Outage Almanac

New York power outages

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

New York averaged 0.62 times the US outage time per person

That ranks 30 of 50 states and DC, where 1 has the most. August and March made up 44% of outage time. Records run from 2015 to 2023, and some counties start later.

Putnam County had the most outage time per resident of 61 rated counties.

Counties ranked by outage time

RankCountyMajor outages per yearLongest (hours)Times US rate
1Putnam County5.41434.55
2Sullivan County7.91243.78
3Essex County4.4713.33
4Warren County5.0803.06
5Ulster County10.41122.90
6Columbia County5.1842.84
7Chenango County4.0802.51
8Dutchess County6.41281.97
9Delaware County4.8831.93
10Greene County4.4621.89
11Washington County4.9651.87
12Schuyler County1.9671.83
13Orleans County1.3841.66
14Herkimer County3.9891.65
15Fulton County2.8661.54
15Tioga County3.1621.54
17Otsego County2.91121.53
17Saratoga County5.8791.53
19Allegany County2.6961.43
20Wyoming County2.0841.40
20Yates County2.1661.40
22Rensselaer County3.9841.29
23Westchester County1.12031.20
24Lewis County1.3481.15
25Genesee County1.4801.12
26Orange County3.31381.11
27Franklin County2.0721.07
28Broome County2.4731.06
29Schoharie County2.4451.02
29Steuben County3.8891.02
31Cattaraugus County3.0940.98
32Albany County3.7560.91
33Wayne County2.3740.90
34Clinton County1.1690.85
34Schenectady County2.4450.85
36Oswego County3.3460.84
37Monroe County1.8860.83
38Madison County2.8710.79
39Montgomery County2.1420.72
39Suffolk County0.92280.72
41Erie County3.01290.70
41Rockland County1.01380.70
43Niagara County2.3790.69
44St. Lawrence County1.8650.67
45Cayuga County2.0300.65
46Nassau County0.42400.64
47Livingston County1.8730.61
47Seneca County0.8240.61
49Oneida County3.7670.56
50Chautauqua County2.2470.54
50Chemung County2.0510.54
50Jefferson County1.2880.54
53Tompkins County2.1380.53
54Ontario County1.6450.52
55Cortland County1.3650.48
56Onondaga County2.2320.33
57Richmond County0.21360.21
58Queens County0.12240.14
59Bronx County0.11810.11
60Kings County0.1290.06
61New York County0.0None0.01

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

When outages hit New York

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