Power Outages in Wicomico County, MD
No live outage feed is available for Wicomico County, MD yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.6 hours.
Wicomico County, MD is served by local tracked utilities.
Wicomico 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
Wicomico County has been under 17 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Severe Thunderstorm Watch on July 18, 2026.
- Coastal Flood Statement ×9
- Air Quality Alert ×4
- Heat Advisory ×2
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×1
- Special Weather Statement ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Wicomico County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Wicomico County went about 2.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 25,129 customers.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 14,712 customers out) · decade average 1.5 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 568 | 5,916 | 1.1 |
| 2016 | 940 | 3,624 | 1.7 |
| 2017 | 788 | 6,438 | 1.6 |
| 2018 | 692 | 17,135 | 2.0 |
| 2019 | 834 | 3,360 | 1.1 |
| 2020 | 854 | 14,712 | 2.6 |
| 2021 | 819 | 4,482 | 0.7 |
| 2022 | 822 | 4,130 | 1.2 |
| 2023 | 826 | 1,341 | 1.0 |
| 2024 | 760 | 5,841 | 1.4 |
| 2025 | 872 | 25,129 | 2.6 |
Relatively Moderate hurricanes exposure · 1.5 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Wicomico County: FAQ
- How often does Wicomico County, MD lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Wicomico County, MD logged 872 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Wicomico County, MD?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 25,129 customers without power, beginning January 29, 2025 and lasting about 5h.
- Is there a power outage in Wicomico County, MD right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Wicomico County, MD. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Wicomico County.
21801, 21804, 21810, 21814, 21822, 21826, 21830, 21837, 21840, 21849, 21850, 21856, 21861, 21865, 21874, 21875
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/24045 and /api/v1/counties/24045/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Maryland customers).