Power outage history
Wayne County Indiana
1.1hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025
84th most of 90 in Indiana 83% 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 Wayne's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.
Year by year
Hours in the dark, per customer
2022 was the worst well-recorded year, at 1.7 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.
Wayne, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 2025 | Thunderstorms | 2,773 | 7% | 17 h | 19 h | 26k |
| Apr 2, 2016 | Windstorm | 2,072 | 5% | 11 h | 8.0 h | 21k |
| Jun 23, 2016 | Thunderstorms | 2,631 | 7% | 10 h | 8.0 h | 18k |
| Sep 27, 2024 | Hurricane Helene | 1,518 | 4% | 19 h | – | 16k |
| Dec 18, 2025 | No storm report | 5,141 | 13% | 4.0 h | 3.2 h | 13k |
| Dec 23, 2015 | Thunderstorms | 620 | 2% | 21 h | – | 13k |
| Apr 8, 2015 | Thunderstorms | 2,155 | 5% | 5.8 h | 4.5 h | 12k |
| Jul 19, 2020 | No storm report | 2,173 | 5% | 5.0 h | 3.8 h | 11k |
| Nov 5, 2022 | No storm report | 2,371 | 6% | 4.5 h | 2.0 h | 11k |
| Nov 9, 2022 | No storm report | 2,206 | 5% | 4.8 h | 4.8 h | 10k |
| Jun 13, 2022 | Thunderstorms | 1,033 | 3% | 19 h | – | 10k |
| Jul 29, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 1,496 | 4% | 8.5 h | – | 9.2k |
| Apr 8, 2020 | Thunderstorms | 1,018 | 3% | 12 h | – | 8.0k |
| Jan 14, 2016 | No storm report | 1,187 | 3% | 5.8 h | – | 6.7k |
| May 31, 2018 | Tropical Storm Alberto | 2,335 | 6% | 2.5 h | 30 min | 5.3k |
| May 23, 2022 | No storm report | 1,230 | 3% | 4.2 h | – | 5.2k |
| Mar 15, 2025 | Thunderstorms | 1,735 | 4% | 6.0 h | – | 5.2k |
| Apr 14, 2016 | No storm report | 2,220 | 6% | 2.2 h | 2.2 h | 5.0k |
| Apr 30, 2020 | No storm report | 1,182 | 3% | 4.5 h | – | 4.7k |
| Sep 5, 2023 | No storm report | 2,238 | 6% | 2.0 h | 2.0 h | 4.1k |
| Jun 1, 2022 | Thunderstorms | 2,297 | 6% | 2.0 h | 1.8 h | 4.0k |
| Jan 22, 2021 | No storm report | 1,351 | 3% | 3.0 h | – | 3.7k |
| Jul 14, 2024 | Thunderstorms | 1,176 | 3% | 3.8 h | – | 3.7k |
| Jun 10, 2016 | No storm report | 1,174 | 3% | 4.0 h | – | 3.6k |
| Oct 20, 2018 | No storm report | 692 | 2% | 6.8 h | – | 3.3k |
| Mar 28, 2024 | No storm report | 2,234 | 6% | 1.5 h | 1.0 h | 3.0k |
| Jun 25, 2023 | No storm report | 1,385 | 3% | 2.2 h | – | 2.9k |
| Dec 27, 2015 | No storm report | 1,167 | 3% | 2.5 h | – | 2.9k |
| Jun 18, 2021 | Thunderstorms | 1,023 | 3% | 3.8 h | – | 2.9k |
| Jun 18, 2015 | No storm report | 2,225 | 6% | 1.2 h | 1.5 h | 2.8k |
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 Wayne from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.
- No storm on record 53%
- Thunderstorms 36%
- Tropical storm 10%
- Ice storm 1.0%
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities serving Wayne
As each utility reports to the Energy Information Administration for its whole Indiana territory, not this county alone. Outage minutes include major storm days.
| Utility | Type | Outage min / yr | Excl. major storms | Outages / yr | Residential ¢/kWh | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duke Energy Indiana, LLC | Investor Owned | 267 | 108 | 1.26 | 15.0 | 809k |
| Henry County Rural E M C | IN | 339 | 150 | 3.65 | 13.0 | 142k |
| City of Richmond | Municipal | 79 | – | 0.87 | 12.4 | 16k |
| Town of Centerville | IN | – | – | – | – | 15k |
| Whitewater Valley Rural EMC | Cooperative | 317 | 317 | 2.63 | 15.4 | 12k |
| City of Hagerstown | IN | – | – | – | – | 11k |
| Dublin Municipal Electric Util | IN | – | – | – | – | 3.9k |
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 40,311 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 →