1996 03 - 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 268.9 268.2 267.9 267.9 267.8 267.8 268.1 268.4 267.9 267.7 267.9 267.4 266.7 266.9 267.7 268.2 268.2 268.3 268.7 268.2 267.0 266.7 267.0 267.0 266.3 265.7 265.3 265.6 266.3 266.4 266.3 34 Hudson Bay 278.8 278.9 278.8 278.9 279.2 278.8 278.4 278.6 278.7 278.1 277.9 278.3 278.8 279.6 279.6 279.2 278.9 279.0 278.9 278.6 278.7 279.1 278.6 277.7 278.8 279.3 279.1 279.1 278.9 278.6 277.7 36 Hudson Strait 278.7 277.8 279.3 278.5 279.1 279.2 278.2 278.1 277.6 278.2 276.6 277.9 278.1 277.4 277.5 278.2 277.7 278.0 279.0 278.6 278.0 278.1 279.3 276.8 275.8 275.4 275.2 275.7 275.9 276.8 276.4 98 Bering Strait 272.8 272.7 273.0 272.9 272.6 272.3 271.9 272.0 271.5 271.5 272.6 272.7 272.2 271.6 271.5 272.1 271.1 271.5 272.3 271.6 272.0 273.1 272.8 272.8 272.8 272.7 272.3 271.7 271.1 270.7 271.2 128 Arctic subocean 249.7 240.9 237.7 238.6 239.8 240.1 243.2 247.3 246.6 245.8 245.1 241.6 241.0 238.8 239.5 236.3 233.9 236.3 240.1 237.5 231.4 230.6 235.7 236.4 239.8 242.3 238.2 235.6 238.2 244.0 246.9 130 Chukchi Sea 272.4 272.2 272.4 272.2 271.4 270.9 271.2 271.2 270.2 270.3 271.6 270.7 270.2 270.4 270.4 268.9 269.0 270.4 270.7 269.8 272.3 273.1 271.8 268.6 270.0 270.9 270.2 267.8 266.6 268.5 266.8 132 Beaufort Sea 273.8 273.6 273.8 274.6 274.6 274.0 273.6 273.9 274.2 274.5 274.5 275.6 275.9 275.9 274.9 274.1 272.8 271.9 272.5 271.9 271.5 272.2 273.4 274.9 274.8 274.6 275.5 274.6 273.1 272.4 273.4 134 Arctic Archipelago 266.2 264.9 262.9 264.7 265.5 266.0 265.9 265.6 266.3 264.4 262.4 261.1 263.2 266.0 265.0 263.8 264.3 266.4 266.6 264.1 262.2 261.8 261.3 260.1 260.2 257.8 257.0 258.1 260.6 260.6 260.7 136 Foxe Basin 270.3 271.6 272.2 273.5 273.0 273.7 272.9 271.1 270.9 271.8 270.6 270.1 271.4 272.3 272.3 272.6 272.7 272.7 272.7 271.6 271.6 272.3 272.4 270.6 269.3 269.0 267.7 267.4 265.1 263.6 263.8 138 Baffin Bay 257.2 248.7 248.6 249.2 257.2 256.6 261.3 264.2 257.1 251.9 255.2 252.6 246.2 245.3 245.2 238.2 235.7 241.8 248.8 247.7 240.7 241.2 249.0 248.1 241.6 239.3 235.3 235.6 244.5 249.7 252.7 139 South Greenland 269.8 268.7 267.8 270.1 270.9 268.7 270.1 271.1 268.9 269.9 270.4 268.9 266.9 267.2 266.7 264.6 266.0 264.9 265.0 267.3 265.3 264.2 264.5 266.5 263.6 261.1 259.6 263.2 264.8 263.3 261.4 140 Greenland Sea 254.7 251.8 250.8 251.5 252.9 252.1 251.9 254.3 257.0 257.0 260.2 260.0 257.5 252.3 251.4 250.5 248.4 246.3 247.7 248.2 244.9 240.5 243.1 248.8 251.7 249.1 245.6 251.0 258.7 261.7 256.5 142 Norwegian Sea 271.4 271.8 272.2 272.0 272.3 271.9 271.1 270.9 271.1 270.5 269.0 269.5 271.2 270.5 269.0 267.4 268.8 269.4 268.0 267.5 269.2 269.0 268.9 269.8 269.7 268.7 269.5 269.2 268.9 269.6 270.6 144 Barents Sea 266.1 266.1 265.6 265.8 266.2 265.3 265.3 265.5 264.4 263.3 263.1 264.2 264.4 263.2 262.8 263.4 262.4 263.5 264.3 265.0 264.3 264.3 264.1 264.4 263.7 265.1 266.6 265.2 263.8 264.3 264.8 146 Kara Sea 270.9 269.9 269.1 268.9 268.8 268.4 267.8 268.1 268.6 268.4 268.2 267.9 268.1 267.8 267.8 268.9 269.7 270.1 270.0 269.5 268.9 268.1 268.3 267.4 266.6 266.4 266.7 268.0 269.5 269.5 268.5 148 Laptev Sea 259.7 259.8 260.4 259.6 257.5 260.2 261.8 262.3 260.3 260.3 259.5 258.0 256.2 258.0 262.2 264.8 265.2 264.7 264.5 263.3 260.4 260.4 261.3 261.5 259.4 258.4 256.8 255.1 254.7 255.2 256.3 150 East Siberian Sea 260.3 262.0 261.0 259.2 256.6 255.1 257.4 255.6 255.0 257.4 263.8 260.3 253.9 254.2 261.1 267.6 268.0 265.6 265.9 264.5 263.9 261.6 256.1 259.8 259.0 255.5 255.4 257.5 257.7 254.3 256.9 152 Gulf of Alaska 273.9 274.3 274.4 274.0 274.1 274.0 273.7 274.5 275.2 275.2 275.3 274.9 274.5 274.2 273.7 273.2 272.8 273.3 274.4 274.3 274.2 274.3 274.8 275.6 275.6 275.1 273.8 273.4 273.3 273.9 273.9 154 Southeast Bering Sea 275.7 276.2 275.0 275.1 275.1 275.4 275.8 276.6 275.5 275.3 274.8 274.7 273.8 274.0 274.4 273.8 274.0 274.7 275.5 275.3 275.3 275.5 276.1 276.2 275.4 274.3 273.4 273.4 274.5 275.5 273.7