– 0 customers out in the US
May 2018 · 61th largest of 72
Thunderstorms
May 15, 2018. At the peak, 678,061 customers were without power, most of them in Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut.
Thunderstorms Customers out at the peak 678,061 May 15, 2018, 6:00 PM
Customer-hours lost 11M Every customer out, times every hour out
Counties with 10%+ out 54 of 144 counties affected
Above 600,000 out nationally 3.0 hours May 15, 2018, 5:00 PM onward
States affected 32 PA · NY · CT · NJ · LA
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%+ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 202,387 | 7% | 12 |
| New York | 173,208 | 11% | 4 |
| Connecticut | 135,399 | 13% | 4 |
| New Jersey | 93,991 | 5% | 2 |
| Louisiana | 21,128 | 8% | 0 |
| New Mexico | 18,349 | 5% | 0 |
| Virginia | 18,296 | 4% | 6 |
| Oklahoma | 16,705 | 11% | 5 |
| Mississippi | 16,581 | 10% | 3 |
| Texas | 11,433 | 3% | 5 |
| Florida | 10,086 | 1% | 0 |
| West Virginia | 9,843 | 6% | 2 |
| South Carolina | 8,135 | 3% | 1 |
| Oregon | 5,625 | 5% | 1 |
| Kentucky | 4,113 | 20% | 4 |
| Arizona | 3,993 | 14% | 1 |
| Alabama | 3,898 | 1% | 0 |
| Georgia | 3,572 | 7% | 1 |
| Ohio | 2,812 | 3% | 0 |
| Michigan | 2,668 | 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
- Cameron, PA 100%
- Pike, PA 90%
- Putnam, NY 70%
- Bolivar, MS 55%
- Sussex, NJ 54%
- Tyler, WV 53%
- Wayne, PA 47%
- Monroe, PA 43%
- Elk, PA 41%
- Orange, NY 38%
- Wyoming, PA 28%
- Perry, PA 25%
- Murray, OK 23%
- Livingston, KY 28%
- Forest, PA 36%
- Piscataquis, ME 22%