2000 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 258.6 257.2 257.3 257.4 257.6 257.2 256.7 256.9 257.5 257.2 256.0 256.1 255.6 254.9 254.6 255.3 256.6 256.2 256.8 258.7 259.8 259.0 257.9 257.3 257.1 257.6 258.5 258.2 258.0 258.9 259.7 34 Hudson Bay 274.3 275.4 276.3 276.0 276.3 276.7 276.8 277.2 277.9 278.1 277.6 276.6 275.6 275.9 275.7 274.2 274.7 275.0 275.5 276.3 276.8 277.4 277.2 276.8 276.0 276.1 276.7 276.5 276.0 275.0 274.9 36 Hudson Strait 274.1 274.3 273.3 272.5 272.1 273.1 274.6 273.7 274.2 276.3 276.3 275.4 274.6 272.5 273.2 269.9 268.4 268.9 270.9 273.3 273.5 272.5 272.8 273.6 274.6 272.9 272.7 273.8 274.4 273.9 273.7 98 Bering Strait 258.6 254.7 252.7 255.0 258.3 256.9 255.9 255.1 252.3 249.4 249.2 260.1 258.9 250.3 252.9 262.7 260.1 254.5 252.5 258.7 258.7 258.1 246.4 246.2 247.7 242.4 247.0 253.5 256.5 257.4 261.6 128 Arctic subocean 237.8 235.1 236.1 233.5 231.3 229.4 229.0 229.0 229.5 229.9 226.6 226.4 223.0 222.5 228.3 233.6 228.6 224.0 220.7 224.7 227.6 227.7 230.7 232.3 231.8 234.0 237.1 234.2 232.5 233.4 232.0 130 Chukchi Sea 251.2 251.3 251.7 251.2 250.3 247.2 246.9 249.4 245.1 237.7 238.2 238.9 244.0 236.7 249.8 255.1 243.4 235.2 237.6 236.3 235.3 235.4 230.5 228.9 227.0 231.9 236.1 247.2 252.9 256.0 252.0 132 Beaufort Sea 270.8 271.1 269.0 267.5 270.4 270.4 269.3 269.3 268.7 267.8 264.9 266.0 270.6 267.8 263.8 266.6 270.4 268.5 267.4 269.4 269.5 269.6 268.2 262.5 265.6 265.6 263.5 265.9 263.4 261.9 260.6 134 Arctic Archipelago 248.4 249.7 250.4 250.2 248.9 250.3 251.0 251.0 255.7 260.8 256.1 250.7 242.5 246.3 240.8 239.6 243.5 245.2 247.9 251.0 248.8 246.4 254.8 255.5 248.4 251.7 258.7 257.7 256.1 256.3 255.8 136 Foxe Basin 265.0 260.4 249.2 240.1 237.8 242.8 243.6 248.4 262.9 268.4 267.2 261.2 250.9 238.4 239.3 235.1 234.1 234.1 238.2 245.2 248.2 238.1 244.9 253.3 259.3 255.1 248.2 254.1 265.1 266.0 265.4 138 Baffin Bay 243.9 239.5 234.8 236.6 233.4 230.0 224.0 220.8 223.9 222.0 221.4 223.4 221.5 222.9 230.0 240.3 239.6 231.9 228.1 226.3 228.5 233.0 229.8 228.8 231.7 237.6 234.0 227.1 226.7 229.1 228.0 139 South Greenland 250.7 250.0 246.2 241.4 239.9 240.2 237.8 235.5 232.6 238.4 241.9 244.3 241.7 241.3 244.7 246.9 249.0 248.4 245.7 243.4 241.7 242.2 239.9 235.7 236.6 238.1 241.0 236.9 239.4 247.1 250.7 140 Greenland Sea 243.6 242.3 248.0 243.7 236.3 228.8 227.5 229.7 230.1 227.8 227.6 230.3 227.9 232.2 237.2 240.0 240.4 239.0 239.8 246.3 246.5 241.1 238.4 236.9 234.3 230.9 231.6 233.6 235.6 234.5 231.6 142 Norwegian Sea 240.2 239.9 239.7 236.7 238.7 239.1 242.5 250.9 243.9 237.4 228.5 227.4 228.6 230.0 242.8 238.2 239.5 241.8 247.3 253.4 252.6 257.7 258.7 260.2 262.6 257.8 257.7 249.8 252.4 254.9 253.1 144 Barents Sea 244.0 237.8 244.2 245.5 244.3 240.9 241.1 241.0 248.5 253.7 248.3 249.8 249.2 246.1 237.8 238.1 236.7 237.7 239.0 239.2 246.1 246.4 253.4 250.4 251.5 255.0 258.0 253.8 251.9 251.7 255.0 146 Kara Sea 260.2 259.3 259.7 260.2 260.7 262.1 263.2 263.3 262.7 261.4 260.1 259.4 259.5 259.7 259.6 259.1 259.8 260.3 259.7 261.8 265.5 263.4 261.8 260.1 259.1 259.1 258.4 259.6 261.0 264.2 265.0 148 Laptev Sea 254.5 251.2 251.2 252.7 252.0 249.3 247.5 250.1 252.7 251.1 249.5 248.0 247.6 246.7 246.8 246.9 252.6 254.4 259.8 260.8 257.9 256.7 254.8 257.5 258.3 259.5 260.6 255.9 252.1 251.4 253.2 150 East Siberian Sea 243.7 240.3 243.2 246.4 249.5 250.5 247.3 244.7 242.0 238.6 238.9 236.7 238.2 242.6 241.0 237.3 237.2 236.6 236.2 241.0 244.7 245.7 243.4 247.5 248.6 251.5 257.8 257.1 254.2 251.3 252.6 152 Gulf of Alaska 270.2 267.8 263.6 266.6 268.1 265.1 264.8 261.7 261.0 259.9 261.3 272.7 272.4 268.5 262.5 268.5 269.8 268.7 269.1 271.4 271.1 271.0 264.8 266.2 259.8 259.9 253.7 256.0 260.5 264.8 268.1 154 Southeast Bering Sea 268.8 266.8 265.7 268.2 267.0 265.3 264.3 263.9 263.4 264.5 269.8 273.3 272.5 268.1 268.6 273.1 272.2 269.4 271.8 273.1 272.9 266.6 264.0 265.2 262.6 258.8 258.6 260.3 269.0 269.7 270.1