When will the power be back in Wilmington, NC?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Wilmington is a city of about 125,284 residents in New Hanover County.
Duke Energy Carolinas has reported outages for Wilmington by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-17) — so when Wilmington 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 Wilmington:
Wilmington also extends into a neighboring county: 28404. Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Wilmington: the closest other places we track are North Myrtle Beach, SC, about 54 miles to the southwest; Myrtle Beach, SC, about 67 miles to the southwest; Conway, SC, about 71 miles to the west; and New Bern, about 77 miles to the northeast. Also nearby: Hope Mills (81 mi NW), Goldsboro (81 mi N), Fayetteville (87 mi NW), Spring Lake (92 mi NW), Laurinburg (98 mi NW), Greenville (100 mi N), Clayton (105 mi N) and Garner (110 mi N).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Wendell (113 mi); southwest toward Moncks Corner, SC (142 mi); west toward Monroe (162 mi); and northwest toward Pinehurst (113 mi).
Who serves Wilmington?
We track live outage data from Duke Energy Carolinas in New Hanover County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. For the parent company's combined picture, see Duke Energy outages across every state it serves.
Wilmington's last tracked outage began Oct 4, peaked at 25 customers out, and was restored in 35 minutes. Across the 5 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour.
- Oct 4 — 25 customers out, restored in 35 minutes
- Sep 29 — 44 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 27 — 43 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 22 — 88 customers out, restored in an hour
County context: across all of New Hanover County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2.8 hr. The full record for New Hanover County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Wilmington, NC?
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 Wilmington's own record: across the 5 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Wilmington, NC?
To check your own street, search a Wilmington ZIP code — 28401, 28402, 28403, 28405, 28406, 28407 or any of the other 5 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Wilmington specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Wilmington we have the city-level view: Duke Energy Carolinas has published outages for Wilmington under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-17. When Wilmington is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the New Hanover County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Wilmington.
