When will the power be back in Somerville, MA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Somerville is a city of about 82,149 residents in Middlesex County.
Eversource has reported outages for Somerville by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Somerville 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 Somerville:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Somerville: the closest other places we track are Cambridge, about 1 miles to the southwest; Medford, about 2 miles to the north; Everett, about 3 miles to the northeast; and Chelsea, about 4 miles to the east. Also nearby: Malden (4 mi NE), Watertown (4 mi W), Melrose (5 mi NE), Boston (6 mi SE), Revere (6 mi E), Newton (7 mi SW), Winthrop (7 mi E) and Woburn (7 mi N).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Lawrence (22 mi); northeast toward Lynn (9 mi); southeast toward Quincy (10 mi); south toward Braintree (14 mi); southwest toward Franklin (26 mi); west toward Waltham (7 mi); and northwest toward Lowell (20 mi).
Who serves Somerville?
We track live outage data from Eversource and National Grid in Middlesex County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Fitchburg Gas & Electric Light Co, Town of Concord, Town of Reading and 5 others also serve parts of Middlesex County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps.
Somerville's last tracked outage began Sep 27, peaked at 33 customers out, and was restored in 3 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Sep 27 — 33 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Sep 26 — 411 customers out, restored in 13 hours
- Sep 25 — 300 customers out, restored in 4 hours
- Sep 22 — 67 customers out, restored in an hour
County context: across all of Middlesex County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 5.5 hr. The full record for Middlesex County
Common questions
How do I check the power outage status in Somerville, MA?
To check your own street, search a Somerville ZIP code — 02143, 02144 or 02145 — and the map opens on that area.
