Power Outages in McDonough County, IL
No live outage feed is available for McDonough County, IL yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.8 hours.
McDonough County, IL is served by local tracked utilities.
McDonough 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.
- Heat AdvisoryMODERATE
- Air Quality AlertUNKNOWN
McDonough County has been under 8 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Air Quality Alert on July 18, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×4
- Special Weather Statement ×3
- Air Quality Alert ×1
Hardest-hit cities in McDonough County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in McDonough County went about 1.8 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 4,645 customers.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 4,645 customers out) · decade average 2.3 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 207 | 1,381 | 2.1 |
| 2016 | 238 | 1,841 | 0.5 |
| 2017 | 122 | 606 | 0.7 |
| 2018 | 240 | 835 | 1.0 |
| 2019 | 308 | 1,313 | 1.7 |
| 2020 | 230 | 630 | 0.4 |
| 2021 | 244 | 4,126 | 1.2 |
| 2022 | 276 | 1,524 | 0.7 |
| 2023 | 221 | 4,645 | 13.9 |
| 2024 | 267 | 1,450 | 1.0 |
| 2025 | 238 | 1,371 | 1.8 |
Relatively Moderate ice storms exposure · 2.3 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high — outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in McDonough County: FAQ
- How often does McDonough County, IL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, McDonough County, IL logged 238 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.8 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in McDonough County, IL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 4,645 customers without power, beginning June 29, 2023 and lasting about 5d 8h.
- Is there a power outage in McDonough County, IL right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for McDonough County, IL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within McDonough County.
61411, 61416, 61420, 61422, 61438, 61440, 61455, 61470, 61475, 62326
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/17109 and /api/v1/counties/17109/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Illinois customers).