Power Outages in Kent County, MD
No live outage feed is available for Kent County, MD yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.5 hours.
Kent County, MD is served by local tracked utilities.
Kent 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.
- Tornado WatchEXTREME
- Air Quality AlertUNKNOWN
Kent County has been under 10 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Tornado Watch on July 18, 2026.
- Air Quality Alert ×5
- Heat Advisory ×2
- Extreme Heat Watch ×1
- Flash Flood Warning ×1
- Tornado Watch ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Kent County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Kent County went about 3.5 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 3,994 customers.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 2,851 customers out) · decade average 2.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 47 | 308 | 0.2 |
| 2016 | 121 | 3,068 | 3.3 |
| 2017 | 106 | 2,414 | 1.1 |
| 2019 | 191 | 1,555 | 0.9 |
| 2020 | 374 | 2,793 | 2.4 |
| 2021 | 442 | 2,811 | 1.8 |
| 2022 | 474 | 3,919 | 2.1 |
| 2023 | 445 | 3,994 | 2.7 |
| 2024 | 466 | 2,851 | 4.0 |
| 2025 | 448 | 3,486 | 3.5 |
Relatively Low hurricanes exposure · 2.2 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively moderate — outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Kent County: FAQ
- How often does Kent County, MD lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Kent County, MD logged 448 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.5 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Kent County, MD?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 3,994 customers without power, beginning April 18, 2023 and lasting about 8h.
- Is there a power outage in Kent County, MD right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Kent County, MD. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Kent County.
21610, 21620, 21635, 21645, 21650, 21651, 21661, 21667, 21678
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/24029 and /api/v1/counties/24029/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Maryland customers).