Power Outages in Winchester city, VA
No live outage feed is available for Winchester city, VA yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.0 hours.
Winchester city, VA is served by local tracked utilities.
Winchester 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.
- Severe Thunderstorm WatchSEVERE
- Air Quality AlertUNKNOWN
Winchester city has been under 10 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Severe Thunderstorm Watch on July 18, 2026.
- Air Quality Alert ×5
- Heat Advisory ×3
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×1
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Winchester city
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Winchester city went about 2.0 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 4,224 customers.
Worst year here was 2017 (peak 4,216 customers out) · decade average 1.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 94 | 2,472 | 0.8 |
| 2016 | 262 | 4,224 | 2.8 |
| 2017 | 212 | 4,216 | 2.9 |
| 2018 | 251 | 1,575 | 1.6 |
| 2019 | 236 | 1,367 | 1.0 |
| 2020 | 290 | 1,334 | 1.1 |
| 2021 | 240 | 3,433 | 2.4 |
| 2022 | 323 | 1,668 | 1.2 |
| 2023 | 257 | 1,703 | 0.7 |
| 2024 | 299 | 1,764 | 1.4 |
| 2025 | 287 | 2,196 | 2.0 |
Relatively Low hurricanes exposure · 1.6 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively moderate — outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Winchester city: FAQ
- How often does Winchester city, VA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Winchester city, VA logged 287 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.0 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Winchester city, VA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 4,224 customers without power, beginning May 22, 2016 and lasting about 3h 45m.
- Is there a power outage in Winchester city, VA right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Winchester city, VA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Winchester city.
22601
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/51840 and /api/v1/counties/51840/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Virginia customers).