Power Outages in Jefferson County, MS
No live outage feed is available for Jefferson County, MS yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 51.6 hours.
Jefferson County, MS is served by local tracked utilities.
Jefferson 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.
- Heat AdvisoryMODERATE
Jefferson County has been under 4 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Heat Advisory on July 18, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×2
- Special Weather Statement ×2
Hardest-hit cities in Jefferson County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Jefferson County went about 51.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 4,396 customers.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 4,393 customers out) · decade average 41.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 104 | 1,329 | 14.1 |
| 2016 | 104 | 1,310 | 1.5 |
| 2017 | 100 | 1,337 | 11.1 |
| 2018 | 105 | 1,301 | 1.8 |
| 2019 | 158 | 2,143 | 23.2 |
| 2020 | 267 | 4,396 | 84.9 |
| 2021 | 264 | 4,393 | 144.5 |
| 2022 | 420 | 2,512 | 34.6 |
| 2023 | 424 | 2,919 | 34.6 |
| 2024 | 382 | 2,277 | 51.5 |
| 2025 | 361 | 2,103 | 51.6 |
Relatively Low hurricanes exposure · 41.2 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability very high — outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Jefferson County: FAQ
- How often does Jefferson County, MS lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Jefferson County, MS logged 361 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 51.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Jefferson County, MS?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 4,396 customers without power, beginning October 9, 2020 and lasting about 13d 15h.
- Is there a power outage in Jefferson County, MS right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Jefferson County, MS. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Jefferson County.
39069, 39096, 39668
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/28063 and /api/v1/counties/28063/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Mississippi customers).