1990 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 259.7 259.9 259.9 258.9 258.5 258.4 258.1 258.9 259.1 258.5 259.3 259.5 259.5 260.2 261.6 261.9 262.4 263.2 263.5 263.5 263.3 263.4 262.8 262.5 262.8 262.8 262.8 262.6 262.6 262.7 264.0 34 Hudson Bay 275.6 274.9 274.9 275.6 277.0 277.3 276.2 274.5 276.2 276.4 275.1 275.5 276.1 275.8 276.4 277.3 277.3 276.8 277.0 277.3 276.8 276.7 277.1 277.1 277.0 277.1 277.2 276.8 277.2 276.9 276.1 36 Hudson Strait 274.7 274.0 274.0 272.4 273.2 276.0 276.6 274.4 272.9 274.1 275.5 272.5 270.6 270.3 273.9 273.3 275.2 276.4 275.7 275.2 274.9 274.6 274.4 275.1 276.1 276.5 275.9 275.6 276.4 276.5 276.5 98 Bering Strait 253.7 257.3 261.6 259.3 257.0 250.4 256.8 264.5 259.9 255.2 263.0 257.0 250.6 253.5 254.0 250.8 252.3 255.9 254.3 259.4 263.5 266.8 265.4 268.4 261.9 261.2 262.4 264.7 260.8 261.1 266.7 128 Arctic subocean 236.3 236.0 244.7 245.1 242.3 238.7 235.0 233.1 236.4 246.7 245.1 242.8 241.4 243.3 249.9 255.1 252.9 245.3 243.6 243.9 242.0 238.3 237.1 237.7 238.6 238.2 238.0 238.7 238.6 239.2 235.7 130 Chukchi Sea 245.3 249.4 247.0 248.4 236.8 233.1 254.1 251.8 239.4 248.3 247.2 239.5 244.4 243.5 244.1 241.5 242.2 247.0 254.6 262.6 268.2 262.8 266.5 258.5 258.8 261.3 260.2 261.5 253.0 257.6 260.8 132 Beaufort Sea 262.7 263.0 267.0 268.5 270.4 268.1 264.4 270.0 270.3 262.9 263.6 266.9 263.4 261.6 265.2 267.0 266.8 265.1 265.2 265.0 265.9 269.5 269.1 267.8 268.8 270.2 269.7 269.8 269.5 267.0 271.2 134 Arctic Archipelago 250.7 244.7 245.6 246.1 245.8 251.3 250.0 248.3 253.6 249.5 245.9 246.8 246.0 250.0 248.3 248.9 260.3 256.2 258.0 257.9 257.4 254.9 258.9 260.1 260.4 260.4 256.3 254.3 254.0 255.1 256.7 136 Foxe Basin 261.1 261.8 257.5 247.3 249.6 261.2 263.7 257.3 247.7 258.1 258.8 259.9 254.0 251.4 258.3 249.7 251.8 269.0 270.1 267.4 264.5 257.8 253.6 256.5 260.0 267.2 264.9 268.6 269.2 268.0 267.1 138 Baffin Bay 241.0 248.5 257.6 253.2 244.7 237.1 234.4 237.1 243.6 244.5 237.0 239.3 243.7 246.2 252.7 256.6 252.7 249.8 246.8 246.6 245.5 242.6 241.7 241.6 241.0 245.2 241.0 239.8 242.3 243.0 248.7 139 South Greenland 264.4 264.0 260.3 256.4 250.2 249.2 248.2 254.5 254.9 253.2 252.5 253.7 255.3 256.4 254.8 254.1 252.7 255.9 257.2 256.0 254.3 253.0 254.0 253.5 253.2 252.0 257.3 256.4 254.9 254.4 258.6 140 Greenland Sea 252.8 256.9 254.6 250.0 247.8 244.6 243.3 244.3 252.2 254.0 254.6 253.3 250.1 252.8 262.9 257.6 251.8 248.7 251.4 249.2 245.6 244.0 241.4 242.0 240.9 240.1 240.9 246.0 245.1 243.0 240.7 142 Norwegian Sea 248.9 252.2 252.8 256.3 253.0 252.7 254.2 256.9 256.9 248.9 258.2 261.7 263.3 258.4 259.6 263.8 265.9 267.9 268.7 265.5 262.6 258.7 257.5 256.7 259.1 266.3 267.4 267.1 266.2 263.4 257.1 144 Barents Sea 248.4 248.1 242.2 241.2 255.3 257.2 257.9 258.2 257.5 252.0 250.1 253.7 262.3 260.3 256.0 254.4 252.5 255.0 258.1 258.9 259.9 259.9 254.5 250.4 249.9 251.9 258.0 259.1 258.7 257.6 254.1 146 Kara Sea 261.7 262.9 263.2 261.3 259.2 260.5 259.5 258.5 258.8 261.6 264.3 263.4 262.2 262.0 263.6 264.9 265.8 267.7 267.3 265.8 264.8 264.0 264.1 265.0 267.2 265.8 265.7 264.6 266.4 266.7 267.0 148 Laptev Sea 254.5 251.5 249.7 250.0 250.1 250.1 249.3 250.4 248.3 246.5 248.1 250.2 253.2 256.8 259.2 258.8 258.2 258.4 257.7 257.9 258.6 259.7 258.5 255.9 257.9 257.8 255.8 255.1 254.7 255.9 259.6 150 East Siberian Sea 251.1 253.1 250.3 248.3 247.6 247.2 248.1 247.4 251.5 249.7 248.3 248.8 249.8 250.2 252.3 253.9 255.9 257.1 260.7 262.7 259.2 261.9 259.3 257.3 252.8 251.2 252.6 252.7 251.0 253.7 254.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 265.7 271.7 271.1 272.0 267.8 264.0 269.8 272.8 270.8 268.4 273.0 271.1 265.5 268.8 262.6 260.8 261.4 264.2 261.1 262.8 267.8 271.4 266.8 272.1 268.2 270.5 269.0 272.0 270.8 271.5 273.2 154 Southeast Bering Sea 271.8 272.7 272.0 271.3 265.3 264.8 273.5 273.1 269.3 270.1 274.0 268.5 267.0 265.6 262.3 261.3 262.1 263.9 266.9 269.2 274.4 273.4 272.4 272.9 271.9 271.7 271.7 271.5 271.1 273.1 272.0