Power outages in Blooming Prairie, MN
Live outages for Blooming Prairie and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Blooming Prairie has 1,935 residents.
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Blooming PrairieSteele County
Outage history in Steele County, which includes Blooming Prairie
2014–2025 recordSteele County averaged 2.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, fewer than most Minnesota counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 4. Half were over within 6 hours; the longest lasted 11 hours, starting July 29, 2025.
The largest on record began May 17, 2017, with 700 customers out at once.
Outages are most common in May.
2.7significant 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.31 hourslongest on record (April 2019)
700most 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 17, 2017 | 700 | 4 hours | 2,031 |
| April 11, 2019 | 673 | 31 hours | 16,411 |
| May 14, 2015 | 651 | 2.5 hours | 1,445 |
| April 12, 2019 | 628 | 9 hours | 3,486 |
| July 29, 2025 | 570 | 11 hours | 4,315 |
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.