When will the power be back in Fort Myers, FL?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Fort Myers is a city of about 99,918 residents in Lee County.
Florida Power & Light has reported outages for Fort Myers by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Fort Myers 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 Fort Myers:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Fort Myers: the closest other places we track are Cape Coral, about 10 miles to the west; Estero, about 13 miles to the south; Bonita Springs, about 18 miles to the south; and Punta Gorda, about 24 miles to the northwest. Also nearby: Naples (32 mi S), North Port (38 mi NW), Marco Island (48 mi S), Venice (50 mi NW), Sebring (64 mi N), Sarasota (66 mi NW), Avon Park (70 mi N) and Belle Glade (72 mi E).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Lake Wales (91 mi); northeast toward Port St. Lucie (100 mi); east toward Weston (95 mi); southeast toward Pembroke Pines (101 mi); and northwest toward Bradenton (76 mi).
Who serves Fort Myers?
We track live outage data from Florida Power & Light and Lee County Electric Cooperative in Lee County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map.
Fort Myers's last tracked outage began Oct 6, peaked at 399 customers out, and was restored in 7 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Oct 6 — 399 customers out, restored in 7 hours
- Oct 5 — 132 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Oct 4 — 42 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Oct 3 — 88 customers out, restored in 3 hours
County context: across all of Lee County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 6.3 hr. The full record for Lee County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Fort Myers, FL?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working; the live status at the top of this page shows the current outlook. For context from Fort Myers's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Fort Myers, FL?
To check your own street, search a Fort Myers ZIP code — 33901, 33902, 33905, 33906, 33907, 33908 or any of the other 9 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Fort Myers specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Fort Myers we have the city-level view: Florida Power & Light has published outages for Fort Myers under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Fort Myers is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Lee County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Fort Myers.
