Power Outages in Atlantic County, NJ
No live outage feed is available for Atlantic County, NJ yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.9 hours.
Atlantic County, NJ is served by local tracked utilities.
Atlantic 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 Atlantic County right now.
Atlantic County has been under 97 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Severe Thunderstorm Watch on September 2, 2026.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×26
- Flash Flood Warning ×17
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×13
- Tornado Watch ×11
- Tornado Warning ×7
- Air Quality Alert ×5
Hardest-hit cities in Atlantic County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Atlantic County went about 1.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 57,544 customers.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 57,544 customers out) · decade average 2.8 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 967 | 21,735 | 5.3 |
| 2016 | 964 | 12,161 | 2.4 |
| 2017 | 930 | 7,619 | 1.0 |
| 2018 | 933 | 10,573 | 3.2 |
| 2019 | 883 | 9,575 | 1.1 |
| 2020 | 858 | 57,544 | 11.4 |
| 2021 | 958 | 12,161 | 1.0 |
| 2022 | 995 | 7,863 | 1.0 |
| 2023 | 895 | 3,899 | 0.8 |
| 2024 | 656 | 7,171 | 1.6 |
| 2025 | 597 | 8,152 | 1.9 |
Very High high winds exposure · 2.8 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 Atlantic County: FAQ
- How often does Atlantic County, NJ lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Atlantic County, NJ logged 597 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Atlantic County, NJ?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 57,544 customers without power, beginning August 4, 2020 and lasting about 6d 19h.
- Is there a power outage in Atlantic County, NJ right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Atlantic County, NJ. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Atlantic County.
08037, 08201, 08203, 08205, 08215, 08217, 08221, 08225, 08232, 08234, 08240, 08241, 08244, 08310, 08317, 08319, 08326, 08330, 08341, 08346, 08350, 08401, 08402, 08403, 08406
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/34001 and /api/v1/counties/34001/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of New Jersey customers).