Power Outages in Wayne County, IL
No live outage feed is available for Wayne County, IL yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.3 hours.
Wayne County, IL is served by local tracked utilities.
Wayne 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.
No active NWS alerts for Wayne County right now.
Wayne County has been under 3 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Special Weather Statement on July 11, 2026.
- Flood Watch ×2
- Special Weather Statement ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Wayne County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Wayne County went about 2.3 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 5,406 customers.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 5,406 customers out) · decade average 1.3 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 16 | 437 | 0.1 |
| 2016 | 27 | 241 | 0.0 |
| 2017 | 7 | 9 | 0.0 |
| 2018 | 30 | 420 | 0.2 |
| 2019 | 68 | 417 | 0.4 |
| 2020 | 219 | 810 | 0.7 |
| 2021 | 208 | 1,742 | 0.7 |
| 2022 | 300 | 4,138 | 3.8 |
| 2023 | 268 | 1,034 | 1.5 |
| 2024 | 365 | 5,406 | 4.3 |
| 2025 | 357 | 2,233 | 2.3 |
Relatively Low ice storms exposure · 1.3 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Wayne County: FAQ
- How often does Wayne County, IL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Wayne County, IL logged 357 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.3 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Wayne County, IL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 5,406 customers without power, beginning August 1, 2024 and lasting about 12h.
- Is there a power outage in Wayne County, IL right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Wayne County, IL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Wayne County.
62446, 62809, 62823, 62833, 62837, 62842, 62843, 62850, 62851, 62878, 62886, 62895
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/17191 and /api/v1/counties/17191/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Illinois customers).