Power outage history
Waushara County Wisconsin
3.3hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025
30th most of 72 in Wisconsin 50% 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 Waushara's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.
Year by year
Hours in the dark, per customer
2022 was the worst well-recorded year, at 8.2 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.
Waushara, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2017 | Thunderstorms | 9,809 | 47% | 3.0 d | 42 h | 138k |
| Jun 15, 2022 | Thunderstorms | 8,681 | 41% | 2.1 d | 38 h | 134k |
| Jul 28, 2021 | Tornadoes | 5,747 | 27% | 16 h | 3.2 h | 42k |
| Jul 20, 2019 | Thunderstorms | 5,801 | 28% | 25 h | 9.2 h | 34k |
| Jul 21, 2019 | No storm report | 3,544 | 17% | 17 h | 1.2 h | 32k |
| Apr 14, 2018 | Winter storm | 1,891 | 9% | 12 h | 48 min | 15k |
| Apr 2, 2024 | Winter storm | 1,214 | 6% | 22 h | 24 h | 14k |
| Mar 5, 2022 | No storm report | 5,668 | 27% | 2.5 h | 2.2 h | 11k |
| Jan 10, 2024 | No storm report | 4,987 | 24% | 5.2 h | 2.8 h | 10k |
| Jun 3, 2017 | No storm report | 334 | 2% | 36 h | – | 10k |
| May 17, 2017 | Thunderstorms | 1,114 | 5% | 13 h | 11 h | 8.9k |
| Feb 24, 2019 | Winter storm | 2,603 | 12% | 14 h | 3.0 h | 8.2k |
| Jul 4, 2017 | No storm report | 653 | 3% | 11 h | – | 7.0k |
| Nov 30, 2019 | No storm report | 1,001 | 5% | 6.8 h | – | 6.2k |
| Jun 27, 2019 | Thunderstorms | 2,092 | 10% | 7.2 h | 3.8 h | 5.2k |
| Oct 23, 2019 | No storm report | 272 | 1% | 16 h | – | 4.4k |
| Jan 14, 2024 | No storm report | 1,169 | 6% | 3.8 h | 3.5 h | 4.3k |
| Oct 28, 2015 | No storm report | 1,075 | 5% | 3.8 h | 3.8 h | 3.8k |
| Jun 2, 2020 | Thunderstorms | 942 | 4% | 5.0 h | – | 3.7k |
| Jan 11, 2018 | No storm report | 1,042 | 5% | 3.5 h | – | 3.6k |
| Jun 12, 2017 | Thunderstorms | 798 | 4% | 7.0 h | – | 3.0k |
| May 16, 2025 | No storm report | 1,425 | 7% | 3.5 h | 1.8 h | 3.0k |
| Dec 16, 2021 | Thunderstorms | 954 | 5% | 6.8 h | – | 2.9k |
| Apr 25, 2025 | No storm report | 303 | 1% | 8.8 h | – | 2.7k |
| Jul 29, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 637 | 3% | 3.8 h | – | 2.3k |
| Jul 27, 2023 | No storm report | 571 | 3% | 7.0 h | – | 2.3k |
| Jul 13, 2015 | Thunderstorms | 1,079 | 5% | 2.8 h | 3.8 h | 2.2k |
| Aug 8, 2021 | Tornadoes | 516 | 2% | 6.0 h | – | 2.0k |
| Aug 27, 2024 | No storm report | 632 | 3% | 3.5 h | – | 2.0k |
| May 7, 2018 | No storm report | 713 | 3% | 3.0 h | – | 2.0k |
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 Waushara from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.
- Thunderstorms 45%
- No storm on record 34%
- Tornadoes 11%
- Winter storm 9.3%
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities serving Waushara
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 |
| Adams-Columbia Electric Coop | Cooperative | 108 | 66 | 0.87 | 19.0 | 36k |
| Pioneer Power and Light Co | Investor Owned | – | – | – | 16.8 | 2.0k |
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
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 21,071 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 →