1997 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 259.9 260.6 259.8 259.5 259.6 260.1 261.0 261.6 261.0 260.6 260.1 260.4 260.9 260.9 261.5 261.4 261.2 261.6 261.9 261.7 260.9 261.3 261.8 262.5 262.7 262.6 262.3 262.7 263.4 263.6 263.9 34 Hudson Bay 277.1 276.7 276.4 277.1 277.4 277.6 276.9 276.0 276.0 276.6 277.4 277.6 277.5 277.5 277.9 277.8 277.5 277.0 276.9 276.6 276.4 276.4 276.2 275.9 275.8 276.2 276.8 277.0 277.5 277.5 277.4 36 Hudson Strait 275.1 275.9 276.4 275.2 274.9 275.9 275.6 275.0 274.3 273.8 273.3 274.2 275.0 273.4 275.2 276.0 277.4 277.0 276.2 276.6 275.7 274.8 274.1 273.7 273.3 273.6 274.9 274.5 274.2 275.9 273.9 98 Bering Strait 255.6 261.5 255.4 253.6 253.6 255.2 264.3 265.5 263.1 262.7 260.9 259.8 263.7 265.3 267.4 265.4 266.1 266.7 264.8 263.0 264.3 265.5 264.1 264.4 263.4 265.0 266.9 267.4 266.0 267.8 268.8 128 Arctic subocean 239.8 241.6 241.2 240.0 238.2 236.9 235.4 236.3 233.9 238.8 235.2 238.2 235.1 231.5 232.8 237.4 240.4 238.6 238.7 233.4 232.8 235.7 241.0 244.8 242.6 245.7 242.4 240.0 237.9 237.1 234.3 130 Chukchi Sea 253.3 251.4 249.4 248.5 242.3 247.2 256.9 257.0 252.7 249.5 246.8 250.0 258.5 258.5 256.7 262.0 266.7 262.0 259.9 264.4 256.1 256.5 256.3 255.3 254.6 257.9 263.7 259.1 258.0 267.4 259.9 132 Beaufort Sea 265.4 269.7 272.2 268.9 268.8 267.2 268.3 271.4 273.8 273.2 273.7 270.3 272.1 273.7 273.1 271.5 270.9 270.7 270.1 269.9 270.9 272.7 273.2 273.5 273.7 272.7 273.0 273.8 272.3 271.3 273.1 134 Arctic Archipelago 266.6 263.2 265.8 265.8 263.3 262.8 261.2 255.6 258.6 264.9 263.2 264.0 258.1 258.3 261.3 261.7 260.9 262.0 261.7 259.0 256.3 256.6 258.3 265.8 269.0 268.4 266.0 265.0 266.2 262.6 259.8 136 Foxe Basin 268.3 266.2 269.2 270.2 267.9 267.0 267.1 264.6 261.2 257.0 263.3 260.3 261.6 249.8 257.6 265.6 270.5 271.3 270.4 269.1 267.7 264.7 261.3 257.1 266.6 269.6 267.2 266.9 267.5 269.0 263.0 138 Baffin Bay 245.3 244.3 244.1 243.6 245.8 241.7 237.5 235.0 231.2 229.7 234.3 232.4 233.3 238.7 242.2 245.6 244.0 243.9 243.5 241.4 237.8 236.6 236.3 241.9 245.1 243.4 243.7 241.9 240.3 237.7 235.9 139 South Greenland 247.3 247.1 242.6 242.6 251.2 251.5 248.7 246.3 243.7 240.9 240.1 247.6 254.6 254.4 254.6 251.3 248.9 254.6 260.5 260.2 255.0 255.1 252.4 245.4 246.3 251.4 247.4 244.3 250.3 249.1 252.4 140 Greenland Sea 233.6 239.1 241.3 233.6 233.3 234.9 237.1 239.0 239.5 236.4 235.6 236.0 240.0 248.7 250.9 249.9 248.3 247.6 246.5 246.0 237.2 237.1 243.5 243.4 239.4 239.5 243.5 244.2 240.3 239.5 243.0 142 Norwegian Sea 246.0 246.4 240.2 244.8 242.8 239.1 239.1 240.2 252.8 257.8 256.5 254.7 253.9 246.4 245.5 247.4 255.3 252.1 250.8 248.2 254.8 259.8 258.5 252.9 250.4 248.5 248.3 252.8 253.9 253.6 253.6 144 Barents Sea 250.8 246.5 249.5 254.0 252.5 251.6 255.1 258.5 254.9 251.0 251.7 253.5 254.3 249.8 243.9 242.6 242.8 244.2 241.4 241.0 244.0 242.3 248.1 255.3 256.0 251.3 249.3 248.3 252.9 254.2 252.7 146 Kara Sea 262.4 262.4 259.9 260.2 261.4 263.7 264.1 264.5 264.1 263.8 261.8 261.3 261.8 261.9 263.5 262.9 262.5 264.3 263.7 263.1 263.4 265.3 264.5 263.4 263.2 263.1 263.5 264.9 264.9 264.7 264.6 148 Laptev Sea 252.3 255.1 255.5 253.6 251.6 250.4 251.8 254.3 254.3 253.6 252.7 254.5 252.7 251.7 251.3 252.3 252.3 251.1 255.8 258.1 255.6 254.6 256.5 258.3 258.7 256.5 254.8 255.7 257.3 261.0 261.5 150 East Siberian Sea 247.1 247.3 247.1 249.7 248.0 248.6 251.4 253.8 250.1 249.8 252.9 252.6 251.7 250.7 253.4 255.0 253.5 250.2 250.1 250.5 248.9 247.6 249.8 254.3 254.1 257.8 255.7 257.5 261.6 257.3 262.1 152 Gulf of Alaska 269.8 271.8 267.1 265.1 265.9 270.7 273.7 273.6 271.4 272.3 268.3 270.2 270.4 271.3 269.6 268.8 272.8 271.4 269.6 268.2 271.4 272.4 272.4 272.8 271.3 272.0 272.2 272.9 271.1 271.4 272.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 272.6 269.5 267.5 264.7 265.9 273.0 272.9 271.5 271.2 270.2 266.9 264.8 267.6 270.3 268.1 271.9 273.8 272.4 271.0 272.3 272.8 272.6 271.5 271.7 268.4 270.3 272.0 271.0 270.6 273.1 272.5