Power outages in Ames, IA
Live outages for Ames and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Ames has 68,220 residents.
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AmesStory County
Outage history in Story County, which includes Ames
2014–2025 recordStory County averaged 8.3 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, fewer than most Iowa counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 9. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 9 hours, starting March 5, 2025.
The largest on record began August 10, 2020, with 35,836 customers out at once.
Outages are most common in June.
8.3significant outages a year (2023–2025)
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At least 1% of the area's customers, and at least 100, without power at the same time. Outages less than 6 hours apart count as one.1.5 hourstypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.8.4 dayslongest on record (August 2020)
35,836most customers out at once
| Largest events (start) | Peak out | LastediHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power. | Customer-hoursiCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours. |
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| August 10, 2020 | 35,836 | 8.4 days | 1,898,254 |
| July 4, 2022 | 9,601 | 45 minutes | 4,883 |
| August 24, 2022 | 8,939 | 45 minutes | 5,600 |
| August 17, 2022 | 7,173 | 1 hour | 5,736 |
| October 27, 2023 | 6,111 | 5 hours | 29,147 |
Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).i
From EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory's record of utility outage data every 15 minutes since 2014 (CC BY 4.0). It covered about 9 in 10 U.S. customers.