1998 11 - 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 262.8 263.3 263.6 263.9 264.6 264.6 265.2 265.5 265.4 265.6 266.7 266.9 266.9 266.3 266.4 266.5 267.5 267.8 267.8 268.1 268.1 268.4 268.9 268.7 268.5 268.9 269.2 269.1 269.6 269.5 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 276.4 275.5 276.9 277.3 276.6 276.8 276.9 276.8 277.1 277.6 277.6 277.0 277.5 277.7 278.1 278.4 278.4 278.1 277.9 277.3 276.8 276.7 277.3 277.7 277.6 277.4 277.8 278.6 278.6 278.3 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 277.4 277.0 275.7 275.9 275.1 275.8 277.0 276.8 276.7 276.3 277.1 277.2 275.8 276.4 276.4 276.2 275.7 276.9 276.6 276.6 277.2 276.6 274.6 274.5 275.0 277.0 275.9 275.8 275.3 276.1 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 264.9 260.1 262.5 258.6 260.5 254.6 260.3 262.5 263.2 263.2 269.7 267.0 265.6 265.3 267.3 266.3 266.2 266.2 268.0 265.5 265.8 267.9 268.7 266.2 267.2 266.6 266.5 265.8 269.0 269.9 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 241.7 243.8 243.6 248.5 249.0 250.7 252.3 254.7 252.2 255.6 258.1 253.1 253.4 255.1 253.5 254.1 253.5 253.8 255.8 255.8 253.6 253.8 256.3 255.4 252.3 253.3 253.8 258.0 260.3 262.9 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 253.0 257.2 250.3 249.2 239.9 246.2 255.5 256.9 253.7 262.9 268.1 263.2 259.0 261.1 261.8 260.8 259.8 265.7 261.4 258.7 260.4 261.7 260.3 258.0 261.2 259.9 256.2 264.7 270.5 263.4 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 264.6 268.3 269.4 268.9 270.5 267.9 269.6 268.0 268.5 269.1 269.5 273.0 272.6 271.7 269.8 271.2 271.0 270.9 269.2 268.9 268.8 269.4 271.7 271.4 270.7 273.3 272.9 271.5 271.0 272.3 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 248.3 252.9 257.4 262.7 263.6 266.4 266.3 267.4 262.2 263.3 265.9 264.5 268.5 268.4 266.9 265.0 263.1 262.5 263.6 264.8 264.2 260.5 260.0 262.2 261.7 264.9 266.3 264.0 263.8 264.9 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 258.7 263.4 261.2 261.9 268.0 269.5 270.2 269.5 271.0 271.3 271.2 270.8 268.6 269.5 269.9 268.4 268.0 266.3 266.1 266.0 268.8 268.7 268.8 267.7 265.4 268.3 270.4 270.0 269.9 269.4 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 252.3 254.0 246.8 248.8 255.5 259.6 259.5 267.8 269.0 269.6 269.5 265.2 260.7 261.3 261.8 259.9 261.6 261.3 262.7 263.5 262.2 262.6 264.9 266.2 263.9 264.0 264.3 266.6 270.4 270.4 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 265.7 260.2 261.3 261.6 259.7 262.2 264.1 263.8 265.6 265.9 267.3 268.7 268.5 266.6 265.5 263.9 264.4 264.6 267.7 267.0 265.1 265.5 266.0 269.5 266.7 265.4 266.5 269.7 270.7 270.1 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 251.6 258.2 256.3 257.1 257.7 254.8 254.4 252.9 256.4 260.5 260.1 259.7 260.4 261.1 259.0 260.2 260.0 261.0 260.4 259.1 261.4 264.3 260.3 259.2 259.8 259.7 258.5 260.6 264.9 266.5 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 258.0 263.6 262.2 259.2 260.2 262.1 260.9 259.7 255.9 256.9 258.5 261.6 259.5 256.7 257.2 260.7 261.9 263.3 261.6 265.4 267.7 267.7 266.4 265.8 265.4 265.1 265.1 265.6 265.3 266.1 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 256.8 252.9 251.1 253.7 257.4 258.0 255.8 258.6 256.9 254.9 261.0 260.8 256.5 253.2 254.7 259.9 263.7 261.5 261.4 260.7 262.0 263.3 264.2 265.1 264.3 263.3 263.2 262.0 264.2 262.0 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 265.1 265.8 267.0 266.5 267.9 268.3 267.7 266.0 266.3 266.5 265.9 267.1 266.7 266.0 267.1 267.8 268.2 269.2 269.8 270.2 270.3 269.9 270.4 270.1 270.8 270.8 270.2 269.4 269.3 270.0 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 256.1 259.3 258.3 258.2 257.8 256.9 257.7 260.8 258.3 256.6 258.5 259.2 261.5 261.2 260.6 259.6 262.8 263.8 262.0 264.8 265.0 266.6 267.3 265.4 264.7 264.7 265.7 265.7 265.5 264.0 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 256.3 251.8 250.8 252.9 252.1 254.2 257.0 255.0 259.6 260.4 260.5 259.3 260.6 260.9 258.5 256.8 261.2 262.1 261.7 262.5 261.5 263.0 262.3 262.6 260.7 264.1 268.6 267.7 267.4 267.1 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 271.0 269.4 271.2 270.7 270.3 268.6 268.3 268.9 271.9 270.6 272.9 272.2 271.2 268.8 271.2 271.8 272.2 269.8 270.7 270.6 271.4 272.3 271.9 271.1 272.7 272.1 271.3 270.5 271.4 272.1 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 271.3 272.2 270.1 272.4 269.2 270.8 268.7 272.2 272.8 272.8 272.6 272.3 270.8 270.4 272.7 273.6 272.8 272.4 271.6 272.2 272.4 272.4 272.4 272.0 272.6 270.6 270.5 271.3 272.8 271.6 -9999.0