Power outage history
Parmer County Texas
6.8hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025
171st 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 Parmer'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 14 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.
Parmer, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 2025 | Windstorm | 6,045 | 79% | 20 h | 9.0 h | 54k |
| Mar 13, 2019 | Windstorm | 1,079 | 14% | 38 h | 17 h | 16k |
| Feb 4, 2021 | No storm report | 569 | 7% | 20 h | 12 min | 11k |
| Jul 5, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 1,718 | 22% | 16 h | 8.2 h | 8.1k |
| Feb 26, 2023 | Windstorm | 1,442 | 19% | 26 h | 6.5 h | 8.0k |
| Sep 20, 2022 | No storm report | 1,394 | 18% | 5.8 h | 4.5 h | 5.6k |
| Aug 15, 2018 | Thunderstorms | 2,181 | 29% | 6.8 h | 3.0 h | 5.5k |
| Sep 15, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 1,445 | 19% | 7.2 h | 3.2 h | 4.8k |
| Jul 1, 2021 | No storm report | 348 | 5% | 14 h | – | 4.8k |
| Jul 15, 2021 | No storm report | 348 | 5% | 14 h | – | 4.7k |
| Feb 16, 2021 | No storm report | 1,527 | 20% | 5.5 h | 4.8 h | 4.1k |
| Mar 23, 2025 | No storm report | 1,802 | 24% | 2.2 h | 2.2 h | 4.0k |
| May 10, 2023 | No storm report | 1,182 | 15% | 6.2 h | 3.8 h | 4.0k |
| May 27, 2023 | No storm report | 565 | 7% | 12 h | 11 h | 3.9k |
| Dec 27, 2015 | Winter storm | 397 | 5% | 11 h | 16 h | 3.8k |
| Oct 27, 2020 | Winter storm | 346 | 5% | 16 h | – | 3.7k |
| Mar 18, 2021 | No storm report | 671 | 9% | 12 h | 21 h | 3.5k |
| Dec 28, 2015 | No storm report | 363 | 5% | 13 h | – | 3.5k |
| Mar 25, 2021 | No storm report | 1,736 | 23% | 2.0 h | 2.0 h | 3.5k |
| Mar 18, 2025 | Windstorm | 1,111 | 15% | 6.5 h | 1.5 h | 3.4k |
| Nov 2, 2024 | Flooding | 985 | 13% | 9.8 h | 1.2 h | 3.4k |
| Sep 1, 2024 | No storm report | 235 | 3% | 26 h | – | 3.4k |
| Aug 31, 2025 | No storm report | 857 | 11% | 3.8 h | 3.8 h | 3.2k |
| May 16, 2024 | No storm report | 1,766 | 23% | 2.0 h | 1.8 h | 3.2k |
| May 17, 2024 | No storm report | 729 | 10% | 4.8 h | 3.2 h | 3.1k |
| May 28, 2024 | Thunderstorms | 1,193 | 16% | 6.5 h | 1.2 h | 3.1k |
| Jan 18, 2024 | No storm report | 271 | 4% | 11 h | – | 3.0k |
| Mar 17, 2021 | No storm report | 990 | 13% | 6.2 h | 4.0 h | 2.6k |
| Feb 4, 2021 | No storm report | 573 | 7% | 4.2 h | 15 h | 2.4k |
| Jul 12, 2022 | No storm report | 1,316 | 17% | 2.0 h | 2.0 h | 2.4k |
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 Parmer from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.
- No storm on record 59%
- Windstorm 26%
- Thunderstorms 10%
- Winter storm 3.6%
- Flooding 1.1%
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities serving Parmer
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwestern Public Service Co | Investor Owned | 441 | 151 | 1.71 | 13.9 | 224k |
| Bailey County Elec Coop Assn | Cooperative | – | – | – | 9.8 | 3.5k |
| Deaf Smith Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 514 | 338 | 2.39 | 8.6 | 3.0k |
| Farmers Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | – | – | – | – | – |
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
- Castro 7.9 h
- Deaf Smith 7.9 h
- Parmer (this county) 6.8 h
- Curry, NM 1.7 h
- Lamb 1.6 h
- Bailey 1.4 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 7,651 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 →