1996 11 - 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 265.2 265.3 266.2 265.8 265.2 265.1 265.3 265.7 266.0 266.6 266.1 266.5 267.1 267.9 268.0 267.6 267.9 269.0 269.2 268.5 268.5 268.3 268.3 268.3 268.4 268.7 269.1 269.5 269.5 269.4 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 276.0 276.8 276.6 276.0 276.1 276.4 276.9 277.1 276.8 276.0 276.7 277.7 277.4 277.2 277.4 276.8 276.2 276.2 276.6 276.9 276.5 276.9 277.3 276.6 276.4 276.7 276.9 276.9 277.0 276.8 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 277.2 275.8 276.7 277.2 275.4 275.6 274.5 276.0 276.1 275.6 273.7 275.1 273.3 272.6 275.0 276.3 276.2 275.6 276.1 277.0 276.4 276.4 275.7 277.5 277.2 276.1 276.5 277.1 275.8 275.6 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 267.9 265.5 268.0 267.1 267.5 264.2 264.4 262.4 262.1 260.8 262.2 265.0 266.8 266.8 267.2 268.1 268.1 270.7 270.1 269.9 270.7 269.8 269.4 269.8 271.0 271.1 270.6 271.0 272.2 271.6 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 247.3 247.9 251.6 252.0 251.2 252.4 258.2 257.6 252.7 249.9 248.4 251.1 256.1 263.8 260.2 259.2 262.6 262.7 262.1 258.0 256.6 255.2 254.9 253.9 254.0 253.6 253.5 255.0 256.1 254.9 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 260.3 262.7 261.3 252.5 257.2 246.1 252.6 257.4 255.8 254.9 262.4 269.2 267.2 262.1 268.5 271.1 269.5 270.4 272.2 271.1 270.7 265.9 271.4 272.6 270.1 270.0 271.1 270.4 269.0 270.5 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 271.4 269.0 268.3 269.4 268.7 269.4 266.7 266.8 266.2 266.8 267.4 267.6 269.5 269.3 268.2 268.5 269.8 271.9 271.6 271.8 272.5 271.6 270.7 271.1 271.4 272.6 272.6 273.3 273.5 273.7 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 257.4 264.0 262.9 261.0 260.2 259.4 258.7 258.7 257.9 259.2 260.2 255.7 255.5 259.8 263.4 263.4 264.5 267.0 266.7 266.3 267.3 266.1 265.0 266.6 267.2 266.3 266.6 266.9 267.5 269.0 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 270.9 270.2 270.3 268.2 266.7 267.2 265.0 268.5 265.5 265.6 266.3 261.5 261.4 267.0 268.4 267.4 266.1 266.8 268.7 267.7 270.0 271.1 270.7 271.6 272.2 272.4 272.2 270.7 270.5 270.3 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 254.9 255.4 263.7 264.6 263.4 265.0 264.2 263.9 262.2 260.3 259.1 258.5 266.1 271.2 268.1 266.8 269.5 268.8 268.1 266.5 264.4 264.0 262.4 261.0 263.1 264.3 262.6 262.4 260.2 259.4 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 264.4 265.2 270.0 270.2 270.2 269.7 268.5 266.6 265.2 265.9 264.5 263.3 267.7 265.4 269.2 268.4 266.6 267.5 269.1 269.1 267.3 265.9 263.7 263.5 265.0 264.4 265.9 266.4 270.1 269.4 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 257.3 254.9 257.4 257.5 258.9 262.8 263.6 260.1 257.0 256.5 257.9 262.2 267.6 266.4 263.2 266.7 268.1 266.3 263.3 260.5 260.6 259.1 259.0 257.7 258.0 259.8 260.1 261.9 261.8 262.4 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 256.0 259.9 259.3 254.5 254.2 261.0 263.2 264.2 265.2 267.4 267.8 265.2 260.0 263.6 265.6 264.5 265.9 264.9 265.5 265.3 267.9 270.3 270.3 268.1 267.3 270.2 268.1 265.7 266.3 267.9 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 259.3 257.2 254.9 253.8 253.8 253.6 252.4 252.4 256.4 262.6 265.2 265.8 263.4 262.3 262.9 260.7 260.1 259.1 262.4 264.6 264.4 265.4 266.0 266.7 264.5 264.2 264.5 264.0 263.0 262.2 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 265.5 266.7 267.1 266.6 266.4 265.8 265.9 266.3 266.9 267.6 267.1 267.4 268.0 269.0 269.4 268.5 268.5 269.1 268.9 268.8 268.4 268.7 269.2 269.1 269.1 268.9 270.5 271.1 270.1 269.8 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 259.6 258.7 261.7 262.3 259.4 259.3 260.8 263.2 264.9 264.6 260.5 261.1 260.6 262.7 261.4 261.9 264.2 266.3 266.3 262.8 262.9 263.7 263.1 261.8 262.0 263.6 263.7 264.5 264.4 265.0 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 259.0 257.4 257.0 254.3 252.6 255.2 259.3 260.9 262.5 267.8 265.3 265.4 263.5 264.0 263.5 260.6 259.5 264.0 264.4 262.4 264.2 261.4 263.1 266.0 266.8 266.4 263.5 265.0 267.0 266.0 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 272.8 271.7 272.2 272.2 272.7 273.0 273.5 272.1 271.4 271.7 270.0 270.5 271.0 271.8 271.6 271.9 271.7 272.0 272.2 272.2 272.4 271.9 272.1 272.9 274.0 273.8 273.4 273.6 273.5 273.1 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 273.0 272.5 272.9 272.9 274.0 273.6 273.7 272.4 271.1 270.8 269.8 271.0 271.7 272.5 272.7 273.0 273.0 273.2 273.4 273.8 273.7 273.5 274.4 274.4 273.7 273.7 273.8 273.9 273.3 273.2 -9999.0