2008 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 252.2 250.9 251.1 252.4 252.5 251.8 250.2 247.7 248.4 249.2 248.2 250.0 249.7 248.8 248.2 248.2 247.5 246.0 246.1 248.3 250.0 249.7 249.2 248.3 247.2 248.2 251.3 251.7 250.6 250.9 251.1 34 Hudson Bay 258.7 260.1 259.2 256.1 255.9 253.0 252.4 251.0 249.2 248.7 248.6 249.8 247.4 245.3 246.0 246.3 245.7 242.9 242.4 244.6 245.7 246.7 247.7 246.6 245.5 249.2 253.9 256.4 252.6 249.1 246.7 36 Hudson Strait 261.6 259.6 261.3 262.6 259.0 256.8 257.4 253.1 253.1 250.9 249.2 249.5 250.8 249.1 245.3 251.6 246.7 243.7 244.3 244.7 243.6 243.0 244.1 247.6 240.0 239.6 237.3 248.1 257.2 250.7 249.2 98 Bering Strait 251.5 247.9 248.5 256.7 257.7 255.3 255.7 251.9 252.3 255.6 252.4 250.9 253.1 254.3 258.1 257.7 254.7 253.5 255.6 257.3 255.0 255.2 255.6 253.8 249.1 247.0 247.9 246.9 245.0 244.0 240.3 128 Arctic subocean 248.3 238.5 237.4 234.9 235.7 235.7 239.3 234.9 233.7 237.7 242.1 242.0 244.0 241.8 239.0 238.1 240.5 242.2 243.6 249.1 246.4 240.3 235.6 238.3 243.1 240.3 234.7 240.5 241.9 240.5 239.7 130 Chukchi Sea 245.8 249.5 247.1 250.7 252.2 247.7 249.9 255.2 253.8 252.0 248.3 250.5 264.7 264.0 261.7 253.0 261.5 264.0 258.0 255.4 257.2 260.6 261.9 256.3 252.5 250.0 248.2 244.2 242.8 246.5 248.6 132 Beaufort Sea 261.9 255.0 250.6 250.3 253.4 251.8 251.0 245.6 244.8 250.9 252.9 252.4 247.6 249.1 255.4 258.4 252.4 248.3 245.2 246.3 247.1 247.3 246.9 248.5 249.5 246.4 250.5 246.8 242.8 241.7 240.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 247.1 249.0 249.2 246.2 242.1 242.0 239.5 238.9 238.7 243.9 242.2 237.4 240.5 242.3 242.4 238.7 240.6 241.5 242.0 245.1 247.0 241.7 235.5 234.7 235.1 240.2 240.2 239.9 237.4 235.8 237.5 136 Foxe Basin 253.4 254.2 253.8 249.8 249.7 247.9 246.0 245.8 242.3 242.3 237.1 238.7 236.6 235.0 237.1 238.6 241.9 237.9 238.8 237.2 237.7 237.7 237.6 235.0 229.6 230.3 237.3 242.1 242.6 247.5 254.2 138 Baffin Bay 249.7 249.8 247.3 247.2 246.2 246.2 242.2 239.6 243.0 247.1 241.4 244.1 244.8 247.0 243.6 237.8 241.6 239.6 240.6 240.9 243.5 243.0 241.7 238.3 234.0 237.0 242.1 239.7 235.9 239.3 248.3 139 South Greenland 256.2 252.4 252.3 251.1 249.4 246.5 243.4 245.2 254.9 251.8 245.6 249.0 248.6 250.1 242.3 242.9 241.9 239.6 240.8 243.0 244.3 246.0 247.0 244.7 240.4 248.6 255.6 244.3 238.1 248.3 255.0 140 Greenland Sea 244.9 246.9 240.7 242.4 240.3 241.0 240.0 240.5 239.1 249.2 241.3 243.0 247.8 245.9 245.5 251.0 248.0 243.8 242.6 242.0 243.5 242.2 243.3 242.7 241.7 240.8 247.7 245.2 238.6 237.8 244.7 142 Norwegian Sea 267.8 266.7 269.6 268.7 267.1 265.7 268.2 271.1 268.7 261.3 265.1 266.1 266.0 268.6 272.0 273.4 274.1 273.7 272.6 270.3 270.0 269.9 267.6 271.2 274.9 274.2 270.1 270.7 272.2 273.0 269.3 144 Barents Sea 265.8 269.8 269.9 269.6 269.3 265.0 260.6 263.5 260.2 260.9 263.3 264.0 260.8 261.7 264.6 260.1 263.2 263.6 266.2 266.3 265.0 262.7 262.3 260.9 261.4 265.3 268.0 266.5 265.9 268.9 266.3 146 Kara Sea 249.5 247.9 252.3 256.9 257.6 257.8 255.9 252.2 254.5 253.6 252.1 256.9 258.2 254.9 251.4 252.0 250.8 248.5 249.0 253.1 257.2 256.8 255.6 253.1 251.2 251.8 255.4 256.9 256.8 257.8 259.1 148 Laptev Sea 243.2 240.5 237.6 237.5 238.5 239.2 237.2 235.5 237.2 238.6 239.2 239.7 237.5 237.4 236.2 233.5 234.4 235.5 235.9 239.2 243.1 241.7 240.3 242.4 244.6 244.0 246.0 248.5 249.5 249.7 250.8 150 East Siberian Sea 246.1 246.3 243.7 247.5 246.0 251.2 249.6 241.4 237.5 234.1 235.5 241.8 242.0 240.7 240.3 246.9 245.1 244.4 243.0 243.1 240.8 244.1 245.0 243.0 242.4 241.7 246.3 249.6 255.1 255.2 249.8 152 Gulf of Alaska 259.0 256.2 264.0 270.0 270.0 269.2 268.5 264.5 267.1 268.4 262.7 258.3 256.4 257.1 259.4 261.2 259.8 258.9 260.4 258.6 255.5 256.0 261.4 261.7 255.7 261.8 259.3 256.3 253.4 253.6 251.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 248.1 258.9 268.6 272.9 273.1 270.1 262.7 262.4 262.5 258.7 261.1 257.3 258.2 263.1 268.1 263.6 268.4 271.8 270.1 267.3 261.6 266.3 269.1 265.1 263.6 256.8 252.5 252.2 250.9 247.3 245.6