2000 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 270.0 269.9 270.0 270.0 270.2 270.1 270.2 270.1 269.9 270.0 269.9 269.9 270.4 270.1 270.0 270.4 270.1 270.5 270.6 270.9 271.0 270.9 270.8 270.7 270.6 270.9 271.4 271.8 272.0 271.5 271.3 34 Hudson Bay 278.4 279.0 279.0 278.9 278.6 278.4 278.2 278.0 278.2 278.4 278.0 277.9 278.0 278.5 278.5 279.0 279.0 279.3 278.9 278.2 278.3 278.3 278.4 278.4 278.3 278.5 279.0 279.4 279.7 279.4 278.9 36 Hudson Strait 276.3 276.3 277.4 277.3 276.4 276.9 276.2 275.4 275.2 276.9 276.5 275.9 276.5 276.4 276.0 277.5 277.6 277.1 276.6 277.1 276.3 275.8 276.1 276.7 276.9 276.4 276.0 275.6 276.1 277.3 277.0 98 Bering Strait 269.2 270.1 269.8 270.2 271.0 271.1 270.6 270.4 269.3 270.6 270.2 270.8 271.4 270.7 270.7 271.1 270.6 270.7 271.4 271.6 271.8 272.5 272.4 272.7 272.6 272.5 272.4 272.0 271.2 271.1 272.1 128 Arctic subocean 259.3 257.8 258.9 259.7 259.3 259.5 258.6 259.1 260.5 260.4 259.9 261.0 260.8 261.1 261.9 263.1 263.5 262.0 261.0 260.8 262.2 261.9 260.2 259.8 260.2 260.1 263.5 263.6 262.7 262.0 261.6 130 Chukchi Sea 268.2 265.4 266.3 268.7 270.5 269.3 264.4 267.1 266.7 267.3 266.6 268.8 269.4 270.3 270.3 268.2 268.9 270.3 271.0 270.8 271.0 271.3 271.3 271.2 271.5 271.6 271.6 271.5 270.9 270.7 270.9 132 Beaufort Sea 273.0 272.6 272.4 272.6 273.3 273.5 273.7 274.0 273.8 272.8 272.8 272.6 272.7 271.9 272.4 273.1 273.3 273.4 273.3 274.2 274.5 274.8 275.3 275.2 275.4 275.0 275.1 274.8 273.7 273.3 273.5 134 Arctic Archipelago 267.9 266.3 265.9 266.3 266.0 266.0 266.7 266.9 266.1 266.4 266.4 266.8 267.1 268.0 268.1 268.3 268.0 268.1 267.4 266.7 268.2 268.9 268.5 268.4 268.7 268.7 269.4 269.1 268.7 268.9 268.6 136 Foxe Basin 270.4 270.9 271.1 270.7 270.0 270.2 271.2 270.7 269.1 269.2 269.3 271.1 271.3 270.7 270.2 270.0 271.7 272.0 271.0 269.5 270.3 270.2 269.4 268.9 269.5 269.2 270.9 272.2 272.2 272.4 272.3 138 Baffin Bay 267.5 266.6 266.8 268.2 269.2 269.1 268.2 267.6 268.3 267.9 268.1 268.8 269.5 269.1 269.3 269.0 269.2 270.5 271.4 269.7 268.4 268.8 268.1 268.0 269.5 269.5 270.8 270.7 270.0 270.1 269.1 139 South Greenland 262.5 262.7 266.9 268.9 269.3 270.1 268.8 267.0 265.7 265.1 265.3 265.8 267.4 266.4 265.6 267.2 267.9 268.8 268.3 268.8 269.9 268.6 269.4 268.5 268.2 270.2 270.6 269.9 269.2 268.1 268.3 140 Greenland Sea 263.6 262.8 263.3 263.5 262.5 262.6 262.6 263.2 264.5 264.8 264.5 266.5 265.2 267.3 267.3 267.1 265.2 264.5 265.9 266.1 266.4 265.0 265.4 265.3 264.3 264.9 265.9 265.5 266.1 264.9 265.8 142 Norwegian Sea 266.5 266.7 264.4 263.7 266.1 268.9 265.1 263.9 264.4 265.6 264.1 266.1 267.8 269.0 269.0 270.0 269.4 268.6 268.1 267.7 267.2 267.9 268.4 267.0 267.0 270.2 270.7 270.7 270.9 270.6 269.4 144 Barents Sea 266.3 265.3 264.2 264.6 264.6 264.1 264.3 264.9 265.1 264.5 264.5 264.6 264.6 264.4 265.1 265.1 264.1 266.4 268.3 268.4 268.1 266.3 265.6 266.3 265.8 266.9 268.6 269.1 269.3 269.1 268.5 146 Kara Sea 269.7 269.6 269.9 270.1 270.9 270.7 270.5 270.6 270.2 270.0 270.0 269.8 270.5 270.0 269.4 269.5 269.5 269.8 270.7 271.7 272.0 271.4 270.9 270.7 270.0 270.5 270.6 271.4 272.0 271.1 270.9 148 Laptev Sea 266.9 267.6 266.9 265.5 265.0 264.6 266.7 265.9 266.5 266.9 266.5 265.6 266.5 266.0 265.7 266.2 265.4 265.7 265.1 265.2 264.6 265.4 265.5 265.6 265.6 265.7 266.4 268.4 269.5 269.6 268.2 150 East Siberian Sea 269.2 269.8 269.1 267.3 266.2 266.2 267.0 267.1 266.6 268.7 268.3 269.1 268.7 269.1 269.5 269.4 268.8 268.0 267.4 266.8 266.5 267.8 267.5 268.1 269.1 269.8 270.4 269.8 269.1 267.1 268.5 152 Gulf of Alaska 272.3 272.5 271.7 271.9 272.5 272.6 272.4 272.8 272.1 271.9 272.1 272.2 272.2 271.8 272.4 272.6 271.9 272.1 273.4 273.3 273.6 275.2 274.8 274.9 274.2 274.0 274.0 273.1 272.3 272.9 274.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 272.6 272.6 272.3 273.5 273.3 273.4 273.3 272.8 272.8 272.6 273.6 273.2 273.8 273.4 273.3 272.6 273.4 273.5 273.4 273.6 275.0 275.0 274.2 274.4 274.3 273.6 273.7 273.5 273.5 274.0 273.7