Power Outages in Cape Girardeau County, MO
No live outage feed is available for Cape Girardeau County, MO yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 12.3 hours.
Cape Girardeau County, MO is served by local tracked utilities.
Cape Girardeau 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
Cape Girardeau County has been under 7 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Heat Advisory on July 18, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×3
- Flood Watch ×2
- Special Weather Statement ×2
Hardest-hit cities in Cape Girardeau County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
- Cape Girardeauno active outage
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Cape Girardeau County went about 12.3 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 7,864 customers.
Worst year here was 2025 (peak 7,864 customers out) · decade average 3.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 439 | 1,635 | 1.1 |
| 2016 | 584 | 4,796 | 1.4 |
| 2017 | 279 | 3,965 | 1.1 |
| 2018 | 663 | 4,350 | 3.5 |
| 2019 | 652 | 4,851 | 3.7 |
| 2020 | 620 | 3,366 | 1.6 |
| 2021 | 618 | 3,011 | 1.5 |
| 2022 | 663 | 3,265 | 2.9 |
| 2023 | 676 | 3,440 | 3.5 |
| 2024 | 718 | 5,255 | 2.6 |
| 2025 | 700 | 7,864 | 12.3 |
Relatively High ice storms exposure · 3.2 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Cape Girardeau County: FAQ
- How often does Cape Girardeau County, MO lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Cape Girardeau County, MO logged 700 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 12.3 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Cape Girardeau County, MO?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 7,864 customers without power, beginning January 5, 2025 and lasting about 10d 6h.
- Is there a power outage in Cape Girardeau County, MO right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Cape Girardeau County, MO. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Cape Girardeau. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Cape Girardeau County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Cape Girardeau County.
63701, 63703, 63739, 63743, 63744, 63745, 63747, 63755, 63766, 63769, 63785
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/29031 and /api/v1/counties/29031/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Missouri customers).