1998 08 - 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 259.7 259.5 259.6 259.1 258.8 260.1 260.2 259.0 258.4 259.5 258.4 257.5 256.9 256.7 256.9 256.6 256.7 256.1 258.3 258.5 258.2 258.0 257.8 258.2 257.9 257.5 256.2 257.2 256.9 257.7 258.3 34 Hudson Bay 276.2 276.3 276.5 276.6 276.7 276.5 277.0 276.9 276.8 276.1 275.8 276.2 276.3 276.2 275.9 276.0 274.7 274.1 275.3 276.9 276.5 276.1 276.8 277.4 276.9 277.1 277.3 277.0 277.1 276.6 277.3 36 Hudson Strait 275.8 275.2 274.9 274.6 275.1 276.7 275.9 276.0 275.1 274.5 274.4 273.5 273.5 274.2 273.1 274.8 274.3 271.4 268.7 268.6 272.6 275.0 274.0 274.1 275.3 275.0 276.0 275.6 275.2 275.8 275.1 98 Bering Strait 259.5 252.2 245.2 243.0 241.8 243.5 243.4 248.8 251.2 260.5 258.0 255.6 253.6 252.9 253.7 253.0 260.5 261.8 258.4 255.0 250.5 252.1 254.3 256.9 255.2 257.4 253.9 256.0 253.0 251.3 250.7 128 Arctic subocean 227.9 235.9 236.1 232.2 233.2 238.2 237.2 233.9 236.0 233.0 232.4 235.5 236.1 236.6 237.9 235.6 230.0 230.1 229.5 232.8 232.0 233.9 233.9 232.3 234.3 234.8 229.7 228.0 224.6 222.0 226.2 130 Chukchi Sea 248.9 238.4 230.1 228.8 233.1 239.0 239.3 236.1 242.8 252.9 240.6 242.9 242.5 243.4 241.3 244.0 252.4 251.5 250.6 248.1 241.9 241.9 245.8 250.7 251.2 246.5 250.2 248.4 243.2 242.9 242.5 132 Beaufort Sea 269.6 269.2 267.2 265.3 264.2 264.1 263.3 261.6 259.9 262.6 266.7 264.7 267.4 265.7 264.8 263.1 264.6 271.1 273.1 270.1 267.7 269.1 271.6 270.5 269.7 268.1 266.7 267.8 268.5 269.5 268.1 134 Arctic Archipelago 249.9 253.7 257.0 258.3 258.2 255.5 252.0 251.9 247.4 244.6 241.9 245.3 245.3 248.2 250.3 249.2 240.9 240.4 247.6 256.7 257.7 254.5 258.8 258.3 256.6 254.9 253.3 254.1 253.0 251.4 254.7 136 Foxe Basin 263.8 260.4 259.9 266.1 269.1 265.1 263.0 269.5 266.2 264.4 259.5 256.4 256.6 251.3 248.5 248.0 249.1 238.1 232.9 235.6 250.6 260.9 260.0 261.8 261.6 259.8 260.5 260.4 259.6 262.6 260.9 138 Baffin Bay 229.2 237.3 240.0 236.6 234.0 247.8 241.6 235.6 238.6 240.3 237.7 238.2 238.9 239.4 246.8 239.3 230.4 227.2 227.9 227.8 228.6 231.2 232.5 231.4 230.0 228.6 227.8 227.9 230.0 225.4 228.9 139 South Greenland 260.7 251.6 249.1 247.7 246.5 259.8 265.4 257.7 254.5 256.2 253.1 251.3 248.9 243.9 240.0 240.4 242.1 242.1 242.9 244.3 246.2 245.0 241.8 239.7 241.0 240.5 235.0 233.1 238.1 245.4 257.9 140 Greenland Sea 241.2 251.0 248.9 240.6 234.9 241.8 250.2 247.8 242.5 243.2 245.6 247.1 244.5 246.2 249.3 244.7 237.8 238.3 243.2 243.7 241.5 241.6 243.6 240.9 240.3 238.7 232.1 228.6 223.3 224.3 232.4 142 Norwegian Sea 236.3 246.6 253.4 255.6 251.1 248.7 246.9 248.8 246.8 253.7 247.5 246.3 241.9 243.8 249.1 254.7 257.2 247.0 248.4 257.8 258.0 261.5 264.7 255.7 252.1 248.7 243.2 241.5 242.4 239.3 238.9 144 Barents Sea 251.5 244.1 241.5 240.3 245.0 250.9 248.7 247.8 245.8 245.4 246.4 247.1 241.3 242.6 242.4 238.8 245.0 251.0 243.6 242.5 244.4 242.8 243.5 252.7 246.3 239.9 239.0 239.6 243.6 243.1 237.6 146 Kara Sea 263.5 264.5 265.2 264.8 263.6 262.4 262.4 262.7 264.0 265.1 262.6 260.6 260.7 260.5 260.6 259.6 258.8 258.4 261.8 262.8 264.0 264.4 261.2 259.1 258.1 258.9 260.7 260.3 261.2 264.6 262.6 148 Laptev Sea 253.7 254.7 257.4 259.8 260.2 260.5 258.7 252.6 249.7 251.4 251.8 249.9 248.2 249.2 249.6 253.4 254.3 247.1 255.7 254.2 250.5 247.7 247.3 250.1 253.6 252.1 248.2 255.7 251.3 250.8 253.8 150 East Siberian Sea 239.2 241.1 243.4 241.3 243.6 248.2 256.5 257.0 252.7 248.5 244.7 244.3 244.7 243.0 241.6 241.6 246.2 247.6 245.8 242.0 244.5 246.7 249.1 250.4 250.3 254.4 246.7 245.0 245.1 246.8 246.8 152 Gulf of Alaska 270.9 267.2 264.2 261.1 257.6 251.4 252.1 255.0 264.0 272.1 271.3 271.9 269.5 267.3 270.1 271.1 272.6 271.1 267.4 268.3 270.7 263.2 258.8 261.0 264.3 264.6 261.3 269.2 268.4 260.4 262.7 154 Southeast Bering Sea 272.5 265.4 266.4 264.2 261.7 258.9 256.8 262.4 269.9 273.1 272.6 272.5 269.9 270.7 271.9 272.7 272.1 269.2 268.3 271.8 266.7 262.7 263.7 269.7 268.6 265.3 268.9 269.5 264.9 260.9 261.0