Air travel was also disrupted.
More than 400 flights within, to or from the United States were canceled on Thursday afternoon, according to FlightAware; many of them were in Boston.
More than 8,500 flights were delayed.
“It may come as a little bit of a shock to people because we have had a stretch of nice springlike weather and this winter has been anomalously mild,” he said.
“People might have gotten a little too comfortable.”But things are looking up in time for the solar eclipse on Monday: It is expected to be in the mid-50s and sunny across northern New England.
Persons:
Rodney Chai, ”
Organizations:
Weather Service
Locations:
United States, Boston, New England, Burlington , Vt