Power Outages in Lexington city, VA
No live outage feed is available for Lexington city, VA yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 691.4 hours.
Lexington city, VA is served by local tracked utilities.
Lexington city's utilities do not report live data to ODIN, so real-time outage counts aren't available here. The historical record below is complete.
No active NWS alerts for Lexington city right now.
Lexington city has been under 42 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Special Weather Statement on August 28, 2026.
- Flood Watch ×12
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×12
- Special Weather Statement ×11
- Air Quality Alert ×4
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×3
Hardest-hit cities in Lexington city
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Lexington city went about 691.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 1,952 customers.
Worst year here was 2019 (peak 1,438 customers out) · decade average 502.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 31 | 155 | 59.6 |
| 2016 | 69 | 824 | 266.5 |
| 2017 | 34 | 102 | 37.7 |
| 2018 | 44 | 1,817 | 916.6 |
| 2019 | 60 | 1,438 | 1005.8 |
| 2020 | 53 | 1,952 | 593.3 |
| 2021 | 43 | 71 | 85.2 |
| 2022 | 61 | 871 | 858.5 |
| 2023 | 71 | 1,473 | 866.7 |
| 2024 | 70 | 817 | 143.5 |
| 2025 | 100 | 1,068 | 691.4 |
Very Low hurricanes exposure · 502.2 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high — outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Lexington city: FAQ
- How often does Lexington city, VA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Lexington city, VA logged 100 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 691.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Lexington city, VA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 1,952 customers without power, beginning April 30, 2020 and lasting about 2h.
- Is there a power outage in Lexington city, VA right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Lexington city, VA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/51678 and /api/v1/counties/51678/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Virginia customers).