While the brunt of Monday’s nor’easter missed Maine, coastal areas contended with whiteout conditions and high winds. By Tuesday, the storm had passed, leaving residents shoveling a few inches to a foot of snow.

The powerful storm, which meteorologists described as the strongest in a decade, dumped more than 2 feet of snow on parts of the Northeast.

The blizzard made for dangerous travel, so several transportation services and almost all flights into and out of Maine were canceled Monday. Hundreds of schools, town offices and businesses closed because of the storm.

Some areas in Maine saw wind gusts of more than 50 mph, but snowfall totals weren’t staggering. Meteorologists say the blowing snow made it hard for observers to record, but the coastline saw the most significant impact.

Snowfall totals from the National Weather Service in Gray showed accumulation as high as 10.3 inches in Kittery, 6.5 inches in South Portland and 6 inches in Old Orchard Beach. Observers at the Portland International Jetport recorded 4.8 inches of snow.

Down East, a few communities — Cutler, Jonesboro and Trescott — reported an even foot, while several other towns in Hancock and Washington counties got 9 to 10 inches.

Many other areas of the state recorded 1 to 4 inches, while some communities in and near the western mountains, such as New Portland, Bethel and most of Franklin County, saw even less.

Weather service meteorologist Cameron Barker said more snow may be on the horizon.

On Wednesday, the state may receive a few inches of snow during the day, Barker said. And there is a chance that another winter storm system drops some flakes Friday, though Barker said it looks like that one could miss Maine to the south.

TRANSPORTATION DELAYS

All but one of the 58 flights to and from the Portland International Jetport were canceled Monday, assistant airport director Zachary Sundquist said in a statement Tuesday. A 5:30 a.m. flight to Atlanta did manage to depart on time before the storm hit.

Many flights didn’t make it to the jetport Monday night because of wind and weather south of the state, Sundquist said.

On Tuesday, a dozen flights to and from the jetport were canceled, some of them bound for the New York area, which got 18 to 24 inches. Otherwise, Sundquist said, travel was getting back to normal.

All Amtrak Downeaster trains were canceled Monday afternoon after the service originally called off its morning runs between Portland and Boston. The trains were back up and running Tuesday, according to Amtrak.

Massachusetts got anywhere from a foot to 3 feet in Monday’s storm. Hundreds of flights into and out of Boston Logan International Airport were canceled Monday and Tuesday.

A few Greater Portland Metro bus routes were canceled Tuesday, including Metro BREEZ, the Husky Line and Metro Connect.

Mike Tremblay, the director of transit development at Greater Portland Metro, said the Metro BREEZ and Connect buses were canceled because of travel risks on the highway in whiteout conditions. The transportation company chose not to operate the Husky Line because most of its ridership is University of Southern Maine students, whose classes were canceled Monday.

While the rest of the routes were operating as usual, Tremblay said, ridership fell to 1,600 passengers — about a quarter of the usual number for a Monday in February.

Tremblay said Metro tries its best to keep buses operating during storms so its riders, including essential employees, can get to work. About 7.8% of Monday’s riders were health care workers who boarded with MaineHealth ID cards, he said.

This story contains reporting from the Associated Press.