1987 05 - 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 263.2 262.8 261.6 261.4 260.9 260.9 261.0 260.7 261.0 261.6 262.3 262.5 262.5 261.9 261.5 261.6 261.4 261.7 261.1 261.0 260.6 259.6 260.2 260.0 260.1 259.8 259.2 259.1 258.7 258.8 259.5 34 Hudson Bay 279.8 279.5 278.6 278.6 277.2 276.0 277.6 277.8 277.0 277.7 278.7 278.8 278.9 278.3 277.7 278.0 278.5 278.7 278.6 278.6 278.7 278.5 278.5 279.0 278.9 278.3 277.7 277.4 278.0 278.4 278.2 36 Hudson Strait 277.5 277.6 277.5 277.0 275.8 273.3 273.4 274.2 276.7 275.0 273.4 273.3 274.1 274.6 274.8 274.9 275.7 276.9 274.5 273.8 274.5 275.7 275.9 276.3 276.2 275.5 276.9 276.5 276.5 276.2 275.4 98 Bering Strait 264.6 263.9 263.9 264.0 264.1 262.8 268.1 267.0 265.4 265.7 265.8 263.8 262.6 263.6 264.0 263.4 266.5 265.6 262.8 262.4 260.4 259.8 261.7 263.8 265.1 266.0 262.9 258.4 259.0 265.7 265.5 128 Arctic subocean 247.4 243.0 236.8 233.0 228.4 230.2 233.1 234.4 233.4 230.0 230.1 231.9 233.9 235.3 233.8 238.5 236.0 229.2 228.7 230.0 227.9 227.4 231.5 232.3 234.2 233.2 230.1 226.5 226.3 231.0 230.4 130 Chukchi Sea 248.2 251.8 256.9 261.1 250.9 254.3 260.6 250.2 248.0 247.2 250.5 248.7 249.5 249.4 248.0 250.7 251.2 247.8 240.3 240.6 239.4 242.8 243.9 249.7 260.9 257.5 240.3 237.0 251.3 260.1 255.9 132 Beaufort Sea 269.1 267.1 265.7 265.8 267.0 266.2 265.4 268.1 270.1 271.5 272.7 271.9 269.8 269.0 270.1 271.2 271.1 273.0 271.6 270.6 269.4 266.8 266.7 267.0 265.6 265.2 266.1 268.5 266.9 268.6 268.5 134 Arctic Archipelago 261.4 258.8 252.3 248.1 245.9 251.1 254.1 255.8 257.8 259.2 262.3 264.6 264.5 263.8 259.2 258.6 254.1 252.6 254.3 260.4 261.7 261.2 258.0 253.8 256.6 257.2 256.3 257.0 259.3 258.4 261.3 136 Foxe Basin 269.5 268.4 267.1 266.0 265.1 266.0 265.8 268.1 269.7 269.6 268.0 267.9 268.0 266.7 264.4 256.9 258.5 259.2 256.5 260.7 262.4 264.6 264.2 259.3 255.1 253.2 257.9 267.6 264.7 265.0 260.5 138 Baffin Bay 250.1 245.9 241.9 238.5 236.1 238.2 239.9 239.1 239.3 241.9 238.6 238.3 238.1 238.3 233.3 227.7 225.1 224.2 229.5 235.0 238.4 235.0 233.3 234.1 231.6 228.4 225.2 226.0 228.5 233.3 237.1 139 South Greenland 253.1 254.3 253.3 253.7 256.7 258.9 258.5 255.6 251.9 249.8 248.6 247.9 246.1 242.9 242.2 241.6 244.1 243.8 241.9 236.1 239.2 240.8 247.4 242.5 241.1 241.0 239.2 242.3 243.9 241.9 243.9 140 Greenland Sea 255.2 249.5 246.7 243.9 242.2 238.2 235.6 234.8 228.8 229.6 230.6 231.7 233.9 234.3 232.6 237.7 236.5 233.8 229.2 227.3 227.4 226.2 232.3 238.8 241.7 235.1 230.7 228.0 227.1 230.3 231.2 142 Norwegian Sea 266.2 266.4 267.0 267.6 266.3 264.1 265.0 264.6 263.3 262.8 263.8 263.2 264.6 267.0 269.4 271.0 270.5 268.7 267.9 267.2 264.2 265.0 265.4 265.9 263.6 264.5 263.3 261.5 261.8 266.3 266.5 144 Barents Sea 261.2 261.2 261.2 260.4 259.8 259.1 260.7 260.4 259.3 259.0 259.5 258.3 258.7 258.6 260.4 261.3 259.3 258.9 257.8 258.1 257.0 257.6 258.9 260.4 259.4 259.8 258.0 257.7 256.2 259.9 262.6 146 Kara Sea 266.2 265.5 264.6 264.7 264.4 264.9 263.0 262.7 264.6 266.6 267.5 267.5 267.0 265.7 264.7 264.0 264.2 265.1 264.8 265.0 264.4 262.2 261.7 260.8 261.6 261.9 263.0 265.0 262.6 259.8 260.2 148 Laptev Sea 249.5 250.9 250.9 252.1 251.6 251.6 250.7 250.2 250.8 250.2 251.8 253.4 253.9 254.5 255.2 255.8 255.5 256.2 255.4 254.4 252.7 251.6 252.0 252.1 251.1 251.9 251.1 247.6 247.6 246.8 247.4 150 East Siberian Sea 252.6 255.0 252.5 250.5 249.8 249.1 247.8 246.2 245.6 245.0 244.5 247.8 250.6 250.0 250.4 252.8 251.2 252.3 254.6 253.5 251.2 250.1 254.7 254.6 254.6 251.2 250.1 247.7 247.5 246.8 249.2 152 Gulf of Alaska 270.9 270.9 270.5 270.2 271.1 269.8 272.6 273.1 272.7 271.7 271.5 269.7 270.4 272.2 271.3 271.8 272.8 272.3 269.8 269.1 269.1 270.8 270.6 270.3 271.9 272.7 271.9 268.8 267.3 270.6 271.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 270.6 268.5 268.6 273.7 271.2 272.6 273.7 272.2 270.3 270.2 269.4 268.5 271.4 269.8 270.0 272.3 271.4 269.6 267.5 271.5 271.8 273.4 271.0 274.0 274.0 274.0 272.8 268.3 269.4 273.7 273.2