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2019 Missouri Power Outage Report

In 2019, the average Missouri customer went without power for about 3.8 hours — the 21st worst of any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
3.8
Peak customers out
311,925
Rank (worst state)
21st
Counties affected
20

Missouri outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2019 highlighted.

2.2h20153.1h20162.8h20171.7h20183.8h20192.8h20204.5h20213.5h20229.4h20235.8h20248.9h2025

Hardest-hit Missouri counties in 2019

By peak customers out during the year's worst event.

1Boone County311,9252Jackson County66,8173St. Louis County28,7214Cole County13,0185Buchanan County9,8986Clay County9,7167St. Charles County9,6608Greene County9,0959Taney County7,27810Stone County7,12311Cass County6,31812St. Louis city5,53313Cape Girardeau County4,85114Miller County4,79115Johnson County4,68416Newton County4,38817Perry County4,25218St. Francois County4,22119Vernon County4,01920Lincoln County3,865

Biggest Missouri outages of 2019

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Boone CountyDecember 13, 2019311,925
Jackson CountyJanuary 12, 201966,817
St. Louis CountyApril 14, 201928,721
Jackson CountyJuly 8, 201928,243
St. Louis CountyJuly 17, 201914,859
Cole CountyMay 23, 201913,018
St. Louis CountyNovember 26, 201912,097
Boone CountyJanuary 12, 201911,527
Jackson CountyJanuary 10, 201910,257
Buchanan CountyDecember 14, 20199,898
Missouri by year:20252024202320222021202020182017
Other states in 2019:WVNCMILACAVT

Part of the 2019 US Power Outage Report. Source: DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I. “Avg hours per customer” is a SAIDI-like measure (outage customer-minutes ÷ tracked customers); coverage varies by year.