When will the power be back in Tempe, AZ?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Tempe is a city of about 190,114 residents in Maricopa County.
Salt River Project has reported outages for Tempe by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-21) — so when Tempe is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the county-wide total.
ZIP codes in Tempe:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Tempe: the closest other places we track are Chandler, about 9 miles to the southeast; Paradise Valley, about 11 miles to the north; Gilbert, about 12 miles to the southeast; and Mesa, about 12 miles to the east. Also nearby: Phoenix (16 mi NW), Fountain Hills (19 mi NE), Queen Creek (21 mi SE), Scottsdale (21 mi N), Glendale (22 mi NW), Avondale (23 mi W), Apache Junction (23 mi E) and Maricopa (24 mi S).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Camp Verde (82 mi); northeast toward Payson (69 mi); east toward Deming, NM (255 mi); southeast toward Florence (37 mi); south toward Casa Grande (35 mi); west toward Goodyear (26 mi); and northwest toward El Mirage (27 mi).
Who serves Tempe?
We track live outage data from Arizona Public Service and Salt River Project in Maricopa County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City of Mesa, USBIA-San Carlos Project, Tohono O'odham Utility Authority and 7 others also serve parts of Maricopa County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps.
Tempe's last tracked outage began Sep 29, peaked at 44 customers out, and was restored in 7 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Sep 29 — 44 customers out, restored in 7 hours
- Sep 26 — 47 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 22 — 1,668 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 20 — 199 customers out, restored in 7 hours
County context: across all of Maricopa County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 8 hr. The full record for Maricopa County
Common questions
How do I check the power outage status in Tempe, AZ?
To check your own street, search a Tempe ZIP code — 85280, 85281, 85282, 85283, 85284, 85285 or any of the other 2 — and the map opens on that area.
