Power Outages in Dawson County, MT
No live outage feed is available for Dawson County, MT yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 0.1 hours.
Dawson County, MT is served by local tracked utilities.
Dawson 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.
No active NWS alerts for Dawson County right now.
Dawson County has been under 15 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Extreme Heat Warning on July 15, 2026.
- Extreme Heat Warning ×11
- High Wind Warning ×3
- Heat Advisory ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Dawson County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Dawson County went about 0.1 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 2,586 customers.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 2,441 customers out) · decade average 1.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 86 | 2,586 | 0.9 |
| 2018 | 31 | 819 | 0.7 |
| 2019 | 20 | 2,103 | 1.0 |
| 2020 | 41 | 377 | 0.7 |
| 2021 | 49 | 2,570 | 1.5 |
| 2022 | 50 | 1,801 | 1.0 |
| 2023 | 39 | 1,931 | 0.7 |
| 2024 | 40 | 2,441 | 2.5 |
| 2025 | 23 | 259 | 0.1 |
Relatively Moderate winter weather exposure · 1.0 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 Dawson County: FAQ
- How often does Dawson County, MT lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Dawson County, MT logged 23 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 0.1 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Dawson County, MT?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 2,586 customers without power, beginning May 25, 2017 and lasting about 8h 15m.
- Is there a power outage in Dawson County, MT right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Dawson County, MT. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Dawson County.
59259, 59315, 59330, 59339
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/30021 and /api/v1/counties/30021/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Montana customers).