1996 10 - 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 260.0 260.3 259.6 260.6 261.1 260.8 259.9 260.2 260.3 261.8 262.6 262.6 261.4 260.8 260.5 259.6 259.0 259.2 260.1 261.1 261.5 261.2 261.4 261.2 261.7 262.1 262.3 262.2 264.1 264.9 265.4 34 Hudson Bay 274.8 276.3 276.0 276.4 276.0 275.1 275.2 276.0 276.3 276.0 275.1 275.5 275.6 274.2 273.9 273.7 273.8 275.3 276.9 277.6 277.3 276.7 277.4 278.0 277.7 278.0 277.4 276.7 276.4 276.2 275.9 36 Hudson Strait 275.1 273.1 273.9 275.8 274.3 273.7 273.2 273.4 274.6 275.5 275.0 273.8 273.2 274.5 272.6 274.4 273.0 271.7 273.3 275.6 276.0 276.3 275.9 276.9 276.7 276.1 276.8 277.4 277.4 277.4 278.0 98 Bering Strait 254.9 253.2 251.8 256.6 258.6 258.8 251.4 253.9 251.1 262.6 269.1 265.2 262.3 263.3 266.2 265.4 259.1 262.1 262.5 260.1 265.3 263.7 258.4 263.2 259.1 253.6 255.6 265.3 267.1 268.6 269.9 128 Arctic subocean 241.3 244.4 240.8 240.5 241.9 245.2 244.0 237.4 233.3 232.9 234.6 241.8 244.2 238.0 234.2 232.1 233.7 234.2 235.8 231.3 227.5 237.4 239.5 240.2 241.1 243.7 243.5 247.8 249.7 247.8 249.1 130 Chukchi Sea 243.1 239.4 249.0 259.4 241.2 243.6 246.2 241.3 247.0 258.9 263.0 266.0 266.3 263.8 263.1 252.0 260.5 259.4 261.1 260.9 255.2 244.1 250.9 253.7 248.0 241.2 256.5 263.7 265.8 270.1 269.1 132 Beaufort Sea 265.0 266.3 263.7 263.9 265.7 266.7 265.1 263.8 262.6 263.4 267.7 268.9 264.4 268.2 267.4 270.2 271.1 268.2 267.0 267.6 266.0 270.4 268.2 265.4 267.0 264.3 261.9 260.7 261.8 261.9 266.4 134 Arctic Archipelago 244.6 255.9 257.8 256.9 252.3 248.3 248.2 254.7 250.8 254.7 254.4 250.7 246.0 244.2 245.7 243.9 252.6 262.1 260.7 255.2 252.2 250.3 261.3 256.7 252.7 256.6 260.7 254.7 253.1 259.3 259.4 136 Foxe Basin 258.5 254.8 265.4 266.0 262.3 260.6 254.4 249.9 261.5 267.3 264.0 259.3 254.7 249.7 252.0 252.4 254.9 250.6 261.8 270.6 269.9 263.2 252.4 271.0 262.8 264.7 271.3 271.6 267.2 271.8 269.5 138 Baffin Bay 251.8 246.9 244.2 245.5 255.6 257.9 255.7 248.2 241.4 241.2 247.8 257.3 258.6 251.5 244.2 237.5 232.6 229.9 245.0 249.0 248.8 250.6 244.0 246.1 251.2 251.8 247.9 259.0 261.4 257.5 257.6 139 South Greenland 260.0 255.4 253.2 258.0 266.9 266.5 262.5 259.7 258.4 260.7 261.9 264.1 262.5 260.6 257.7 253.6 251.9 248.9 246.4 250.6 257.8 254.3 257.1 255.3 260.8 262.0 259.7 256.4 265.5 270.1 270.3 140 Greenland Sea 253.4 253.1 249.9 247.8 251.6 255.5 255.4 254.2 248.9 245.7 244.0 251.5 252.2 248.7 246.2 244.8 238.5 231.4 229.8 235.9 237.8 239.8 242.5 242.8 245.2 254.5 251.7 246.5 254.6 261.9 261.3 142 Norwegian Sea 243.3 249.4 257.4 260.2 261.0 256.9 253.4 254.1 259.8 260.8 260.5 256.3 252.4 256.6 261.1 263.6 262.5 261.2 258.0 259.6 259.3 262.3 257.3 254.6 259.9 260.6 259.8 262.3 262.1 260.5 256.8 144 Barents Sea 250.0 248.7 249.0 255.9 258.5 258.0 258.2 255.4 252.5 256.1 256.4 253.0 251.9 251.4 249.9 254.4 255.7 257.3 255.5 254.1 252.3 253.0 257.5 254.2 252.1 255.6 262.1 261.6 260.8 260.6 259.7 146 Kara Sea 260.6 260.2 261.4 263.6 262.6 261.9 260.9 262.6 265.4 265.6 264.5 263.4 262.5 261.9 262.5 260.9 260.1 260.8 262.3 264.5 264.0 262.7 262.5 263.8 263.4 262.7 262.9 263.0 265.3 265.0 265.2 148 Laptev Sea 259.2 258.9 254.9 252.0 252.0 253.0 254.4 254.3 253.8 254.0 254.4 255.5 255.2 255.3 253.9 252.2 251.1 250.1 250.6 251.0 255.0 254.7 254.0 252.0 257.3 258.6 257.3 254.6 255.5 257.0 260.1 150 East Siberian Sea 251.9 254.5 250.4 245.6 245.5 244.8 244.2 246.0 249.5 252.0 255.2 255.3 254.4 253.5 255.0 255.8 252.2 249.9 250.5 254.3 250.2 252.1 252.9 249.4 247.1 253.1 254.5 254.5 262.1 262.2 256.2 152 Gulf of Alaska 262.3 261.2 260.8 266.5 270.6 269.6 263.6 269.2 262.7 269.7 273.0 270.3 270.5 271.1 273.5 272.3 267.6 271.4 270.7 269.8 271.9 272.7 268.0 271.0 269.8 267.0 263.6 272.2 271.8 272.5 273.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 264.0 266.0 270.2 273.1 272.9 267.8 269.2 268.3 268.4 273.2 272.6 272.0 273.4 272.6 273.2 268.4 268.8 272.3 272.2 271.4 273.2 271.2 269.6 272.9 270.7 265.5 267.7 273.5 273.2 274.2 274.5