Power outage history
Jackson County Oklahoma
1.2hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025
73rd most of 75 in Oklahoma 81% 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 Jackson'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 4.9 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.
Jackson, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 2015 | Ice storm | 1,342 | 7% | 3.3 d | 2.2 d | 76k |
| Oct 26, 2020 | Ice storm | 2,646 | 14% | 4.1 d | 32 h | 74k |
| Apr 21, 2017 | No storm report | 1,088 | 6% | 22 h | 30 h | 9.8k |
| May 25, 2025 | Windstorm | 654 | 4% | 13 h | – | 8.1k |
| Sep 16, 2021 | No storm report | 3,608 | 19% | 4.5 h | 3.0 h | 6.9k |
| Oct 21, 2015 | No storm report | 314 | 2% | 24 h | – | 6.4k |
| Apr 24, 2021 | No storm report | 1,466 | 8% | 10 h | 5.5 h | 6.3k |
| May 24, 2019 | Thunderstorms | 1,163 | 6% | 8.0 h | 9.0 h | 5.8k |
| Aug 17, 2019 | Thunderstorms | 922 | 5% | 9.5 h | – | 4.9k |
| Mar 1, 2017 | No storm report | 316 | 2% | 13 h | – | 4.0k |
| Sep 24, 2016 | No storm report | 261 | 1% | 14 h | – | 3.5k |
| May 31, 2022 | Thunderstorms | 471 | 3% | 13 h | – | 3.5k |
| Mar 15, 2017 | No storm report | 824 | 4% | 3.5 h | – | 2.9k |
| Apr 30, 2016 | No storm report | 856 | 5% | 4.8 h | – | 2.8k |
| May 21, 2020 | No storm report | 993 | 5% | 2.2 h | 4.5 h | 2.1k |
| May 12, 2016 | No storm report | 271 | 1% | 7.8 h | – | 2.1k |
| May 7, 2018 | No storm report | 1,451 | 8% | 1.8 h | 48 min | 2.0k |
| Oct 4, 2020 | No storm report | 255 | 1% | 8.5 h | – | 1.9k |
| May 19, 2017 | Tornadoes | 840 | 5% | 2.2 h | – | 1.9k |
| Apr 29, 2017 | Thunderstorms | 829 | 4% | 2.2 h | – | 1.9k |
| Aug 27, 2019 | No storm report | 515 | 3% | 3.0 h | – | 1.5k |
| Aug 12, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 873 | 5% | 4.2 h | – | 1.5k |
| Mar 9, 2019 | No storm report | 424 | 2% | 3.2 h | – | 1.4k |
| Sep 19, 2016 | No storm report | 825 | 4% | 4.8 h | – | 1.4k |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Windstorm | 558 | 3% | 2.8 h | – | 1.3k |
| Sep 17, 2015 | No storm report | 880 | 5% | 1.8 h | – | 1.3k |
| Apr 29, 2017 | No storm report | 433 | 2% | 3.5 h | – | 1.2k |
| Nov 20, 2019 | No storm report | 1,440 | 8% | 48 min | 48 min | 1.1k |
| Apr 22, 2019 | No storm report | 830 | 4% | 1.2 h | – | 1.0k |
| Aug 12, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 2,137 | 12% | 30 min | 30 min | 1.0k |
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 Jackson from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.
- Ice storm 55%
- No storm on record 24%
- Thunderstorms 14%
- Windstorm 7.0%
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities serving Jackson
As each utility reports to the Energy Information Administration for its whole Oklahoma territory, not this county alone. Outage minutes include major storm days.
| Utility | Type | Outage min / yr | Excl. major storms | Outages / yr | Residential ¢/kWh | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Service Co of Oklahoma | Investor Owned | 200 | 98 | 1.48 | 14.2 | 506k |
| Southwest Rural Elec Assn Inc | OK | – | – | – | 12.2 | 45k |
| City of Altus | Municipal | – | – | – | 13.1 | 8.3k |
| City of Olustee | OK | – | – | – | – | 2.5k |
| City of Eldorado | OK | – | – | – | – | 1.5k |
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
- Hardeman, TX 17 h
- Kiowa 15 h
- Tillman 10 h
- Wilbarger, TX 5.7 h
- Harmon 2.7 h
- Jackson (this county) 1.2 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 18,518 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 →