Wayne County, Missouri Power Outages, 2019 to 2023

Wayne County, Missouri had 6 major outages from 2019 to 2023

Higher outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 2.34 times the US outage time per person and 4.51 times the Missouri rate. It ranks 3 of 108 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: Medium, with 5 years of records.

1.2major outages per year

3 of 5years with a major outage

48 hrslongest major outage

Jan, Mayhardest months

January and May made up 57% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Jan 25, 2023, reached 3,407 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 48.0 hours.

Outage time per resident, rated Missouri 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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Show yearly numbers

Year	Customer-hours	Reported outages	Major outages
2019	5,404	7	0
2020	35,914	28	1
2021	26,577	26	1
2022	37,598	39	0
2023	204,607	54	4

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
Jan 25, 2023	48.0	3,407	76,078
Jan 25, 2023	18.0	4,556	61,085
May 9, 2023	4.5	2,813	9,733
Jul 1, 2023	9.8	1,390	9,575
May 3, 2020	2.2	3,506	7,076

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.