When will the power be back in Cambridge, MD?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Cambridge is a city of about 13,262 residents in Dorchester County.
Delmarva Power has reported outages for Cambridge by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Cambridge 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 Cambridge:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Cambridge: the closest other places we track are Salisbury, about 29 miles to the southeast; Annapolis, about 37 miles to the northwest; Bowie, about 45 miles to the northwest; and La Plata, about 48 miles to the west. Also nearby: Greenbelt (53 mi NW); Hyattsville (55 mi NW); Washington, DC (56 mi NW); Laurel (56 mi NW); Middletown, DE (64 mi N); Aberdeen (67 mi N); Havre de Grace (69 mi N); and Rockville (69 mi NW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Bel Air (69 mi); northeast toward Ocean City, NJ (93 mi); south toward Greenville, NC (217 mi); southwest toward Henderson, NC (201 mi); and northwest toward Gaithersburg (73 mi).
Who serves Cambridge?
We track live outage data from Delmarva Power in Dorchester County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Choptank Electric Cooperative also serves parts of Dorchester County — we don't yet read its own live outage map.
Cambridge's last tracked outage began Oct 7, peaked at 42 customers out, and was restored in 4 hours. Across the 5 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Oct 7 — 42 customers out, restored in 4 hours
- Sep 26 — 157 customers out, restored in 35 minutes
- Sep 23 — 25 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Aug 31 — 81 customers out, restored in 10 hours
County context: across all of Dorchester County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 1.5 hr. The full record for Dorchester County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Cambridge, MD?
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 Cambridge's own record: across the 5 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 Cambridge, MD?
To check your own street, search a Cambridge ZIP code — 21613 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Cambridge specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Cambridge we have the city-level view: Delmarva Power has published outages for Cambridge under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Cambridge is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Dorchester County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Cambridge.
