When will the power be back in Cary, IL?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Cary is a village of about 18,031 residents in McHenry County.
ComEd has reported outages for Cary by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Cary 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 Cary:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Cary: the closest other places we track are Crystal Lake, about 5 miles to the west; Algonquin, about 5 miles to the southwest; Lake in the Hills, about 5 miles to the west; and Carpentersville, about 7 miles to the south. Also nearby: Wauconda (7 mi NE), Barrington (8 mi SE), Lake Zurich (8 mi E), McHenry (9 mi N), Huntley (10 mi W), Woodstock (12 mi NW), Hoffman Estates (12 mi SE) and Round Lake (12 mi NE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Fox Lake (15 mi); northeast toward Grayslake (14 mi); east toward Mundelein (13 mi); southeast toward Palatine (12 mi); south toward Elgin (13 mi); and southwest toward Pingree Grove (13 mi).
Who serves Cary?
We track live outage data from ComEd and Wisconsin Electric Cooperatives ↗ in McHenry County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map.
Cary's last tracked outage began Sep 23, peaked at 45 customers out, and was restored in 3 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour.
- Sep 23 — 45 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Sep 9 — 40 customers out, restored in 55 minutes
- Sep 4 — 147 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 2 — 67 customers out, restored in an hour
County context: across all of McHenry County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3.5 hr. The full record for McHenry County
Common questions
How do I check the power outage status in Cary, IL?
To check your own street, search a Cary ZIP code — 60013 — and the map opens on that area.
