Jacksonville, Florida Power Outage Today

Storm season and outages in Jacksonville

NOAA’s Storm Events Database lists 786 storm reports for Duval County from 2015 through 2026, most often thunderstorm wind (336), heavy rain (195), flood (80), and hail (71). The busiest full year was 2017 with 104 reports and the quietest was 2016 with 38, so the risk changes a lot from one year to the next.

Reports peak in July (180 since 2015), followed by June and August. October is outside those three months, so an outage now is less likely to be weather-related.

NOAA’s own narratives name power outages in 16 storm episodes in Duval County since 2015, most often in July. That count is a floor, since the database records outages only when a spotter or agency mentions them.

What the most common storm types in Jacksonville do to the grid:

• Thunderstorm wind. Straight-line wind pushes trees and limbs into distribution lines. These outages are usually local, a street or a neighborhood at a time, and crews clear them circuit by circuit.
• Heavy rain. Saturated ground topples shallow-rooted trees onto lines, and standing water slows crews trying to reach the damage.
• Flood. Floodwater reaches ground-level transformers, meters and low-lying substations. Utilities may shut power off ahead of the water on purpose, and wading near flooded equipment can electrocute.

Storm reports that name Jacksonville

Within Duval County, 206 NOAA storm reports since 2015 name Jacksonville as their location or in their description: thunderstorm wind (68), heavy rain (47), flood (44), and flash flood (19). That is about 26% of the county’s reports. Reports naming Jacksonville are most common in July. The busiest full year was 2024 with 29. These reports record 4 injuries in total.

In NOAA’s own words, storms that left Jacksonville without power:

• July 9, 2025 (thunderstorm wind): “Duval | County Watch Office reported that | Jacksonville experienced an electrical | outage affecting an estimated 4,833 JEA | customers.” Source: NOAA Storm Events Database
• May 5, 2019 (thunderstorm wind): “Trees and power lines were blown down across the east side of Jacksonville.” Source: NOAA Storm Events Database
• June 22, 2015 (thunderstorm wind): “Power lines were blown down on the Jacksonville west side.” Source: NOAA Storm Events Database

Who a power outage hits hardest in Jacksonville

93.9% of occupied homes in Jacksonville are heated with electricity (US 41.3%). In a winter outage those homes lose heat the moment the power fails, and electric furnaces and heat pumps are too large to run from a portable generator. Warm layers, blankets and a plan for where to stay matter more here than in a gas-heated city.

Residents aged 65 or older are 14.9% of the population in Jacksonville, close to the US share of 17.2% and 13.9% report a disability (US 13.3%). These are the households most likely to depend on powered medical equipment such as oxygen concentrators, CPAP machines and refrigerated medicine. If someone in your home does, ask the utility whether it keeps a priority or medical-needs list, and register before the next storm rather than during it.

About the housing: 27.8% of the housing in Jacksonville was built before 1970 (US 35.5%).

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 (housing, heating fuel, age and disability tables).

If the power is out in Jacksonville

About 949,611 people live in Jacksonville, the largest of the 20 Florida cities on this site. Report the outage to the utility so a ticket exists for your address, then check JEA’s outage map for an estimate. If neighbors have power and you do not, report it again: the fault may be on the line to your house alone, which is a separate repair.

Jacksonville power outage map

JEA’s outage map has the official restoration estimate for your address; the count above comes from residents. Food and generator safety: power outage guide.

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