Power outages in Dover, NH

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DoverStrafford County

Outage history in Strafford County, which includes Dover

2014–2025 record

Strafford County averaged 19.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for New Hampshire counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 19. Half were over within 2.5 hours; the longest lasted 14 hours, starting March 7, 2025.

The largest on record began October 30, 2017, with 29,633 customers out at once.

19.7significant outages a year (2023–2025)
iAt 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.
1.5 hourstypical (median) length
iHalf of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.
3.8 dayslongest on record (October 2017)
29,633most customers out at once
Largest events (start)Peak outLasted
iHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power.
Customer-hours
iCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours.
October 30, 201729,6333.8 days900,675
November 26, 201426,9023.2 days1,062,692
April 4, 202424,0972.8 days764,750
January 23, 202320,7312.4 days564,073
March 23, 202417,3941.7 days326,494

Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).

iFrom 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.