Outage Almanac

Alabama power outages

66 counties with outage records. Pick one to see its history.

Alabama averaged 1.09 times the US outage time per person

That ranks 15 of 50 states and DC, where 1 has the most. October and September made up 44% of outage time. Records run from 2015 to 2023, and some counties start later.

Coosa County had the most outage time per resident of 66 rated counties.

Counties ranked by outage time

RankCountyMajor outages per yearLongest (hours)Times US rate
1Coosa County3.21135.81
2Wilcox County2.31155.60
3Cleburne County3.01064.58
3Perry County2.11074.58
5Dallas County2.41154.14
6Randolph County2.91062.82
7Lowndes County1.1862.71
8Lamar County2.9722.68
9Clay County1.11072.63
10Chilton County1.81142.58
11Baldwin County1.12692.42
12Winston County4.0562.28
13Butler County1.4472.27
14Tallapoosa County2.81062.15
15Clarke County1.41072.07
16Mobile County3.91342.01
17Bibb County2.61051.96
18Calhoun County3.71101.90
19Fayette County1.9501.88
20Marion County3.1741.78
21Crenshaw County1.3841.71
21Talladega County3.11101.71
23Monroe County0.61161.63
24Lauderdale County4.31571.50
25Henry County1.1791.36
26Walker County4.7601.35
27Pickens County1.9501.32
28Autauga County1.61141.31
29Cullman County4.0581.30
30Elmore County2.61141.25
31Blount County3.9741.18
32Escambia County0.9931.17
33Bullock County0.9241.16
34St. Clair County5.71101.13
35Marengo County1.11071.09
35Shelby County4.11111.09
37Sumter County1.4221.01
38Barbour County1.9440.96
39Hale County2.3300.93
40Etowah County3.6740.92
41Geneva County0.71170.91
42Jefferson County5.4800.89
43Greene County1.0250.86
44Montgomery County2.4680.83
45Pike County1.6880.79
46Choctaw County0.7300.74
47Franklin County1.7420.73
47Houston County0.71610.73
49Covington County1.0450.56
50Macon County0.9260.52
51Chambers County1.31060.50
51Tuscaloosa County3.6530.50
53Coffee County1.1660.45
54Dale County0.9460.41
55Madison County2.2320.39
56Russell County1.3240.36
57Washington County0.71070.31
58Lee County1.3380.30
59Conecuh County0.4470.20
60Morgan County0.5370.18
61Jackson County0.280.05
62Lawrence County0.0None0.03
63Cherokee County0.0None0.01
63Limestone County0.0None0.01
63Marshall County0.0None0.01
66DeKalb County0.0None0.00

Rank uses outage time per resident. Times US rate compares each county with the national average.

When outages hit Alabama

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