Power outages in Kinston, NC
Live outages for Kinston and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Kinston has 19,705 residents.
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KinstonLenoir County
Outage history in Lenoir County, which includes Kinston
2014–2025 recordLenoir County averaged 23.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, fewer than most North Carolina counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 22. Half were over within 2 hours; the longest lasted 16 hours, starting February 20, 2025.
The largest on record began October 8, 2016, with 10,490 customers out at once.
23.7significant 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.6.1 dayslongest on record (October 2016)
10,490most 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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| October 8, 2016 | 10,490 | 6.1 days | 552,923 |
| December 24, 2022 | 9,769 | 11 hours | 61,972 |
| September 13, 2018 | 8,518 | 5.7 days | 547,497 |
| September 6, 2019 | 5,992 | 23 hours | 65,911 |
| August 4, 2020 | 5,556 | 19 hours | 56,050 |
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.