Andrew County, Missouri Power Outages, 2015 to 2023

Andrew County, Missouri had 14 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Above middle outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 0.83 times the US outage time per person and 1.61 times the Missouri rate. It ranks 17 of 108 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

1.6major outages per year

7 of 9years with a major outage

18 hrslongest major outage

Jun, Dechardest months

June and December made up 53% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Dec 16, 2021, reached 2,998 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 18.5 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
2015	12,262	17	0
2016	13,600	11	0
2017	15,241	10	1
2018	19,423	8	1
2019	23,424	30	1
2020	85,243	21	5
2021	100,269	19	3
2022	16,120	12	1
2023	46,682	17	2

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
Dec 16, 2021	18.5	2,998	45,364
Dec 7, 2023	8.2	3,989	25,420
Jun 4, 2020	12.5	4,636	21,803
Jun 19, 2021	5.5	3,584	17,458
Jun 27, 2020	11.2	1,721	15,297

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.