Power Outages in Cape May County, NJ
No live outage feed is available for Cape May County, NJ yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.7 hours.
Cape May County, NJ is served by local tracked utilities.
Cape May 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.
- Tornado WatchEXTREME
- Air Quality AlertUNKNOWN
Cape May County has been under 14 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Tornado Watch on July 18, 2026.
- Air Quality Alert ×4
- Coastal Flood Advisory ×4
- Heat Advisory ×4
- Tornado Watch ×1
- Tsunami Warning ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Cape May County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Cape May County went about 2.7 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 76,550 customers.
Worst year here was 2016 (peak 37,421 customers out) · decade average 6.7 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 894 | 76,550 | 6.4 |
| 2016 | 824 | 37,421 | 23.7 |
| 2017 | 888 | 7,701 | 2.7 |
| 2018 | 825 | 12,484 | 3.5 |
| 2019 | 845 | 11,879 | 2.4 |
| 2020 | 744 | 26,404 | 17.7 |
| 2021 | 846 | 9,482 | 1.9 |
| 2022 | 912 | 9,378 | 1.7 |
| 2023 | 865 | 24,403 | 9.4 |
| 2024 | 867 | 7,024 | 1.9 |
| 2025 | 767 | 7,758 | 2.7 |
Very High high winds exposure · 6.7 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Cape May County: FAQ
- How often does Cape May County, NJ lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Cape May County, NJ logged 767 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.7 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Cape May County, NJ?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 76,550 customers without power, beginning June 23, 2015 and lasting about 2d 19h.
- Is there a power outage in Cape May County, NJ right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Cape May County, NJ. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Cape May County.
08202, 08204, 08210, 08212, 08223, 08226, 08230, 08242, 08243, 08245, 08246, 08247, 08248, 08251, 08260, 08270
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/34009 and /api/v1/counties/34009/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of New Jersey customers).