1998 12 - 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 269.4 269.8 270.4 270.5 270.4 270.4 270.6 270.1 270.1 270.4 270.4 270.8 270.6 270.1 269.9 269.9 270.5 270.8 270.5 270.7 270.7 271.2 271.2 271.3 271.1 271.3 271.2 271.0 271.0 270.5 271.0 34 Hudson Bay 278.3 277.9 277.6 278.2 278.5 278.3 278.3 278.3 278.1 278.0 278.2 277.8 277.7 278.1 278.1 278.0 278.5 278.5 278.5 278.6 278.6 278.0 278.0 278.1 278.1 278.4 278.9 279.1 279.0 278.8 279.0 36 Hudson Strait 275.4 275.0 275.5 275.7 277.0 276.8 276.5 275.2 277.7 277.1 276.2 276.8 276.7 276.1 276.9 276.2 275.4 277.6 276.7 276.5 276.2 276.2 275.5 276.4 276.4 276.5 276.5 277.1 277.1 276.8 277.1 98 Bering Strait 269.3 271.6 270.7 270.9 271.8 272.4 272.2 271.8 270.8 271.1 270.5 271.2 270.7 272.0 271.3 271.1 270.7 271.2 271.7 271.5 272.0 272.4 271.8 270.2 270.5 270.3 268.7 268.9 270.7 270.1 269.9 128 Arctic subocean 262.4 263.0 265.0 264.4 263.5 261.3 259.1 259.0 258.1 261.0 262.0 263.6 265.5 264.4 264.4 263.4 263.3 262.1 261.1 262.0 262.0 262.7 263.7 262.2 260.6 260.6 261.0 260.5 261.4 262.4 261.6 130 Chukchi Sea 271.0 267.8 267.3 270.6 273.3 272.9 272.4 269.9 269.7 269.4 271.2 269.8 271.0 271.7 270.9 271.6 271.5 270.4 270.0 270.1 272.2 271.9 269.7 269.4 269.6 268.7 267.3 269.2 269.8 265.3 270.2 132 Beaufort Sea 273.2 272.7 273.5 273.8 273.3 273.3 273.4 273.4 274.0 274.0 273.2 273.0 273.2 273.6 273.9 274.4 274.4 274.3 274.0 273.7 273.7 273.6 273.7 272.7 272.2 273.5 273.5 273.5 273.4 273.0 272.9 134 Arctic Archipelago 265.8 268.8 269.0 269.2 268.1 267.7 268.7 269.2 269.9 270.9 270.2 269.2 269.9 268.6 268.6 268.9 269.4 269.9 269.6 269.5 269.5 269.5 269.4 268.9 268.5 268.7 269.4 269.8 269.6 269.9 270.5 136 Foxe Basin 271.3 270.3 270.8 268.8 269.7 268.7 268.3 269.0 272.9 271.0 271.0 271.1 270.1 270.9 268.2 270.0 270.0 271.4 272.1 271.8 271.0 271.4 271.2 270.9 269.7 270.3 271.8 271.7 272.1 272.1 272.8 138 Baffin Bay 269.5 269.6 270.6 270.1 269.4 268.3 267.1 266.4 267.1 268.8 270.1 270.4 270.3 270.7 270.4 270.6 270.1 270.1 269.2 268.7 269.0 269.7 270.1 269.7 267.9 267.5 267.8 267.1 267.1 266.5 269.7 139 South Greenland 269.9 269.1 269.2 268.6 268.0 268.9 269.6 267.7 267.5 270.3 271.2 271.0 269.9 270.1 269.6 268.9 270.2 270.2 267.9 270.7 270.3 270.2 268.9 269.9 269.8 269.6 269.4 268.5 268.0 267.4 270.1 140 Greenland Sea 265.7 268.5 268.6 266.8 266.5 263.3 262.9 263.3 261.8 261.1 265.2 266.5 265.8 265.5 265.7 265.4 264.9 266.2 265.4 265.9 265.7 265.7 265.0 264.0 264.1 263.9 264.9 264.6 264.5 264.1 263.5 142 Norwegian Sea 266.2 270.4 270.1 268.8 269.6 269.3 270.9 269.4 268.7 269.0 268.5 269.3 268.9 269.1 268.9 268.6 268.6 269.1 269.4 269.0 269.2 269.1 269.9 269.0 268.9 270.5 271.0 271.6 271.9 271.9 271.9 144 Barents Sea 260.7 261.0 262.6 263.0 263.3 264.6 265.2 265.4 265.5 265.0 264.6 265.4 265.5 261.1 261.4 261.8 264.9 265.1 263.2 264.3 263.9 264.1 265.4 264.5 265.8 267.2 267.5 267.2 267.8 267.2 268.3 146 Kara Sea 269.1 269.9 270.5 270.4 269.8 269.9 270.4 269.8 269.9 270.4 270.7 271.2 270.4 270.0 269.8 269.7 269.9 270.4 270.5 270.1 269.6 270.6 270.5 272.3 272.5 272.4 272.0 271.1 270.7 270.4 270.5 148 Laptev Sea 264.8 264.6 265.7 266.3 266.1 266.3 267.3 266.4 265.9 265.1 264.4 265.6 266.0 264.8 264.4 265.2 266.9 265.9 266.0 265.5 266.6 268.7 269.1 268.2 267.6 267.3 268.1 267.6 267.5 266.3 267.0 150 East Siberian Sea 265.8 266.3 268.9 269.6 269.6 268.7 267.4 266.4 266.2 268.6 266.5 268.1 267.5 266.6 266.4 263.7 265.7 269.2 268.2 271.4 270.8 271.0 270.9 270.0 268.9 270.0 267.7 268.6 269.7 269.7 269.3 152 Gulf of Alaska 271.7 272.2 271.9 271.5 272.2 272.7 273.1 273.2 272.7 272.3 272.5 272.6 273.1 273.4 273.4 273.1 272.8 272.6 272.4 271.9 272.1 272.7 273.2 272.9 272.7 271.9 272.0 272.0 272.2 271.8 272.1 154 Southeast Bering Sea 272.6 272.6 272.0 271.8 273.5 273.8 274.0 273.7 272.3 273.2 273.7 272.9 273.6 274.1 273.5 272.9 272.5 272.4 271.7 272.2 272.9 274.1 274.1 273.5 272.7 272.1 273.0 272.0 272.3 272.3 273.4