Power outages in Cape Charles, VA
Live outages for Cape Charles and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Cape Charles has 1,314 residents.
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Cape CharlesNorthampton County
Outage history in Northampton County, which includes Cape Charles
2014–2025 recordNorthampton County averaged 37 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Virginia counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 34. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 5.5 hours, starting September 4, 2025.
The largest on record began December 1, 2021, with 8,491 customers out at once.
37significant 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.2.6 dayslongest on record (October 2020)
8,491most 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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| December 1, 2021 | 8,491 | 2.5 hours | 11,410 |
| August 4, 2020 | 5,439 | 33 hours | 51,218 |
| January 29, 2022 | 4,607 | 11 hours | 11,023 |
| July 15, 2024 | 4,417 | 1.5 hours | 6,622 |
| October 9, 2016 | 4,162 | 20 hours | 11,047 |
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.