1990 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 257.5 256.8 256.5 255.8 254.6 254.8 255.4 256.9 257.0 256.4 257.0 257.2 256.8 256.4 256.1 256.3 255.6 255.5 256.0 255.7 255.4 255.6 256.5 256.2 256.0 256.6 256.4 256.4 255.8 256.0 256.6 34 Hudson Bay 275.2 275.1 275.4 275.7 275.9 274.8 274.7 273.5 274.4 275.8 276.5 276.2 275.8 275.3 274.7 274.0 273.1 271.8 271.6 273.3 275.4 274.5 274.7 273.7 272.6 273.5 274.2 273.6 272.8 274.3 275.6 36 Hudson Strait 273.9 272.2 272.1 273.5 274.8 275.5 274.7 275.0 275.5 273.3 273.3 275.1 274.6 274.2 274.5 272.2 271.6 271.4 270.2 270.0 270.5 274.6 272.7 273.6 271.3 267.7 267.1 269.5 266.3 265.9 267.5 98 Bering Strait 264.5 262.1 258.9 245.7 243.9 248.0 252.7 264.3 261.4 255.5 256.2 249.3 244.5 242.0 244.1 246.9 254.0 265.8 265.0 252.4 255.2 262.7 257.9 262.4 262.7 259.3 252.9 261.6 258.9 256.1 255.3 128 Arctic subocean 227.6 223.7 227.1 227.6 226.9 225.0 223.7 224.7 223.5 225.9 231.7 239.2 244.8 244.8 239.3 236.0 235.0 234.7 235.7 232.9 228.4 232.0 229.5 232.7 228.9 231.4 240.7 237.7 236.0 236.3 238.2 130 Chukchi Sea 252.8 250.9 241.8 232.8 236.5 234.8 247.5 259.3 250.0 244.2 241.0 235.8 236.0 230.2 228.3 238.5 258.4 265.2 247.5 238.7 249.0 253.5 254.5 265.3 261.6 243.2 249.7 250.7 231.3 232.1 245.2 132 Beaufort Sea 269.3 269.6 269.7 266.4 257.9 258.3 258.2 261.6 271.6 266.0 262.9 263.1 259.2 255.8 255.6 256.1 253.9 258.6 268.9 264.7 259.8 261.7 261.4 260.5 267.4 266.4 260.4 265.5 271.0 271.3 271.1 134 Arctic Archipelago 242.3 244.9 250.8 256.3 253.1 248.6 242.0 244.7 246.0 249.6 247.4 243.1 241.4 239.0 239.8 236.8 233.3 234.6 238.5 240.5 235.3 228.2 237.0 232.4 238.5 240.5 238.3 236.0 240.3 244.8 245.8 136 Foxe Basin 248.8 240.8 251.0 262.8 265.3 268.8 266.2 268.6 263.1 252.5 250.5 255.9 258.0 254.4 255.9 250.4 241.9 242.4 250.8 244.0 236.8 247.2 230.3 245.0 235.7 227.5 228.0 235.5 233.3 232.1 233.3 138 Baffin Bay 224.3 220.9 222.7 228.2 231.2 229.5 232.6 231.5 229.2 229.1 231.8 241.0 246.6 239.1 229.6 229.1 232.4 237.5 232.8 231.7 231.2 229.1 227.1 226.3 225.0 236.0 249.5 238.5 229.7 229.0 232.5 139 South Greenland 244.3 245.7 241.8 238.0 239.8 240.6 247.5 254.9 255.8 259.3 253.6 247.9 245.5 243.5 243.3 251.6 253.7 247.7 248.4 255.4 247.0 242.6 246.2 242.2 239.2 249.0 245.6 240.8 240.3 239.9 243.5 140 Greenland Sea 238.9 240.3 235.8 228.2 222.4 223.4 226.1 228.4 231.1 231.5 241.8 250.0 250.2 244.6 240.6 241.4 246.0 244.9 239.2 243.1 244.4 238.8 239.8 242.0 238.5 242.5 245.8 241.5 242.6 241.7 245.5 142 Norwegian Sea 249.7 239.5 235.6 240.8 235.4 242.1 247.3 240.3 235.9 241.0 241.7 246.3 245.4 247.8 240.3 239.0 238.1 244.5 254.5 249.5 251.4 255.5 246.7 253.0 247.5 244.2 246.4 248.9 247.8 245.3 253.1 144 Barents Sea 254.9 250.0 249.1 245.4 242.7 239.4 246.8 252.5 244.8 241.3 237.2 236.4 236.3 236.1 245.0 247.2 239.0 237.2 238.5 244.4 246.1 239.0 243.8 239.9 242.5 248.6 247.2 243.3 241.3 237.4 230.6 146 Kara Sea 262.2 262.6 262.0 261.4 261.8 261.5 259.1 258.2 256.8 256.7 258.9 260.8 260.7 262.6 261.0 261.9 260.9 259.4 260.0 258.9 257.6 258.2 259.9 260.5 259.0 259.3 261.2 261.8 260.9 260.6 260.0 148 Laptev Sea 247.4 246.2 247.6 251.2 249.2 250.8 251.2 251.9 253.3 251.8 254.0 254.9 256.9 258.5 257.6 255.1 251.8 247.8 246.2 246.5 249.3 252.8 253.3 254.1 254.5 252.7 250.5 248.8 248.9 251.0 251.9 150 East Siberian Sea 240.8 238.5 234.8 235.8 235.0 236.8 242.4 241.0 241.8 247.2 248.3 246.2 246.4 248.7 249.3 249.8 250.8 250.9 246.9 250.5 254.9 252.3 254.9 247.7 242.2 241.9 243.7 245.5 245.3 245.8 249.3 152 Gulf of Alaska 272.3 272.3 271.4 262.7 262.1 267.7 267.1 274.4 272.7 269.0 271.4 269.5 261.5 257.3 262.2 258.7 265.0 271.2 272.8 268.6 268.1 269.8 267.5 267.8 269.9 271.1 271.1 272.1 269.8 265.8 264.9 154 Southeast Bering Sea 272.6 271.8 271.7 264.8 267.1 269.8 272.2 274.5 270.0 268.8 272.6 270.5 267.2 266.4 268.2 267.5 271.9 273.4 271.8 270.2 269.6 271.8 269.0 269.5 270.9 270.7 271.6 269.8 264.5 262.8 268.6