1987 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 256.7 256.9 256.6 256.2 256.8 257.2 256.7 255.3 254.9 254.1 253.8 254.0 254.5 255.5 255.7 256.7 255.9 255.5 255.1 255.2 255.9 255.6 254.5 255.0 256.0 257.5 258.9 258.3 258.2 257.2 257.6 34 Hudson Bay 275.4 276.2 275.9 276.0 276.7 276.0 275.3 275.1 274.9 274.6 275.2 274.8 275.4 275.6 275.8 276.4 276.5 277.0 276.9 276.0 275.6 275.7 276.7 276.9 277.1 277.6 277.4 276.7 276.1 275.8 275.8 36 Hudson Strait 266.2 267.5 272.2 273.4 275.5 276.1 274.9 273.0 270.7 270.4 270.2 268.0 266.8 268.9 271.4 273.9 273.4 273.7 274.1 275.1 275.3 273.0 269.7 268.8 269.8 273.7 274.3 275.5 274.9 274.5 274.3 98 Bering Strait 259.3 265.0 263.1 261.1 265.6 268.1 265.3 261.4 262.8 261.8 261.3 256.6 252.9 259.2 256.6 258.5 262.3 259.7 259.6 257.7 256.0 253.5 253.3 256.1 253.4 254.1 260.3 259.2 258.8 251.3 258.1 128 Arctic subocean 233.5 225.6 228.0 228.3 227.6 223.2 222.4 222.1 222.4 224.6 225.1 229.0 226.0 225.3 224.5 222.1 223.1 228.6 228.4 229.3 225.6 225.1 224.4 225.0 222.3 218.8 220.8 222.6 229.2 231.9 230.8 130 Chukchi Sea 241.7 259.4 248.4 245.8 261.6 261.5 260.4 255.4 245.0 255.6 250.2 238.6 236.7 239.5 238.2 252.6 249.2 258.4 247.9 247.2 243.1 240.0 247.0 236.3 236.4 245.6 252.8 248.0 233.5 234.8 253.1 132 Beaufort Sea 266.2 267.8 270.3 268.7 266.5 268.7 269.2 268.7 269.2 268.0 270.6 270.0 267.9 267.5 268.0 265.6 267.3 265.5 266.4 266.8 266.7 267.7 266.5 265.7 268.4 267.0 264.3 262.6 263.5 262.3 258.8 134 Arctic Archipelago 255.2 248.3 249.1 251.1 244.4 245.4 245.5 242.1 241.8 244.8 244.5 251.8 257.0 251.5 255.9 254.7 248.4 246.3 241.8 239.7 242.8 242.9 244.8 252.5 254.0 254.0 261.4 258.7 251.1 246.5 244.7 136 Foxe Basin 245.3 251.2 260.6 262.7 259.1 262.3 244.3 238.5 247.8 246.0 246.0 236.3 240.2 251.9 255.0 268.7 268.3 255.0 260.4 245.0 241.5 232.3 228.2 240.6 260.8 268.8 267.6 270.3 270.8 262.7 260.7 138 Baffin Bay 229.6 233.3 235.5 232.4 235.8 231.4 235.0 229.8 228.3 225.2 224.9 224.6 229.4 233.2 224.2 226.5 224.5 223.2 218.6 219.3 224.2 226.1 224.2 222.7 230.4 235.1 237.6 243.2 245.5 247.7 242.0 139 South Greenland 234.7 236.6 242.0 246.8 248.3 250.4 254.6 253.1 247.2 240.2 235.6 230.9 228.5 239.8 238.1 238.4 237.2 243.6 234.9 240.8 238.2 234.2 228.8 232.1 236.4 248.6 254.7 257.4 256.5 254.0 258.2 140 Greenland Sea 236.4 234.3 229.6 228.8 233.8 228.5 227.7 238.9 233.9 232.3 230.9 231.2 230.6 230.8 229.1 227.8 225.6 228.2 227.9 230.8 235.3 227.5 221.9 220.5 223.8 222.2 224.8 223.1 229.1 234.5 236.7 142 Norwegian Sea 246.3 241.2 239.0 238.2 241.3 239.2 242.2 243.0 244.0 253.4 253.6 254.1 247.4 244.1 242.0 240.5 237.8 237.3 238.3 236.2 239.3 240.0 242.0 241.1 248.6 249.4 249.9 248.6 245.6 243.7 236.1 144 Barents Sea 249.2 245.2 238.6 238.9 245.4 237.8 233.1 231.5 231.5 231.4 237.1 239.7 244.2 247.0 250.4 249.1 246.8 244.0 245.9 248.4 242.0 238.4 235.4 236.4 238.5 252.3 250.2 248.1 247.7 247.5 247.1 146 Kara Sea 262.0 261.8 260.2 258.1 257.3 260.9 261.6 260.1 261.2 259.6 255.7 255.1 255.5 255.1 257.0 261.6 258.7 258.2 258.6 257.8 261.8 262.1 259.2 258.0 258.0 256.5 257.1 257.9 260.0 259.4 260.0 148 Laptev Sea 248.2 247.9 248.9 248.1 246.4 245.7 245.2 243.6 242.8 242.5 245.8 249.8 249.4 249.0 247.0 244.8 245.5 245.8 246.5 248.4 248.0 251.5 252.8 253.6 251.7 253.0 254.8 253.2 251.8 250.7 251.3 150 East Siberian Sea 240.9 240.6 238.1 243.4 252.0 249.1 242.4 239.5 237.1 238.5 238.5 242.1 246.7 248.6 251.5 247.6 248.9 246.1 247.1 245.3 248.0 246.2 242.6 246.8 252.5 255.5 255.7 250.8 247.8 250.3 250.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 269.8 272.6 272.3 272.6 271.4 272.6 272.7 273.3 272.4 272.3 272.0 270.3 269.2 271.1 268.8 269.4 271.3 271.3 270.4 270.7 267.6 264.5 268.9 268.3 263.8 262.6 268.9 268.4 272.0 265.0 266.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 273.2 274.4 273.2 273.5 273.0 273.8 274.2 273.9 273.1 273.4 269.1 267.2 270.0 272.1 270.3 273.5 273.4 273.1 270.3 271.2 266.7 267.0 270.4 266.2 265.1 266.4 271.6 271.7 273.6 267.6 271.3