1986 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 259.0 258.5 258.1 258.4 259.0 259.6 259.6 259.4 259.9 260.4 260.3 261.0 262.1 263.0 263.9 264.1 264.0 263.6 262.5 263.2 263.5 263.7 263.8 264.3 264.2 264.9 264.3 264.1 264.4 265.1 265.2 34 Hudson Bay 276.7 276.8 277.1 277.2 277.0 277.5 277.8 278.1 278.1 277.8 277.6 276.9 276.3 275.4 276.9 277.5 277.2 276.8 276.4 276.4 277.1 276.9 276.7 276.5 277.1 277.3 277.9 277.9 277.6 277.9 278.0 36 Hudson Strait 274.3 273.3 273.1 272.4 272.4 271.2 274.3 276.0 276.5 276.6 276.1 276.5 276.6 276.3 275.2 275.1 276.2 276.6 276.6 275.2 275.1 276.0 275.5 273.5 273.1 274.9 274.3 273.5 273.9 274.0 274.8 98 Bering Strait 264.9 262.7 256.8 262.6 266.2 264.8 260.3 262.2 263.2 262.7 259.7 261.5 256.8 257.4 258.2 261.3 262.8 265.8 266.3 260.4 257.0 261.0 262.2 267.0 265.7 263.6 259.0 264.2 262.1 262.1 268.2 128 Arctic subocean 227.3 229.2 233.0 232.9 232.6 236.3 233.4 230.6 230.7 231.8 233.7 237.8 245.4 243.9 242.3 238.0 236.5 235.4 233.8 233.4 235.7 233.3 234.6 236.9 240.3 244.1 240.9 238.5 244.7 245.9 243.1 130 Chukchi Sea 258.4 244.5 247.9 245.5 256.9 247.8 246.1 260.9 259.7 254.8 250.7 254.6 243.6 245.3 255.0 253.3 261.6 265.8 256.9 243.0 245.1 246.7 256.9 260.2 251.1 242.9 244.2 242.0 247.1 258.7 258.0 132 Beaufort Sea 271.6 272.7 270.4 268.8 270.7 270.8 268.5 266.9 267.5 264.2 263.3 262.0 261.3 265.3 266.6 268.5 268.9 268.2 266.9 268.2 267.0 267.1 266.1 268.6 271.4 272.4 272.3 271.5 273.2 270.7 272.2 134 Arctic Archipelago 252.1 252.6 258.8 259.3 256.4 261.1 262.4 257.0 258.0 260.0 252.1 250.0 258.9 262.7 262.3 266.1 265.9 264.1 262.1 261.6 263.8 263.0 260.6 256.7 255.8 257.6 262.4 262.0 267.9 268.5 257.7 136 Foxe Basin 265.2 245.9 238.2 251.8 260.7 256.3 267.8 271.1 270.3 269.0 271.4 261.5 264.0 270.2 267.2 266.7 268.8 269.0 270.7 269.2 263.8 271.7 269.3 263.1 257.1 262.0 253.6 256.7 264.4 270.7 268.3 138 Baffin Bay 231.2 228.1 227.5 232.3 233.2 234.8 233.6 237.1 235.7 241.4 247.2 256.6 254.0 249.7 249.8 249.7 242.4 239.2 240.1 242.9 243.0 247.6 254.7 252.9 249.6 253.3 255.2 248.8 254.8 256.2 260.6 139 South Greenland 245.2 240.5 238.7 235.7 237.8 237.4 241.3 246.2 253.6 252.6 256.5 262.8 266.4 260.9 257.8 258.2 258.6 258.4 256.6 258.0 257.6 251.2 259.3 265.1 264.7 263.2 261.6 259.3 253.2 260.0 265.9 140 Greenland Sea 236.3 232.6 230.6 236.0 237.8 236.8 234.2 233.1 234.1 230.8 236.1 242.2 249.9 244.5 241.3 238.9 233.3 235.0 235.7 236.9 238.4 238.4 242.1 246.5 250.8 254.9 251.7 246.5 243.8 247.3 246.2 142 Norwegian Sea 257.8 259.4 252.9 257.1 255.8 253.8 251.8 258.2 259.7 252.4 247.9 251.5 252.8 253.9 250.0 249.4 249.6 245.2 244.4 250.5 252.3 251.2 250.3 243.4 246.8 251.3 260.2 264.8 265.3 257.9 257.8 144 Barents Sea 240.5 248.3 252.3 246.8 248.2 255.1 256.9 253.5 259.4 262.6 255.5 249.2 252.1 255.4 254.6 249.4 245.1 244.3 244.2 248.2 248.0 248.8 245.8 247.7 255.2 260.2 259.1 256.7 255.2 257.5 260.4 146 Kara Sea 262.6 261.7 261.8 260.6 259.2 258.4 258.7 258.4 258.6 259.7 260.1 261.4 261.9 263.0 264.2 265.0 265.5 265.2 265.4 267.6 267.9 268.4 268.1 268.0 267.0 267.1 265.2 266.4 267.7 267.9 266.6 148 Laptev Sea 252.4 252.0 251.3 251.4 253.1 254.6 253.1 251.3 251.1 254.1 254.8 256.3 259.6 261.3 263.1 262.5 263.2 261.5 258.6 259.4 261.7 260.4 259.0 259.5 258.0 259.1 258.7 257.9 257.1 256.7 256.9 150 East Siberian Sea 243.9 245.7 243.1 250.9 252.2 256.2 259.4 259.1 253.3 251.9 256.2 256.3 257.7 264.4 267.9 264.0 264.4 263.5 257.6 256.9 255.9 258.7 258.7 255.7 253.3 255.0 255.6 255.2 253.8 255.1 253.4 152 Gulf of Alaska 272.8 272.3 270.5 272.0 272.1 271.6 268.6 269.1 270.3 270.3 268.0 269.9 268.0 263.9 263.1 265.3 266.9 270.8 272.4 270.7 271.0 272.7 272.1 272.6 273.0 273.5 271.3 272.6 270.5 271.0 273.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 272.4 270.4 270.0 272.6 273.9 271.6 271.4 273.3 272.7 272.3 271.8 272.3 268.5 266.6 269.6 271.5 272.2 274.0 273.1 272.6 273.9 273.3 272.3 273.7 274.5 272.2 271.3 269.0 268.9 272.4 273.6