Power Outages in Monroe County, IL
No live outage feed is available for Monroe County, IL yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 14.7 hours.
Monroe County, IL 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.
- Heat AdvisoryMODERATE
Monroe County has been under 5 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Heat Advisory on July 18, 2026.
- Flood Watch ×3
- Heat Advisory ×2
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 14.7 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 9,159 customers.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 7,417 customers out) · decade average 6.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 198 | 1,002 | 0.9 |
| 2016 | 190 | 6,847 | 6.8 |
| 2017 | 130 | 1,114 | 0.6 |
| 2018 | 272 | 2,156 | 1.6 |
| 2019 | 299 | 625 | 1.4 |
| 2020 | 300 | 3,730 | 6.2 |
| 2021 | 329 | 2,173 | 1.6 |
| 2022 | 342 | 3,023 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 462 | 7,417 | 29.2 |
| 2024 | 462 | 1,447 | 2.0 |
| 2025 | 404 | 9,159 | 14.7 |
Relatively Moderate high winds exposure · 6.1 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Monroe County: FAQ
- How often does Monroe County, IL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Monroe County, IL logged 404 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 14.7 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Monroe County, IL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 9,159 customers without power, beginning March 14, 2025 and lasting about 4d 7h.
- Is there a power outage in Monroe County, IL right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Monroe County, IL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Monroe County.
62236, 62244, 62248, 62256, 62278, 62279, 62295, 62298
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/17133 and /api/v1/counties/17133/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Illinois customers).