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DALLAS, TEXAS (KXAS) -- After flirting with or setting record high temperatures so far in December, winter arrived in North Texas with a vengeance overnight Sunday.

A strong cold front pushed the coldest air of the season to the South Plains Sunday, dropping temperatures into the 20s Monday morning.

Light snow fell early Monday morning across parts of North Texas, though it isn't expected to stick around for too long.

NBC 5 meteorologist Grant Johnston said brisk north winds will continue to keep things very cold for most of Monday. The wind chill dropped into the teens early morning, though it will gradually transition to the 20s and 30s throughout the day.

The high Monday will be in the 40s under sunny skies.  Monday night will usher in the coldest air yet with lows in the low 20s.

Johnston said temperatures will gradually climb throughout the week and will be back toward the 60s next weekend. (Get the latest forecast information here.)

Monday's winter weather wasn't severe enough to prompt any school delays or closings.

Oncor reported only about 300 customers in North Texas without power.

Power Knocked Out to 3,000 in Central Texas

Strong winds and freezing weather cut electricity to about 3,000 homes and businesses in central parts of the state. Austin Energy spokesman Ed Clark says windy conditions caused the outages before dawn Monday.

Clark says about 2,300 customers in Austin lost electricity when a power pole was damaged. The rest lost power when strong winds blew tree limbs into power lines. Crews restored electricity to about two-thirds of those customers by 8 a.m. Monday.

Temperatures dipped into the teens in parts of the Panhandle. The National Weather Service says light snow associated with the cold front was reported in parts of North Texas, including Decatur, Denton and Fort Worth.

Some schools in the Lubbock area delayed the start of classes Monday due to weather.