– 0 customers out in the US
May 2024 · 27th largest of 72
Thunderstorms
May 16, 2024. At the peak, 936,530 customers were without power, most of them in Texas, Louisiana, Washington.
Thunderstorms Customers out at the peak 936,530 May 17, 2024, 12:00 AM
Customer-hours lost 44M Every customer out, times every hour out
Counties with 10%+ out 89 of 207 counties affected
Above 600,000 out nationally 20 hours May 16, 2024, 7:00 PM onward
States affected 36 TX · LA · WA · MS · CA
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%+ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 838,399 | 15% | 32 |
| Louisiana | 254,787 | 13% | 25 |
| Washington | 30,053 | 8% | 1 |
| Mississippi | 29,759 | 5% | 9 |
| California | 24,442 | 4% | 2 |
| North Carolina | 20,448 | 4% | 1 |
| Florida | 14,650 | 2% | 2 |
| Oregon | 13,625 | 4% | 1 |
| Rhode Island | 8,657 | 4% | 0 |
| Georgia | 6,822 | 7% | 0 |
| Pennsylvania | 6,562 | 3% | 0 |
| Kansas | 5,801 | 40% | 2 |
| Virginia | 5,729 | 16% | 1 |
| New York | 5,276 | 4% | 0 |
| Nebraska | 5,059 | 16% | 3 |
| West Virginia | 4,859 | 3% | 0 |
| Arkansas | 4,709 | 4% | 0 |
| Idaho | 4,612 | 16% | 1 |
| Alabama | 4,364 | 4% | 1 |
| New Mexico | 4,207 | 5% | 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
- Chambers, TX 100%
- Waller, TX 100%
- Austin, TX 100%
- Colorado, TX 100%
- San Jacinto, TX 78%
- St. Martin, LA 78%
- Liberty, TX 74%
- Jim Hogg, TX 63%
- Hardin, TX 53%
- Allen, LA 53%
- Washington, TX 50%
- Morris, KS 57%
- Wilkinson, MS 42%
- East Feliciana, LA 38%
- Tangipahoa, LA 37%
- Franklin, MS 41%