Power outage history
Howard County Texas
6.5hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025
178th most of 240 in Texas close to 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 Howard's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.
Year by year
Hours in the dark, per customer
2021 was the worst well-recorded year, at 22 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.
Howard, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 2021 | Winter storm | 8,061 | 41% | 4.5 d | 2.2 d | 332k |
| Jun 8, 2025 | Thunderstorms | 6,823 | 34% | 22 h | 18 h | 51k |
| May 7, 2018 | No storm report | 4,529 | 23% | 18 h | 1.8 h | 43k |
| Jan 2, 2015 | Ice storm | 1,858 | 9% | 2.2 d | 47 h | 33k |
| Oct 28, 2020 | No storm report | 2,130 | 11% | 24 h | 20 h | 16k |
| May 29, 2025 | Thunderstorms | 1,174 | 6% | 22 h | 31 h | 11k |
| Aug 18, 2025 | No storm report | 1,514 | 8% | 13 h | 13 h | 10k |
| May 29, 2021 | No storm report | 696 | 4% | 14 h | – | 9.7k |
| Jul 30, 2022 | No storm report | 2,300 | 12% | 4.5 h | 2.5 h | 9.4k |
| Jun 26, 2021 | No storm report | 512 | 3% | 27 h | – | 9.3k |
| Apr 9, 2018 | No storm report | 5,866 | 29% | 1.5 h | 1.2 h | 8.8k |
| Sep 24, 2019 | No storm report | 4,863 | 24% | 3.5 h | 1.5 h | 8.1k |
| Jan 3, 2021 | No storm report | 494 | 2% | 16 h | – | 7.9k |
| Jan 29, 2025 | No storm report | 1,772 | 9% | 8.2 h | 4.5 h | 7.9k |
| Apr 28, 2021 | No storm report | 1,518 | 8% | 15 h | 6.0 h | 7.6k |
| Jun 18, 2019 | Thunderstorms | 1,707 | 9% | 8.5 h | 3.8 h | 6.9k |
| Feb 12, 2020 | No storm report | 412 | 2% | 17 h | – | 6.8k |
| Jul 9, 2022 | No storm report | 814 | 4% | 13 h | – | 6.7k |
| Apr 24, 2022 | Thunderstorms | 1,906 | 10% | 8.2 h | 5.2 h | 6.5k |
| Mar 12, 2019 | Thunderstorms | 495 | 2% | 21 h | – | 6.0k |
| Jun 10, 2025 | No storm report | 1,805 | 9% | 4.2 h | 2.0 h | 6.0k |
| Feb 19, 2021 | No storm report | 733 | 4% | 13 h | – | 5.7k |
| Jun 17, 2018 | No storm report | 1,178 | 6% | 8.2 h | 8.2 h | 5.6k |
| Oct 13, 2022 | No storm report | 813 | 4% | 14 h | – | 5.4k |
| Sep 11, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 654 | 3% | 11 h | – | 5.3k |
| Jun 7, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 992 | 5% | 5.5 h | – | 5.3k |
| Jun 5, 2019 | Windstorm | 1,435 | 7% | 6.2 h | 11 h | 5.2k |
| May 29, 2023 | No storm report | 1,558 | 8% | 6.5 h | 5.0 h | 4.9k |
| Jan 18, 2022 | No storm report | 1,334 | 7% | 8.0 h | 3.0 h | 4.5k |
| Jun 18, 2020 | Thunderstorms | 1,126 | 6% | 6.8 h | 7.2 h | 4.4k |
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 Howard from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.
- Winter storm 44%
- No storm on record 39%
- Thunderstorms 15%
- Windstorm 2.0%
- Flooding 0.9%
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities serving Howard
As each utility reports to the Energy Information Administration for its whole Texas territory, not this county alone. Outage minutes include major storm days.
| Utility | Type | Outage min / yr | Excl. major storms | Outages / yr | Residential ¢/kWh | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyntegar Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 267 | 267 | – | 10.3 | 9.2k |
| Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC | Investor Owned | 232 | 67 | 1.55 | – | – |
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.
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 19,898 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 →