Power outages in Albert Lea, MN
Live outages for Albert Lea and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Albert Lea has 18,217 residents.
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Albert LeaFreeborn County
Outage history in Freeborn County, which includes Albert Lea
2014–2025 recordFreeborn County averaged 8 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Minnesota counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 21. Half were over within 2 hours; the longest lasted 13 hours, starting August 9, 2025.
The largest on record began May 4, 2015, with 4,278 customers out at once.
Outages are most common in April.
8significant 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.2.5 hourstypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.2.7 dayslongest on record (April 2019)
4,278most 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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| May 4, 2015 | 4,278 | 4 hours | 12,961 |
| August 6, 2025 | 2,571 | 2.5 hours | 5,048 |
| March 16, 2015 | 2,568 | 45 minutes | 1,926 |
| November 11, 2014 | 2,561 | 2 hours | 3,307 |
| August 9, 2025 | 2,142 | 13 hours | 13,252 |
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.