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ZIP 50426Mitchell County
Outage history in Mitchell County, which includes 50426
2014–2025 recordMitchell County averaged 7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, fewer than most Iowa counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 7. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 11 hours, starting July 28, 2025.
The largest on record began December 16, 2021, with 2,842 customers out at once.
Outages are most common in May.
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.2.5 hourstypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.2 dayslongest on record (December 2021)
2,842most 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 16, 2021 | 2,842 | 2 days | 57,602 |
| May 15, 2022 | 2,130 | 45 minutes | 1,168 |
| April 11, 2019 | 2,022 | 1.7 days | 35,903 |
| October 8, 2016 | 1,802 | 3 hours | 4,045 |
| April 13, 2022 | 1,456 | 7.5 hours | 3,725 |
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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