Power outage history
Martin County North Carolina
3.9hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025
90th most of 100 in North Carolina 40% 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 Martin'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 12 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.
Martin, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 2016 | Hurricane Matthew | 4,801 | 36% | 2.9 d | 2.4 d | 147k |
| Aug 4, 2020 | Hurricane Isaias | 9,474 | 71% | 40 h | 32 h | 121k |
| Sep 6, 2019 | Hurricane Dorian | 3,207 | 24% | 38 h | 29 h | 41k |
| Nov 9, 2016 | No storm report | 1,908 | 14% | 16 h | 16 h | 28k |
| Jan 9, 2024 | No storm report | 2,535 | 19% | 28 h | 17 h | 15k |
| Dec 23, 2022 | Windstorm | 1,886 | 14% | 14 h | 12 h | 12k |
| Jun 20, 2019 | Thunderstorms | 1,877 | 14% | 15 h | 9.5 h | 11k |
| Jul 27, 2022 | Thunderstorms | 2,508 | 19% | 10 h | 5.8 h | 7.8k |
| Sep 23, 2023 | Tropical Storm Ophelia | 1,459 | 11% | 7.5 h | 4.2 h | 6.1k |
| Oct 11, 2018 | Hurricane Michael | 644 | 5% | 13 h | – | 5.4k |
| Jul 8, 2016 | Thunderstorms | 621 | 5% | 17 h | – | 5.4k |
| Feb 21, 2020 | Winter storm | 1,040 | 8% | 5.5 h | 3.2 h | 4.5k |
| Jun 22, 2020 | Thunderstorms | 873 | 7% | 6.2 h | 4.5 h | 4.5k |
| Jun 3, 2016 | Tropical Storm Bonnie | 3,482 | 26% | 1.2 h | 1.0 h | 4.3k |
| May 4, 2021 | Thunderstorms | 3,278 | 25% | 2.8 h | 1.5 h | 4.1k |
| May 28, 2018 | No storm report | 3,346 | 25% | 2.0 h | 2.8 h | 4.0k |
| May 20, 2022 | No storm report | 1,313 | 10% | 3.8 h | 5.0 h | 3.7k |
| Sep 14, 2018 | Hurricane Florence | 683 | 5% | 8.5 h | 5.2 h | 3.5k |
| Dec 10, 2025 | No storm report | 975 | 7% | 5.5 h | 5.5 h | 3.2k |
| Aug 29, 2022 | No storm report | 696 | 5% | 4.0 h | 2.2 h | 2.8k |
| Feb 7, 2020 | No storm report | 1,510 | 11% | 3.2 h | 3.2 h | 2.5k |
| May 27, 2024 | Thunderstorms | 527 | 4% | 6.2 h | – | 2.5k |
| Feb 16, 2021 | No storm report | 1,703 | 13% | 5.5 h | 3.0 h | 2.4k |
| May 6, 2022 | Thunderstorms | 667 | 5% | 5.0 h | 4.8 h | 2.3k |
| Jun 14, 2024 | No storm report | 781 | 6% | 3.2 h | 2.8 h | 2.3k |
| Jan 7, 2017 | Winter storm | 517 | 4% | 4.5 h | – | 2.3k |
| Nov 1, 2019 | No storm report | 293 | 2% | 10 h | – | 2.3k |
| Aug 5, 2024 | No storm report | 911 | 7% | 3.2 h | 8.8 h | 2.3k |
| Mar 1, 2018 | No storm report | 1,689 | 13% | 2.8 h | 4.0 h | 2.2k |
| Apr 23, 2017 | No storm report | 2,171 | 16% | 1.0 h | 1.0 h | 2.1k |
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 Martin from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.
- Tropical storm 53%
- No storm on record 30%
- Thunderstorms 11%
- Windstorm 3.5%
- Winter storm 2.1%
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities serving Martin
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halifax Electric Member Corp | NC | 207 | 207 | 1.66 | 14.5 | 128k |
| Virginia Electric & Power Co | Investor Owned | 286 | 137 | 1.49 | 12.7 | 109k |
| City of Washington | Municipal | – | – | – | 13.0 | 12k |
| Edgecombe-Martin County E M C | Cooperative | 104 | 104 | 1.18 | 16.5 | 11k |
| City of Robersonville | NC | – | – | – | – | 8.6k |
| Town of Hamilton | NC | – | – | – | – | 2.0k |
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 13,275 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 →