1998 12 - daily - mean of "daily minimum temperature at 2 meters (K)" 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 247.9 248.6 250.5 251.0 250.6 249.8 249.2 249.5 249.7 249.8 250.7 250.5 250.2 249.1 247.5 248.2 248.8 249.3 249.5 249.1 249.6 249.5 249.3 248.7 247.9 246.9 244.9 244.2 244.0 244.6 244.9 34 Hudson Bay 248.6 249.3 251.8 253.7 253.6 252.6 252.4 252.7 252.2 252.1 253.1 254.5 252.6 251.3 251.6 251.7 250.7 250.5 248.6 247.9 249.2 248.5 249.7 250.6 248.6 245.9 245.8 245.8 245.8 245.1 245.8 36 Hudson Strait 252.9 253.2 256.5 255.4 254.1 252.6 251.3 250.8 249.7 247.8 246.5 248.1 247.4 248.0 249.1 252.7 251.8 254.9 257.4 255.5 257.4 257.4 256.1 254.5 251.6 251.4 249.6 249.0 249.0 250.5 248.3 98 Bering Strait 244.3 244.6 245.2 245.0 245.2 245.3 243.7 245.7 247.3 247.3 249.9 248.0 248.9 246.7 241.8 244.2 245.5 245.1 245.6 248.5 249.1 250.0 247.0 244.8 245.8 246.5 243.6 239.4 237.4 238.7 240.8 128 Arctic subocean 249.3 251.5 255.6 257.5 256.2 254.1 252.5 252.6 252.8 253.2 253.1 253.0 253.0 251.9 251.1 251.4 251.4 248.6 248.4 249.6 247.8 249.4 248.1 247.0 245.2 243.8 245.4 245.8 243.4 244.1 245.4 130 Chukchi Sea 244.6 245.3 247.5 245.0 245.6 246.1 245.1 248.0 249.2 249.7 252.6 249.9 252.3 249.9 243.0 246.8 248.4 246.0 246.5 248.6 247.7 249.1 248.1 247.3 247.4 249.0 243.8 239.8 237.5 240.6 241.6 132 Beaufort Sea 248.0 250.2 248.8 247.2 249.9 248.3 248.1 247.6 249.8 253.1 255.1 252.2 253.8 254.8 249.2 248.0 248.8 249.1 247.9 247.2 247.9 249.2 248.4 247.8 249.9 249.6 244.1 241.6 242.8 243.8 243.3 134 Arctic Archipelago 247.9 247.4 249.1 253.2 252.4 251.7 251.5 252.0 250.9 250.5 251.8 254.0 251.1 250.3 250.9 250.5 249.7 248.9 247.1 245.8 247.9 246.3 247.9 249.6 247.2 243.9 243.8 244.6 244.5 243.8 244.6 136 Foxe Basin 249.9 253.0 258.5 260.5 258.5 256.4 254.6 255.8 254.2 251.5 250.4 251.6 252.7 251.6 251.5 252.3 253.4 249.2 250.0 249.6 248.0 249.1 247.0 246.2 245.7 245.5 244.2 244.3 241.7 243.5 243.7 138 Baffin Bay 250.5 252.5 257.8 257.8 256.9 254.9 252.9 253.1 253.0 251.6 250.2 250.6 250.3 249.8 249.1 250.9 252.6 250.3 250.6 250.8 250.0 251.1 249.1 247.9 247.1 246.7 246.3 245.7 243.4 245.1 245.8 139 South Greenland 246.9 246.2 249.2 249.6 245.5 245.8 246.4 245.6 244.9 243.8 245.7 242.9 242.6 243.5 241.6 241.2 242.7 248.8 252.8 252.3 252.4 252.1 252.1 249.0 246.0 246.2 244.7 245.3 246.1 246.8 246.6 140 Greenland Sea 252.6 252.3 258.5 256.4 254.7 254.9 253.2 250.5 249.0 247.3 247.0 246.9 246.7 246.7 245.6 248.7 253.3 257.2 258.3 256.5 256.8 255.9 256.2 254.1 250.5 251.3 249.2 249.3 249.2 250.2 249.1 142 Norwegian Sea 240.4 238.7 241.1 242.1 241.5 240.7 241.0 240.2 239.5 240.2 240.1 235.8 235.2 235.8 235.2 234.6 238.2 243.3 248.0 248.1 247.3 246.5 244.4 247.0 243.0 242.7 239.6 239.0 240.3 240.4 241.0 144 Barents Sea 246.6 245.7 249.1 248.6 245.3 245.4 246.2 245.3 244.6 243.9 244.6 241.5 241.4 241.8 241.3 241.8 244.3 248.9 253.4 252.9 252.2 251.6 251.0 248.9 246.1 246.4 244.3 243.9 245.1 246.0 245.7 146 Kara Sea 249.6 250.0 253.4 255.2 254.2 252.6 251.9 252.2 251.9 251.1 251.1 252.3 251.4 250.0 250.3 251.2 251.3 250.9 250.9 250.6 250.4 250.0 250.8 250.1 248.0 246.2 246.1 246.4 245.9 246.0 246.3 148 Laptev Sea 246.4 248.2 247.1 246.2 247.3 247.1 246.7 246.7 247.8 249.9 251.1 250.8 251.3 249.0 245.8 246.3 247.5 248.1 248.2 246.3 247.5 247.4 246.9 247.4 249.2 248.4 243.5 242.1 243.2 244.2 244.3 150 East Siberian Sea 244.1 245.8 246.6 244.5 245.4 245.2 244.1 245.5 247.1 247.9 250.1 247.4 249.2 247.2 242.0 244.0 246.2 245.6 245.7 246.9 247.3 248.5 246.5 244.9 246.1 247.5 243.9 239.9 237.8 240.1 241.1 152 Gulf of Alaska 244.1 244.2 245.6 244.1 243.5 244.6 243.5 245.9 246.4 246.6 248.7 245.9 246.6 244.4 240.7 245.1 243.3 243.3 244.2 247.2 247.2 247.6 245.2 243.1 244.4 245.4 242.1 240.1 237.8 239.2 240.5 154 Southeast Bering Sea 243.0 243.4 241.8 243.3 243.8 244.5 242.3 244.9 246.5 245.5 247.1 247.0 244.6 242.8 241.4 243.8 239.9 241.5 243.5 248.8 250.5 247.4 246.5 242.0 242.7 242.0 240.6 240.7 239.5 238.7 241.1