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Photos: Bostonians cope with frigid conditions

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A woman covers her face from the bitter cold wind as she crosses Boylston Street in Copley Square. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
A woman covers her face from the bitter cold wind as she crosses Boylston Street in Copley Square. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

With temperatures plummeting toward the single digits Friday, residents throughout Massachusetts bundled up to brace against frigid air and biting winds.

Meteorologist Danielle Noyes warned that "dangerously cold wind chill values" would last through late Saturday morning, with wind gusts up to 45 miles per hour causing temperatures to feel closer to -20 or even -30 degrees Fahrenheit.

Boston, she said, would likely see a low of -6 degrees overnight; highs in the city Saturday were expected to reach 16 degrees. A wind chill warning for across the state was set to remain in place until 1 p.m. Saturday.

A woman is bundled up as she walks in the bitter cold down Dartmouth Street in Copley Square. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
A woman is bundled up as she walks in the bitter cold down Dartmouth Street in Copley Square. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Despite sunny skies, the extreme low temperatures and high winds were expected to delay flights out of Boston's Logan Airport this weekend.

At least 50 flights were canceled and dozens more delayed, according to a popular flight tracking website on Friday. Airline schedules were already shuffled around earlier this week because of bad weather in other parts of the U.S.

Bundled up people walking down Dartmouth Street toward Copley Square in the cold weather. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Bundled up people walking down Dartmouth Street toward Copley Square in the cold weather. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

While many people opted to stay indoors, others braved the whipping winds. Some sought warmth inside places like the Boston Public Library.

A woman sits on a bench outside of the Boston Public Library in the cold weather. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
A woman sits on a bench outside of the Boston Public Library in the cold weather. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Kate Underhill and her daughter, Lux, traveled to Boston from Chicago to see "Hamilton." Underhill said this kind of cold is the norm back in the Midwest, and she was surprised the city shut down its schools.

"So I feel like when we went to school they never closed, and now I feel like they close all the time," she added.

Several major school districts, including Worcester and Providence, closed down schools because of the cold. Boston school officials said they chose not to open because of the risk of frostbite and hypothermia for students. Many students walk to school or need to wait for public transportation outdoors to get to their classes.

A man braces against the cold as he walks down Dartmouth Street toward Copley Square. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
A man braces against the cold as he walks down Dartmouth Street toward Copley Square. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

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