Power outage history
Fulton County Kentucky
5.6hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025
83rd most of 119 in Kentucky 15% 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 Fulton's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.
Year by year
Hours in the dark, per customer
2021 was the worst well-recorded year, at 23 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.
Fulton, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 2021 | Tornadoes | 1,047 | 26% | 4.5 d | 4.0 d | 69k |
| May 26, 2024 | Thunderstorms | 1,200 | 29% | 2.3 d | 33 h | 18k |
| May 4, 2021 | Tornadoes | 1,781 | 44% | 27 h | 12 h | 12k |
| Mar 9, 2017 | Tornadoes | 925 | 23% | 18 h | 14 h | 9.7k |
| Mar 1, 2017 | Thunderstorms | 1,518 | 37% | 12 h | 6.5 h | 6.4k |
| Mar 3, 2023 | Windstorm | 733 | 18% | 26 h | 23 h | 4.3k |
| Jun 21, 2019 | No storm report | 1,015 | 25% | 9.0 h | 4.8 h | 3.9k |
| Jul 31, 2021 | No storm report | 632 | 15% | 7.2 h | 5.8 h | 3.5k |
| Jan 11, 2020 | Windstorm | 581 | 14% | 8.8 h | 48 min | 2.1k |
| Feb 23, 2018 | No storm report | 574 | 14% | 3.5 h | 3.5 h | 2.0k |
| Jul 5, 2018 | Heat | 319 | 8% | 9.8 h | 9.5 h | 2.0k |
| Dec 6, 2020 | No storm report | 941 | 23% | 2.0 h | 1.5 h | 1.6k |
| Mar 17, 2017 | No storm report | 891 | 22% | 1.8 h | 1.8 h | 1.6k |
| Mar 1, 2021 | Flooding | 401 | 10% | 3.8 h | 5.2 h | 1.5k |
| Oct 31, 2018 | No storm report | 576 | 14% | 2.8 h | 2.8 h | 1.4k |
| Aug 5, 2023 | No storm report | 302 | 7% | 4.8 h | 4.8 h | 1.4k |
| Apr 26, 2017 | Thunderstorms | 458 | 11% | 6.5 h | 12 min | 1.4k |
| Jan 1, 2022 | No storm report | 918 | 22% | 2.2 h | 1.5 h | 1.4k |
| Nov 20, 2021 | No storm report | 867 | 21% | 1.8 h | 1.5 h | 1.3k |
| Aug 12, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 451 | 11% | 7.5 h | 4.0 h | 1.1k |
| Jun 15, 2017 | No storm report | 877 | 21% | 1.2 h | 1.2 h | 1.1k |
| Sep 5, 2023 | No storm report | 402 | 10% | 3.0 h | 3.0 h | 1.0k |
| Aug 31, 2018 | No storm report | 572 | 14% | 1.8 h | 1.8 h | 1.0k |
| Jan 6, 2021 | No storm report | 942 | 23% | 1.0 h | 48 min | 932 |
| Sep 17, 2023 | No storm report | 402 | 10% | 2.2 h | 2.2 h | 904 |
| May 9, 2023 | No storm report | 175 | 4% | 5.0 h | – | 854 |
| Dec 23, 2022 | Winter storm | 723 | 18% | 3.5 h | 1.5 h | 827 |
| May 8, 2024 | Thunderstorms | 301 | 7% | 4.2 h | 7.8 h | 826 |
| Apr 6, 2022 | No storm report | 390 | 10% | 9.0 h | 12 min | 822 |
| Dec 16, 2024 | No storm report | 399 | 10% | 3.0 h | 3.0 h | 758 |
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 Fulton from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.
- Tornadoes 54%
- No storm on record 22%
- Thunderstorms 13%
- Windstorm 5.0%
- Flooding 2.0%
- Heat 1.9%
- Winter storm 1.4%
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities serving Fulton
As each utility reports to the Energy Information Administration for its whole Kentucky territory, not this county alone. Outage minutes include major storm days.
| Utility | Type | Outage min / yr | Excl. major storms | Outages / yr | Residential ¢/kWh | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky Utilities Co | Investor Owned | 197 | 89 | 1.14 | 11.9 | 454k |
| Gibson Electric Members Corp | Cooperative | – | – | – | 14.0 | 2.5k |
| City of Fulton | Municipal | – | – | – | 14.1 | 1.2k |
| City of Hickman | Municipal | – | – | – | 15.0 | 813 |
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
- Hickman 16 h
- Fulton (this county) 5.6 h
- New Madrid, MO 4.9 h
- Mississippi, MO 4.4 h
- Obion, TN 4.2 h
- Lake, TN 3.7 h
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 4,089 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 →