Power outages in Houston, MN
Live outages for Houston and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Houston has 970 residents.
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HoustonHouston County
Outage history in Houston County, which includes Houston
2014–2025 recordHouston County averaged 2.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, fewer than most Minnesota counties.
There were none in the 12 months to December 2025. Over the full record, half of outages were over within 2 hours.
The largest on record began January 21, 2022, with 2,887 customers out at once.
Outages are most common in July.
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 hourstypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.8.5 hourslongest on record (March 2016)
2,887most 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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| January 21, 2022 | 2,887 | 4 hours | 8,963 |
| June 15, 2022 | 2,887 | 45 minutes | 2,165 |
| May 21, 2020 | 2,871 | 1.5 hours | 4,307 |
| July 29, 2021 | 2,871 | 6.5 hours | 13,688 |
| April 11, 2019 | 2,865 | 2.5 hours | 4,662 |
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.