2002 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 259.6 258.6 257.6 257.8 257.2 258.0 258.3 258.4 258.6 259.4 259.2 258.5 258.8 259.7 259.9 259.1 259.5 259.7 258.6 258.0 257.5 257.2 257.3 257.6 258.1 258.3 258.3 257.7 257.1 257.5 258.6 34 Hudson Bay 276.8 276.7 277.3 277.7 277.4 276.8 276.3 275.9 276.1 276.0 276.1 276.7 277.0 277.0 277.1 277.2 277.7 277.5 277.0 277.1 276.3 275.1 274.9 274.9 275.1 275.4 275.8 276.7 277.5 278.0 277.8 36 Hudson Strait 275.8 275.1 274.8 274.6 274.2 275.3 275.4 275.3 274.5 274.5 274.2 272.9 272.8 273.9 272.8 272.8 274.8 275.2 274.6 274.4 273.4 270.9 270.0 268.2 269.1 270.1 272.5 271.5 271.5 274.6 276.1 98 Bering Strait 254.3 250.6 247.1 243.9 246.1 254.1 262.2 260.1 261.5 264.2 258.3 255.4 255.2 252.3 249.8 253.7 264.1 264.6 268.1 265.6 263.7 261.2 258.7 261.9 264.2 262.3 259.4 255.5 258.4 258.4 257.1 128 Arctic subocean 238.9 239.0 231.6 229.7 227.1 230.5 221.9 223.5 222.3 227.1 240.7 240.9 236.4 239.1 244.9 236.1 231.0 230.2 230.7 233.9 240.7 238.5 233.0 228.8 229.2 227.9 230.0 229.7 225.7 232.7 235.6 130 Chukchi Sea 240.4 235.3 230.3 225.0 228.5 239.1 248.4 257.7 262.8 246.6 232.8 231.5 235.1 230.7 233.9 249.7 251.5 259.4 266.5 266.2 254.7 241.2 254.1 264.1 259.1 250.7 237.8 243.4 245.6 240.5 236.3 132 Beaufort Sea 263.7 264.6 264.0 261.1 260.5 258.5 259.2 260.1 264.8 271.0 272.3 271.9 271.2 271.7 268.6 265.3 267.2 267.6 269.5 271.4 270.9 270.8 268.7 268.0 271.5 272.7 271.4 269.4 267.9 266.6 269.2 134 Arctic Archipelago 242.4 242.6 244.3 250.2 245.5 246.0 251.6 256.3 250.6 245.3 254.7 261.0 259.4 252.7 259.7 251.9 242.4 245.3 240.4 247.8 248.1 247.0 250.7 245.6 248.5 255.0 257.2 263.0 263.4 260.7 256.5 136 Foxe Basin 261.4 260.3 261.1 255.3 269.3 267.0 267.3 269.8 267.7 261.7 253.4 250.8 258.3 255.0 253.3 264.5 261.0 260.3 250.0 242.7 236.6 234.5 234.5 243.0 247.2 248.4 260.9 257.1 259.5 269.5 266.6 138 Baffin Bay 245.7 241.1 234.9 232.5 237.9 247.6 241.4 237.2 231.9 232.9 233.1 233.9 231.4 231.3 237.7 240.7 241.0 235.5 229.1 227.6 236.7 239.3 234.6 233.3 232.4 230.9 228.8 225.4 228.7 242.4 242.7 139 South Greenland 259.9 255.8 251.3 247.0 245.8 250.9 255.4 255.0 255.7 263.3 256.7 246.7 249.4 247.7 245.6 244.4 246.1 251.4 250.0 248.6 240.4 235.0 237.6 242.9 242.3 244.0 244.6 239.6 237.5 240.9 253.1 140 Greenland Sea 249.8 247.7 241.1 236.0 233.8 240.1 233.6 227.6 227.5 247.6 254.2 248.7 246.2 252.8 250.0 243.7 240.3 234.3 235.5 242.2 252.0 252.1 246.9 238.8 234.0 233.1 233.3 231.1 228.2 232.1 239.3 142 Norwegian Sea 241.2 243.4 249.0 253.5 253.3 251.7 247.0 237.2 236.3 246.1 248.4 250.3 251.2 259.1 253.7 256.3 255.4 252.2 246.1 242.5 244.2 254.3 250.0 249.8 245.5 245.9 248.2 247.7 242.7 237.3 233.4 144 Barents Sea 249.2 250.3 249.4 249.2 248.0 258.5 255.6 251.6 252.6 252.2 249.6 244.9 242.4 242.7 245.0 250.7 255.4 256.4 249.7 244.8 242.0 239.3 240.2 245.9 252.0 249.9 249.4 252.9 244.2 244.6 239.9 146 Kara Sea 264.7 261.8 261.1 263.7 263.3 261.0 260.7 261.1 260.9 260.2 261.7 261.7 260.5 261.5 261.8 260.6 260.5 260.9 260.8 259.8 258.7 258.4 259.3 259.2 258.2 258.6 259.0 258.6 258.8 258.5 259.6 148 Laptev Sea 252.4 255.3 254.6 254.8 252.1 250.4 250.9 253.6 253.8 254.2 252.5 252.5 256.3 260.4 259.0 256.2 254.5 252.9 250.6 249.8 250.9 253.4 253.1 254.4 256.1 254.8 253.4 252.8 251.8 252.2 253.8 150 East Siberian Sea 243.6 241.3 244.1 246.8 247.3 245.4 242.5 241.2 239.6 237.7 234.5 236.2 239.8 247.5 253.2 251.4 251.0 251.4 248.8 243.3 243.8 249.0 253.6 248.6 245.1 245.6 249.6 247.0 244.4 240.9 244.8 152 Gulf of Alaska 271.3 267.8 263.9 263.2 260.7 266.4 270.6 269.9 272.3 273.8 273.9 271.1 270.9 267.8 261.1 263.4 271.3 271.9 272.5 272.6 272.7 272.0 265.8 268.8 270.5 271.1 271.1 268.9 269.2 270.8 269.7 154 Southeast Bering Sea 271.4 266.8 263.8 263.6 259.4 268.9 273.4 273.5 274.4 274.6 271.8 268.1 268.8 262.2 261.7 267.9 273.4 273.5 273.9 273.5 273.0 269.8 267.2 271.0 271.9 272.9 271.3 269.6 271.3 270.2 264.3