Power outages in Norman, OK

Live outages the utility reports for Norman addresses, updated every 10 minutes. Norman has 130,943 residents.

Right now

Normal: scattered outages

Normal: fewer than 0.1% of customers out. Elevated: 0.1% or more. Major outage: 1% or more.

fewer than 5customers without power

A customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.

Utilities hide very small outages for privacy and publish them only as "fewer than 5". Where many of these add up, we show an estimate ("about …").

<0.01% of 51,495 customersUpdated 7 min ago

We check every utility's outage data every 10 minutes. Each utility updates its own map on its own schedule, usually every 5 to 15 minutes.

OG&E's count for Norman addresses

Utilities group outages by the city in each customer's mailing address. A city's count can include nearby areas outside its city limits, and only covers that utility's customers.

OG&Efewer than 5 / 51,495

Outage map

NormanCleveland CountyOG&E publishes totals only, not outage locations.

Some utilities publish only how many customers are out, not where. Their outages are in the counts but can't be drawn on the map.

ZIP codes in Norman

ZIPs mostly inside Norman; share from the Census

ZIP	Inside Norman i How much of the ZIP code's addresses lie inside the city, from Census Bureau data.	Out	Customers i A customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.	% out i Customers without power divided by all the customers the utility serves in this area.
73026	84%	fewer than 5	2,359	0.04%
73069	97%	0	15,092	0.00%
73071	92%	0	16,497	0.00%
73019	69%	0	364	0.00%
73072	55%	0	17,039	0.00%

Outage history in Cleveland County, which includes Norman

2014–2025 record

Cleveland County averaged 19.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Oklahoma counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 19. Half were over within 45 minutes; the longest lasted 11 hours, starting March 14, 2025.

The largest on record began October 26, 2020, with 33,745 customers out at once.

Outages are most common in June.

19.7significant outages a year (2023–2025)

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.

1.5 hourstypical (median) length

Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.

11 dayslongest on record (October 2020)

33,745most customers out at once

Largest events (start)	Peak out	Lasted i How long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power.	Customer-hours i Customers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours.
October 26, 2020	33,745	11 days	2,440,990
July 12, 2020	26,619	1.9 days	349,043
February 16, 2021	23,808	4 hours	49,522
November 16, 2025	21,760	4.5 hours	74,156
May 7, 2024	17,814	8.5 hours	45,020

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

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.

If your power is out

Report it to your utility

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Stay at least 35 feet from downed power lines and report them right away.

Food safety

0–4 hKeep the fridge closed. It keeps food cold for about 4 hours.
4 h+Throw out meat, dairy and leftovers that have been above 40°F for more than 2 hours.
24 hA half-full freezer holds about 24 hours if kept closed.
48 hA full freezer holds about 48 hours.

Generators, heat and cold

Run generators outside only, at least 20 feet from windows and doors. Never in a garage.
Use a battery-powered carbon monoxide alarm.
Never heat your home with a gas stove or oven.

Norman is in

Cleveland County