Power Outages in Milwaukee County, WI
No live outage feed is available for Milwaukee County, WI yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.2 hours.
Milwaukee County, WI is served by local tracked utilities.
Milwaukee 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.
- Beach Hazards StatementMODERATE
- Air Quality AlertUNKNOWN
Milwaukee County has been under 12 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Beach Hazards Statement on July 19, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×5
- Air Quality Alert ×4
- Beach Hazards Statement ×3
Hardest-hit cities in Milwaukee County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
- Milwaukeeno active outage
- West Allisno active outage
- Wauwatosano active outage
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Milwaukee County went about 3.2 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 89,708 customers.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 64,397 customers out) · decade average 2.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 663 | 14,059 | 0.9 |
| 2016 | 1,217 | 15,126 | 1.2 |
| 2017 | 1,152 | 16,384 | 1.4 |
| 2018 | 1,039 | 19,306 | 1.3 |
| 2019 | 1,050 | 14,104 | 1.5 |
| 2020 | 1,067 | 12,376 | 1.6 |
| 2021 | 961 | 64,397 | 6.6 |
| 2022 | 986 | 33,487 | 2.8 |
| 2023 | 1,012 | 89,708 | 4.0 |
| 2024 | 1,060 | 59,651 | 4.3 |
| 2025 | 1,142 | 34,345 | 3.2 |
Very High tornadoes exposure · 2.6 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 Milwaukee County: FAQ
- How often does Milwaukee County, WI lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Milwaukee County, WI logged 1,142 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.2 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Milwaukee County, WI?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 89,708 customers without power, beginning March 10, 2023 and lasting about 3d 4h.
- Is there a power outage in Milwaukee County, WI right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Milwaukee County, WI. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Milwaukee, West Allis, Wauwatosa. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Milwaukee County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Milwaukee County.
53110, 53129, 53130, 53132, 53154, 53172, 53202, 53203, 53204, 53205, 53206, 53207, 53208, 53209, 53210, 53211, 53212, 53213, 53214, 53215, 53216, 53217, 53218, 53219, 53220, 53221, 53222, 53223, 53224, 53225, 53226, 53227, 53228, 53233, 53235, 53295
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/55079 and /api/v1/counties/55079/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Wisconsin customers).