Power outage history
Daviess County Kentucky
2.7hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025
111th most of 119 in Kentucky 58% below 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 Daviess's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.
Year by year
Hours in the dark, per customer
2023 was the worst well-recorded year, at 8.9 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.
Daviess, 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 3, 2023 | Windstorm | 10,998 | 21% | 2.8 d | 44 h | 236k |
| Jun 29, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 5,013 | 10% | 32 h | 30 h | 67k |
| May 8, 2024 | Tornadoes | 6,526 | 12% | 15 h | 14 h | 38k |
| Jul 8, 2016 | Thunderstorms | 4,120 | 8% | 27 h | 26 h | 37k |
| Nov 14, 2018 | Winter storm | 2,898 | 6% | 22 h | 19 h | 30k |
| Oct 26, 2019 | Tropical Storm Olga | 3,625 | 7% | 19 h | 19 h | 26k |
| Jun 30, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 2,423 | 5% | 13 h | – | 22k |
| Feb 10, 2021 | Winter storm | 2,151 | 4% | 20 h | – | 21k |
| Feb 27, 2023 | Windstorm | 2,063 | 4% | 17 h | – | 19k |
| Jul 8, 2022 | No storm report | 15,947 | 30% | 1.5 h | 48 min | 18k |
| Mar 30, 2025 | Thunderstorms | 5,817 | 11% | 8.5 h | 8.0 h | 17k |
| Jun 25, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 5,799 | 11% | 8.2 h | 7.5 h | 16k |
| Jul 7, 2016 | Thunderstorms | 2,866 | 5% | 10 h | 9.5 h | 16k |
| Apr 5, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 5,364 | 10% | 5.2 h | 4.2 h | 14k |
| May 16, 2025 | Thunderstorms | 6,334 | 12% | 11 h | 11 h | 12k |
| Apr 17, 2024 | No storm report | 9,558 | 18% | 3.8 h | 3.5 h | 10.0k |
| Nov 5, 2022 | Windstorm | 3,503 | 7% | 6.0 h | 6.5 h | 9.6k |
| Aug 31, 2024 | No storm report | 3,382 | 6% | 4.5 h | 2.2 h | 8.1k |
| Jan 5, 2025 | Ice storm | 1,575 | 3% | 8.0 h | – | 7.8k |
| May 10, 2016 | Thunderstorms | 3,589 | 7% | 4.2 h | 4.2 h | 6.9k |
| Jun 10, 2018 | Thunderstorms | 4,036 | 8% | 3.2 h | 4.2 h | 6.8k |
| Oct 5, 2023 | No storm report | 988 | 2% | 6.5 h | – | 6.0k |
| Jan 6, 2025 | Ice storm | 1,586 | 3% | 6.0 h | – | 5.9k |
| Nov 21, 2024 | No storm report | 3,265 | 6% | 1.8 h | 1.8 h | 5.6k |
| Jun 26, 2018 | Thunderstorms | 3,046 | 6% | 4.0 h | 4.8 h | 5.5k |
| May 26, 2024 | Thunderstorms | 2,489 | 5% | 6.0 h | – | 5.3k |
| Jun 17, 2022 | No storm report | 2,293 | 4% | 4.0 h | – | 5.3k |
| Mar 12, 2018 | Winter storm | 3,992 | 8% | 3.8 h | 2.2 h | 5.2k |
| Jun 17, 2024 | Thunderstorms | 3,068 | 6% | 2.0 h | 1.0 h | 5.1k |
| Mar 15, 2025 | Thunderstorms | 2,868 | 5% | 2.8 h | 3.2 h | 4.9k |
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 Daviess from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.
- Windstorm 35%
- Thunderstorms 25%
- No storm on record 21%
- Winter storm 7.1%
- Tornadoes 4.9%
- Tropical storm 3.4%
- Ice storm 2.2%
- Heat 1.4%
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities serving Daviess
As each utility reports to the Energy Information Administration for its whole Kentucky territory, not this county alone. Outage minutes include major storm days.
| Utility | Type | Outage min / yr | Excl. major storms | Outages / yr | Residential ¢/kWh | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky Utilities Co | Investor Owned | 197 | 89 | 1.14 | 11.9 | 454k |
| Kenergy Corp | Cooperative | 691 | 155 | 3.28 | 16.3 | 48k |
| City of Owensboro | Municipal | 87 | 87 | 1.14 | 13.4 | 23k |
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
- Warrick, IN 19 h
- McLean 10 h
- Hancock 8.2 h
- Ohio 6.8 h
- Henderson 4.8 h
- Spencer, IN 4.0 h
- Daviess (this county) 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 52,705 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 →