– 0 customers out in the US
October 2016 · 10th largest of 72
Hurricane Matthew
At the peak, 2,164,906 customers were without power, most of them in Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina.
Hurricane Matthew Customers out at the peak 2,164,906 Oct 9, 2016, 8:00 AM
Customer-hours lost 138M Every customer out, times every hour out
Counties with 10%+ out 179 of 343 counties affected
Above 600,000 out nationally 4.2 days Oct 7, 2016, 8:00 AM onward
States affected 39 FL · NC · SC · VA · GA
Hour by hour
The country, in the dark
Customers without power across the US, two days either side. The shaded band is the time the national total stayed above 600,000.
By state
Where it hit
| State | Peak out | Share | Counties 10%+ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 1,512,917 | 27% | 21 |
| North Carolina | 792,781 | 18% | 45 |
| South Carolina | 687,484 | 31% | 25 |
| Virginia | 358,162 | 19% | 38 |
| Georgia | 292,808 | 57% | 19 |
| Iowa | 39,465 | 15% | 6 |
| Ohio | 22,553 | 2% | 0 |
| Maryland | 20,560 | 3% | 0 |
| Pennsylvania | 16,640 | 3% | 1 |
| Maine | 16,612 | 6% | 2 |
| Kansas | 16,257 | 3% | 2 |
| Texas | 13,026 | 4% | 0 |
| Oklahoma | 12,559 | 7% | 2 |
| California | 11,530 | 2% | 0 |
| Washington | 11,437 | 3% | 1 |
| New York | 10,777 | 2% | 2 |
| Missouri | 8,649 | 3% | 4 |
| Wisconsin | 8,181 | 1% | 1 |
| Illinois | 8,092 | 3% | 0 |
| Massachusetts | 7,234 | 2% | 0 |
State peaks add each county's own peak, which may fall at different hours, so they can exceed the true simultaneous total.
By county
The hardest hit
- Volusia, FL 100%
- Glynn, GA 100%
- Effingham, GA 100%
- Columbus, NC 100%
- Sampson, NC 100%
- Darlington, SC 100%
- Dillon, SC 100%
- Marion, SC 100%
- Washington, NC 100%
- Rappahannock, VA 100%
- Charles City, VA 100%
- Tyrrell, NC 100%
- Chatham, GA 98%
- Flagler, FL 98%
- Lee, SC 97%
- Mathews, VA 95%