Power Outages in Charles County, MD
No live outage feed is available for Charles County, MD yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.5 hours.
Charles County, MD is served by local tracked utilities.
Charles 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.
- Severe Thunderstorm WatchSEVERE
- Heat AdvisoryMODERATE
Charles County has been under 13 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Severe Thunderstorm Watch on July 18, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×6
- Air Quality Alert ×5
- Coastal Flood Advisory ×1
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Charles County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Charles County went about 2.5 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 22,010 customers.
Worst year here was 2022 (peak 17,414 customers out) · decade average 3.9 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 883 | 22,010 | 3.1 |
| 2016 | 876 | 5,476 | 1.7 |
| 2017 | 967 | 14,108 | 3.6 |
| 2018 | 942 | 12,269 | 7.0 |
| 2019 | 1,002 | 6,525 | 2.4 |
| 2020 | 1,004 | 3,370 | 3.0 |
| 2021 | 940 | 8,391 | 2.4 |
| 2022 | 932 | 17,414 | 9.4 |
| 2023 | 896 | 20,058 | 5.5 |
| 2024 | 973 | 5,332 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 978 | 8,116 | 2.5 |
Relatively Moderate high winds exposure · 3.9 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Charles County: FAQ
- How often does Charles County, MD lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Charles County, MD logged 978 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.5 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Charles County, MD?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 22,010 customers without power, beginning June 20, 2015 and lasting about 1d 9h.
- Is there a power outage in Charles County, MD right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Charles County, MD. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Charles County.
20601, 20602, 20603, 20611, 20612, 20616, 20617, 20622, 20625, 20632, 20637, 20640, 20645, 20646, 20658, 20661, 20662, 20664, 20675, 20677, 20693, 20695
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/24017 and /api/v1/counties/24017/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Maryland customers).