Power outage history
Waupaca County Wisconsin
6.5hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025
14th most of 72 in Wisconsin 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 Waupaca's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.
Year by year
Hours in the dark, per customer
2019 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.
Waupaca, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 2019 | Tornadoes | 13,582 | 57% | 4.4 d | 2.5 d | 458k |
| Jun 15, 2022 | Tornadoes | 6,570 | 28% | 3.9 d | 2.2 d | 220k |
| Jun 14, 2017 | Thunderstorms | 12,057 | 51% | 35 h | 27 h | 179k |
| Apr 2, 2024 | Winter storm | 7,904 | 33% | 42 h | 32 h | 116k |
| Dec 16, 2021 | No storm report | 3,266 | 14% | 18 h | 5.0 h | 30k |
| Feb 24, 2019 | Winter storm | 1,592 | 7% | 17 h | 12 h | 16k |
| Aug 9, 2025 | No storm report | 4,084 | 17% | 11 h | 9.0 h | 13k |
| Jun 25, 2024 | Thunderstorms | 2,553 | 11% | 9.0 h | 6.5 h | 12k |
| Jul 21, 2016 | Thunderstorms | 2,162 | 9% | 7.5 h | 2.8 h | 11k |
| Sep 3, 2015 | No storm report | 1,646 | 7% | 7.0 h | 3.0 h | 11k |
| Jul 28, 2021 | Thunderstorms | 1,069 | 5% | 14 h | – | 11k |
| Aug 7, 2022 | No storm report | 1,661 | 7% | 11 h | 1.5 h | 10k |
| Aug 31, 2021 | No storm report | 3,917 | 17% | 2.5 h | 2.5 h | 8.9k |
| May 17, 2017 | Thunderstorms | 1,811 | 8% | 11 h | 10 h | 8.4k |
| Aug 11, 2015 | No storm report | 3,172 | 13% | 2.5 h | 11 h | 7.9k |
| Dec 24, 2015 | Windstorm | 3,169 | 13% | 2.2 h | 1.8 h | 7.1k |
| Jul 1, 2018 | Thunderstorms | 1,718 | 7% | 4.2 h | 1.2 h | 6.8k |
| Sep 6, 2016 | No storm report | 1,813 | 8% | 8.0 h | 7.0 h | 6.3k |
| Jul 19, 2019 | Thunderstorms | 883 | 4% | 9.8 h | – | 6.1k |
| Apr 22, 2024 | No storm report | 2,287 | 10% | 4.0 h | 2.8 h | 5.5k |
| Mar 30, 2025 | Ice storm | 890 | 4% | 7.8 h | – | 4.7k |
| Jul 27, 2021 | No storm report | 1,547 | 7% | 3.0 h | 2.5 h | 4.6k |
| Aug 7, 2020 | No storm report | 2,550 | 11% | 2.8 h | 2.0 h | 4.6k |
| Sep 17, 2018 | No storm report | 2,127 | 9% | 3.0 h | 2.8 h | 4.4k |
| May 27, 2021 | No storm report | 4,084 | 17% | 2.5 h | 2.2 h | 4.3k |
| Apr 25, 2020 | No storm report | 431 | 2% | 9.8 h | – | 4.2k |
| Sep 20, 2022 | No storm report | 2,273 | 10% | 1.8 h | 1.5 h | 4.0k |
| Jun 10, 2016 | Thunderstorms | 510 | 2% | 8.5 h | – | 3.8k |
| Jun 30, 2025 | No storm report | 650 | 3% | 6.0 h | – | 3.7k |
| May 16, 2025 | No storm report | 1,128 | 5% | 6.0 h | – | 3.7k |
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 Waupaca from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.
- Tornadoes 62%
- No storm on record 20%
- Winter storm 13%
- Thunderstorms 5.0%
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities serving Waupaca
As each utility reports to the Energy Information Administration for its whole Wisconsin territory, not this county alone. Outage minutes include major storm days.
| Utility | Type | Outage min / yr | Excl. major storms | Outages / yr | Residential ¢/kWh | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin Electric Power Co | Investor Owned | 185 | 93 | 0.90 | 20.5 | 1.1M |
| Wisconsin Power & Light Co | Investor Owned | 96 | 75 | 0.79 | 18.5 | 441k |
| Wisconsin Public Service Corp | Investor Owned | 630 | 107 | 1.44 | 17.2 | 416k |
| Central Wisconsin Elec Coop | WI | 3,484 | – | 2.86 | 17.8 | 60k |
| Adams-Columbia Electric Coop | Cooperative | 108 | 66 | 0.87 | 19.0 | 36k |
| City of Clintonville | WI | – | – | – | 11.1 | 18k |
| New London Electric&Water Util | Municipal | – | – | – | 12.7 | 3.5k |
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.
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 23,619 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 →