-42 Degrees in Montana

The first full week of December 2013 has been packed full of bitter cold, snowy and icy extremes. On the following pages, we walk through some of the most interesting facts about this wintry start to December beginning with the extreme cold.

Map showing the -39 degree temperature in Havre on the morning of Dec. 7.

On the morning of Dec. 7, recorded a low temperature of-42 degrees.Not far behind waswith a low of-39 degrees. Sunday morning, Harve, Mont. was the coldest spot in the nation with a low temperature of -37 degrees.

That same morning, dipped to -33 degrees, setting a record for the coldest temperature ever recorded so early in the season. The extreme cold .

Earlier in the week on Dec. 4, a low temperature of -37 degrees was reported at a weather station in Wyoming,

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Low Elevation Snow in Oregon and Northern California

This iWitness photo of Newport, Ore. was taken by @stephendavis4. (Photo credit: Twitter/@stephendavis4)

Above: Photos of the low elevation snow from Winter Storm Dion

moved into the cold air mass already in place across Oregon and California on Dec. 6, resulting in snow at very low elevations.

In fact, up to three inches of snow was reported all the way to sea level along the coast of Oregon in the town of. Average snowfall each season in Newport is just one inch,

Along the I-5 corridor, six inches of snow was recorded in ., making it the second snowiest December day on record in the city.

Snow was also reported in the northwest California town of (elevation 620 feet). In records dating back to 1893, .

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Arkansas Extreme Ice and Snow

Joseph Mezo uses an umbrella as he walks to work in light sleet and icey conditions Friday morning, Dec. 6, 2013, in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Above: Photos from Winter Storm Cleon

produced both snowy and icy extremes in northwest Arkansas Dec. 5-6.

In the town ofto the south of,up to 1.25 inches of freezing rain accumulated. Parts of northwest Arkansas saw tree damage and power outages due to the heavy ice accumulations.

Farther to the north in the Ozarks, up to a foot of snow was measured in and.

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Back-to-Back Icy Weeks in Dallas-Ft. Worth

For the second week in a row, parts of north Texas dealt with icy weather conditions.

A few days before Thanksgiving, the Dallas-Ft. Worth Metroplex experienced light ice accumulations on elevated surfaces, bridges and overpasses from . Up to 13,000 customers lost power in the metro area.

This was just an appetizer for the winter weather early December would bring.

produced a much more significant bout of freezing rain and sleet across the Dallas-Ft. Worth area Dec. 5-6.

Freezing rain and sleet accumulations of up to 1.5 inches led to nasty travel conditions. by the icy weather. In addition, more than a quarter million customers were without power in northern Texas.

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Almost Three Feet of Snow

Cleon's Upper Midwest and Northern Plains snow totals.

The first phase of hammered parts of northeast Minnesota with heavy snow Dec. 2-4.

took the title as the location that had the most snow from Cleon with a total of 35.6 inches, or just shy of three feet.

Just down the road in , Cleondumped 23.3 inches of snow. This was the on record in the city.

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Three Days of Record Lows

A woman braces against the cold and blowing snow on Denver's 16th Street Mall on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

Several cities have either broken or tied daily record low temperatures on at least three separate days during the first week of December.

Here's a few examples:

Denver, Colo.:Dec. 4 (-13 degrees), Dec. 5 (-15 degrees), Dec. 7 (-13 degrees)Miles City, Mont.: Dec. 5 (-27 degrees), Dec. 6 (-30 degrees), Dec. 7 (-36 degrees), Dec. 8 (-29 degrees)Ely, Nev.: Dec. 4 (-17 degrees), Dec. 5 (-23 degrees), Dec. 6 (-19 degrees)Portland, Ore.: Dec. 3 (27 degrees), Dec. 4 (22 degrees), Dec. 5 (19 degrees), Dec. 7 (15 degrees)Pullman, Wash.: Dec. 3 (-1 degree), Dec. 4 (-4 degrees), Dec. 5 (-3 degrees), Dec. 6 (-2 degrees), Dec. 7 (-10 degrees), Dec. 8 (prelim. -11 degrees)

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A woman walks past Independence Hall during a winter snowstorm, Dec. 10, 2013, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)