1996 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 269.4 270.2 270.0 270.5 270.5 270.9 270.8 271.0 270.9 271.1 271.1 271.0 271.2 271.2 270.8 270.7 271.1 271.1 270.9 271.1 271.4 271.6 271.7 271.5 271.7 271.8 271.5 271.4 271.7 271.5 271.7 34 Hudson Bay 276.1 276.9 278.0 278.6 278.0 278.0 278.4 278.9 279.5 279.4 279.3 279.2 278.7 278.2 278.1 278.4 278.9 279.3 279.0 278.7 277.8 277.4 277.7 278.1 278.7 279.4 279.6 279.3 278.9 278.8 278.8 36 Hudson Strait 275.7 275.1 276.0 277.4 277.8 278.1 276.7 277.0 278.5 278.5 277.8 278.7 277.8 277.2 275.7 275.0 275.6 277.0 277.6 276.8 278.2 277.0 277.0 278.3 277.4 277.5 277.8 278.1 277.9 277.2 277.5 98 Bering Strait 271.2 271.5 270.7 270.3 271.6 272.4 272.0 272.0 270.7 270.8 270.7 271.0 270.1 271.0 271.7 271.9 272.2 271.7 270.6 271.2 272.3 272.1 273.0 271.9 272.2 272.3 271.9 272.2 272.3 272.2 271.9 128 Arctic subocean 261.6 264.9 265.3 262.4 260.4 262.4 259.5 259.7 261.4 262.7 261.9 262.4 262.3 262.3 261.5 264.0 264.3 264.5 264.9 264.8 264.1 263.7 262.5 261.7 265.0 265.9 265.2 263.1 262.7 261.9 262.9 130 Chukchi Sea 271.4 271.5 270.6 271.4 271.8 270.8 270.7 269.5 269.3 270.0 268.4 266.7 269.5 271.1 268.5 271.3 271.8 271.5 268.0 271.2 272.3 270.1 271.7 269.7 271.6 271.5 272.0 271.1 271.3 271.3 271.6 132 Beaufort Sea 273.7 274.0 274.0 273.6 273.4 274.8 274.6 274.7 273.9 273.6 273.9 273.2 272.8 273.1 274.0 274.6 274.7 274.3 274.2 273.5 273.7 274.2 274.5 274.5 274.5 274.9 274.5 274.3 274.9 274.6 273.6 134 Arctic Archipelago 269.8 268.9 269.5 269.1 269.1 269.0 269.6 269.9 270.1 270.2 270.1 270.0 269.5 268.8 267.6 267.4 267.7 269.0 269.5 270.2 270.4 269.9 270.8 270.4 271.3 271.5 270.7 269.4 268.7 269.7 270.0 136 Foxe Basin 269.3 270.5 270.3 269.3 272.9 272.6 271.0 269.3 272.5 272.3 271.8 272.5 271.8 272.2 271.3 269.1 269.7 270.8 272.2 272.6 272.6 273.1 273.4 272.9 272.9 272.6 272.7 272.1 271.7 272.0 272.6 138 Baffin Bay 263.0 270.2 270.0 268.6 269.6 270.8 270.3 267.7 267.2 267.9 268.6 268.4 268.1 268.4 267.3 267.7 269.0 270.4 270.1 270.1 270.3 270.6 270.1 268.5 270.1 270.2 271.5 270.4 269.6 269.8 270.2 139 South Greenland 269.5 268.8 267.1 265.0 267.1 270.2 272.1 271.9 270.0 269.9 268.4 265.9 265.9 267.1 268.5 268.0 269.0 269.8 269.9 269.9 271.8 272.1 271.0 270.7 269.2 269.6 270.1 267.3 269.3 270.4 271.9 140 Greenland Sea 268.8 268.1 266.2 265.9 264.9 264.2 263.8 266.4 264.8 263.3 263.7 264.3 264.8 265.3 265.7 268.6 270.7 269.2 267.7 266.4 264.8 267.0 267.2 268.1 267.6 267.0 266.4 264.3 265.0 264.5 264.0 142 Norwegian Sea 268.7 268.1 266.6 266.8 270.4 269.7 269.6 269.2 266.6 267.1 269.8 269.3 268.8 269.7 271.9 272.2 271.6 271.5 271.2 270.5 269.7 269.9 271.3 271.1 270.7 270.8 270.7 270.9 271.1 271.3 271.7 144 Barents Sea 262.7 263.4 265.2 266.7 265.4 264.2 265.8 267.1 267.5 267.1 267.0 266.8 266.8 267.3 267.5 267.0 267.8 268.6 268.1 267.6 267.9 268.1 268.8 267.4 267.0 267.2 267.4 267.2 267.5 265.9 267.3 146 Kara Sea 269.3 269.5 269.3 270.1 269.7 270.3 271.2 271.5 271.1 271.0 271.3 271.4 271.8 272.2 271.5 270.8 270.8 270.7 270.7 271.3 271.6 271.6 272.1 272.2 271.9 271.5 271.3 271.1 271.8 271.7 271.7 148 Laptev Sea 264.3 266.1 264.6 266.9 267.2 267.1 264.8 265.0 265.1 266.5 267.4 267.4 268.6 268.2 265.7 265.3 265.9 265.2 265.4 265.7 266.7 266.9 266.0 265.9 266.7 266.6 265.8 267.7 268.0 266.9 267.7 150 East Siberian Sea 266.2 267.8 268.0 268.3 268.2 267.5 266.9 266.4 268.1 268.0 267.2 267.3 267.9 265.7 267.7 267.9 268.8 267.6 265.9 267.4 267.8 269.3 269.3 267.6 269.6 270.6 268.7 268.8 268.4 269.4 270.4 152 Gulf of Alaska 273.3 273.0 272.9 273.2 273.7 273.5 273.2 273.2 273.3 273.0 272.5 272.4 273.1 273.5 273.5 273.3 273.4 273.3 273.2 273.3 274.2 275.2 274.6 274.2 273.5 273.3 273.4 274.0 273.9 273.5 273.2 154 Southeast Bering Sea 273.0 273.7 273.9 274.1 273.7 273.6 273.5 273.7 274.2 273.3 273.6 273.8 273.8 273.6 274.4 273.5 273.8 273.2 273.6 274.4 275.3 275.4 274.5 274.9 273.8 274.0 274.9 275.0 274.3 274.2 274.3