Power Outages in Pennington County, SD
No live outage feed is available for Pennington County, SD yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 13.0 hours.
Pennington County, SD is served by local tracked utilities.
Pennington 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.
- Heat AdvisoryMODERATE
- Special Weather StatementMODERATE
Pennington County has been under 32 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Heat Advisory on July 18, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×17
- Red Flag Warning ×11
- Special Weather Statement ×3
- Fire Weather Watch ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Pennington County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
- Rapid Cityno active outage
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Pennington County went about 13.0 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 41,253 customers.
Worst year here was 2025 (peak 41,253 customers out) · decade average 2.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 15 | 0.0 |
| 2016 | 170 | 22,078 | 0.6 |
| 2017 | 168 | 1,661 | 0.3 |
| 2018 | 329 | 4,963 | 1.5 |
| 2019 | 280 | 7,770 | 2.2 |
| 2020 | 309 | 5,384 | 2.6 |
| 2021 | 359 | 3,084 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 352 | 2,445 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 241 | 2,491 | 1.8 |
| 2024 | 316 | 4,330 | 1.3 |
| 2025 | 397 | 41,253 | 13.0 |
Relatively High ice storms exposure · 2.6 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Pennington County: FAQ
- How often does Pennington County, SD lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Pennington County, SD logged 397 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 13.0 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Pennington County, SD?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 41,253 customers without power, beginning November 13, 2025 and lasting about 13h 45m.
- Is there a power outage in Pennington County, SD right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Pennington County, SD. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Rapid City. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Pennington County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Pennington County.
57701, 57702, 57703, 57725, 57745, 57751, 57775, 57780, 57790
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/46103 and /api/v1/counties/46103/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of South Dakota customers).