Power Out Map
– 0% of Hyde out 0 customers out in North Carolina

Power outage history

Hyde County North Carolina

29hours

without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025

6th most of 100 in North Carolina 4.4× the national median

Worst outage on record Hurricane Dorian · Sep 6, 2019 100% of customers out · 90% back in 4.4 days
Hours without power, average customer per year 29h / yr State average 8.3 h · national median 6.6 h
Major outages a year 16.0 Peaks over 10% of customers or 50,000 customers
Typical time to restore 90% 2hours Median across major outages, from the peak
Longest single outage 4.8days Hurricane Dorian, over 1% of customers out
Outage hours on storm days 64% Share falling on days with a NOAA storm report here
Worst year 2019 4.3 days without power, average customer
Electricity customers 2,341 Estimated from population · 8 well-covered years

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 Hyde's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.

20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
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Year by year

Hours in the dark, per customer

2019 was the worst well-recorded year, at 4.3 days for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.

Hyde, hours without power per customer

HydeUS median countyNorth Carolina average
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 ’17 56 ’18 103 ’19 14 ’20 10 ’21 13 ’22 15 ’23 7.2 ’24 11 ’25 NC 8.3 US 6.6

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
Sep 5, 2019 Hurricane Dorian 2,341 100% 4.8 d 4.4 d 198k
Sep 13, 2018 Hurricane Florence 2,341 100% 26 h 16 h 36k
Jul 28, 2017 No storm report 1,047 45% 31 h 31 h 32k
Sep 23, 2023 Tropical Storm Ophelia 1,424 61% 27 h 5.5 h 19k
Oct 11, 2018 Hurricane Michael 2,341 100% 18 h 10 h 17k
Sep 15, 2018 Hurricane Florence 2,271 97% 43 h 8.8 h 16k
Dec 9, 2018 No storm report 1,356 58% 12 h 17 h 14k
May 12, 2021 No storm report 2,341 100% 6.5 h 5.5 h 13k
Aug 4, 2020 Hurricane Isaias 1,196 51% 43 h 31 h 12k
Oct 12, 2019 No storm report 1,207 52% 7.2 h 7.2 h 8.8k
Oct 28, 2025 Flooding 2,341 100% 3.8 h 9.8 h 8.2k
May 31, 2019 Thunderstorms 1,898 81% 13 h 2.5 h 6.8k

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.

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% peak+24h+48h+72h+96h half back by +6h 90% by +10h

When it happens

The outage clock

Customer-hours out by month (rings, January innermost) and local hour, 2018–2025.

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What was happening

Weather behind the outages

Each outage is matched to NOAA storm reports for Hyde from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.

  • Tropical storm 58%
  • No storm on record 36%
  • Thunderstorms 3.0%
  • Flooding 1.6%
  • Winter storm 0.7%

Who keeps the lights on

Utilities serving Hyde

As each utility reports to the Energy Information Administration for its whole North Carolina territory, not this county alone. Outage minutes include major storm days.

Utility Type Outage min / yr Excl. major storms Outages / yr Residential ¢/kWh Customers
Virginia Electric & Power Co Investor Owned 286 137 1.49 12.7 109k
Tideland Electric Member Corp Cooperative 205 164 2.49 16.4 22k

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

Across North Carolina

Where it is darkest

Hours / yr64+

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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 2,341 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 →