1991 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 260.7 260.1 259.8 258.5 258.5 257.7 258.2 257.8 258.1 257.8 256.6 255.5 255.7 256.4 256.8 258.7 259.6 258.9 258.1 258.4 257.8 257.3 258.0 257.5 258.7 257.8 257.6 257.9 257.9 257.6 257.9 34 Hudson Bay 278.2 277.9 276.4 275.3 275.4 276.7 276.7 276.6 276.7 275.4 275.4 274.8 274.0 273.1 273.7 273.9 273.3 274.0 274.6 276.0 275.2 276.0 274.7 274.3 274.5 273.6 274.0 275.2 276.3 277.2 277.2 36 Hudson Strait 273.1 273.7 274.4 271.3 267.8 267.6 272.8 273.3 273.6 273.0 271.2 274.2 272.1 271.4 268.9 267.6 269.4 268.5 267.0 269.9 272.3 269.9 275.0 274.1 272.6 272.6 270.0 269.0 268.7 273.6 275.9 98 Bering Strait 257.0 253.8 257.5 258.7 257.0 252.3 252.8 248.7 250.2 255.8 260.0 263.5 262.7 259.9 259.4 265.0 264.0 259.7 254.2 258.8 249.0 249.9 257.8 261.4 270.4 264.7 256.2 254.3 258.7 262.0 263.4 128 Arctic subocean 227.0 229.9 233.0 228.0 227.4 223.6 225.4 227.9 232.5 233.1 238.4 234.1 233.3 234.9 235.7 234.2 228.6 227.5 227.4 230.0 234.3 232.9 231.9 234.7 240.5 237.6 232.1 232.2 231.7 228.6 230.8 130 Chukchi Sea 238.8 237.9 240.0 238.7 237.4 232.6 232.5 232.3 237.9 239.1 246.4 263.4 255.2 243.8 255.9 268.4 259.6 234.7 235.7 230.4 229.5 241.1 247.8 260.1 268.9 257.6 238.0 247.1 256.4 256.1 252.4 132 Beaufort Sea 272.0 268.9 268.8 270.7 271.5 269.6 267.1 267.0 264.4 264.2 265.9 266.7 269.4 268.7 264.7 266.0 272.0 270.6 266.4 266.7 264.9 257.6 257.4 260.2 268.0 270.6 271.5 267.6 262.9 264.5 263.6 134 Arctic Archipelago 252.2 254.9 250.3 246.0 249.9 251.1 254.5 245.5 240.6 233.7 232.3 232.0 237.1 234.5 232.6 236.1 240.6 241.9 245.0 239.2 238.5 238.8 238.5 231.5 227.6 231.8 241.9 247.2 252.8 245.9 240.7 136 Foxe Basin 242.2 246.0 247.7 230.6 230.7 243.9 261.6 258.9 251.4 237.9 231.1 247.0 231.0 232.0 236.2 232.1 235.1 238.9 238.1 240.7 240.5 229.9 259.5 239.0 235.6 250.5 242.6 238.2 239.3 262.8 252.9 138 Baffin Bay 224.6 223.4 223.1 219.4 221.2 222.5 220.2 225.3 239.4 234.4 231.7 224.4 227.2 232.2 229.6 236.9 233.7 229.0 230.1 233.3 234.1 236.6 234.0 241.4 244.6 234.7 230.3 229.1 226.9 226.4 236.1 139 South Greenland 242.7 239.7 240.7 237.7 229.4 229.8 240.2 251.3 255.9 254.0 239.6 237.2 251.7 253.0 251.3 252.1 244.3 245.3 250.0 250.4 248.2 244.8 246.5 253.7 258.4 253.8 251.9 248.3 246.6 240.8 244.2 140 Greenland Sea 232.9 235.4 236.3 234.6 227.2 222.9 227.5 229.5 244.1 244.5 241.4 234.7 233.6 244.6 235.9 239.8 234.8 236.0 242.6 246.6 246.3 244.3 239.4 238.9 249.1 248.5 247.8 243.9 239.9 235.2 236.8 142 Norwegian Sea 243.3 241.5 247.9 248.5 249.7 250.4 247.9 248.0 246.2 245.0 246.2 246.4 245.1 240.0 246.0 244.0 246.6 256.3 245.3 242.4 255.6 255.4 253.8 244.1 242.1 245.1 250.9 253.3 251.6 248.4 247.0 144 Barents Sea 251.3 253.3 250.3 248.8 258.4 258.3 257.0 256.5 252.0 246.0 244.3 241.8 239.1 243.0 250.8 254.0 250.3 245.7 247.8 250.2 243.2 243.6 255.1 252.1 249.4 247.7 240.4 239.4 240.6 243.9 250.5 146 Kara Sea 267.3 267.5 267.1 265.8 265.9 264.6 264.0 262.7 261.9 263.9 262.5 261.3 260.5 261.0 260.3 261.8 265.3 265.5 263.6 263.2 262.7 262.5 261.1 260.5 260.9 260.5 261.2 261.0 259.8 258.4 258.0 148 Laptev Sea 259.0 256.9 257.3 256.5 257.3 256.7 256.6 256.1 255.8 254.0 252.8 248.7 246.2 246.9 250.7 255.2 258.2 257.8 256.6 255.4 256.8 257.4 256.7 253.0 251.6 251.3 253.1 255.0 255.6 256.4 255.8 150 East Siberian Sea 245.6 243.6 242.2 240.4 236.2 233.8 232.2 233.0 237.5 241.6 240.4 236.6 240.3 249.7 253.2 246.0 242.1 243.0 239.2 240.7 250.5 252.9 252.1 249.0 245.6 242.0 248.6 256.0 254.6 250.6 249.7 152 Gulf of Alaska 268.9 268.2 272.3 273.1 272.8 270.4 272.7 269.6 266.5 272.0 272.7 273.2 273.4 269.1 267.5 269.7 271.7 272.2 272.2 272.5 265.9 262.6 267.7 271.0 272.6 272.7 269.2 263.2 269.5 271.2 272.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 267.5 269.6 272.0 271.0 270.3 269.4 272.7 266.7 268.6 272.9 271.9 273.0 274.0 269.1 269.0 271.8 273.6 273.7 272.8 273.2 265.5 266.2 272.7 273.0 273.3 273.1 264.2 264.2 273.5 273.3 272.6