Power outage history
Thayer County Nebraska
21hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025
1st most of 28 in Nebraska 3.2× 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 Thayer'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 2.3 days for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.
Thayer, 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 19, 2025 | Winter storm | 1,346 | 100% | 33 h | 37 h | 31k |
| Aug 10, 2025 | Thunderstorms | 1,346 | 100% | 36 h | 30 h | 26k |
| Apr 29, 2022 | Thunderstorms | 1,081 | 80% | 23 h | 18 h | 12k |
| Jan 19, 2023 | Winter storm | 919 | 68% | 21 h | 11 h | 9.4k |
| Mar 20, 2025 | No storm report | 382 | 28% | 46 h | 35 h | 4.3k |
| Sep 28, 2023 | No storm report | 42 | 3% | 3.9 d | – | 3.6k |
| Jul 9, 2020 | Thunderstorms | 532 | 40% | 15 h | 6.8 h | 2.9k |
| Aug 7, 2025 | No storm report | 859 | 64% | 5.0 h | 1.0 h | 2.1k |
| Dec 15, 2021 | Thunderstorms | 807 | 60% | 9.2 h | 3.5 h | 1.9k |
| Jan 8, 2024 | Winter storm | 476 | 35% | 10 h | 3.5 h | 1.9k |
| May 30, 2021 | No storm report | 38 | 3% | 47 h | – | 1.6k |
| Jul 9, 2021 | Thunderstorms | 455 | 34% | 10 h | 3.5 h | 1.5k |
| Oct 6, 2025 | No storm report | 911 | 68% | 1.5 h | 30 min | 1.3k |
| Oct 30, 2023 | No storm report | 153 | 11% | 8.8 h | 5.2 h | 1.3k |
| Sep 13, 2020 | No storm report | 199 | 15% | 17 h | 1.0 h | 1.2k |
| Aug 25, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 798 | 59% | 1.8 h | 30 min | 1.2k |
| Feb 16, 2021 | Winter storm | 786 | 58% | 2.2 h | 1.5 h | 1.1k |
| Feb 20, 2023 | No storm report | 81 | 6% | 18 h | 1.5 h | 870 |
| Jun 26, 2024 | Thunderstorms | 425 | 32% | 2.5 h | 30 min | 838 |
| May 9, 2022 | No storm report | 486 | 36% | 2.0 h | 48 min | 770 |
| Apr 20, 2023 | No storm report | 713 | 53% | 1.5 h | 30 min | 762 |
| Oct 9, 2023 | No storm report | 147 | 11% | 5.0 h | 5.0 h | 733 |
| May 26, 2025 | No storm report | 336 | 25% | 2.0 h | 13 h | 672 |
| Mar 27, 2020 | No storm report | 56 | 4% | 11 h | – | 620 |
| Jun 7, 2022 | Thunderstorms | 208 | 15% | 3.2 h | 5.2 h | 538 |
| Oct 27, 2023 | No storm report | 103 | 8% | 7.2 h | 2.5 h | 504 |
| Oct 11, 2021 | No storm report | 102 | 8% | 5.2 h | 30 min | 498 |
| Oct 8, 2021 | No storm report | 196 | 15% | 2.5 h | 2.5 h | 490 |
| Jul 2, 2025 | No storm report | 85 | 6% | 5.5 h | 5.5 h | 468 |
| Apr 6, 2024 | Thunderstorms | 111 | 8% | 6.2 h | 6.0 h | 454 |
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 Thayer from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.
- Thunderstorms 35%
- No storm on record 32%
- Winter storm 32%
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities serving Thayer
As each utility reports to the Energy Information Administration for its whole Nebraska territory, not this county alone. Outage minutes include major storm days.
| Utility | Type | Outage min / yr | Excl. major storms | Outages / yr | Residential ¢/kWh | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Fairbury | NE | – | – | – | 12.1 | 33k |
| Norris Public Power District | Political Subdivision | 2,541 | 465 | 3.12 | 9.5 | 19k |
| City of Deshler | NE | – | – | – | – | 4.5k |
| South Central Public Pwr Dist | Political Subdivision | 162 | 118 | 0.97 | 9.5 | 3.8k |
| Village of Davenport | NE | – | – | – | – | 1.8k |
| Village of Chester | NE | – | – | – | – | 1.4k |
| City of Hubbell | NE | – | – | – | – | 312 |
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
- Thayer (this county) 21 h
- Saline 8.2 h
- Jefferson 3.9 h
- Washington, KS 3.7 h
- Fillmore 3.4 h
- Republic, KS 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 1,346 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 →