Power Outages in Washington County, KY
No live outage feed is available for Washington County, KY yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 7.8 hours.
Washington County, KY is served by local tracked utilities.
Washington 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.
- Special Weather StatementMODERATE
Washington County has been under 12 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Special Weather Statement on July 18, 2026.
- Flood Watch ×6
- Flood Advisory ×4
- Special Weather Statement ×2
Hardest-hit cities in Washington County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Washington County went about 7.8 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 6,505 customers.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 6,505 customers out) · decade average 8.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 64 | 1,787 | 0.5 |
| 2016 | 98 | 220 | 0.2 |
| 2017 | 249 | 4,702 | 3.7 |
| 2018 | 321 | 2,145 | 9.2 |
| 2019 | 292 | 497 | 2.2 |
| 2020 | 243 | 931 | 1.8 |
| 2021 | 283 | 492 | 2.7 |
| 2022 | 389 | 1,695 | 4.9 |
| 2023 | 369 | 6,505 | 44.5 |
| 2024 | 400 | 2,402 | 11.2 |
| 2025 | 383 | 1,015 | 7.8 |
Relatively Low ice storms exposure · 8.0 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Washington County: FAQ
- How often does Washington County, KY lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Washington County, KY logged 383 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 7.8 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Washington County, KY?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 6,505 customers without power, beginning March 3, 2023 and lasting about 5d 4h.
- Is there a power outage in Washington County, KY right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Washington County, KY. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Washington County.
40040, 40061, 40069, 40078
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/21229 and /api/v1/counties/21229/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Kentucky customers).