Power Outages in Queens County, NY
No live outage feed is available for Queens County, NY yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.0 hours.
Queens County, NY is served by local tracked utilities.
Queens 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.
- Flash Flood WarningSEVERE
- Flood WatchSEVERE
- Rip Current StatementMODERATE
- Air Quality AlertUNKNOWN
Queens County has been under 36 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Flood Advisory on July 18, 2026.
- Air Quality Alert ×9
- Flash Flood Warning ×6
- Coastal Flood Statement ×6
- Heat Advisory ×5
- Rip Current Statement ×4
- Flood Watch ×2
Hardest-hit cities in Queens County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Queens County went about 1.0 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 52,750 customers.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 52,750 customers out) · decade average 1.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 195 | 2,944 | 0.5 |
| 2016 | 381 | 4,139 | 0.4 |
| 2017 | 251 | 6,721 | 0.5 |
| 2018 | 163 | 9,384 | 0.9 |
| 2019 | 221 | 18,381 | 0.8 |
| 2020 | 316 | 52,750 | 5.4 |
| 2021 | 222 | 5,463 | 0.7 |
| 2022 | 333 | 6,789 | 0.6 |
| 2023 | 533 | 6,878 | 0.4 |
| 2024 | 371 | 3,831 | 0.6 |
| 2025 | 362 | 27,985 | 1.0 |
Very High high winds exposure · 1.1 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability very high — outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Queens County: FAQ
- How often does Queens County, NY lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Queens County, NY logged 362 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.0 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Queens County, NY?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 52,750 customers without power, beginning July 19, 2020 and lasting about 38d 18h.
- Is there a power outage in Queens County, NY right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Queens County, NY. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Queens County (showing 40 of 66).
11004, 11005, 11101, 11102, 11103, 11104, 11105, 11106, 11109, 11354, 11355, 11356, 11357, 11358, 11359, 11360, 11361, 11362, 11363, 11364, 11365, 11366, 11367, 11368, 11369, 11370, 11371, 11372, 11373, 11374, 11375, 11377, 11378, 11379, 11385, 11411, 11412, 11413, 11414, 11415
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/36081 and /api/v1/counties/36081/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of New York customers).