Power outage history
Rawlins County Kansas
7.1hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025
13th most of 81 in Kansas close to 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 Rawlins's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.
Year by year
Hours in the dark, per customer
2020 was the worst well-recorded year, at 11 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.
Rawlins, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 2019 | Thunderstorms | 1,598 | 80% | 21 h | 21 h | 28k |
| Apr 30, 2017 | Winter storm | 803 | 40% | 12 h | 8.2 h | 7.1k |
| Oct 16, 2023 | No storm report | 1,806 | 90% | 11 h | 48 min | 5.0k |
| May 1, 2023 | No storm report | 473 | 24% | 14 h | 30 min | 3.7k |
| Mar 8, 2017 | No storm report | 903 | 45% | 3.0 h | 3.0 h | 2.7k |
| May 28, 2018 | Thunderstorms | 1,604 | 80% | 1.5 h | 1.5 h | 2.4k |
| Apr 12, 2020 | No storm report | 264 | 13% | 8.2 h | 7.5 h | 1.9k |
| Jul 19, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 662 | 33% | 8.5 h | 30 min | 1.6k |
| Mar 12, 2024 | No storm report | 521 | 26% | 3.0 h | 3.0 h | 1.6k |
| Dec 12, 2015 | No storm report | 604 | 30% | 2.5 h | 2.5 h | 1.5k |
| Jun 28, 2016 | Thunderstorms | 606 | 30% | 2.2 h | 2.2 h | 1.4k |
| Dec 28, 2019 | Winter storm | 606 | 30% | 3.2 h | 1.8 h | 1.3k |
| Jun 9, 2018 | Thunderstorms | 1,000 | 50% | 3.2 h | 1.0 h | 1.1k |
| Jun 8, 2022 | No storm report | 591 | 29% | 1.8 h | 5.0 h | 1.0k |
| Dec 2, 2025 | No storm report | 1,609 | 80% | 1.8 h | 30 min | 802 |
| Dec 15, 2021 | Windstorm | 333 | 17% | 2.5 h | 2.2 h | 767 |
| Aug 20, 2022 | No storm report | 226 | 11% | 3.2 h | 3.2 h | 734 |
| Apr 22, 2022 | Thunderstorms | 88 | 4% | 9.2 h | – | 699 |
| Jul 3, 2022 | No storm report | 686 | 34% | 1.0 h | 1.0 h | 682 |
| Jul 5, 2021 | No storm report | 171 | 9% | 4.2 h | 2.8 h | 676 |
| Oct 2, 2020 | No storm report | 985 | 49% | 48 min | 30 min | 628 |
| Apr 7, 2024 | Windstorm | 399 | 20% | 5.2 h | 5.0 h | 564 |
| Jul 19, 2025 | Thunderstorms | 234 | 12% | 2.2 h | 1.8 h | 526 |
| Apr 23, 2019 | No storm report | 76 | 4% | 6.0 h | – | 456 |
| Jun 12, 2022 | Windstorm | 296 | 15% | 1.5 h | 1.5 h | 444 |
| Aug 4, 2024 | No storm report | 209 | 10% | 3.0 h | 1.5 h | 434 |
| Aug 14, 2017 | No storm report | 737 | 37% | 48 min | 48 min | 402 |
| Apr 15, 2016 | No storm report | 67 | 3% | 5.5 h | – | 367 |
| Mar 12, 2021 | No storm report | 75 | 4% | 4.8 h | – | 356 |
| Apr 10, 2024 | No storm report | 74 | 4% | 4.8 h | – | 348 |
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 Rawlins from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.
- Thunderstorms 54%
- No storm on record 40%
- Windstorm 3.5%
- Winter storm 2.3%
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities serving Rawlins
As each utility reports to the Energy Information Administration for its whole Kansas territory, not this county alone. Outage minutes include major storm days.
| Utility | Type | Outage min / yr | Excl. major storms | Outages / yr | Residential ¢/kWh | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midwest Energy Inc | Cooperative | 581 | 314 | 2.68 | 12.0 | 30k |
| Prairie Land Electric Coop Inc | Cooperative | 383 | 157 | – | 14.8 | 13k |
| City of Herndon | KS | – | – | – | – | 1.2k |
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
- Decatur 7.8 h
- Rawlins (this county) 7.1 h
- Cheyenne 6.2 h
- Sherman 1.6 h
- Thomas 1.2 h
- Red Willow, NE 0.3 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 2,008 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 →