Power Outages in Putnam County, IL
No live outage feed is available for Putnam County, IL yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 16.0 hours.
Putnam County, IL is served by local tracked utilities.
Putnam 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.
- Extreme Heat WarningSEVERE
Putnam County has been under 104 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Extreme Heat Warning on September 3, 2026.
- Extreme Heat Warning ×17
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×15
- Tornado Warning ×14
- Special Weather Statement ×11
- Heat Advisory ×10
- Flood Warning ×10
Hardest-hit cities in Putnam County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Putnam County went about 16.0 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 3,191 customers.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 3,191 customers out) · decade average 11.8 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 133 | 821 | 3.5 |
| 2016 | 156 | 2,355 | 4.9 |
| 2017 | 89 | 736 | 2.2 |
| 2018 | 176 | 816 | 4.4 |
| 2019 | 187 | 1,571 | 7.4 |
| 2020 | 228 | 3,191 | 40.9 |
| 2021 | 227 | 2,361 | 9.3 |
| 2022 | 203 | 702 | 2.9 |
| 2023 | 185 | 2,932 | 16.3 |
| 2024 | 200 | 1,209 | 21.6 |
| 2025 | 234 | 1,458 | 16.0 |
Relatively Low high winds exposure · 11.8 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Putnam County: FAQ
- How often does Putnam County, IL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Putnam County, IL logged 234 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 16.0 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Putnam County, IL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 3,191 customers without power, beginning August 10, 2020 and lasting about 3d 23h.
- Is there a power outage in Putnam County, IL right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Putnam County, IL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Putnam County.
61326, 61327, 61335, 61336, 61340, 61363, 61560
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/17155 and /api/v1/counties/17155/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Illinois customers).