1998 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 263.2 262.4 262.2 261.8 262.3 262.8 263.2 262.9 261.7 261.6 261.6 261.4 261.4 261.5 262.5 262.3 262.4 262.0 261.6 261.6 262.0 262.9 262.9 262.0 261.4 261.6 262.2 261.8 261.2 261.7 262.6 34 Hudson Bay 280.2 279.9 279.8 279.5 278.9 278.4 278.3 277.8 278.7 279.2 279.3 279.4 278.9 278.5 277.9 277.5 278.4 279.0 278.9 278.8 278.8 278.5 278.7 279.2 279.5 279.2 279.1 279.1 278.5 278.3 278.7 36 Hudson Strait 278.9 278.9 279.0 279.0 278.2 275.5 274.8 274.8 276.4 275.7 276.4 276.6 277.3 278.4 277.2 276.1 276.4 275.1 274.9 276.5 275.2 274.4 274.3 274.8 274.9 275.7 277.2 277.5 277.0 277.6 277.1 98 Bering Strait 268.8 271.9 271.0 269.7 268.5 268.7 269.5 268.7 267.8 268.1 267.2 265.0 264.0 262.9 266.8 263.1 260.8 261.7 261.5 260.0 257.8 258.9 257.4 256.6 258.7 260.4 259.6 257.6 259.0 261.1 261.3 128 Arctic subocean 225.2 226.5 228.6 232.7 240.0 243.3 244.5 243.4 236.4 234.8 232.7 229.6 230.0 232.4 243.2 244.4 242.9 237.1 237.0 239.3 231.0 234.0 236.0 236.6 238.9 239.0 237.0 235.0 242.8 244.9 232.1 130 Chukchi Sea 265.3 264.1 266.3 265.0 258.8 255.1 249.9 252.6 249.7 253.4 254.1 254.0 245.5 248.3 250.8 242.4 242.0 243.6 238.9 234.4 232.8 234.4 233.0 237.1 236.5 247.8 244.3 241.6 243.8 243.5 243.5 132 Beaufort Sea 267.6 268.9 271.8 272.8 273.3 272.9 273.0 272.7 272.8 272.2 271.3 269.4 268.8 267.7 270.5 271.7 270.5 268.9 268.6 269.6 270.9 271.2 271.7 272.1 271.4 271.2 271.7 271.2 270.4 271.3 271.2 134 Arctic Archipelago 254.6 251.0 253.1 252.0 254.8 256.8 257.4 263.0 263.9 265.4 265.8 261.2 254.2 254.4 252.4 257.6 258.4 259.2 255.6 258.3 257.3 265.3 268.3 267.9 267.9 268.9 269.7 269.0 268.6 266.8 265.0 136 Foxe Basin 273.0 272.2 270.3 266.7 259.8 256.8 256.3 263.0 260.8 264.6 270.3 271.1 270.8 264.8 263.8 263.6 265.2 269.3 266.9 262.7 264.1 269.2 269.6 270.3 269.0 268.0 269.6 270.8 268.3 268.3 269.1 138 Baffin Bay 239.3 240.2 241.9 230.7 227.8 234.6 237.9 238.0 229.4 227.8 232.5 229.6 228.9 230.4 242.7 248.6 250.3 246.5 241.5 248.4 241.8 238.4 237.5 232.9 232.4 241.2 248.6 243.4 243.7 251.5 247.2 139 South Greenland 256.8 257.3 250.9 248.4 247.4 241.6 241.3 245.7 242.2 238.6 238.3 237.1 246.0 251.4 258.6 253.1 252.9 254.7 253.0 251.0 250.9 250.9 247.7 244.3 235.1 235.1 246.7 249.0 244.0 244.0 254.3 140 Greenland Sea 233.2 233.0 231.9 231.3 236.0 248.7 240.8 240.7 235.9 232.1 229.6 227.0 229.3 233.6 248.7 253.0 254.0 250.9 249.3 246.6 242.7 238.6 236.1 231.3 230.5 231.9 233.1 236.9 238.7 236.8 234.2 142 Norwegian Sea 268.4 268.2 266.6 266.9 268.2 266.1 265.0 267.5 263.6 264.4 267.0 268.7 268.5 266.6 267.3 266.8 262.6 263.3 264.4 264.7 265.7 265.5 267.1 266.2 265.4 264.5 263.0 264.8 266.0 264.3 260.7 144 Barents Sea 259.3 262.4 263.2 264.1 263.8 261.5 258.8 257.1 257.2 257.1 255.9 256.9 255.9 256.5 259.6 260.6 256.8 254.0 252.3 252.5 255.8 259.6 260.2 257.6 258.7 259.1 258.3 260.0 259.7 259.2 258.9 146 Kara Sea 263.9 262.9 262.6 263.7 264.2 263.5 264.1 264.1 264.5 264.2 264.1 263.7 264.4 264.9 264.2 262.9 263.1 263.1 263.0 262.9 263.5 264.1 263.5 262.9 263.0 261.9 262.6 262.4 260.9 262.1 266.1 148 Laptev Sea 256.8 253.5 253.3 253.7 256.0 258.4 260.7 256.0 252.6 254.2 255.6 258.8 259.2 258.5 256.8 257.2 257.6 255.9 255.8 257.0 259.2 260.6 262.1 260.0 257.7 258.1 257.0 255.9 254.4 253.4 251.2 150 East Siberian Sea 258.8 252.4 248.5 245.1 245.6 254.1 256.5 258.5 251.6 248.8 247.6 248.1 246.6 243.9 241.7 241.3 246.2 247.4 253.8 247.9 251.7 252.6 253.1 252.2 253.7 250.6 248.0 245.1 248.5 252.2 251.3 152 Gulf of Alaska 272.8 273.9 273.8 273.8 274.7 274.6 274.4 273.5 272.9 273.4 272.3 271.4 272.2 272.3 273.7 273.9 271.1 270.7 271.2 272.4 270.5 270.3 270.5 269.4 269.5 270.1 272.0 273.1 273.0 272.0 273.6 154 Southeast Bering Sea 274.9 275.3 275.1 275.1 273.8 272.8 272.6 271.6 272.6 274.4 272.9 272.7 272.7 273.1 273.3 271.1 269.5 271.2 269.7 272.0 268.7 268.0 267.7 269.4 269.6 271.8 272.9 272.7 270.7 271.1 274.0