Power outage history
Lowndes County Mississippi
1.4hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025
70th most of 74 in Mississippi 79% 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 Lowndes's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.
Year by year
Hours in the dark, per customer
2025 was the worst well-recorded year, at 2.5 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.
Lowndes, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 2019 | Thunderstorms | 3,383 | 10% | 18 h | 15 h | 29k |
| May 18, 2025 | Thunderstorms | 4,612 | 14% | 8.0 h | 7.5 h | 21k |
| May 25, 2025 | Thunderstorms | 2,519 | 8% | 17 h | 16 h | 15k |
| Feb 17, 2021 | Winter storm | 1,393 | 4% | 14 h | – | 14k |
| Dec 28, 2024 | No storm report | 2,673 | 8% | 11 h | 12 h | 10k |
| Dec 24, 2022 | No storm report | 3,170 | 10% | 5.5 h | 30 min | 7.7k |
| Apr 12, 2020 | Thunderstorms | 2,095 | 6% | 8.0 h | 10 h | 7.7k |
| Nov 29, 2022 | Tornadoes | 5,628 | 17% | 2.5 h | 2.2 h | 7.5k |
| Sep 12, 2024 | Hurricane Francine | 1,943 | 6% | 8.8 h | 4.2 h | 7.2k |
| May 7, 2025 | Windstorm | 2,207 | 7% | 7.5 h | 7.8 h | 7.1k |
| Feb 23, 2019 | Tornadoes | 2,517 | 8% | 4.5 h | 3.5 h | 5.8k |
| Jul 29, 2015 | Thunderstorms | 1,701 | 5% | 4.0 h | 5.8 h | 4.4k |
| Mar 3, 2023 | Windstorm | 2,056 | 6% | 4.5 h | 6.8 h | 4.4k |
| Nov 23, 2023 | No storm report | 1,095 | 3% | 3.5 h | – | 3.6k |
| Apr 24, 2021 | No storm report | 2,520 | 8% | 3.0 h | 1.8 h | 2.9k |
| Jan 3, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 843 | 3% | 3.5 h | – | 2.8k |
| Mar 18, 2022 | No storm report | 2,273 | 7% | 1.5 h | 48 min | 2.8k |
| Jun 8, 2021 | Thunderstorms | 3,655 | 11% | 2.5 h | 30 min | 2.7k |
| Aug 5, 2023 | No storm report | 3,173 | 10% | 1.0 h | 30 min | 2.6k |
| Aug 6, 2015 | No storm report | 3,072 | 9% | 1.0 h | 9.0 h | 2.5k |
| Apr 14, 2018 | Thunderstorms | 1,866 | 6% | 2.2 h | 4.8 h | 2.5k |
| Jun 13, 2021 | Thunderstorms | 476 | 1% | 5.8 h | – | 2.3k |
| Oct 25, 2023 | No storm report | 451 | 1% | 5.0 h | – | 2.3k |
| Dec 25, 2015 | Thunderstorms | 1,139 | 3% | 4.0 h | – | 2.2k |
| Jul 17, 2018 | No storm report | 1,329 | 4% | 3.0 h | – | 2.2k |
| Mar 10, 2016 | No storm report | 968 | 3% | 2.2 h | – | 2.2k |
| Apr 3, 2017 | No storm report | 788 | 2% | 2.5 h | – | 2.0k |
| Oct 26, 2019 | Tropical Storm Olga | 573 | 2% | 4.0 h | – | 1.9k |
| Jul 13, 2023 | Flooding | 1,044 | 3% | 2.0 h | – | 1.8k |
| Feb 8, 2025 | No storm report | 1,031 | 3% | 3.0 h | – | 1.7k |
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 Lowndes from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.
- Thunderstorms 40%
- No storm on record 36%
- Winter storm 6.9%
- Tornadoes 6.6%
- Windstorm 5.3%
- Tropical storm 4.5%
- Flooding 0.8%
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities serving Lowndes
As each utility reports to the Energy Information Administration for its whole Mississippi territory, not this county alone. Outage minutes include major storm days.
| Utility | Type | Outage min / yr | Excl. major storms | Outages / yr | Residential ¢/kWh | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-County Electric Power Assn | Cooperative | 215 | 124 | 1.95 | 13.7 | 41k |
| Monroe County Elec Power Assn | Cooperative | – | – | – | 13.2 | 10k |
| City of Columbus | Municipal | 165 | 34 | 0.98 | 12.8 | 8.9k |
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
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 33,297 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 →