Power Outages in Winnebago County, IL
No live outage feed is available for Winnebago County, IL yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.6 hours.
Winnebago County, IL is served by local tracked utilities.
Winnebago 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.
- Air Quality AlertUNKNOWN
Winnebago County has been under 7 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Air Quality Alert on July 18, 2026.
- Air Quality Alert ×7
Hardest-hit cities in Winnebago County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
- Rockfordno active outage
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Winnebago County went about 1.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 24,445 customers.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 24,445 customers out) · decade average 3.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 864 | 3,672 | 1.3 |
| 2016 | 452 | 3,946 | 0.6 |
| 2017 | 768 | 14,324 | 5.0 |
| 2018 | 869 | 4,370 | 2.1 |
| 2019 | 924 | 8,795 | 2.7 |
| 2020 | 976 | 24,445 | 9.6 |
| 2021 | 1,059 | 7,882 | 2.0 |
| 2022 | 1,069 | 3,808 | 1.1 |
| 2023 | 1,116 | 23,635 | 8.3 |
| 2024 | 1,057 | 17,055 | 4.9 |
| 2025 | 1,015 | 8,091 | 1.6 |
Relatively High ice storms exposure · 3.6 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Winnebago County: FAQ
- How often does Winnebago County, IL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Winnebago County, IL logged 1,015 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Winnebago County, IL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 24,445 customers without power, beginning August 10, 2020 and lasting about 5d 11h.
- Is there a power outage in Winnebago County, IL right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Winnebago County, IL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Rockford. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Winnebago County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Winnebago County.
61016, 61024, 61063, 61072, 61073, 61077, 61079, 61080, 61088, 61101, 61102, 61103, 61104, 61107, 61108, 61109, 61111, 61112, 61114, 61115
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/17201 and /api/v1/counties/17201/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Illinois customers).