2019 Missouri Power Outage Report

In 2019, the average Missouri customer went without power for about 3.8 hours, the 22nd worst of 51 states (US average 4.6 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer

3.8

vs prior year

▲ 125%

vs 2018

Customer-hours out

11.0M

Peak customers out

122,495

across the state at once

EAGLE-I coverage

95%

of MO customers

Counties reporting

115

Missouri year over year

Average hours without power per customer. Line: EAGLE-I coverage, share of customers tracked (right axis).

Month by month, 2019

Customer-hours without power across Missouri; January was the worst.

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All 115 Missouri counties, 2019

Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.

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#	County	Hrs / customer	Customer-hours	Customers	Peak out	Events
1	Jackson County	17.6	3.6M	202,364	66,817	427
2	Barton County	14.8	61K	4,120	2,538	562
3	Newton County	13.5	166K	12,246	4,388	300
4	Miller County	13.4	168K	12,538	4,791	417
5	Bates County	12.8	54K	4,227	1,486	541
6	Andrew County	12.8	48K	3,774	2,781	788
7	Shannon County	11.8	38K	3,195	1,139	149
8	Cass County	11.0	358K	32,470	6,318	902
9	Vernon County	10.8	60K	5,584	4,019	526
10	Texas County	10.0	82K	8,217	1,921	463
11	Douglas County	9.9	57K	5,733	1,492	253
12	Dent County	8.5	41K	4,781	1,227	351
13	Lafayette County	8.5	89K	10,521	2,597	705
14	Mississippi County	8.3	49K	5,838	2,975	211
15	Johnson County	7.8	150K	19,137	4,684	764
16	Crawford County	7.7	56K	7,305	1,664	493
17	Holt County	7.5	12K	1,600	886	283
18	Chariton County	7.3	19K	2,603	1,352	274
19	Stone County	7.2	42K	5,816	5,816	458
20	Gasconade County	7.1	47K	6,636	1,645	397
21	Jasper County	7.0	102K	14,537	2,318	612
22	Ray County	6.6	53K	8,116	2,166	633
23	Warren County	6.4	91K	14,348	2,477	423
24	Henry County	6.2	38K	6,221	1,635	572
25	Reynolds County	6.0	24K	4,024	788	151
26	Osage County	6.0	36K	5,974	1,586	382
27	Maries County	6.0	20K	3,269	908	233
28	Ozark County	5.8	23K	4,000	2,319	192
29	Lincoln County	5.7	139K	24,425	3,865	658
30	Hickory County	5.7	17K	2,972	1,654	247
31	Iron County	5.6	32K	5,709	2,322	314
32	Benton County	5.3	36K	6,716	1,684	632
33	Cole County	5.2	206K	39,963	13,018	673
34	Linn County	5.0	20K	4,038	3,108	240
35	Carroll County	4.9	14K	2,981	500	374
36	Howard County	4.8	20K	4,125	881	183
37	Lawrence County	4.3	42K	9,841	2,955	282
38	Buchanan County	4.2	95K	22,707	9,898	1,016
39	Atchison County	3.9	10K	2,620	1,653	222
40	Boone County	3.8	460K	121,913	121,913	875
41	Cape Girardeau County	3.7	127K	34,407	4,851	652
42	Schuyler County	3.4	5,198	1,531	1,119	97
43	Platte County	3.4	132K	38,960	1,834	839
44	Pemiscot County	3.3	25K	7,582	2,078	376
45	Clay County	3.2	312K	96,031	9,716	1,169
46	Cooper County	3.2	25K	7,941	1,429	526
47	St. Louis city	3.1	334K	106,898	5,533	801
48	St. Louis County	2.9	1.7M	594,469	28,721	371
49	Wright County	2.8	22K	7,683	2,514	208
50	New Madrid County	2.8	25K	9,169	1,932	246
51	Monroe County	2.7	8,290	3,068	598	145
52	Taney County	2.7	79K	29,207	7,278	475
53	Washington County	2.7	27K	10,163	1,344	215
54	Nodaway County	2.7	15K	5,492	1,786	387
55	Gentry County	2.6	2,841	1,088	240	102
56	Christian County	2.5	57K	22,569	2,493	429
57	Ralls County	2.5	13K	5,206	1,209	257
58	Camden County	2.4	45K	19,007	2,367	579
59	Stoddard County	2.3	40K	17,220	3,446	313
60	Phelps County	2.3	51K	22,129	1,516	399
61	Pettis County	2.3	34K	14,790	893	674
62	Sullivan County	2.2	3,869	1,796	580	38
63	Perry County	2.1	25K	11,694	4,252	200
64	Caldwell County	2.1	7,582	3,643	2,675	188
65	DeKalb County	2.0	9,965	4,865	470	229
66	Pike County	1.8	15K	8,194	1,245	232
67	St. Francois County	1.8	60K	32,639	4,221	688
68	St. Charles County	1.8	334K	181,803	9,660	762
69	Dade County	1.8	4,531	2,505	620	123
70	Carter County	1.8	6,797	3,796	663	59
71	Greene County	1.7	287K	164,114	9,095	1,100
72	Audrain County	1.7	21K	11,963	2,429	307
73	Wayne County	1.7	12K	7,134	666	148
74	Worth County	1.7	1,467	861	485	65
75	St. Clair County	1.7	6,463	3,837	626	301
76	Bollinger County	1.6	9,662	5,897	980	136
77	Dallas County	1.6	9,662	5,897	677	162
78	Saline County	1.6	20K	12,349	972	394
79	Scotland County	1.6	2,536	1,563	539	109
80	Ripley County	1.5	11K	7,306	969	118
81	Clinton County	1.4	14K	9,383	1,073	453
82	Barry County	1.4	21K	15,070	2,391	395
83	Oregon County	1.4	5,537	4,069	1,198	44
84	Ste. Genevieve County	1.3	14K	10,464	1,203	116
85	Franklin County	1.3	60K	46,672	2,222	427
86	Morgan County	1.2	12K	10,004	1,002	248
87	Dunklin County	1.2	23K	19,180	1,005	138
88	Madison County	1.2	10K	8,568	875	99
89	Adair County	1.1	14K	12,158	662	369
90	Daviess County	1.1	3,198	2,908	309	123
91	Polk County	1.1	13K	11,719	866	281
92	Howell County	1.0	23K	23,483	1,364	93
93	Pulaski County	0.8	22K	26,191	1,087	311
94	Randolph County	0.7	7,952	11,253	640	227
95	Lewis County	0.7	4,008	6,054	1,837	183
96	Moniteau County	0.6	4,604	7,207	277	143
97	Montgomery County	0.6	3,276	5,285	186	142
98	Cedar County	0.6	5,163	8,461	266	186
99	Marion County	0.6	7,843	13,104	465	152
100	Laclede County	0.6	13K	21,648	1,552	373
101	Butler County	0.6	20K	33,933	1,900	203
102	Harrison County	0.6	2,322	4,010	213	102
103	Shelby County	0.6	1,421	2,485	201	107
104	Putnam County	0.5	650	1,238	107	45
105	Callaway County	0.5	14K	28,884	957	385
106	Webster County	0.4	5,002	12,849	652	132
107	Livingston County	0.4	3,298	8,648	320	158
108	McDonald County	0.3	60K	177,579	1,937	25
109	Macon County	0.3	2,261	8,853	174	212
110	Jefferson County	0.2	27K	108,266	3,061	141
111	Mercer County	0.2	371	1,937	86	44
112	Grundy County	0.2	1,254	7,058	133	106
113	Scott County	0.1	2,148	24,731	495	55
114	Clark County	0.0	27	4,000	5	9
115	Knox County	0.0	13	2,220	1	10

Biggest Missouri outages of 2019

Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.

CSV JSON

#	County	Started (UTC)	Ended (UTC)	Duration	Peak out	Customer-hours
1	Boone County, MO	December 13, 2019 13:30	December 13, 2019 20:00	6h 30m	121,913	155K
2	Jackson County, MO	January 12, 2019 16:45	January 20, 2019 05:45	7d 13h	66,817	2.5M
3	St. Louis County, MO	April 14, 2019 04:15	April 17, 2019 04:30	3d	28,721	326K
4	Jackson County, MO	July 8, 2019 04:15	July 27, 2019 18:15	19d 14h	28,243	232K
5	St. Louis County, MO	July 17, 2019 12:00	July 21, 2019 22:30	4d 10h	14,859	118K
6	Cole County, MO	May 23, 2019 03:15	May 26, 2019 20:30	3d 17h	13,018	160K
7	St. Louis County, MO	November 26, 2019 13:45	November 29, 2019 00:00	2d 10h	12,097	86K
8	Boone County, MO	January 12, 2019 16:45	January 14, 2019 10:00	1d 17h	11,527	220K
9	Jackson County, MO	January 10, 2019 20:45	January 12, 2019 10:45	1d 14h	10,257	24K
10	Buchanan County, MO	December 14, 2019 08:45	December 14, 2019 11:45	3h	9,898	30K
11	St. Louis County, MO	February 24, 2019 01:45	February 26, 2019 05:15	2d 3h	9,808	81K
12	Clay County, MO	August 15, 2019 12:15	August 18, 2019 21:45	3d 9h	9,716	37K
13	Jackson County, MO	May 19, 2019 12:00	July 8, 2019 02:15	49d 14h	9,700	282K
14	St. Charles County, MO	March 30, 2019 12:45	March 30, 2019 23:00	10h 15m	9,660	8,183
15	Greene County, MO	October 21, 2019 04:15	October 23, 2019 06:45	2d 2h	9,095	92K
16	St. Louis County, MO	October 1, 2019 13:00	October 5, 2019 02:45	3d 13h	8,986	19K
17	St. Louis County, MO	August 10, 2019 12:00	August 28, 2019 10:00	17d 22h	8,474	146K
18	St. Charles County, MO	August 12, 2019 12:00	August 14, 2019 10:00	1d 22h	7,870	23K
19	St. Louis County, MO	January 19, 2019 07:30	January 21, 2019 01:15	1d 17h	7,718	38K
20	St. Louis County, MO	June 1, 2019 20:15	June 4, 2019 09:45	2d 13h	7,450	74K
21	St. Louis County, MO	May 18, 2019 02:00	May 26, 2019 11:15	8d 9h	7,278	87K
22	Taney County, MO	November 7, 2019 01:15	November 7, 2019 02:30	1h 15m	7,278	7,005
23	Clay County, MO	June 10, 2019 12:45	June 11, 2019 02:15	13h 30m	6,865	2,052
24	Jackson County, MO	September 27, 2019 12:45	October 2, 2019 06:30	4d 17h	6,422	50K
25	Cass County, MO	January 12, 2019 16:45	January 18, 2019 03:30	5d 10h	6,318	225K

EAGLE-I tracked about 95% of Missouri's electricity customers in 2019; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.

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Other states in 2019:WV MI NC LA CA VT VA AR

Part of the 2019 US Power Outage Report.

Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.