Power Outages in Wayne County, MI
No live outage feed is available for Wayne County, MI yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.9 hours.
Wayne County, MI is served by local tracked utilities.
Wayne 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
- Air Quality AlertUNKNOWN
Wayne County has been under 13 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Severe Thunderstorm Watch on July 18, 2026.
- Air Quality Alert ×7
- Heat Advisory ×3
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×2
- Extreme Heat Watch ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Wayne County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
- Detroitno active outage
- Dearbornno active outage
- Livoniano active outage
- Westlandno active outage
- Taylorno active outage
- Dearborn Heightsno active outage
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Wayne County went about 3.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 311,048 customers.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 311,048 customers out) · decade average 29.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 76 | 61,704 | 14.0 |
| 2016 | 10 | 12,399 | 0.9 |
| 2017 | 12 | 33,182 | 10.3 |
| 2018 | 49 | 170,309 | 34.5 |
| 2019 | 23 | 157,013 | 27.4 |
| 2020 | 27 | 143,658 | 25.1 |
| 2021 | 11 | 265,444 | 79.4 |
| 2022 | 10 | 231,474 | 25.2 |
| 2023 | 6 | 311,048 | 89.2 |
| 2024 | 3 | 70,919 | 11.4 |
| 2025 | 5 | 11,699 | 3.9 |
Very High ice storms exposure · 29.2 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high — outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Wayne County: FAQ
- How often does Wayne County, MI lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Wayne County, MI logged 5 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Wayne County, MI?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 311,048 customers without power, beginning January 1, 2023 and lasting about 82d 14h.
- Is there a power outage in Wayne County, MI right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Wayne County, MI. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Detroit, Dearborn, Livonia, Westland, Taylor, Dearborn Heights. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Wayne County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Wayne County (showing 40 of 69).
48101, 48111, 48120, 48122, 48124, 48125, 48126, 48127, 48128, 48134, 48135, 48138, 48141, 48146, 48150, 48152, 48154, 48164, 48168, 48170, 48173, 48174, 48180, 48183, 48184, 48185, 48186, 48187, 48188, 48192, 48193, 48195, 48201, 48202, 48203, 48204, 48205, 48206, 48207, 48208
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/26163 and /api/v1/counties/26163/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Michigan customers).