1999 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 268.8 268.7 268.8 269.0 268.9 269.3 269.9 269.8 269.9 269.8 269.7 269.7 270.0 270.0 270.0 270.3 270.7 270.9 270.5 270.5 270.3 270.4 270.8 270.5 270.5 270.7 270.6 270.9 270.3 270.5 270.8 34 Hudson Bay 278.0 277.9 277.6 277.8 277.9 278.0 278.2 278.3 278.5 278.6 278.6 278.3 277.4 277.5 277.9 277.8 277.9 278.5 278.8 279.0 278.4 278.0 278.3 278.4 278.3 278.2 277.8 278.3 278.5 278.2 278.1 36 Hudson Strait 277.3 277.1 276.4 275.4 276.6 276.4 275.6 276.6 276.7 276.7 278.0 278.1 276.9 276.3 276.6 275.6 275.7 275.7 276.0 276.9 277.2 278.2 277.7 277.2 278.3 279.5 278.3 278.2 277.8 277.1 276.3 98 Bering Strait 271.7 271.9 270.3 270.0 271.6 271.0 270.9 271.3 271.0 270.5 270.9 270.8 272.5 272.1 270.5 271.0 272.1 272.2 270.7 270.8 272.2 271.7 271.5 271.2 270.7 271.6 271.6 271.4 271.1 271.7 271.8 128 Arctic subocean 254.1 255.4 259.4 259.1 261.4 259.0 261.0 260.3 259.7 260.6 259.2 260.9 260.8 260.9 263.3 265.3 264.6 262.6 261.0 261.2 261.9 261.9 263.6 263.4 261.6 263.1 263.9 262.1 260.2 260.2 261.5 130 Chukchi Sea 270.2 268.1 265.8 270.1 271.4 269.6 270.8 270.7 270.4 265.8 270.5 271.5 272.0 268.8 265.4 269.4 269.4 269.0 267.2 272.0 270.7 271.4 270.6 269.6 270.4 270.8 269.6 270.1 272.0 270.8 271.8 132 Beaufort Sea 273.3 274.8 274.8 273.3 273.5 273.5 273.2 272.8 273.3 273.0 272.4 272.4 273.3 274.3 273.9 272.9 273.8 274.6 273.9 273.1 272.8 273.5 273.6 273.3 272.9 272.8 273.4 273.3 272.6 272.5 273.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 266.9 268.4 271.7 272.1 270.9 270.2 269.9 268.9 269.0 267.8 267.9 267.8 268.4 269.0 269.0 268.6 269.6 269.8 269.5 270.2 269.6 269.3 270.5 269.3 269.2 270.2 270.6 269.8 269.5 268.2 269.0 136 Foxe Basin 269.9 267.5 269.8 272.1 272.5 271.4 270.2 269.8 270.7 270.2 272.1 271.2 272.0 271.0 270.7 270.3 271.6 270.1 271.2 270.1 270.7 271.4 272.6 271.0 271.0 273.2 272.8 272.5 270.7 272.0 272.1 138 Baffin Bay 265.8 263.2 265.4 269.0 267.4 270.2 269.7 267.1 266.4 266.3 266.7 268.0 269.3 270.5 271.2 271.4 270.9 269.6 269.1 268.4 268.5 267.9 268.6 268.1 267.4 268.2 269.4 269.6 267.8 267.2 268.4 139 South Greenland 267.7 266.3 265.5 267.8 268.6 265.8 270.3 271.1 269.9 269.0 269.0 269.6 270.8 271.9 271.2 270.0 271.0 271.4 270.8 269.8 269.9 269.9 268.9 268.1 268.5 269.8 271.5 272.2 271.4 270.4 270.9 140 Greenland Sea 259.6 259.8 258.6 258.1 259.6 259.0 261.6 262.4 263.2 264.2 263.1 263.7 262.9 264.5 267.1 267.4 266.9 266.8 266.5 266.4 266.0 266.6 265.5 264.8 263.8 264.7 263.7 264.6 263.7 263.9 266.2 142 Norwegian Sea 264.2 264.7 266.1 264.0 264.8 263.6 265.6 266.0 268.5 268.5 269.5 269.5 269.5 269.7 268.5 267.8 267.4 267.1 268.4 270.1 269.9 270.7 268.5 269.0 269.1 267.4 268.9 269.6 269.5 269.2 269.6 144 Barents Sea 263.6 261.3 260.3 263.2 262.0 263.6 265.6 265.5 265.0 264.8 264.9 266.5 266.7 265.1 265.8 265.9 265.0 264.1 263.6 264.1 265.4 264.2 263.4 264.1 264.8 263.8 263.8 264.1 264.2 264.4 264.6 146 Kara Sea 268.3 268.2 268.5 268.1 267.9 268.1 269.7 270.0 270.2 270.2 269.2 268.9 269.0 269.5 269.6 271.0 271.3 270.6 270.2 270.2 270.2 270.1 270.3 270.1 270.4 270.4 270.3 270.5 270.4 271.1 271.2 148 Laptev Sea 263.1 263.4 262.4 262.5 262.0 264.3 263.4 262.7 263.2 263.8 264.3 264.6 264.6 263.5 263.7 264.2 264.1 266.1 265.1 265.1 264.2 265.2 267.5 266.8 267.0 267.0 265.8 267.4 264.8 266.0 266.1 150 East Siberian Sea 264.5 265.3 267.9 268.0 267.6 268.0 268.1 267.7 266.8 267.5 267.3 266.8 267.3 266.7 265.9 265.6 267.5 269.0 270.0 269.7 268.4 267.5 267.8 268.9 268.4 268.5 267.7 267.4 267.7 267.7 268.2 152 Gulf of Alaska 273.7 272.8 271.2 271.3 272.3 272.5 272.2 272.4 272.2 272.4 272.3 272.1 273.1 274.2 273.9 273.7 273.5 273.3 272.3 271.7 273.5 273.7 273.5 272.8 272.9 273.8 273.6 273.1 272.3 273.7 273.5 154 Southeast Bering Sea 273.5 272.1 272.7 272.9 273.9 273.6 273.6 273.6 274.1 274.5 273.0 273.1 275.0 274.8 274.5 273.5 273.2 273.1 272.9 274.3 274.3 274.8 274.3 274.2 274.1 274.8 274.4 273.7 274.9 274.2 275.2