Power Outages in Worcester County, MD
No live outage feed is available for Worcester County, MD yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 7.0 hours.
Worcester County, MD is served by local tracked utilities.
Worcester 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
Worcester County has been under 8 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Severe Thunderstorm Watch on July 18, 2026.
- Air Quality Alert ×4
- Heat Advisory ×2
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×1
- Tsunami Warning ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Worcester County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Worcester County went about 7.0 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 20,909 customers.
Worst year here was 2017 (peak 18,536 customers out) · decade average 3.7 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 531 | 2,722 | 2.3 |
| 2016 | 836 | 10,904 | 4.8 |
| 2017 | 802 | 18,536 | 7.5 |
| 2018 | 630 | 9,328 | 4.4 |
| 2019 | 777 | 5,135 | 2.3 |
| 2020 | 813 | 11,360 | 3.9 |
| 2021 | 834 | 9,763 | 1.8 |
| 2022 | 834 | 5,257 | 3.1 |
| 2023 | 747 | 3,719 | 1.8 |
| 2024 | 700 | 4,074 | 1.8 |
| 2025 | 775 | 20,909 | 7.0 |
Relatively Moderate hurricanes exposure · 3.7 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 Worcester County: FAQ
- How often does Worcester County, MD lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Worcester County, MD logged 775 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 7.0 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Worcester County, MD?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 20,909 customers without power, beginning January 28, 2025 and lasting about 6h.
- Is there a power outage in Worcester County, MD right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Worcester County, MD. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Worcester County.
21811, 21813, 21829, 21841, 21842, 21851, 21862, 21863, 21864, 21872
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/24047 and /api/v1/counties/24047/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Maryland customers).