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2023 Missouri Power Outage Report

In 2023, the average Missouri customer went without power for about 9.4 hours, the 14th worst of 51 states (US average 6.7 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
9.4
vs prior year
▲ 169%
vs 2022
Customer-hours out
21.6M
Peak customers out
109,292
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of MO customers
Counties reporting
114

Missouri year over year

Missouri: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 2.2h; 2016: 3.1h; 2017: 2.8h; 2018: 1.7h, coverage 80%; 2019: 3.8h, coverage 95%; 2020: 2.8h, coverage 95%; 2021: 4.5h, coverage 95%; 2022: 3.5h, coverage 95%; 2023: 9.4h; 2024: 5.8h; 2025: 8.9h02.557.5100%50%100%2.2h20153.1h20162.8h20171.7h20183.8h20192.8h20204.5h20213.5h20229.4h20235.8h20248.9h2025
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Average hours without power per customer. Line: EAGLE-I coverage, share of customers tracked (right axis).

Month by month, 2023

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

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Missouri customer-hours without power by month, 2023Jan 1.9M, Feb 532K, Mar 489K, Apr 1.3M, May 598K, Jun 665K, Jul 11.4M, Aug 2.9M, Sep 717K, Oct 427K, Nov 330K, Dec 417K05M10M15M1.9MJan532KFeb489KMar1.3MApr598KMay665KJun11.4MJul2.9MAug717KSep427KOct330KNov417KDec
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All 114 Missouri counties, 2023

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

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1St. Louis city70.27.5M106,89883,685253
2Shannon County48.1154K3,1953,195190
3Oregon County42.6173K4,0693,780140
4Webster County39.6508K12,8494,297166
5Reynolds County38.8156K4,0243,992265
6Ozark County38.2153K4,0002,101340
7Lawrence County36.8362K9,8416,473495
8Bollinger County34.3202K5,8973,940307
9Washington County33.5340K10,1634,792679
10Wayne County33.3238K7,1344,556360
11Stone County32.5189K5,8165,816693
12Christian County29.4662K22,56916,187531
13Crawford County22.1161K7,3053,300659
14Taney County21.2619K29,20711,001785
15Iron County19.3110K5,7093,234366
16Jasper County18.2264K14,5374,184817
17Dent County18.086K4,7813,834315
18Carter County16.161K3,7962,491176
19Vernon County15.989K5,5845,566482
20St. Clair County15.861K3,8372,102312
21Newton County15.3187K12,2464,242700
22Clark County15.261K4,0002,619163
23Madison County14.2122K8,5683,498239
24Andrew County14.153K3,7743,774379
25Camden County14.0267K19,00710,136788
26Maries County13.243K3,2691,428229
27Hickory County11.735K2,9721,924409
28Gentry County11.613K1,088608156
29Howell County11.3264K23,4837,032285
30St. Francois County11.2365K32,63913,357761
31Douglas County10.761K5,7331,649376
32Benton County10.369K6,7162,380604
33Henry County10.263K6,2214,882500
34Morgan County10.1101K10,0043,119704
35Texas County10.082K8,2174,202486
36Dade County10.025K2,5051,708219
37Jackson County9.92.0M202,36483,400655
38Holt County8.814K1,6001,113196
39Bates County8.737K4,2271,149431
40Buchanan County8.6194K22,70712,623921
41Barton County8.133K4,1201,333211
42Barry County8.0120K15,0704,208478
43Nodaway County7.541K5,4923,552430
44Ste. Genevieve County7.477K10,4641,863260
45Warren County7.2104K14,3482,863632
46Chariton County7.219K2,603709270
47Jefferson County7.0760K108,26612,784912
48Ripley County6.850K7,3062,545248
49Gasconade County6.543K6,6361,072365
50Lincoln County6.4156K24,4259,501794
51Dallas County6.337K5,8972,153424
52Miller County6.278K12,5384,083460
53Perry County6.171K11,6943,033234
54Franklin County6.0280K46,6726,522796
55Pike County5.847K8,1941,897430
56Knox County5.713K2,220493161
57Platte County5.6217K38,9609,283717
58Montgomery County5.428K5,285679392
59Clay County5.3505K96,03112,7481,617
60Lafayette County5.254K10,5213,539493
61Howard County5.121K4,125980207
62Osage County5.131K5,974832268
63Daviess County5.115K2,9081,028148
64Moniteau County5.036K7,2071,356543
65Cass County5.0161K32,4703,184873
66Johnson County4.790K19,1372,876683
67Scotland County3.85,9281,563598163
68DeKalb County3.718K4,865815250
69Polk County3.743K11,719940549
70Wright County3.628K7,6831,965372
71Greene County3.5582K164,11413,7481,006
72Cape Girardeau County3.5119K34,4073,440676
73Pemiscot County3.426K7,5825,830361
74Carroll County3.410K2,981666199
75St. Charles County3.2583K181,80324,562793
76Worth County3.12,69486186178
77Linn County3.112K4,038881232
78Cedar County3.026K8,4611,347308
79Randolph County3.034K11,2533,437467
80Ralls County2.915K5,206777475
81Monroe County2.88,7403,068614280
82Phelps County2.862K22,1293,425483
83New Madrid County2.826K9,169816252
84Caldwell County2.810K3,6431,041238
85Audrain County2.732K11,9632,491424
86Laclede County2.656K21,6484,818742
87Pettis County2.537K14,7904,953706
88Cooper County2.419K7,941949376
89Ray County2.419K8,1163,578394
90Pulaski County2.361K26,1911,590626
91Scott County2.153K24,7314,926313
92Callaway County2.161K28,8844,257558
93Atchison County2.15,5032,620589149
94Mississippi County2.012K5,8381,524182
95Cole County1.873K39,9631,924837
96Stoddard County1.831K17,2203,114384
97Adair County1.822K12,1583,941445
98Harrison County1.87,0484,01096780
99Sullivan County1.73,1281,79655247
100Butler County1.759K33,9332,125474
101Shelby County1.64,0902,485441257
102Clinton County1.615K9,3831,331204
103Livingston County1.613K8,648445147
104Lewis County1.59,3696,0541,815223
105Saline County1.519K12,349680289
106Schuyler County1.42,2131,531592127
107Dunklin County1.427K19,180950197
108Macon County0.86,9198,853544354
109Grundy County0.74,9327,05829886
110Boone County0.679K121,9133,093866
111Marion County0.57,12813,104386384
112Putnam County0.56591,23821823
113Mercer County0.35961,9375213
114McDonald County0.126K177,5791,557260

Biggest Missouri outages of 2023

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

CSVJSON
#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1St. Louis city, MOJune 15, 2023 09:15July 22, 2023 02:3036d 17h83,6855.2M
2Jackson County, MOFebruary 8, 2023 14:30February 10, 2023 04:001d 13h83,40032K
3St. Louis city, MOJuly 22, 2023 09:45August 11, 2023 11:1520d 1h62,3281.1M
4Jackson County, MOJuly 14, 2023 11:30July 19, 2023 09:154d 21h53,4671.1M
5St. Charles County, MOJuly 29, 2023 16:30August 1, 2023 22:453d 6h24,562249K
6Jackson County, MOJuly 30, 2023 12:15August 5, 2023 03:305d 15h19,996220K
7St. Louis city, MOApril 15, 2023 11:30April 22, 2023 12:007d19,980212K
8Christian County, MOJuly 28, 2023 13:15August 7, 2023 18:0010d 4h16,187561K
9Greene County, MOJuly 31, 2023 01:15August 4, 2023 18:304d 17h13,748284K
10St. Francois County, MOAugust 3, 2023 01:45August 6, 2023 02:153d13,357245K
11Jefferson County, MOApril 15, 2023 17:15April 18, 2023 04:452d 11h12,784195K
12Clay County, MOJuly 5, 2023 05:00July 7, 2023 05:452d12,74869K
13Buchanan County, MOJuly 1, 2023 03:00July 2, 2023 09:001d 6h12,62362K
14Clay County, MOJuly 14, 2023 21:15July 20, 2023 06:455d 9h11,424197K
15Taney County, MOJuly 31, 2023 05:00August 4, 2023 18:454d 13h11,001456K
16Jackson County, MOJuly 24, 2023 05:15July 28, 2023 02:153d 21h10,92552K
17St. Charles County, MOAugust 12, 2023 07:45August 14, 2023 22:452d 15h10,40648K
18Camden County, MOJuly 20, 2023 12:00July 21, 2023 05:1517h 15m10,13617K
19Buchanan County, MODecember 20, 2023 17:45December 20, 2023 22:154h 30m10,0419,895
20Lincoln County, MOAugust 12, 2023 01:30August 13, 2023 22:451d 21h9,50188K
21Platte County, MOJuly 30, 2023 22:30August 1, 2023 23:152d9,28383K
22St. Louis city, MODecember 11, 2023 09:15December 12, 2023 08:3023h 15m9,2744,520
23Jefferson County, MOJuly 16, 2023 19:45July 19, 2023 03:452d 8h8,948102K
24St. Louis city, MOAugust 11, 2023 12:30August 28, 2023 05:4516d 17h8,907163K
25Jackson County, MOJuly 5, 2023 05:45July 7, 2023 04:301d 22h7,74349K
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Missouri's electricity customers in 2023; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Missouri by year:2025202420222021202020192018201720162015
Other states in 2023:MEMIKYOKARWVLAMS

Part of the 2023 US Power Outage Report.

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