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ZIP 27701Durham County
Outage history in Durham County, which includes 27701
2014–2025 recordDurham County averaged 165.3 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most North Carolina counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 146. Half were over within 2.5 hours; the longest lasted 1.7 days, starting October 12, 2025.
The largest on record began August 15, 2023, with 67,952 customers out at once.
165.3significant 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.2.5 hourstypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.3.5 dayslongest on record (October 2018)
67,952most 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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| August 15, 2023 | 67,952 | 2.5 days | 1,493,628 |
| February 26, 2015 | 39,748 | 1.8 days | 652,589 |
| September 30, 2022 | 34,256 | 2.3 days | 591,748 |
| October 11, 2018 | 27,697 | 3.5 days | 635,472 |
| December 23, 2022 | 25,229 | 34 hours | 246,777 |
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.
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