When will the power be back in Palmer, MA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Palmer is a city of about 12,388 residents in Hampden County.
National Grid has reported outages in Palmer on its own public outage map — so when Palmer 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 Palmer:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Palmer: the closest other places we track are Springfield, about 13 miles to the southwest; Southbridge, about 17 miles to the southeast; Easthampton, about 19 miles to the west; and Northampton, about 21 miles to the northwest. Also nearby: Worcester (26 mi E); Greenfield (33 mi NW); Hartford, CT (35 mi SW); Leominster (36 mi NE); Marlborough (41 mi E); New Britain, CT (43 mi SW); Woonsocket, RI (44 mi E); and Framingham (45 mi E).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Keene, NH (53 mi); northeast toward Nashua, NH (57 mi); east toward Franklin (47 mi); southeast toward Cranston, RI (52 mi); south toward Middletown, CT (48 mi); southwest toward Bristol, CT (48 mi); and west toward Pittsfield (52 mi).
Who serves Palmer?
We track live outage data from Eversource, National Grid, Westfield Gas & Electric and Holyoke Gas & Electric ↗ in Hampden County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City of Chicopee, Town of Chester and City of Russell also serve parts of Hampden County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps.
Palmer's last tracked outage began Oct 22, peaked at 67 customers out, and was restored in 50 minutes. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Oct 22 — 67 customers out, restored in 50 minutes
- Oct 1 — 46 customers out, restored in 55 minutes
- Sep 26 — 34 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Sep 26 — 73 customers out, restored in 5 hours
County context: across all of Hampden County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3.3 hr. The full record for Hampden County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Palmer, 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 Palmer'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 Palmer, MA?
To check your own street, search a Palmer ZIP code — 01069 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Palmer specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Palmer we have the city-level view: National Grid has published outages for Palmer under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-11-01. When Palmer is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Hampden County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Palmer.
