Power outages in Sanford, NC
Live outages for Sanford and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Sanford has 34,138 residents.
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SanfordLee County
Outage history in Lee County, which includes Sanford
2014–2025 recordLee County averaged 69.3 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most North Carolina counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 66. Half were over within 2 hours; the longest lasted 16 hours, starting July 2, 2025.
The largest on record began January 26, 2017, with 19,796 customers out at once.
69.3significant 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.4.4 dayslongest on record (October 2016)
19,796most 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 26, 2017 | 19,796 | 10 hours | 47,419 |
| October 8, 2016 | 13,468 | 4.4 days | 590,678 |
| April 11, 2024 | 11,501 | 15 hours | 59,240 |
| September 14, 2018 | 9,775 | 3.8 days | 273,867 |
| April 13, 2020 | 8,972 | 33 hours | 64,967 |
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.