Power Out Map
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Power outage history

Waynesboro City Virginia

8.8hours

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

73rd most of 123 in Virginia 1.3× the national median

Worst outage on record Nov 16, 2018 82% of customers out · 90% back in 2.5 days
Hours without power, average customer per year 8.8h / yr State average 8.7 h · national median 6.6 h
Major outages a year 1.9 Peaks over 10% of customers or 50,000 customers
Typical time to restore 90% 1hours Median across major outages, from the peak
Longest single outage 4.2days Nov 15, 2018, over 1% of customers out
Outage hours on storm days 86% Share falling on days with a NOAA storm report here
Worst year 2018 43 hours without power, average customer
Electricity customers 11,820 EAGLE-I 2024 count · 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 Waynesboro'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

2018 was the worst well-recorded year, at 43 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.

Waynesboro, hours without power per customer

WaynesboroUS median countyVirginia average
0 10 20 30 40 50 1.9 ’15 2.3 ’16 1.8 ’17 43 ’18 1.9 ’19 2.3 ’20 1.8 ’21 3.5 ’22 0.9 ’23 13 ’24 4.1 ’25 VA 8.7 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
Nov 15, 2018 Winter storm 9,737 82% 4.2 d 2.5 d 490k
Sep 27, 2024 Flooding 8,777 74% 32 h 27 h 118k
Apr 26, 2022 Tornadoes 4,823 41% 12 h 6.2 h 17k
Aug 8, 2024 Hurricane Debby 1,615 14% 13 h 11 h 11k
Sep 2, 2015 Thunderstorms 3,665 31% 7.0 h 1.2 h 8.7k
Feb 6, 2025 Winter storm 857 7% 12 h 3.2 h 6.6k
Jan 19, 2025 Winter storm 1,891 16% 3.5 h 3.8 h 6.2k
Jun 13, 2025 No storm report 529 4% 11 h – 5.8k
Jun 24, 2016 Thunderstorms 2,582 22% 2.2 h 1.8 h 5.8k
Jul 11, 2019 Thunderstorms 1,139 10% 5.5 h 3.5 h 5.6k
Nov 18, 2025 No storm report 670 6% 7.2 h 14 h 4.6k
Apr 11, 2024 No storm report 4,577 39% 1.2 h 12 min 4.3k

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 +4h 90% by +4h

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 Waynesboro from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.

  • Winter storm 64%
  • Flooding 15%
  • No storm on record 14%
  • Tropical storm 2.2%
  • Tornadoes 2.1%
  • Thunderstorms 1.3%
  • Windstorm 0.6%

Who keeps the lights on

Utilities serving Waynesboro

As each utility reports to the Energy Information Administration for its whole Virginia 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 307 144 1.78 15.2 2.4M

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

  • Waynesboro (this county) 8.8 h
  • Augusta 8.1 h

Across Virginia

Where it is darkest

Hours / yr64+

All Virginia 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 11,820 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 →