Power outage history
Jackson County Arkansas
5.0hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025
60th most of 73 in Arkansas 25% below the national median
Every day since 2015
Eleven years, one night at a time
Each cell is a day. The brighter it is, the larger the share of Jackson's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.
Year by year
Hours in the dark, per customer
2018 was the worst well-recorded year, at 9.0 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.
Jackson, hours without power per customer
The record
The biggest outages since 2015
Ranked by customer-hours lost: customers out multiplied by how long they stayed out. Times are local.
| Began | Storm | Peak out | Share | Lasted | 90% restored | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 2017 | Thunderstorms | 3,306 | 39% | 2.7 d | 42 h | 94k |
| Aug 6, 2018 | Thunderstorms | 1,506 | 18% | 31 h | 4.2 h | 27k |
| Dec 8, 2018 | Winter storm | 2,561 | 31% | 24 h | 5.0 h | 24k |
| Aug 27, 2020 | Hurricane Laura | 941 | 11% | 21 h | 20 h | 15k |
| Mar 14, 2025 | No storm report | 412 | 5% | 2.8 d | – | 13k |
| Aug 20, 2019 | No storm report | 1,369 | 16% | 20 h | 14 h | 7.8k |
| Jan 21, 2016 | Winter storm | 591 | 7% | 18 h | 4.8 h | 7.4k |
| Apr 30, 2017 | No storm report | 1,414 | 17% | 14 h | 3.0 h | 7.2k |
| Feb 24, 2022 | Winter storm | 761 | 9% | 13 h | 4.2 h | 6.8k |
| Jun 24, 2016 | No storm report | 1,004 | 12% | 7.8 h | 15 h | 5.6k |
| Jul 16, 2024 | Thunderstorms | 1,352 | 16% | 6.0 h | 5.0 h | 5.6k |
| Aug 7, 2019 | No storm report | 2,203 | 26% | 4.2 h | 2.0 h | 5.4k |
| Dec 15, 2021 | No storm report | 1,223 | 15% | 4.2 h | 4.2 h | 5.2k |
| Apr 15, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 1,714 | 20% | 4.5 h | 4.5 h | 3.9k |
| Apr 21, 2022 | Flooding | 1,327 | 16% | 6.2 h | 5.0 h | 3.8k |
| Dec 10, 2021 | Tornadoes | 363 | 4% | 24 h | – | 3.7k |
| Jun 26, 2022 | No storm report | 1,166 | 14% | 5.2 h | 6.2 h | 3.7k |
| Jun 2, 2018 | Thunderstorms | 979 | 12% | 11 h | 3.8 h | 3.6k |
| Jun 11, 2019 | No storm report | 869 | 10% | 5.5 h | 2.0 h | 3.3k |
| Jun 18, 2023 | No storm report | 450 | 5% | 18 h | 8.0 h | 3.3k |
| Mar 25, 2017 | No storm report | 1,634 | 20% | 2.0 h | 3.2 h | 3.3k |
| Mar 14, 2024 | No storm report | 372 | 4% | 8.5 h | – | 3.2k |
| Jul 31, 2022 | No storm report | 1,208 | 14% | 2.5 h | 3.2 h | 3.0k |
| Jun 25, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 1,006 | 12% | 6.0 h | 4.5 h | 3.0k |
| May 15, 2022 | Thunderstorms | 570 | 7% | 9.0 h | 6.0 h | 2.9k |
| Mar 14, 2019 | No storm report | 1,000 | 12% | 5.2 h | 5.0 h | 2.9k |
| Aug 30, 2017 | No storm report | 964 | 12% | 3.8 h | 3.5 h | 2.9k |
| May 20, 2025 | No storm report | 526 | 6% | 13 h | 9.8 h | 2.8k |
| Jun 21, 2018 | No storm report | 876 | 10% | 3.0 h | 3.0 h | 2.6k |
| Jun 7, 2019 | No storm report | 984 | 12% | 2.8 h | 2.8 h | 2.6k |
After the peak
How fast the lights come back
Each line is one major outage, from its peak. The amber line is the typical path.
When it happens
The outage clock
Customer-hours out by month (rings, January innermost) and local hour, 2018–2025.
What was happening
Weather behind the outages
Each outage is matched to NOAA storm reports for Jackson from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.
- No storm on record 57%
- Thunderstorms 20%
- Winter storm 12%
- Tropical storm 6.0%
- Tornadoes 2.2%
- Flooding 1.9%
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities serving Jackson
As each utility reports to the Energy Information Administration for its whole Arkansas territory, not this county alone. Outage minutes include major storm days.
| Utility | Type | Outage min / yr | Excl. major storms | Outages / yr | Residential ¢/kWh | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entergy Arkansas LLC | Investor Owned | 518 | 252 | 2.24 | 13.4 | 612k |
| Farmers Electric Coop Corp | AR | – | – | – | – | 48k |
EIA Form 861, latest year each utility reported. Outage minutes are SAIDI, the yearly minutes the average customer goes without power; outages a year are SAIFI.
Next door
Neighbouring counties
About these numbers
Notes
Outages come from the EAGLE-I record of utility outage maps collected every 15 minutes by Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Hours without power are customer-hours divided by the county's 8,374 electricity customers. Averages use well-covered years from 2018. Outages shorter than 15 minutes, and utilities that publish no outage map, are not in the record, so these figures understate the total. How every number is made →