When will the power be back in Cincinnati, OH?
| Utility information | Our restoration forecast |
|---|---|
| Official ETA, when the utility posts one | Independent estimated return window when trend data allows — often available first |
| Utility-reported status & customer counts | Confidence range + whether the outage is growing, stable, or restoring |
How the forecast works: we analyze how quickly customers are being restored, whether the outage is still growing, current weather, outage size, and similar past outages in this area. Every completed forecast is compared with when power actually returned. As of Aug 20, 8,019 completed outages have been graded this way — median error 1.8 hours across the most recent 600 of them (about 2 days), and we publish the misses. See the full record (how it works). Independent and unofficial: never the utility's commitment.
Track current power outages in Cincinnati, Ohio — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Cincinnati is a city in Hamilton County; when the serving utility's public feed reports Cincinnati directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.
Cincinnati is a city of about 314,915 residents in Hamilton County.
Duke Energy Ohio & Kentucky has reported outages for Cincinnati by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-17) — so when Cincinnati 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 Cincinnati: 45201 · 45202 · 45203 · 45204 · 45205 · 45206 · 45207 · 45208 · 45209 · 45211 · 45212 · 45213 · 45214 · 45215 · 45216 · 45217 · 45218 · 45219 · 45220 · 45221 · 45222 · 45223 · 45224 · 45225 · 45226 · 45227 · 45229 · 45230 · 45231 · 45232 · 45233 · 45234 · 45235 · 45236 · 45237 · 45238 · 45239 · 45240 · 45241 · 45242 · 45243 · 45244 · 45246 · 45247 · 45248 · 45249 · 45250 · 45251 · 45252 · 45253 · 45254 · 45255 · 45258 · 45262 · 45263 · 45264 · 45267 · 45268 · 45269 · 45270 · 45271 · 45273 · 45274 · 45277 · 45280 · 45296 · 45298 · 45299 · 45999 (Cincinnati also extends into a neighboring county; those ZIPs are listed on that county's pages.) Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Cincinnati: the closest other places we track are Norwood, about 3 miles to the northeast; Newport, KY, about 4 miles to the south; Fort Thomas, KY, about 5 miles to the southeast; Reading, about 7 miles to the northeast. Also nearby: Covington, KY (7 mi S), Blue Ash (10 mi NE), Erlanger, KY (10 mi SW), Forest Park (10 mi N), Springdale (10 mi N), Sharonville (11 mi NE), Montgomery (11 mi NE), Florence, KY (13 mi SW). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Fairfield (13 mi); northeast toward Loveland (15 mi); southeast toward Alexandria, KY (14 mi); south toward Independence, KY (13 mi); southwest toward Madison, IN (55 mi); west toward Greensburg, IN (55 mi); northwest toward Harrison (17 mi).
Who serves Cincinnati?
We track live outage data from Butler Rural Electric Coop, Duke Energy Ohio & Kentucky in Hamilton County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. See the forecast panel above for how the estimate works — its inputs, its independence from the utility, and how every completed forecast is scored against what actually happened. Outages below 5 customers are too small for a meaningful area-wide estimate — the page says so instead of guessing.
Cincinnati's last tracked outage began Aug 17, peaked at 62 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Aug 17 — 62 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Aug 17 — 2,827 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Aug 16 — 103 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Aug 16 — 34 customers out, restored in 50 minutes
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Cincinnati, OH?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working. When's the Power Back? combines the live outage count, the current restoration rate, weather, and local history into an independent estimate for the Cincinnati area — shown even before your utility posts an official restoration time. Check the live power outage status at the top of this page. For context from Cincinnati's own record: across the 6 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 Cincinnati, OH?
This page is a live power outage status check for the Cincinnati area: current customers out, the affected areas on the map, and an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data is available, refreshed about every 15 minutes from utilities' own outage maps and the federal government's county outage data. To narrow it to your own street, search a Cincinnati ZIP code — 45201, 45202, 45203, 45204, 45205, 45206, or any of the other 63 — and the map opens on that area. Your utility's own outage map remains the official word for your account.
How do I report a power outage in Cincinnati, OH?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Hamilton County include Butler Rural Electric Coop, Duke Energy Ohio & Kentucky; confirm your own provider, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
Does this page show Cincinnati specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Cincinnati we have the city-level view: Duke Energy Ohio & Kentucky has published outages for Cincinnati under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-17. When Cincinnati is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Hamilton County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Cincinnati.
How accurate is the restoration estimate?
Every estimate is later graded against when the tracked outage was substantially restored (~90% of customers back), and the track record is published on our accuracy page. Estimates firm up a few hours into an outage once a steady restoration trend appears; very small outages are marked "too small to estimate" rather than guessed.
