Power outage history
Hardin County Kentucky
2.7hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025
113th most of 119 in Kentucky 59% 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 Hardin's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.
Year by year
Hours in the dark, per customer
2023 was the worst well-recorded year, at 8.5 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.
Hardin, 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 3, 2023 | Windstorm | 17,749 | 29% | 3.9 d | 2.9 d | 431k |
| Nov 15, 2018 | Ice storm | 7,119 | 12% | 39 h | 28 h | 101k |
| Jan 5, 2025 | Winter storm | 6,798 | 11% | 42 h | 16 h | 85k |
| Feb 19, 2015 | No storm report | 10,394 | 17% | 12 h | 3.5 h | 64k |
| May 26, 2024 | Thunderstorms | 6,552 | 11% | 24 h | 22 h | 53k |
| May 16, 2025 | Thunderstorms | 5,203 | 9% | 25 h | 22 h | 51k |
| Jul 30, 2024 | Thunderstorms | 5,821 | 10% | 9.8 h | 8.8 h | 26k |
| Jun 25, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 4,887 | 8% | 8.8 h | 15 h | 15k |
| Apr 13, 2022 | Thunderstorms | 2,539 | 4% | 7.2 h | – | 14k |
| Mar 18, 2022 | Tornadoes | 3,799 | 6% | 5.2 h | 5.2 h | 14k |
| Dec 14, 2015 | No storm report | 9,276 | 15% | 1.2 h | 1.0 h | 12k |
| Feb 11, 2021 | Ice storm | 2,237 | 4% | 9.0 h | – | 9.1k |
| Sep 27, 2024 | Hurricane Helene | 3,356 | 6% | 6.8 h | 2.5 h | 8.9k |
| Jul 6, 2016 | Thunderstorms | 5,092 | 8% | 3.8 h | 9.0 h | 8.7k |
| Apr 23, 2024 | No storm report | 7,796 | 13% | 1.8 h | 1.2 h | 7.4k |
| Apr 2, 2016 | No storm report | 7,767 | 13% | 1.0 h | 1.0 h | 7.2k |
| Oct 21, 2016 | No storm report | 9,300 | 15% | 48 min | 48 min | 7.0k |
| May 28, 2020 | No storm report | 4,939 | 8% | 3.2 h | 5.0 h | 5.9k |
| Apr 3, 2018 | Thunderstorms | 8,099 | 13% | 1.0 h | 48 min | 5.4k |
| Jul 31, 2024 | No storm report | 2,678 | 4% | 4.5 h | – | 4.8k |
| Jun 27, 2024 | No storm report | 1,394 | 2% | 3.2 h | – | 4.5k |
| May 4, 2025 | No storm report | 3,816 | 6% | 1.0 h | 1.0 h | 3.8k |
| Dec 11, 2021 | Tornadoes | 2,793 | 5% | 1.8 h | – | 3.7k |
| Aug 25, 2023 | No storm report | 1,031 | 2% | 4.8 h | – | 3.7k |
| Jun 26, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 1,563 | 3% | 3.0 h | – | 3.6k |
| Jun 27, 2024 | No storm report | 2,131 | 3% | 1.8 h | – | 3.2k |
| Jun 30, 2023 | No storm report | 939 | 2% | 3.2 h | – | 3.0k |
| Sep 27, 2024 | Hurricane Helene | 2,002 | 3% | 1.8 h | – | 3.0k |
| May 18, 2022 | Thunderstorms | 1,258 | 2% | 3.0 h | – | 3.0k |
| Apr 8, 2020 | Thunderstorms | 1,350 | 2% | 3.2 h | – | 2.9k |
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 Hardin from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.
- Windstorm 45%
- Thunderstorms 19%
- No storm on record 12%
- Ice storm 12%
- Winter storm 9.2%
- Tornadoes 1.8%
- Tropical storm 1.4%
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities serving Hardin
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 |
| Louisville Gas & Electric Co | Investor Owned | 228 | 94 | 1.18 | 12.4 | 388k |
| Nolin Rural Electric Coop Corp | Cooperative | 199 | 51 | 1.33 | 12.8 | 37k |
| Meade County Rural E C C | Cooperative | 446 | 129 | 2.60 | 15.3 | 30k |
| Farmers Rural Electric Coop Corp | Cooperative | 341 | 128 | 1.62 | 13.0 | 25k |
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
- Grayson 12 h
- Nelson 8.7 h
- Hart 8.1 h
- Harrison, IN 6.6 h
- Jefferson 5.8 h
- Bullitt 5.5 h
- Meade 4.8 h
- Breckinridge 4.2 h
- Larue 4.1 h
- Hardin (this county) 2.7 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 61,032 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 →