Power Outages in Hidalgo County, NM
No live outage feed is available for Hidalgo County, NM yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.2 hours.
Hidalgo County, NM is served by local tracked utilities.
Hidalgo 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 Hidalgo County right now.
Hidalgo County has been under 12 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Dust Storm Warning on July 18, 2026.
- Dust Storm Warning ×4
- Dust Advisory ×3
- Special Weather Statement ×3
- Blowing Dust Advisory ×1
- Flood Advisory ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Hidalgo County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Hidalgo County went about 2.2 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 1,784 customers.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 1,784 customers out) · decade average 1.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 38 | 126 | 0.6 |
| 2016 | 48 | 1,656 | 1.6 |
| 2017 | 48 | 1,653 | 1.9 |
| 2018 | 45 | 511 | 0.9 |
| 2019 | 60 | 1,102 | 1.9 |
| 2020 | 24 | 77 | 0.3 |
| 2021 | 50 | 221 | 1.2 |
| 2022 | 55 | 1,594 | 1.8 |
| 2023 | 39 | 497 | 0.9 |
| 2024 | 50 | 1,784 | 3.8 |
| 2025 | 57 | 1,193 | 2.2 |
Relatively Low wildfire exposure · 1.6 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high — outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Hidalgo County: FAQ
- How often does Hidalgo County, NM lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Hidalgo County, NM logged 57 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.2 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Hidalgo County, NM?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 1,784 customers without power, beginning April 15, 2024 and lasting about 3h.
- Is there a power outage in Hidalgo County, NM right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Hidalgo County, NM. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Hidalgo County.
88009, 88020, 88040, 88045, 88056
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/35023 and /api/v1/counties/35023/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of New Mexico customers).