Perry County, Missouri Power Outages, 2017 to 2023

Perry County, Missouri had 6 major outages from 2017 to 2023

Below middle outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 0.43 times the US outage time per person and 0.83 times the Missouri rate. It ranks 53 of 108 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 7 years of records.

0.9major outages per year

3 of 7years with a major outage

17 hrslongest major outage

Jan, Aughardest months

January and August made up 38% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began May 22, 2019, reached 4,252 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 3.5 hours.

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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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Show yearly numbers

Year	Customer-hours	Reported outages	Major outages
2017	2,372	3	0
2018	18,052	9	2
2019	17,240	8	0
2020	6,138	14	0
2021	9,837	8	1
2022	30,202	16	0
2023	56,354	29	3

When outages hit

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

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Largest outages on record

Start date	Hours	Peak customers	Customer-hours
May 22, 2019	3.5	4,252	12,766
Jan 25, 2023	10.8	1,587	12,610
Aug 22, 2022	4.8	1,738	8,241
Dec 27, 2022	6.0	1,371	8,038
Apr 25, 2023	3.0	3,033	7,906

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.

Phones, Wi-Fi, lights, about 60 WRefrigerator, about 60 WChest freezer, about 40 WGas furnace fan, about 160 W

Hours to cover: 24

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.