1988 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 255.9 256.7 256.4 254.8 254.7 255.5 256.2 257.1 258.2 257.6 257.2 256.9 258.0 258.4 259.1 259.4 258.9 259.3 259.2 259.2 259.6 259.6 259.4 259.4 259.1 258.6 258.2 258.5 259.0 258.4 257.8 34 Hudson Bay 277.1 277.4 277.2 276.7 276.8 277.0 276.7 275.9 276.3 276.7 276.3 276.1 276.1 276.3 276.5 276.4 276.3 276.2 276.1 276.0 275.8 275.8 275.8 275.9 276.5 276.5 276.1 276.2 276.6 276.3 276.2 36 Hudson Strait 271.8 271.6 276.5 275.3 274.0 273.5 273.5 273.2 274.3 275.9 275.4 275.6 275.8 274.6 273.1 272.9 273.7 273.7 272.5 272.4 271.7 270.6 268.9 269.0 271.5 271.2 269.6 268.8 268.3 270.1 273.5 98 Bering Strait 257.1 257.4 253.5 246.8 247.9 249.5 254.5 261.0 258.3 255.5 255.6 255.2 264.0 259.8 259.7 257.7 254.9 257.6 261.5 263.3 266.9 265.0 262.9 259.0 260.8 256.9 252.0 255.2 259.4 261.3 262.3 128 Arctic subocean 233.4 232.8 229.0 225.4 226.7 227.7 229.7 229.7 237.7 240.1 234.8 232.0 230.5 226.9 232.4 238.2 239.4 238.0 231.9 230.3 230.4 231.4 231.2 232.7 231.0 229.3 229.7 232.1 232.8 232.2 227.1 130 Chukchi Sea 250.9 250.3 237.6 237.8 240.6 241.2 255.0 248.9 240.7 240.4 240.2 246.9 243.7 229.6 228.6 229.9 228.8 232.2 236.0 240.5 250.0 253.8 251.7 241.7 241.1 235.2 237.2 240.3 247.3 256.0 244.2 132 Beaufort Sea 268.2 267.7 267.7 266.2 265.9 265.5 264.2 266.2 265.7 265.0 266.1 263.4 266.8 271.8 272.6 272.8 271.4 271.0 271.5 271.4 273.0 273.0 272.5 271.4 271.9 272.8 271.6 270.9 269.0 269.2 270.3 134 Arctic Archipelago 247.9 250.3 249.6 248.6 253.1 248.0 257.8 256.5 254.0 253.8 245.4 244.1 247.4 253.6 259.8 264.5 265.9 263.5 256.7 257.2 258.0 259.0 259.2 261.3 255.4 252.9 253.6 260.7 261.4 258.9 251.0 136 Foxe Basin 237.6 240.0 261.1 266.9 259.4 253.0 255.6 269.7 270.0 265.8 265.1 256.9 262.0 259.1 254.8 256.7 261.8 261.9 256.4 256.4 252.3 241.5 238.6 256.0 260.9 251.7 239.3 238.6 249.7 259.2 261.5 138 Baffin Bay 234.4 234.3 230.3 232.7 234.4 234.2 230.0 238.6 254.4 252.5 245.7 241.3 240.1 237.5 231.0 232.3 236.5 236.5 233.5 232.2 228.0 227.6 224.4 227.1 226.8 226.4 227.9 230.7 235.6 240.3 234.0 139 South Greenland 241.2 240.4 240.3 239.3 239.3 239.7 240.2 242.5 253.2 254.5 259.3 255.7 250.9 252.0 252.3 248.3 245.7 245.1 242.3 237.5 237.7 238.3 237.1 238.3 239.1 239.5 243.1 246.1 239.8 239.0 244.8 140 Greenland Sea 245.3 241.9 237.1 230.3 229.8 230.7 232.3 230.4 237.5 246.0 244.6 239.2 235.5 233.6 238.2 240.3 238.4 246.2 237.1 234.5 232.3 232.2 232.0 231.2 233.9 234.4 242.7 243.3 235.4 233.3 230.2 142 Norwegian Sea 233.9 234.3 233.2 241.4 247.1 239.5 233.9 230.4 232.6 240.3 241.6 236.8 238.9 234.0 232.2 236.8 248.8 256.9 257.0 256.0 251.3 246.1 248.5 247.3 244.9 241.9 247.1 255.0 243.9 241.4 241.4 144 Barents Sea 245.6 248.9 252.4 250.2 250.9 250.4 246.7 243.7 244.2 243.3 240.7 240.0 235.1 238.8 245.6 244.5 240.0 240.3 245.3 247.7 242.6 245.3 249.3 246.4 247.5 247.7 246.0 239.2 236.7 236.5 236.2 146 Kara Sea 258.4 261.1 261.3 258.8 256.9 259.5 260.5 261.9 260.4 259.0 259.8 261.7 261.5 261.3 262.4 262.9 262.9 264.1 264.8 264.1 264.1 263.2 262.2 262.8 263.6 263.9 262.9 262.6 263.8 260.7 259.4 148 Laptev Sea 245.8 245.9 245.2 244.6 245.7 244.8 244.8 246.3 249.5 248.7 246.5 247.1 253.0 254.1 254.4 255.1 253.8 250.9 249.0 250.7 254.1 255.8 258.5 258.7 255.2 254.8 254.6 252.9 253.0 253.7 253.3 150 East Siberian Sea 241.3 240.8 240.4 239.7 239.6 248.0 246.3 241.5 241.8 240.4 245.5 244.6 242.8 241.5 237.0 236.5 238.1 242.8 249.8 248.7 248.5 247.7 244.8 243.9 241.7 239.3 241.4 245.4 252.2 250.7 251.9 152 Gulf of Alaska 270.3 267.0 267.6 260.9 259.5 258.2 263.8 270.2 271.4 270.3 269.1 266.7 272.8 273.8 273.6 271.7 271.8 272.8 273.9 273.7 273.2 272.2 272.4 273.7 273.9 273.2 270.7 270.1 269.9 271.7 272.7 154 Southeast Bering Sea 273.1 269.0 265.8 262.6 266.1 268.1 269.7 272.7 271.8 270.9 268.9 272.3 273.8 272.3 269.0 266.9 271.8 273.1 270.9 270.2 270.9 272.2 272.4 273.7 272.3 268.2 268.7 268.0 269.7 273.1 272.0