1990 12 - 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 269.9 269.8 270.0 270.3 270.3 270.5 270.8 271.1 270.9 271.0 271.0 271.5 272.0 271.9 271.9 271.8 271.0 270.9 271.5 271.4 271.5 271.8 272.2 272.3 272.5 272.2 272.3 272.1 271.8 271.9 272.1 34 Hudson Bay 277.2 277.1 277.0 277.0 277.5 278.1 278.1 278.2 278.5 278.7 279.2 279.3 279.3 278.9 278.7 279.0 278.6 278.5 278.4 278.3 278.0 278.3 278.5 278.8 279.1 279.1 279.0 278.7 278.2 278.2 278.7 36 Hudson Strait 274.2 273.5 274.1 273.6 274.2 274.2 274.9 277.5 276.6 276.5 276.2 275.6 276.5 276.4 276.0 277.1 277.6 278.5 277.9 276.8 276.5 276.5 277.1 277.6 276.8 277.3 276.7 278.2 278.2 277.4 276.9 98 Bering Strait 270.7 271.8 272.1 271.8 271.4 271.3 271.9 271.7 271.1 271.2 270.6 271.0 271.9 271.6 271.4 271.1 271.0 271.6 271.5 271.6 270.6 272.3 272.3 272.1 272.4 272.6 272.6 272.8 272.5 272.4 272.5 128 Arctic subocean 259.3 260.4 261.2 260.6 262.4 261.2 260.2 260.5 260.5 261.6 262.2 263.4 264.1 264.7 264.6 265.5 266.3 267.1 266.0 266.3 266.5 266.1 266.7 265.9 265.4 265.3 265.4 265.5 265.5 265.4 265.0 130 Chukchi Sea 271.4 270.8 270.7 271.5 270.9 269.3 271.5 268.8 269.2 268.9 267.9 268.0 271.8 270.3 269.3 266.7 269.1 269.2 270.5 269.7 266.3 271.2 270.9 270.5 271.3 270.6 273.1 272.6 271.1 270.9 271.4 132 Beaufort Sea 273.6 273.3 274.0 274.6 274.8 274.5 274.3 275.4 275.1 274.7 273.9 274.7 274.5 275.0 274.9 274.5 274.1 274.6 275.3 274.8 274.4 274.7 275.2 275.0 274.6 274.5 274.3 274.2 274.6 274.9 275.2 134 Arctic Archipelago 266.4 266.8 267.3 268.7 269.5 270.7 270.3 271.0 270.3 269.9 269.5 269.7 270.4 270.2 270.2 270.8 270.6 270.2 270.2 270.5 271.2 271.1 270.6 270.7 270.8 270.3 269.9 270.4 270.9 271.1 270.6 136 Foxe Basin 267.6 266.4 265.9 267.6 266.3 269.0 271.6 272.4 271.7 271.6 272.0 271.0 272.6 271.6 269.3 269.6 272.9 272.6 272.8 272.5 272.6 272.4 272.0 271.7 271.4 271.8 271.6 272.0 272.4 272.0 271.9 138 Baffin Bay 266.1 265.3 265.2 264.9 264.8 265.2 266.9 267.2 267.0 266.9 267.6 267.7 268.9 270.8 270.9 270.9 271.7 271.9 272.3 272.0 271.2 270.9 271.7 270.8 269.9 270.6 271.1 271.7 271.7 271.3 270.7 139 South Greenland 268.1 265.0 263.9 264.2 265.3 266.1 266.1 265.0 269.9 271.1 269.1 270.3 270.9 269.7 271.8 271.8 270.4 270.4 270.1 270.3 271.1 270.1 269.9 271.2 270.6 269.4 269.4 270.2 270.7 271.6 270.8 140 Greenland Sea 263.3 262.5 262.6 262.6 261.8 260.7 261.4 262.0 262.1 265.2 265.9 267.5 268.7 269.2 268.5 268.6 267.3 268.6 268.1 266.9 266.7 266.9 265.5 267.6 267.5 268.2 267.3 267.5 268.1 267.9 267.1 142 Norwegian Sea 268.2 268.6 270.9 270.2 270.6 271.2 271.2 270.3 270.8 270.7 271.4 271.6 271.4 271.9 272.0 272.0 271.9 271.5 271.9 271.9 271.9 271.6 271.4 271.7 271.8 271.7 271.8 272.2 272.0 272.3 271.8 144 Barents Sea 265.2 265.2 266.1 267.6 264.6 265.9 266.1 265.4 265.5 265.7 264.1 264.5 266.2 267.6 267.4 266.0 265.8 265.3 265.0 264.2 264.8 266.5 268.4 268.9 268.5 267.4 268.1 267.7 267.7 266.8 268.4 146 Kara Sea 270.0 270.3 271.4 271.5 270.7 271.1 271.6 272.1 271.3 271.8 272.4 272.3 272.5 272.1 272.6 272.6 271.5 271.1 271.7 271.6 271.5 271.1 271.8 272.1 272.4 272.5 272.4 272.2 271.3 271.0 271.5 148 Laptev Sea 266.3 266.1 265.1 265.5 266.8 265.8 266.3 268.1 266.1 265.8 266.6 267.2 268.1 268.5 267.5 267.5 264.9 265.2 267.8 267.7 268.4 269.4 270.1 269.0 269.9 268.6 269.0 268.2 268.1 268.9 269.1 150 East Siberian Sea 268.5 267.6 266.1 267.9 268.4 268.8 268.0 265.8 266.6 264.9 264.8 267.3 268.2 265.8 267.2 266.6 265.6 263.2 265.8 267.2 268.6 268.7 269.2 269.0 270.8 270.2 270.0 269.4 269.3 269.8 270.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 273.2 273.6 273.9 273.5 273.1 273.2 274.4 274.0 273.3 273.4 272.6 273.1 273.8 273.9 273.7 273.7 274.0 274.1 273.7 273.6 274.0 274.9 274.1 273.4 272.9 273.5 274.2 274.7 274.9 274.5 273.7 154 Southeast Bering Sea 274.1 274.9 274.3 274.0 273.7 274.5 275.1 274.1 273.7 273.7 274.0 274.6 275.5 274.5 274.8 274.2 274.4 273.8 273.5 274.0 275.5 274.8 273.8 273.9 273.5 275.4 275.5 275.9 275.0 274.0 273.9