Power Outages in Northampton County, VA
No live outage feed is available for Northampton County, VA yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.4 hours.
Northampton County, VA is served by local tracked utilities.
Northampton 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.
- Severe Thunderstorm WatchSEVERE
- Heat AdvisoryMODERATE
Northampton County has been under 13 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Severe Thunderstorm Watch on July 18, 2026.
- Coastal Flood Statement ×7
- Air Quality Alert ×3
- Heat Advisory ×1
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×1
- Tsunami Warning ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Northampton County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Northampton County went about 2.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 8,491 customers.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 5,439 customers out) · decade average 5.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 249 | 3,934 | 6.1 |
| 2016 | 234 | 4,162 | 7.8 |
| 2018 | 54 | 746 | 0.2 |
| 2019 | 345 | 1,683 | 3.9 |
| 2020 | 408 | 5,439 | 10.8 |
| 2021 | 537 | 8,491 | 7.3 |
| 2022 | 554 | 4,607 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | 580 | 3,008 | 4.8 |
| 2024 | 574 | 4,417 | 4.9 |
| 2025 | 539 | 2,362 | 2.4 |
Relatively High high winds exposure · 5.4 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability very high — outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Northampton County: FAQ
- How often does Northampton County, VA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Northampton County, VA logged 539 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Northampton County, VA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 8,491 customers without power, beginning December 1, 2021 and lasting about 3h 30m.
- Is there a power outage in Northampton County, VA right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Northampton County, VA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Northampton County.
23307, 23310, 23316, 23347, 23350, 23354, 23398, 23405, 23408, 23413, 23486
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/51131 and /api/v1/counties/51131/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Virginia customers).