Power Outages in St. Louis County, MN
As of September 4, 2026 07:00 UTC, about 358 customers are without power in St. Louis County, MN across 1 reported incident. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.5 hours.
St. Louis County, MN is served by 2 tracked utilities.
No active NWS alerts for St. Louis County right now.
St. Louis County has been under 194 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Severe Thunderstorm Warning on September 4, 2026.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×59
- Heat Advisory ×38
- Extreme Heat Warning ×24
- Fire Weather Watch ×14
- Special Weather Statement ×11
- Red Flag Warning ×11
Latest St. Louis County, MN outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed — updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 4h 30m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 863 customers out (0.7% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 19m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 894 customers out (0.7% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 13m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 524 customers out (0.4% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 47m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 1,322 customers out (1.0% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in St. Louis County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within St. Louis Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in St. Louis County went about 3.5 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 34,294 customers.
Worst year here was 2016 (peak 34,294 customers out) · decade average 5.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 671 | 3,338 | 0.9 |
| 2016 | 839 | 34,294 | 20.7 |
| 2017 | 882 | 7,341 | 3.1 |
| 2018 | 972 | 8,327 | 5.5 |
| 2019 | 885 | 8,195 | 2.2 |
| 2020 | 783 | 7,446 | 3.3 |
| 2021 | 742 | 10,565 | 4.0 |
| 2022 | 850 | 11,356 | 7.1 |
| 2023 | 778 | 8,091 | 3.5 |
| 2024 | 683 | 7,794 | 4.0 |
| 2025 | 820 | 7,769 | 3.5 |
Very High winter weather exposure · 5.2 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in St. Louis County: FAQ
- How often does St. Louis County, MN lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, St. Louis County, MN logged 820 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.5 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in St. Louis County, MN?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 34,294 customers without power, beginning July 21, 2016 and lasting about 12d 9h.
- Is there a power outage in St. Louis County, MN right now?
- Yes — about 358 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve St. Louis County, MN?
- Tracked electric providers include COOPERATIVE L&P ASSN LAKE COUNTY, LAKE COUNTRY POWER.
Duluth. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the St. Louis County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within St. Louis County (showing 40 of 42).
55602, 55702, 55703, 55705, 55706, 55708, 55710, 55711, 55713, 55717, 55719, 55723, 55724, 55725, 55732, 55734, 55736, 55738, 55741, 55746, 55750, 55751, 55758, 55763, 55765, 55768, 55771, 55779, 55782, 55790, 55792, 55802, 55803, 55804, 55805, 55806, 55807, 55808, 55810, 55811
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAKE COUNTRY POWER | — | ODIN ✓ | — |
| COOPERATIVE L&P ASSN LAKE COUNTY | — | ODIN ✓ | — |
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/27137 and /api/v1/counties/27137/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Minnesota customers). Live data as of .