When will the power be back in Cary, NC?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Cary is a town of about 182,659 residents in Wake County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Cary by name, so this page reports the Wake County county-wide view, which covers Cary. If a serving utility does name Cary during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Cary:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Cary: the closest other places we track are Morrisville, about 4 miles to the north; Apex, about 5 miles to the southwest; Holly Springs, about 9 miles to the south; and Raleigh, about 11 miles to the east. Also nearby: Fuquay-Varina (13 mi S), Garner (13 mi SE), Durham (14 mi N), Chapel Hill (16 mi NW), Carrboro (18 mi NW), Knightdale (18 mi E), Wake Forest (21 mi NE) and Rolesville (22 mi NE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: northeast toward Henderson (44 mi); east toward Clayton (23 mi); southeast toward Smithfield (32 mi); south toward Spring Lake (42 mi); southwest toward Sanford (28 mi); west toward Asheboro (55 mi); and northwest toward Mebane (33 mi).
Who serves Cary?
We track live outage data from Duke Energy Carolinas, Wake Electric Membership Corp and Town of Apex Electric Utilities in Wake County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Town of Wake Forest also serves parts of Wake County — we don't yet read its own live outage map. For the parent company's combined picture, see Duke Energy outages across every state it serves.
Cary's last tracked outage began Oct 2, peaked at 253 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 4 hours.
- Oct 2 — 253 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 18 — 53 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 17 — 134 customers out, restored in 8 hours
- Sep 16 — 542 customers out, restored in 9 hours
County context: across all of Wake County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 5.8 hr. The full record for Wake County
Common questions
How do I check the power outage status in Cary, NC?
To check your own street, search a Cary ZIP code — 27511, 27512, 27513, 27518 or 27519 — and the map opens on that area.
