Power outages in Houghton, MI
Live outages for Houghton and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Houghton has 8,560 residents.
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HoughtonHoughton County
Outage history in Houghton County, which includes Houghton
2014–2025 recordHoughton County averaged 17.3 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Michigan counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 18. Half were over within 2 hours; the longest lasted 2.2 days, starting November 26, 2025.
The largest on record began July 19, 2020, with 11,595 customers out at once.
17.3significant 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.2 hourstypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.2.2 dayslongest on record (November 2025)
11,595most 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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| July 19, 2020 | 11,595 | 12 hours | 14,714 |
| November 3, 2025 | 8,082 | 5 hours | 4,136 |
| December 2, 2025 | 8,082 | 15 minutes | 2,021 |
| August 28, 2019 | 6,880 | 45 minutes | 2,194 |
| November 26, 2025 | 5,488 | 2.2 days | 97,811 |
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.