Power Outages in Monroe County, AL
No live outage feed is available for Monroe County, AL yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 6.6 hours.
Monroe County, AL is served by local tracked utilities.
Monroe County's utilities do not report live data to ODIN, so real-time outage counts aren't available here. The historical record below is complete.
No active NWS alerts for Monroe County right now.
Monroe County has been under 1 National Weather Service alert recently — most recently a Special Weather Statement on July 12, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Monroe County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Monroe County went about 6.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 6,793 customers.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 6,793 customers out) · decade average 8.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 41 | 748 | 0.2 |
| 2016 | 152 | 295 | 0.4 |
| 2017 | 209 | 1,284 | 1.3 |
| 2018 | 537 | 3,039 | 3.8 |
| 2019 | 603 | 3,873 | 3.1 |
| 2020 | 589 | 6,793 | 57.0 |
| 2021 | 565 | 1,549 | 3.4 |
| 2022 | 585 | 2,391 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 598 | 2,169 | 5.1 |
| 2024 | 650 | 967 | 6.0 |
| 2025 | 607 | 3,427 | 6.6 |
Relatively Moderate hurricanes exposure · 8.2 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability very high — outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Monroe County: FAQ
- How often does Monroe County, AL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Monroe County, AL logged 607 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 6.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Monroe County, AL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 6,793 customers without power, beginning September 15, 2020 and lasting about 6d 22h.
- Is there a power outage in Monroe County, AL right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Monroe County, AL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Monroe County.
36425, 36439, 36444, 36445, 36460, 36470, 36471, 36480, 36481
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/01099 and /api/v1/counties/01099/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Alabama customers).