Power Outages in Coles County, IL
No live outage feed is available for Coles County, IL yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.6 hours.
Coles County, IL is served by local tracked utilities.
Coles 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.
- Air Quality AlertUNKNOWN
Coles County has been under 4 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Air Quality Alert on July 18, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×3
- Air Quality Alert ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Coles County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Coles County went about 3.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 9,390 customers.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 9,390 customers out) · decade average 2.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 325 | 8,078 | 1.0 |
| 2016 | 346 | 8,551 | 3.3 |
| 2017 | 153 | 1,056 | 0.2 |
| 2018 | 354 | 2,000 | 0.4 |
| 2019 | 462 | 1,471 | 0.9 |
| 2020 | 641 | 3,893 | 2.6 |
| 2021 | 595 | 4,329 | 3.0 |
| 2022 | 626 | 1,033 | 1.1 |
| 2023 | 438 | 9,390 | 5.8 |
| 2024 | 419 | 5,172 | 0.9 |
| 2025 | 512 | 5,432 | 3.6 |
Relatively Moderate high winds exposure · 2.1 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Coles County: FAQ
- How often does Coles County, IL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Coles County, IL logged 512 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Coles County, IL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 9,390 customers without power, beginning June 29, 2023 and lasting about 4d 21h.
- Is there a power outage in Coles County, IL right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Coles County, IL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Coles County.
61912, 61920, 61931, 61938, 61943, 62440
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/17029 and /api/v1/counties/17029/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Illinois customers).