When will the power be back in Bemidji, MN?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Beltrami County, Minnesota

customer reported out in Beltrami, MN

Reported as one combined county-wide total by Beltrami Electric Cooperative · county-wide data

A small number of customers are reported out county-wide — too few for a live restoration estimate. past outages here typically ran ~5 hr, based on 6 past outages of any size in the same kind of weather.

Showing county-wide data because we don't have Bemidji-specific numbers right now — your neighborhood may be restored earlier or later.

Updated 11:31 PM CDT.

11 county-wide trend of customers without power · last 39 hr · tap or hover a point to see its number

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⚡ No power in Bemidji, MN? We'll notify you when the outage we're tracking looks mostly restored.

An alert when an outage is detected here, another once a dependable restoration estimate is ready, and an all-clear when the outage we're tracking looks substantially restored (~90% of customers back). No email, no account — anonymous usage stats only.

Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been

What we track for Bemidji

Bemidji is a city of about 15,733 residents in Beltrami County.

None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Bemidji by name, so this page reports the Beltrami County county-wide view, which covers Bemidji. If a serving utility does name Bemidji during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.

ZIP codes in Bemidji:

Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.

Around Bemidji: the closest other places we track are Detroit Lakes, about 65 miles to the southwest; Grand Rapids, about 65 miles to the east; Brainerd, about 85 miles to the southeast; and Hibbing, about 91 miles to the east. Also nearby: Moorhead (97 mi SW); Fergus Falls (100 mi SW); Fargo, ND (101 mi SW); West Fargo, ND (105 mi SW); Grand Forks, ND (107 mi W); Alexandria (114 mi S); Cloquet (124 mi SE); and Hermantown (133 mi E).

Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: east toward Duluth (138 mi); southeast toward Cambridge (155 mi); south toward Sartell (133 mi); and west toward Jamestown, ND (183 mi).

Who serves Bemidji?

We track live outage data from Otter Tail Power ↗ in Beltrami County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Beltrami Electric Cooperative, Roseau Electric Cooperative, Red Lake Electric Cooperative and 2 others also serve parts of Beltrami County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps.

Outage history — Beltrami County, MN (covers Bemidji)

Last significant outage: Sep 29, 2026 — peaked at 421 customers, restored in ~4.5 hr (no severe weather).

Across the 9 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 2 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 6, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

County context: across all of Beltrami County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 1.8 hr. The full record for Beltrami County

Common questions

How do I check the power outage status in Bemidji, MN?

To check your own street, search a Bemidji ZIP code — 56601 or 56619 — and the map opens on that area.

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