1997 05 - 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 261.4 260.9 260.7 260.9 261.5 261.5 261.3 261.0 260.8 259.9 259.8 259.7 260.7 261.1 261.3 260.9 260.3 260.0 259.5 260.0 260.1 260.4 261.2 261.1 261.5 261.8 262.1 262.3 261.8 261.6 261.7 34 Hudson Bay 277.4 277.7 277.4 277.7 277.7 277.8 278.6 279.3 279.0 278.6 278.6 278.1 276.8 275.4 276.3 276.6 276.9 277.0 276.9 276.4 276.9 277.5 278.2 278.2 278.4 278.6 278.4 278.2 278.5 278.4 278.3 36 Hudson Strait 274.5 275.0 273.8 273.2 272.3 273.8 275.0 276.8 277.7 277.6 278.5 278.4 277.1 275.6 274.9 274.6 274.4 274.3 273.6 273.4 273.9 274.6 275.2 275.1 274.9 274.5 275.5 275.9 276.4 276.9 277.3 98 Bering Strait 270.2 268.9 269.1 269.3 269.0 269.8 267.5 265.9 267.3 266.1 263.1 263.4 267.1 268.6 267.7 266.4 266.3 268.9 267.5 266.9 266.0 262.8 261.6 260.5 260.6 257.6 254.2 260.7 263.0 265.8 268.3 128 Arctic subocean 227.0 227.3 229.4 228.7 228.1 231.8 232.3 232.2 230.4 227.9 221.9 222.8 233.6 242.5 239.4 240.8 236.2 229.5 227.0 230.5 231.5 229.6 234.7 232.0 232.1 235.2 234.7 232.2 230.1 231.4 227.5 130 Chukchi Sea 263.5 259.2 257.3 254.6 254.3 258.0 247.3 249.6 260.0 256.5 256.5 256.2 260.1 259.6 253.4 245.5 248.1 255.1 255.4 260.1 257.7 248.3 244.5 245.8 245.8 237.3 238.5 247.5 256.4 258.2 256.6 132 Beaufort Sea 273.1 273.1 272.4 271.9 269.7 269.6 270.3 266.0 265.4 266.2 266.3 263.6 264.4 270.4 274.4 273.3 273.4 271.5 270.3 268.7 269.0 271.5 270.7 271.6 272.1 272.2 270.3 268.4 266.6 268.1 271.2 134 Arctic Archipelago 252.5 251.0 254.6 252.9 253.7 250.6 248.6 249.9 242.7 235.5 241.3 246.8 244.7 245.2 245.2 253.4 253.0 255.5 251.8 249.0 242.4 248.1 263.5 261.3 265.5 267.4 267.5 264.3 254.1 245.5 247.9 136 Foxe Basin 261.0 260.3 257.4 259.1 261.2 262.1 261.4 264.5 268.1 257.3 258.3 270.7 270.2 261.7 259.2 258.2 258.9 264.1 266.9 259.1 266.1 263.3 267.7 264.8 262.4 268.4 271.1 270.8 269.7 264.0 266.2 138 Baffin Bay 233.7 230.5 229.2 231.8 234.5 231.4 231.7 233.9 233.0 235.3 235.9 238.2 245.3 243.0 241.5 241.2 237.6 233.0 230.2 229.9 234.7 230.0 231.8 236.0 234.6 239.1 243.1 245.3 248.0 243.1 238.3 139 South Greenland 244.1 245.1 246.3 244.5 241.1 242.4 243.8 244.1 246.4 248.3 253.5 257.7 262.9 257.8 256.9 250.2 245.3 240.3 238.2 239.8 245.1 246.7 243.5 245.2 242.4 247.5 249.9 250.1 250.6 255.2 251.1 140 Greenland Sea 236.2 237.3 240.3 239.6 238.9 241.3 243.4 244.0 241.0 242.1 233.5 230.9 250.2 251.1 247.5 241.5 236.0 230.6 234.0 235.0 239.3 237.3 238.8 236.3 234.6 238.2 241.9 233.4 233.5 240.9 233.9 142 Norwegian Sea 266.8 266.6 267.2 267.9 268.1 266.7 266.8 268.3 268.5 267.1 265.6 264.1 264.0 263.4 265.5 266.6 267.6 266.7 266.5 266.1 266.2 267.1 266.7 264.6 266.4 267.8 265.3 263.9 263.5 263.9 263.7 144 Barents Sea 263.0 261.5 259.8 258.9 260.5 261.1 260.2 261.2 262.3 258.3 256.8 257.9 257.4 257.6 259.7 260.6 260.5 259.3 259.4 259.1 262.3 261.3 261.4 260.5 257.1 256.0 256.9 256.6 252.8 251.4 257.9 146 Kara Sea 266.0 265.0 263.6 264.5 266.9 266.4 266.2 264.0 263.6 263.9 264.0 264.3 264.8 265.6 266.0 264.4 262.2 262.0 262.8 262.4 261.9 263.5 265.4 264.3 264.2 262.6 263.1 263.6 265.0 263.9 264.6 148 Laptev Sea 250.7 250.8 251.5 251.2 251.6 252.8 251.6 252.6 254.6 252.9 252.2 249.7 248.4 248.1 248.5 250.8 252.2 251.4 250.9 254.7 255.0 254.1 252.9 253.6 257.4 259.5 257.8 257.8 256.4 257.0 255.8 150 East Siberian Sea 242.5 241.7 243.0 245.1 246.5 246.2 248.6 251.8 247.4 244.3 241.2 239.0 241.5 241.9 238.8 238.8 243.3 246.0 244.2 249.3 245.9 243.9 241.1 241.5 242.6 245.4 251.9 254.6 251.2 249.9 245.6 152 Gulf of Alaska 274.2 274.3 274.1 274.3 274.6 274.7 273.7 271.0 273.4 274.1 272.8 273.1 273.9 275.6 275.8 275.3 274.2 273.4 274.1 273.0 273.6 272.9 273.0 272.0 271.5 271.2 268.4 268.0 270.2 272.2 274.2 154 Southeast Bering Sea 274.8 275.0 274.1 276.2 276.1 276.1 274.2 274.2 275.5 273.9 273.4 274.2 275.4 276.3 274.8 274.3 273.1 275.0 274.6 275.1 272.9 272.5 271.8 270.9 270.0 267.9 266.1 267.6 274.0 274.5 275.1