Power Outages in Kankakee County, IL
No live outage feed is available for Kankakee County, IL yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 0.6 hours.
Kankakee County, IL is served by local tracked utilities.
Kankakee 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.
- Severe Thunderstorm WatchSEVERE
- Air Quality AlertUNKNOWN
Kankakee County has been under 2 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Air Quality Alert on July 18, 2026.
- Air Quality Alert ×1
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Kankakee County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Kankakee County went about 0.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 26,788 customers.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 26,788 customers out) · decade average 2.9 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 715 | 5,764 | 2.5 |
| 2016 | 356 | 7,676 | 1.4 |
| 2017 | 752 | 3,819 | 1.1 |
| 2018 | 789 | 2,699 | 1.3 |
| 2019 | 827 | 17,728 | 4.8 |
| 2020 | 768 | 26,788 | 13.6 |
| 2021 | 892 | 3,024 | 1.0 |
| 2022 | 904 | 7,574 | 0.9 |
| 2023 | 811 | 5,021 | 1.3 |
| 2024 | 829 | 12,862 | 3.1 |
| 2025 | 831 | 2,175 | 0.6 |
Relatively Moderate high winds exposure · 2.9 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively moderate — outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Kankakee County: FAQ
- How often does Kankakee County, IL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Kankakee County, IL logged 831 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 0.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Kankakee County, IL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 26,788 customers without power, beginning August 10, 2020 and lasting about 6d 10h.
- Is there a power outage in Kankakee County, IL right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Kankakee County, IL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Kankakee County.
60901, 60910, 60913, 60914, 60915, 60917, 60922, 60935, 60940, 60941, 60950, 60954, 60958, 60961, 60964, 60969
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/17091 and /api/v1/counties/17091/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Illinois customers).