The bay is named for , who, in 1610, on board the aptly named Discovery, was seeking a to Asia. The eas.... f temperatur

The east coast of Hudson Bay proper was mapped two years later, the south coast was traced in 1631, and the explorer Luke Foxe lent his name to Foxe Channel in the same year. January temperatures average 20 F (29 C), while July temperatures are only 47 F (8 C). Annual averages are 9.3 F (12.6 C), but extremes range from 60 F (51 C) in the winter to 80 F (27 C) in the summer. Hudson Bay has much ice of local origin, and there is some influx of pack ice from Foxe Basin. Water temperatures can be as low as 29 F (2 C) at depth in August, although surface temperatures may reach 49 F (9 C) in September. f temperatur