When will the power be back in Gloucester, MA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Gloucester is a city of about 30,491 residents in Essex County.
National Grid has reported outages for Gloucester by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Gloucester 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 Gloucester:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Gloucester: the closest other places we track are Beverly, about 10 miles to the southwest; Salem, about 12 miles to the southwest; Peabody, about 16 miles to the southwest; and Newburyport, about 16 miles to the northwest. Also nearby: Lynn (18 mi SW), Amesbury (20 mi NW), Revere (21 mi SW), Winthrop (23 mi SW), Melrose (23 mi SW), Haverhill (23 mi NW), Malden (24 mi SW) and Chelsea (24 mi SW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Portsmouth, NH (30 mi); south toward Bridgewater (48 mi); southwest toward Everett (24 mi); west toward Lawrence (25 mi); and northwest toward Manchester, NH (46 mi).
Who serves Gloucester?
We track live outage data from National Grid in Essex County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City of Peabody, Town of Marblehead, Town of Danvers and 6 others also serve parts of Essex County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps.
Gloucester's last tracked outage began Sep 29, peaked at 601 customers out, and was restored in 5 hours. Across the 5 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 4 hours.
- Sep 29 — 601 customers out, restored in 5 hours
- Sep 28 — 33 customers out, restored in 35 minutes
- Sep 26 — 499 customers out, restored in 4 hours
- Sep 26 — 232 customers out, restored in an hour
County context: across all of Essex County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3.8 hr. The full record for Essex County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Gloucester, MA?
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 Gloucester's own record: across the 5 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 4 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Gloucester, MA?
To check your own street, search a Gloucester ZIP code — 01930 or 01931 — and the map opens on that area.
