1986 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 257.5 256.6 255.8 256.3 257.7 257.5 255.7 255.9 256.1 256.1 255.9 255.2 254.7 255.5 256.1 255.7 255.5 256.0 256.9 257.5 257.3 257.4 257.6 257.4 256.0 255.5 255.6 255.6 255.8 256.4 256.0 34 Hudson Bay 275.1 275.7 275.1 272.9 273.1 274.6 274.8 275.2 274.9 275.9 276.4 275.9 275.5 275.9 276.9 277.1 276.1 274.8 274.8 274.3 274.4 274.9 274.8 274.4 273.2 273.6 273.7 274.2 272.8 273.2 274.8 36 Hudson Strait 268.3 268.0 272.4 270.7 266.5 266.2 266.1 269.9 268.9 269.0 270.3 271.7 269.4 270.6 270.0 272.6 275.6 273.1 271.0 273.5 274.8 275.4 275.5 274.8 274.2 272.7 273.4 272.7 272.6 275.1 273.9 98 Bering Strait 268.2 265.5 266.2 270.3 267.3 265.6 257.8 264.4 269.4 263.4 260.8 258.4 255.2 252.9 248.7 249.6 251.6 250.3 248.8 247.1 251.1 254.6 262.4 264.0 257.1 257.6 253.2 254.0 256.7 250.0 251.1 128 Arctic subocean 239.3 233.4 231.4 229.8 231.0 231.5 229.2 224.8 222.7 228.0 231.5 231.5 227.9 228.9 233.0 236.1 237.4 238.7 230.0 229.7 230.4 229.8 224.9 223.1 226.6 225.5 226.5 227.6 229.6 232.7 235.4 130 Chukchi Sea 248.1 245.5 258.9 268.1 263.1 248.3 235.5 260.1 263.4 241.9 235.1 234.5 232.7 225.9 223.8 227.5 226.0 227.4 227.4 229.6 244.8 254.8 261.8 250.1 244.5 246.8 240.9 249.7 234.9 230.0 248.5 132 Beaufort Sea 273.7 269.1 266.2 270.6 273.6 273.2 269.6 267.5 273.4 271.6 267.6 267.7 268.4 269.6 266.3 263.0 262.4 265.9 266.4 266.3 265.9 265.2 265.3 264.2 260.5 259.5 258.0 257.6 260.6 264.5 260.6 134 Arctic Archipelago 255.8 259.1 247.9 243.5 245.8 248.5 251.8 242.2 243.4 251.7 247.0 236.4 239.0 242.9 252.3 247.4 239.2 240.0 254.0 256.5 248.2 244.1 240.3 237.7 235.7 238.9 238.9 238.7 236.9 241.4 240.6 136 Foxe Basin 246.0 239.2 249.0 237.9 231.9 229.7 231.9 240.9 237.2 237.7 238.7 236.4 228.7 230.4 235.0 247.2 254.0 240.6 237.9 247.8 250.3 252.6 259.4 259.1 243.0 233.9 237.3 240.1 240.0 254.9 247.1 138 Baffin Bay 233.6 229.1 231.1 229.2 226.2 225.8 223.3 221.8 220.8 217.1 223.0 226.4 222.8 221.6 231.8 232.5 236.8 241.0 236.4 235.6 226.4 224.1 225.9 225.0 225.3 221.2 222.8 224.0 229.5 227.9 231.4 139 South Greenland 240.2 239.8 238.1 242.2 245.7 240.2 230.8 227.6 230.5 233.4 232.3 233.2 233.7 241.8 243.6 243.4 245.5 244.9 249.5 243.4 240.9 247.3 243.3 254.6 260.2 253.9 242.9 244.4 252.9 254.4 258.3 140 Greenland Sea 244.8 234.5 231.7 232.3 236.1 241.1 237.6 231.4 233.1 233.2 243.3 239.8 234.7 235.4 248.0 249.0 246.8 244.4 239.4 236.7 234.8 230.1 223.4 226.8 243.5 236.0 233.5 225.1 229.3 241.0 243.2 142 Norwegian Sea 252.7 251.2 255.6 254.1 247.8 251.7 258.3 256.9 258.9 251.4 249.4 255.7 260.5 252.7 256.6 262.6 257.3 249.6 251.7 251.5 249.6 252.3 247.7 242.7 238.9 241.4 242.9 249.0 243.2 243.7 243.3 144 Barents Sea 241.3 245.9 240.5 242.5 253.1 246.8 239.6 242.8 240.2 243.0 242.4 240.1 244.9 256.3 249.5 244.3 243.0 238.7 245.3 257.4 256.4 252.3 246.3 239.2 241.3 253.4 254.9 255.3 251.1 249.2 247.5 146 Kara Sea 259.1 256.8 255.9 257.4 258.6 259.1 258.5 259.0 258.2 258.4 259.6 259.7 259.2 257.2 257.3 257.3 258.3 258.8 257.9 258.2 258.3 259.4 260.9 260.7 257.9 256.9 260.0 260.5 261.1 261.4 259.8 148 Laptev Sea 245.8 247.9 249.4 248.8 252.9 255.2 253.9 251.9 251.7 252.0 251.4 252.2 250.9 251.9 252.8 253.8 251.3 253.3 255.2 255.5 255.7 254.4 253.9 254.1 254.7 252.2 251.0 250.3 249.5 249.9 247.7 150 East Siberian Sea 250.0 250.1 251.0 248.8 243.2 240.4 243.7 250.1 243.5 242.1 241.1 238.0 237.2 238.8 240.3 236.6 239.3 248.8 250.6 252.8 256.3 253.2 255.9 254.0 247.0 247.3 253.8 249.7 245.3 247.2 246.7 152 Gulf of Alaska 274.0 274.0 274.2 274.5 274.7 274.7 272.9 272.2 273.5 273.9 272.8 273.0 273.1 270.4 267.1 267.0 269.8 266.0 263.3 261.9 261.3 265.7 269.6 270.2 270.2 271.2 267.5 266.0 269.7 259.2 259.5 154 Southeast Bering Sea 274.3 275.2 275.0 275.4 275.1 274.5 270.9 271.3 274.1 274.0 270.2 272.8 270.7 266.7 264.8 270.2 268.6 260.9 263.1 262.5 264.1 270.7 272.2 272.9 273.0 273.6 271.4 272.7 269.7 264.3 269.8