Outage Almanac

North Dakota power outages

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

North Dakota averaged 0.29 times the US outage time per person

That ranks 48 of 50 states and DC, where 1 has the most. December and June made up 48% of outage time. Records run from 2015 to 2023, and some counties start later.

Stutsman County had the most outage time per resident of 23 rated counties.

Counties ranked by outage time

RankCountyMajor outages per yearLongest (hours)Times US rate
1Stutsman County0.5641.71
2Ransom County0.11170.98
3McLean County1.0210.92
4Barnes County0.21400.84
5Walsh County1.8180.52
6Bottineau County1.5200.48
6Pembina County1.5140.48
8Traill County0.1240.33
9Williams County0.1540.31
10Mountrail County0.4230.28
11McHenry County0.2150.27
12Cass County0.81460.26
13McKenzie County0.3140.19
14Grand Forks County0.3120.17
15Rolette County0.0None0.16
16Richland County0.4230.13
17Stark County0.0None0.10
18Ward County0.2150.09
19Benson County0.0None0.07
19Morton County0.0None0.07
21Mercer County0.0None0.06
21Ramsey County0.0None0.06
23Burleigh County0.0None0.03

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

When outages hit North Dakota

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These counties have short histories, very small populations, or customer counts that look too high for the population.