When will the power be back in Winchester, VA?
| 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 19, 7,878 completed outages have been graded this way — median error 2 hours across the most recent 600 of them (about 1.9 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 Winchester, Virginia — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Winchester is a city in Winchester; when the serving utility's public feed reports Winchester directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the city-wide view as context.
Winchester is a city of about 27,800 residents in Winchester.
Rappahannock Electric Cooperative has reported outages for Winchester by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-17) — so when Winchester is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the city-wide total.
ZIP codes in Winchester: 22601 · 22604 (Winchester also extends into a neighboring city; those ZIPs are listed on that city's pages.) Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Winchester: the closest other places we track are Front Royal, about 17 miles to the south; Martinsburg, WV, about 22 miles to the northeast; Leesburg, about 34 miles to the east; Warrenton, about 37 miles to the southeast. Also nearby: Hagerstown, MD (40 mi NE), Frederick, MD (45 mi NE), Cumberland, MD (45 mi NW), Culpeper (50 mi S), Waynesboro, PA (51 mi NE), Gaithersburg, MD (52 mi E), Fairfax (52 mi SE), Rockville, MD (55 mi E). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Altoona, PA (93 mi); northeast toward Chambersburg, PA (59 mi); east toward Alexandria (63 mi); southeast toward Fredericksburg (71 mi); south toward Charlottesville (80 mi); southwest toward Staunton (85 mi); west toward Morgantown, WV (100 mi); northwest toward Johnstown, PA (89 mi).
Who serves Winchester?
We track live outage data from Rappahannock Electric Cooperative ↗ in Winchester — but several utilities can serve one city, 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.
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Winchester, VA?
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 Winchester area — shown even before your utility posts an official restoration time. Check the live power outage status at the top of this page.
How do I check the power outage status in Winchester, VA?
This page is a live power outage status check for the Winchester 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 Winchester ZIP code — 22601, 22604 — 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 Winchester, VA?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Winchester include Rappahannock Electric Cooperative; 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 Winchester specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Winchester we have the city-level view: Rappahannock Electric Cooperative has published outages for Winchester under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-17. When Winchester is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Winchester city-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the city figure already includes Winchester.
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.
