1993 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 268.8 268.5 268.8 269.3 269.3 269.5 269.6 269.8 270.1 270.0 270.3 270.6 270.3 270.8 270.6 270.7 270.5 270.4 270.8 271.0 271.3 271.6 271.8 271.8 271.8 271.6 271.8 271.7 272.0 272.0 271.8 34 Hudson Bay 278.4 278.0 278.5 279.0 278.8 278.2 277.5 278.1 278.3 278.5 278.7 279.3 279.5 279.7 279.9 279.6 279.2 279.0 278.5 278.6 278.1 278.0 278.4 278.7 279.2 279.5 279.9 280.2 279.8 280.1 280.4 36 Hudson Strait 277.3 275.8 275.4 275.7 277.2 275.9 276.2 275.9 275.8 276.9 277.5 276.9 276.4 276.5 277.3 277.3 276.4 275.6 275.7 278.6 278.1 278.6 278.5 277.8 276.4 276.6 276.3 277.9 277.9 277.0 277.3 98 Bering Strait 272.2 271.9 270.8 272.5 271.7 272.2 272.7 272.2 272.0 271.9 272.3 271.8 272.1 272.1 272.1 272.8 272.9 272.7 272.5 272.7 272.8 272.6 272.6 272.9 273.0 273.0 272.8 272.8 272.8 273.0 272.7 128 Arctic subocean 253.8 253.5 256.3 258.1 257.6 259.2 262.5 261.6 261.5 262.2 262.4 262.7 263.5 263.8 263.5 262.4 262.3 261.8 262.9 264.1 262.9 261.5 262.2 261.9 261.5 260.6 260.9 261.7 262.5 262.4 262.3 130 Chukchi Sea 269.5 269.1 268.9 269.8 270.5 270.9 272.1 271.6 270.9 269.3 268.7 268.7 270.5 271.0 271.2 271.8 273.1 271.3 271.6 270.7 272.0 271.2 271.2 272.0 272.5 271.9 272.0 271.4 271.4 271.6 271.6 132 Beaufort Sea 275.1 275.6 274.3 274.4 274.1 273.8 274.2 273.8 274.2 274.7 275.4 275.0 274.4 274.8 274.4 273.7 273.9 274.0 273.8 273.8 273.8 273.7 274.1 274.6 275.2 275.5 275.3 275.1 275.8 276.1 276.3 134 Arctic Archipelago 265.8 265.9 267.4 267.4 266.8 267.4 267.8 268.3 269.0 268.5 270.6 271.3 270.9 271.6 271.4 270.6 269.6 268.5 269.5 271.2 270.8 269.9 270.2 269.4 269.1 270.2 270.8 270.7 271.0 270.9 271.0 136 Foxe Basin 270.0 271.1 270.7 268.3 269.1 270.2 268.2 268.1 267.7 267.9 270.1 270.2 270.6 271.2 272.1 271.8 270.8 270.5 271.4 273.0 272.6 272.4 272.2 272.7 271.5 270.9 271.1 272.8 271.8 272.0 272.3 138 Baffin Bay 263.7 263.0 266.1 267.6 266.9 267.0 267.1 267.6 266.9 267.2 267.4 267.7 268.1 269.1 270.6 270.1 269.1 269.2 269.9 270.2 270.2 269.8 269.9 269.7 268.2 267.6 267.5 268.2 267.8 267.5 267.5 139 South Greenland 268.0 266.8 268.5 268.7 269.6 268.0 268.7 268.5 269.3 268.8 269.7 268.3 267.4 267.5 266.5 266.5 266.6 264.6 266.0 265.3 266.5 267.7 268.6 269.5 267.5 268.5 267.6 267.6 267.5 270.0 270.6 140 Greenland Sea 263.2 261.7 260.4 263.9 266.5 266.8 264.9 262.4 263.6 267.2 265.6 264.5 264.9 264.6 263.6 263.1 264.1 262.7 262.8 263.1 265.8 264.8 266.1 265.6 263.6 263.3 262.3 263.5 261.6 263.4 265.3 142 Norwegian Sea 261.8 262.7 264.8 265.2 268.2 268.9 269.5 270.6 271.2 270.6 270.1 270.0 271.0 270.9 270.4 269.3 268.4 268.8 269.8 269.9 270.3 270.1 270.4 271.8 271.8 271.9 270.1 270.1 270.7 271.1 271.0 144 Barents Sea 262.8 259.8 260.1 260.1 263.2 267.1 268.2 268.8 268.4 266.8 266.0 266.9 267.6 268.0 267.3 265.8 264.6 264.2 265.8 266.8 267.1 267.6 268.2 267.8 265.2 265.9 267.0 265.8 266.8 266.6 267.2 146 Kara Sea 268.1 268.1 268.3 267.9 268.1 268.6 269.1 269.9 270.3 270.0 269.5 270.3 269.9 270.4 270.3 270.3 270.1 270.8 271.0 270.7 270.8 271.5 271.5 272.0 272.2 271.4 271.3 271.0 271.4 271.6 271.6 148 Laptev Sea 262.8 261.8 262.0 263.8 263.1 262.9 262.2 261.9 262.6 262.7 263.6 264.0 262.4 263.8 263.1 264.0 264.4 264.5 265.2 266.8 267.6 268.5 268.4 266.9 268.4 267.8 268.6 267.8 269.2 267.9 266.3 150 East Siberian Sea 264.2 266.1 267.5 267.8 266.0 266.4 266.0 266.4 266.4 264.5 267.0 268.0 267.6 268.3 268.4 270.8 269.8 269.7 270.2 268.4 270.3 270.6 271.2 270.7 270.5 270.7 270.3 271.5 271.4 271.3 269.8 152 Gulf of Alaska 275.2 274.6 274.5 274.1 274.1 274.5 274.6 274.8 275.1 274.6 273.9 274.2 273.8 273.3 273.5 273.8 274.0 274.7 274.1 274.5 275.1 274.6 274.4 274.6 274.4 274.4 274.7 275.0 275.0 274.7 274.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 275.0 275.0 274.7 274.8 275.6 275.6 276.3 276.2 275.6 273.7 274.1 274.5 273.3 273.9 275.0 274.5 275.5 276.0 275.9 276.5 275.5 274.9 274.9 274.7 275.1 275.4 275.8 275.3 274.4 273.6 273.9