1996 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 258.9 259.8 259.1 258.9 258.4 257.8 257.7 258.6 259.3 259.8 259.5 260.2 259.3 258.5 258.4 258.6 257.7 257.6 257.2 256.8 257.7 258.7 259.3 259.5 259.9 260.7 260.7 260.5 260.1 259.3 258.5 34 Hudson Bay 277.5 278.1 278.3 277.5 276.1 275.7 276.3 275.0 274.4 275.3 274.7 274.4 273.9 273.9 274.6 274.5 274.3 273.6 273.0 272.9 273.8 273.8 274.7 275.2 276.4 276.9 277.0 276.7 276.4 276.2 276.2 36 Hudson Strait 269.3 275.2 273.8 275.1 275.2 274.2 273.3 273.5 274.6 274.9 274.5 274.1 272.7 272.0 273.8 273.3 272.6 274.2 274.2 272.8 271.1 270.7 268.8 267.1 268.3 269.2 271.0 274.8 275.5 275.2 275.5 98 Bering Strait 239.6 240.1 241.9 248.6 253.4 251.0 257.0 264.8 270.4 267.3 259.8 261.2 263.1 268.5 263.5 267.0 267.2 265.9 268.0 265.5 262.9 264.6 262.7 256.0 249.5 250.9 252.9 248.2 247.7 250.5 250.3 128 Arctic subocean 240.1 238.0 236.2 238.6 235.3 231.5 229.0 228.4 228.9 236.9 241.2 244.9 242.3 238.1 237.9 236.4 235.8 235.0 232.5 228.1 232.0 235.5 243.0 250.2 251.6 247.9 241.2 233.7 234.3 234.4 234.1 130 Chukchi Sea 228.4 231.6 235.2 251.0 241.9 244.6 260.2 264.4 268.3 259.3 256.4 253.4 263.8 265.9 265.6 263.7 267.9 262.9 257.3 261.6 246.5 245.4 247.7 241.8 239.3 238.2 241.3 240.3 238.2 237.1 247.3 132 Beaufort Sea 267.9 265.8 264.0 262.7 266.5 266.3 263.5 266.1 270.0 270.1 266.5 263.9 263.8 264.5 262.7 262.8 261.4 262.3 268.3 269.8 270.5 271.4 272.2 272.0 268.7 267.7 266.5 264.0 262.5 263.2 264.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 260.1 260.5 263.5 257.9 252.7 253.6 250.5 245.4 241.6 239.1 242.1 246.0 245.7 243.3 242.4 239.9 237.2 236.2 236.4 236.6 239.0 240.8 247.4 249.2 253.0 251.7 253.6 254.5 256.5 257.8 256.0 136 Foxe Basin 242.3 255.1 252.8 267.5 266.4 255.8 253.3 264.5 259.2 259.6 266.4 265.0 258.9 251.3 252.2 247.1 244.1 250.1 244.5 245.4 242.8 233.5 236.1 243.4 243.0 244.5 248.0 256.1 264.7 266.8 266.7 138 Baffin Bay 230.3 234.8 235.0 240.6 238.9 231.7 226.8 234.2 242.8 247.8 253.2 255.2 252.9 247.7 247.4 242.8 234.2 233.6 230.2 232.3 239.9 247.5 249.4 251.2 255.7 252.8 242.8 237.7 236.2 235.0 232.5 139 South Greenland 235.5 241.2 242.1 243.5 244.7 245.3 241.0 237.9 245.4 256.8 262.4 264.2 259.9 255.5 252.3 247.4 244.2 244.6 248.3 248.2 258.5 253.2 245.0 246.7 252.9 256.5 252.8 248.2 249.0 245.9 244.1 140 Greenland Sea 247.6 241.5 234.1 235.4 234.1 229.6 229.1 231.0 234.7 243.8 247.7 248.3 248.2 249.9 250.2 247.1 241.9 244.1 235.2 235.5 243.8 252.6 256.1 257.6 257.8 254.6 245.7 240.3 240.4 240.6 243.1 142 Norwegian Sea 242.0 241.2 243.1 253.6 251.0 238.1 240.1 245.3 239.1 234.9 238.0 237.0 232.0 234.5 236.3 240.3 244.9 246.5 244.4 241.4 246.8 247.1 248.9 254.4 254.6 253.7 261.6 264.3 262.7 262.6 263.0 144 Barents Sea 255.6 255.6 254.6 253.5 252.9 251.9 251.4 255.2 250.8 250.9 251.3 247.0 243.6 242.5 242.8 242.5 247.8 248.0 243.5 242.4 239.3 238.3 238.4 244.6 248.7 246.7 252.2 260.2 260.2 256.4 254.4 146 Kara Sea 263.6 265.8 265.2 264.4 263.1 261.0 259.6 259.2 260.1 260.3 260.8 263.2 261.1 258.6 260.4 262.3 260.3 261.7 262.8 260.8 260.8 262.1 261.9 263.2 262.6 263.1 262.7 263.4 264.7 264.0 263.0 148 Laptev Sea 259.6 259.3 257.8 253.5 251.3 253.2 255.6 256.2 255.9 255.7 252.8 251.9 251.7 252.2 251.3 251.5 253.7 251.0 247.7 250.9 253.1 255.8 257.4 255.1 254.7 258.6 260.3 261.2 256.7 253.6 251.9 150 East Siberian Sea 244.9 245.3 241.6 238.2 241.5 252.4 255.1 255.7 249.1 244.4 246.4 251.3 255.0 254.1 255.2 257.1 252.9 251.6 247.1 240.1 238.1 237.4 241.0 238.9 244.2 249.7 248.1 248.7 247.2 247.2 243.4 152 Gulf of Alaska 257.7 253.0 250.6 259.2 268.4 257.4 260.3 268.7 273.1 272.9 264.9 266.6 267.2 271.7 267.8 268.5 270.7 272.1 272.8 272.1 272.2 273.1 272.6 267.7 266.5 263.4 267.9 262.2 265.2 263.2 263.9 154 Southeast Bering Sea 254.4 251.6 252.9 270.7 263.6 260.5 267.1 273.2 273.9 273.5 271.2 272.2 272.7 273.5 272.8 272.7 273.3 273.5 273.1 273.4 273.8 273.2 270.7 269.0 267.7 269.0 268.6 267.8 267.6 266.5 264.9