271.5 271.0 269.7 270.0 270.9 270.5 269.6 269.7 269.7 269.5 269.4 270.2 270.0 270.2 270.6 271.4 272.0 271.7 272.1 271.9 271.6 271.4 271.8 128 Arctic subocean 258.1 258.6 259.6 260.5 259.2 260.5 259.3 260.3 261.8 262.2 260.2 261.0 261.4 259.9 260.7 262.6 262.5 260.2 260.6 261.1 260.8 259.2 259.9 261.4 262.0 262.1 263.1 264.7 264.3 262.5 265.0 130 Chukchi Sea 268.4 265.9 265.7 265.7 265.4 264.9 268.9 271.1 270.0 268.0 265.4 266.0 266.8 269.4 269.2 268.5 271.2 269.7 268.8 269.1 269.8 270.9 271.2 270.6 270.8 271.6 271.8 271.6 271.1 271.3 271.6 132 Beaufort Sea 272.1 272.7 273.4 273.2 273.9 272.3 271.7 271.9 273.0 274.0 273.7 272.9 274.0 273.4 272.9 272.3 273.0 271.6 272.3 272.2 272.6 272.3 273.2 273.6 274.1 275.0 274.9 274.3 273.7 273.8 273.9 134 Arctic Archipelago 268.0 268.9 269.1 269.6 268.6 269.7 269.6 269.7 269.3 268.6 269.3 268.9 267.8 267.7 267.3 268.5 268.4 267.7 266.4 268.6 269.6 269.4 269.1 268.2 267.1 267.7 267.9 268.6 268.5 268.8 268.7 136 Foxe Basin 272.3 272.3 271.4 269.3 268.7 272.1 271.5 271.8 272.0 270.7 271.0 270.4 268.4 268.2 266.6 271.2 271.4 271.4 270.6 269.0 270.6 272.4 272.8 272.7 271.3 270.5 271.4 270.8 269.3 270.5 271.8 138 Baffin Bay 268.2 267.0 269.6 268.2 266.5 268.0 268.5 267.7 268.5 269.5 268.9 267.5 268.1 266.6 266.4 269.6 269.5 267.7 268.8 269.3 269.3 268.2 268.1 270.4 269.9 268.6 268.9 269.7 269.9 269.7 268.7 139 South Greenland 269.5 268.3 268.9 267.9 269.0 268.7 267.6 269.1 269.6 266.9 268.7 268.5 268.1 267.5 267.6 268.5 268.2 267.3 268.8 271.3 271.8 271.6 270.8 270.3 269.8 270.0 269.1 269.7 270.8 270.2 270.4 140 Greenland Sea 260.5 261.4 259.5 260.7 262.1 260.8 262.0 260.5 260.9 261.9 262.0 264.2 266.2 265.1 267.1 266.4 265.7 264.2 266.0 265.4 265.8 266.9 268.9 267.6 267.0 266.2 267.1 267.4 267.5 267.8 269.9 142 Norwegian Sea 267.1 264.8 261.8 265.7 269.4 269.7 268.2 266.1 267.8 270.3 270.6 269.8 269.7 269.9 270.3 270.1 269.9 270.1 271.2 271.4 271.5 271.4 271.2 270.4 269.7 270.3 270.6 270.3 270.3 271.7 271.9 144 Barents Sea 264.1 263.4 261.7 262.3 266.2 266.9 265.1 264.2 265.8 268.1 267.0 266.1 265.2 264.0 265.5 267.0 266.5 265.8 265.7 267.9 268.5 268.6 267.2 265.1 264.5 265.1 264.5 265.3 266.8 267.6 266.4 146 Kara Sea 268.7 269.9 270.4 270.6 269.5 268.8 268.8 270.4 269.6 269.1 269.3 269.2 269.3 270.6 270.8 271.7 272.2 271.7 271.1 270.7 270.7 271.3 272.1 272.1 271.0 270.7 271.4 271.0 271.0 271.3 270.9 148 Laptev Sea 265.1 266.0 266.5 265.7 264.4 264.2 265.2 265.6 265.6 264.3 264.7 264.5 265.6 265.5 266.6 266.6 267.2 268.2 267.5 267.0 266.4 266.4 269.0 268.1 267.3 267.2 266.9 266.9 266.1 265.8 266.2 150 East Siberian Sea 266.1 265.5 265.7 265.8 266.0 266.6 268.5 268.0 265.9 266.6 266.7 268.3 269.6 269.5 270.5 270.5 269.3 267.4 268.3 269.2 269.1 268.8 268.8 269.3 268.8 269.1 268.9 269.3 269.2 268.5 269.5 152 Gulf of Alaska 272.3 273.0 272.7 273.2 272.5 272.1 271.5 272.1 273.4 273.2 273.0 272.9 272.6 272.3 272.4 272.4 272.6 272.7 272.4 272.2 272.1 272.8 273.0 273.0 273.5 273.1 272.9 273.1 272.7 273.0 272.8 154 Southeast Bering Sea 273.6 273.5 273.2 273.7 272.7 271.8 272.7 274.1 274.1 273.6 273.7 273.0 272.9 273.0 273.6 272.7 273.5 273.1 273.1 273.1 273.1 273.5 273.6 273.7 272.9 273.1 273.4 274.7 274.3 273.7 273.1