Power outage history
McCracken County Kentucky
2.5hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025
115th most of 119 in Kentucky 61% 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 McCracken's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.
Year by year
Hours in the dark, per customer
2025 was the worst well-recorded year, at 3.5 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.
McCracken, 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 28, 2018 | Thunderstorms | 5,979 | 16% | 33 h | 25 h | 60k |
| Aug 13, 2021 | No storm report | 1,210 | 3% | 2.5 d | – | 47k |
| May 26, 2024 | Thunderstorms | 4,132 | 11% | 28 h | 20 h | 35k |
| Mar 14, 2019 | Flooding | 3,006 | 8% | 12 h | 7.5 h | 22k |
| Mar 15, 2025 | Thunderstorms | 9,122 | 25% | 10 h | 4.0 h | 18k |
| Jan 5, 2025 | Winter storm | 2,760 | 8% | 15 h | 6.2 h | 18k |
| Jun 21, 2019 | Thunderstorms | 1,849 | 5% | 17 h | 17 h | 16k |
| Feb 7, 2018 | No storm report | 940 | 3% | 18 h | – | 15k |
| Apr 2, 2025 | No storm report | 2,469 | 7% | 11 h | 6.5 h | 13k |
| Mar 12, 2020 | No storm report | 6,420 | 17% | 2.0 h | 1.8 h | 13k |
| Jun 23, 2019 | Tornadoes | 1,186 | 3% | 17 h | – | 13k |
| Jul 29, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 2,577 | 7% | 5.5 h | 4.5 h | 9.8k |
| Dec 24, 2020 | No storm report | 817 | 2% | 9.0 h | – | 7.3k |
| Dec 2, 2019 | No storm report | 6,408 | 17% | 1.2 h | 2.8 h | 7.1k |
| Nov 1, 2018 | Flooding | 1,520 | 4% | 4.2 h | – | 6.5k |
| Aug 23, 2023 | Heat | 6,016 | 16% | 2.0 h | 48 min | 6.0k |
| Sep 11, 2024 | No storm report | 924 | 3% | 6.5 h | – | 6.0k |
| Nov 23, 2023 | No storm report | 3,669 | 10% | 1.5 h | 1.2 h | 5.1k |
| Dec 17, 2023 | No storm report | 625 | 2% | 8.0 h | – | 5.0k |
| May 31, 2021 | No storm report | 444 | 1% | 11 h | – | 4.7k |
| May 3, 2021 | No storm report | 6,463 | 18% | 1.0 h | 6.0 h | 4.5k |
| Dec 15, 2025 | No storm report | 2,781 | 8% | 1.5 h | 1.2 h | 4.2k |
| Aug 16, 2025 | Heat | 8,379 | 23% | 30 min | 12 min | 4.1k |
| Dec 23, 2025 | No storm report | 9,954 | 27% | 30 min | 12 min | 3.9k |
| Mar 21, 2023 | No storm report | 555 | 2% | 6.8 h | – | 3.7k |
| Oct 14, 2021 | No storm report | 999 | 3% | 3.8 h | – | 3.7k |
| Jan 23, 2019 | No storm report | 811 | 2% | 5.5 h | – | 3.5k |
| Mar 30, 2022 | Windstorm | 1,130 | 3% | 3.5 h | – | 3.5k |
| Jul 19, 2023 | No storm report | 2,017 | 5% | 1.8 h | 12 min | 3.5k |
| Aug 19, 2025 | Heat | 2,061 | 6% | 2.5 h | 2.0 h | 3.4k |
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 McCracken from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.
- No storm on record 52%
- Thunderstorms 27%
- Flooding 8.6%
- Winter storm 3.9%
- Heat 3.1%
- Tornadoes 2.8%
- Windstorm 2.0%
- Tropical storm 0.5%
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities serving McCracken
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 |
| Jackson Purchase Energy Corporation | Cooperative | 395 | 171 | 3.05 | 17.7 | 24k |
| City of Paducah | Municipal | 33 | 33 | 0.88 | 15.3 | 19k |
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
- Carlisle 11 h
- Ballard 7.1 h
- Livingston 5.6 h
- Marshall 5.3 h
- Graves 4.9 h
- Pulaski, IL 3.1 h
- McCracken (this county) 2.5 h
- Massac, IL 0.8 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 36,761 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 →