Gillette, Wyoming Power Outage Today

Storm season and outages in Gillette

NOAA’s Storm Events Database lists 433 storm reports for Campbell County from 2015 through 2026, most often hail (224), thunderstorm wind (189), tornado (9), and funnel cloud (5). The busiest full year was 2019 with 77 reports and the quietest was 2025 with 6, so the risk changes a lot from one year to the next.

Reports peak in June (178 since 2015), followed by July 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 1 storm episode in Campbell County since 2015. 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 Gillette do to the grid:

• Hail. Hail rarely cuts power by itself, but it often arrives with the wind and lightning that do, and it breaks solar panels, windshields and exposed utility equipment.
• 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.
• Tornado. A tornado destroys poles and lines along its path. Repairs there mean rebuilding rather than reconnecting, so restoration takes days instead of hours.

Storm reports that name Gillette

Within Campbell County, 143 NOAA storm reports since 2015 name Gillette as their location or in their description: hail (79), thunderstorm wind (54), tornado (5), and flash flood (2). That is about 33% of the county’s reports. Reports naming Gillette are most common in June. The busiest full year was 2020 with 31. These reports record 2 injuries in total.

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

• July 31, 2023 (thunderstorm wind): “A power pole was knocked down, causing scattered power outages across eastern portions of Gillette.” Source: NOAA Storm Events Database

Who a power outage hits hardest in Gillette

62.8% of occupied homes in Gillette are heated with piped natural gas, and 31.8% with electricity (US 41.3% electric). A gas furnace still needs electricity for its blower and ignition, so a long winter outage leaves these homes cold too, though a gas supply stays on when the grid fails. Never heat a home with an oven, grill or camp stove indoors.

Residents aged 65 or older are 12.1% of the population in Gillette, below the US share of 17.2% and 10.2% 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: 8.4% of the housing in Gillette was built before 1970 (US 35.5%), so most homes are newer and more of the local lines are likely to be buried or recently replaced; 16.8% of homes are mobile or manufactured homes (US 5.6%), which are more exposed to high wind and falling limbs.

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

If the power is out in Gillette

About 33,501 people live in Gillette, the 3rd largest of the 4 Wyoming cities on this site. Report the outage to the utility so a ticket exists for your address, then check City of Gillette Utilities’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.

Gillette power outage map

City of Gillette Utilities’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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