Power Outages in Salem County, NJ
No live outage feed is available for Salem County, NJ yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.1 hours.
Salem County, NJ is served by local tracked utilities.
Salem 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
- Flood WatchSEVERE
- Air Quality AlertUNKNOWN
Salem County has been under 13 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Tornado Watch on July 18, 2026.
- Air Quality Alert ×4
- Flood Watch ×4
- Coastal Flood Advisory ×2
- Heat Advisory ×2
- Tornado Watch ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Salem County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Salem County went about 2.1 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 15,558 customers.
Worst year here was 2015 (peak 15,558 customers out) · decade average 6.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 622 | 15,558 | 20.3 |
| 2016 | 680 | 5,296 | 4.9 |
| 2017 | 611 | 9,861 | 5.0 |
| 2018 | 614 | 10,232 | 12.4 |
| 2019 | 592 | 5,281 | 3.7 |
| 2020 | 572 | 7,897 | 7.5 |
| 2021 | 640 | 3,463 | 1.8 |
| 2022 | 641 | 3,450 | 1.6 |
| 2023 | 595 | 2,850 | 2.4 |
| 2024 | 753 | 5,219 | 6.2 |
| 2025 | 736 | 1,749 | 2.1 |
Relatively High ice storms exposure · 6.2 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Salem County: FAQ
- How often does Salem County, NJ lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Salem County, NJ logged 736 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.1 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Salem County, NJ?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 15,558 customers without power, beginning June 23, 2015 and lasting about 5d 14h.
- Is there a power outage in Salem County, NJ right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Salem County, NJ. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Salem County.
08001, 08023, 08038, 08067, 08069, 08070, 08072, 08079, 08098, 08318, 08343
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/34033 and /api/v1/counties/34033/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of New Jersey customers).