Power outages in Brookings, SD
Live outages for Brookings and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Brookings has 25,355 residents.
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Outage history in Brookings County, which includes Brookings
2014–2025 recordBrookings County averaged 9.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most South Dakota counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 9. Half were over within 2 hours; the longest lasted 4 hours, starting June 20, 2025.
The largest on record began May 12, 2022, with 3,433 customers out at once.
Outages are most common in July.
9.7significant 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.1.5 hourstypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.3.8 dayslongest on record (May 2022)
3,433most 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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| May 12, 2022 | 3,433 | 3.8 days | 143,977 |
| July 21, 2020 | 2,232 | 2 hours | 1,997 |
| May 25, 2021 | 2,002 | 1.5 hours | 2,078 |
| April 23, 2022 | 1,865 | 3 hours | 3,726 |
| July 20, 2019 | 858 | 8 hours | 3,419 |
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.