Swift County power outages

Minnesota outage history from 2020 to 2023, with the largest outages and a backup battery estimate.

Swift County, Minnesota had 1 major outage from 2020 to 2023

Lower outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 0.31 times the US outage time per person and 0.83 times the Minnesota rate. It ranks 35 of 79 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: Medium, with 4 years of records.

0.2major outages per year
1 of 4years with a major outage
28 hrslongest major outage
May, Aughardest months

May and August made up 66% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began May 12, 2022, reached 574 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 27.8 hours.

Outage time per resident, rated Minnesota counties
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Outage impact by year

Customer-hours without power. 1,000 customers out for 2 hours is 2,000 customer-hours.

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YearCustomer-hoursReported outagesMajor outages
20202,80250
20218,07040
202214,14021
20234,38350

When outages hit

Share of this county's customer-hours by month.

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Largest outages on record

Start dateHoursPeak customersCustomer-hours
May 12, 202227.85748,648
Jan 15, 20214.01,9857,535
Aug 21, 20224.01,3735,492
May 14, 20237.83682,609
Aug 24, 20205.03681,782

Hours measure how long at least 200 customers in the county were out. Most customers get power back sooner.

Size your backup battery

Start with what you would keep running. Wattages are typical averages, so check your own appliances.

1,700 Whof battery capacity, allowing for about 15% conversion loss

If anyone relies on medical equipment, plan that with their provider. Run portable fuel generators outdoors only, at least 20 feet from doors, windows and vents. See the outage checklist.

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How to read this

  • A major outage lasted at least 8 hours and reached customers equal to at least 1% of county residents.
  • Records cover outages of at least 200 customers in a county. They do not show what happened on your street.
  • Utilities that do not report can make a county look better than it is. Data ends in 2023. Read the full method.