1997 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 268.0 268.8 268.8 268.2 268.0 268.3 268.4 268.6 267.9 267.1 267.4 268.0 268.5 268.1 267.7 267.8 268.6 268.6 268.1 268.0 267.8 267.2 266.8 266.9 266.4 265.9 265.8 265.9 265.6 265.3 265.1 34 Hudson Bay 278.8 279.0 278.9 279.2 279.2 279.5 279.0 279.3 280.1 280.6 280.5 280.7 280.7 281.0 281.0 280.8 280.3 280.0 279.8 279.3 278.8 279.2 279.8 279.5 279.2 279.3 279.0 278.4 278.5 279.1 279.2 36 Hudson Strait 278.4 279.7 279.6 279.4 279.6 278.4 278.0 276.5 276.3 278.6 278.0 278.1 278.7 278.5 278.8 279.6 280.1 278.8 277.5 277.7 276.9 276.2 277.1 276.5 276.8 279.1 279.0 278.2 277.0 276.7 277.4 98 Bering Strait 273.7 273.4 272.9 272.5 272.0 272.1 272.7 273.1 273.5 273.9 273.0 272.9 273.2 273.8 274.0 274.0 273.9 273.6 273.3 273.1 273.1 272.8 272.8 273.1 273.3 273.6 273.6 273.1 272.8 273.5 273.4 128 Arctic subocean 241.0 242.8 243.1 240.5 237.2 238.5 240.4 245.1 241.4 239.7 238.2 244.0 245.7 240.9 239.1 236.7 241.5 248.8 247.6 244.3 245.2 242.5 240.6 242.0 237.4 234.3 232.0 230.8 232.2 231.2 231.5 130 Chukchi Sea 273.4 272.5 271.5 271.2 271.6 271.1 270.9 272.5 273.5 273.1 271.9 271.4 272.9 273.4 273.6 273.6 273.0 272.6 272.3 271.5 271.4 271.4 271.4 271.1 272.5 273.1 270.3 270.1 271.5 273.1 272.0 132 Beaufort Sea 274.3 274.3 274.5 275.3 275.5 274.5 274.6 275.5 274.7 274.9 275.5 275.2 275.4 275.3 274.8 274.8 275.9 275.7 275.5 275.2 275.6 275.4 274.7 274.4 274.0 273.6 273.9 274.5 274.4 274.3 274.2 134 Arctic Archipelago 266.9 266.5 265.9 267.1 267.7 265.9 264.2 264.7 265.3 264.0 263.8 267.4 269.6 267.4 266.9 267.1 265.6 262.7 261.4 261.5 262.6 261.7 262.0 264.1 262.8 259.5 258.0 260.7 265.6 261.8 259.6 136 Foxe Basin 271.9 271.7 270.9 269.3 270.9 271.2 271.6 270.5 271.4 271.6 271.4 272.2 272.6 271.8 272.5 273.4 272.0 271.8 272.1 270.0 267.6 266.1 267.7 268.1 271.4 270.8 271.4 270.6 269.6 269.0 267.9 138 Baffin Bay 248.0 246.5 243.1 242.0 245.7 254.7 257.6 251.3 246.3 237.6 235.2 241.8 247.3 248.7 247.8 243.3 252.3 249.5 245.6 248.1 254.8 256.2 248.2 243.0 240.8 237.7 235.1 233.2 233.4 238.9 237.3 139 South Greenland 266.7 269.3 263.6 261.7 262.6 266.7 268.7 269.7 261.5 260.7 260.7 258.1 263.9 263.2 262.0 262.2 268.9 264.9 264.0 267.6 268.2 264.8 262.9 263.8 259.3 257.5 257.9 262.2 256.0 252.8 254.8 140 Greenland Sea 235.7 245.2 251.3 250.7 246.8 249.9 255.8 255.6 250.6 242.8 245.2 259.1 254.8 249.4 244.7 240.3 250.8 254.7 250.2 250.3 256.8 255.9 255.3 251.0 247.3 239.4 235.8 235.4 235.7 238.5 240.8 142 Norwegian Sea 272.1 271.0 270.1 270.8 271.4 271.4 271.7 272.0 271.6 271.5 271.9 271.8 271.6 271.6 271.4 270.7 269.6 270.0 270.7 271.2 271.3 271.3 271.6 271.6 271.8 271.1 269.5 268.3 268.1 269.2 270.0 144 Barents Sea 265.9 265.0 264.3 265.0 265.5 265.6 266.0 266.8 265.6 264.7 264.2 264.4 264.9 265.7 264.3 264.1 264.2 263.6 263.5 264.3 264.7 265.7 265.8 265.3 264.9 263.3 261.9 261.6 262.8 263.1 262.9 146 Kara Sea 269.1 269.6 270.1 269.4 269.3 270.2 270.6 269.6 269.2 269.0 270.1 269.9 269.1 269.0 269.1 270.2 270.1 270.1 269.8 269.3 268.9 267.9 267.4 267.6 267.7 267.8 268.9 269.8 270.0 269.0 268.4 148 Laptev Sea 262.0 263.8 264.2 262.8 260.8 259.1 258.1 259.4 259.5 258.0 259.4 260.4 260.5 258.3 257.2 258.1 258.6 260.4 261.8 260.6 257.9 256.1 255.6 256.5 256.4 257.2 257.9 257.1 256.6 254.9 254.8 150 East Siberian Sea 260.7 262.2 265.4 263.2 262.2 261.7 260.8 262.3 263.1 262.0 259.7 258.7 260.4 263.0 264.0 262.5 262.3 263.2 260.7 260.5 259.6 260.9 262.1 265.1 264.9 262.5 260.9 256.1 252.3 255.0 255.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 275.6 275.6 275.6 274.7 273.1 273.5 273.9 273.6 274.5 275.6 274.8 273.7 274.2 274.8 274.9 275.4 275.5 275.3 275.4 275.7 275.1 274.5 274.6 274.2 274.1 274.9 275.5 275.3 274.4 274.6 275.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 276.9 277.1 276.1 273.7 273.5 275.2 273.6 275.5 276.2 276.3 274.9 273.9 276.0 275.7 275.6 276.0 275.7 275.6 275.7 275.0 274.6 274.9 275.5 275.0 276.2 276.9 275.9 276.1 275.2 276.6 276.9