Framingham Cancels School Ahead Of Dangerous Cold

FRAMINGHAM, MA — Framingham Public Schools officials have canceled classes on Friday ahead of dangerously cold temperatures across the state.

"In consideration of the dangerously cold temperatures tomorrow, worsened by the wind chill factor and the length of exposure for students who walk to school or wait at bus stops across the city, we will be canceling school for all students on Friday, February 3, 2023," officials said.

All before and after-school programs and activities are also canceled.

District offices will be open, however, and all 12-month employees, whether district or school-based, are set to work a normal day.

Friday will start off bitterly cold with temperatures in the mid-teens or lower across most of the state. At 10 a.m., rare wind chill warnings will go into effect across the entire state with winds pushing temperatures down to -30 between Worcester and Boston — ditto for the South Shore and Cape Cod.

The worst of the arctic air will hit areas like Fitchburg and North Adams with wind chills at -40 possible, according to the National Weather Service.

High wind gusts could reach 50 mph in Provincetown and Gloucester. Gusts will only be slightly weaker from Boston to all points west at between 35 and 45 mph, according to forecasts.

"In addition to the dangerously cold wind chills, strong winds will accompany the arctic air mass. Northwest wind gusts of 35 to 50 mph are expected Friday into Friday night. Any power outages would be a concern given the dangerous cold," the National Weather Service said.