When will the power be back in Seattle, WA?

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

customers reported out in King, WA

2 reported outages · county-wide data

Combined from the live data of the utilities serving this county — the slower nationwide tally shows 95.

Official restoration time (Seattle City Light): Oct 4, 6:11 AM PDT

County-wide restoration outlook: grew sharply just now — past outages here of any size in the same kind of weather ran ~12 hr start to finish (32 on record)

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

🔔 Check back after the next update, or keep me updated — we'll alert you when a dependable restoration estimate is ready.

Updated 9:17 PM PDT.

3394 county-wide trend of customers without power · last 2.6 days · tap or hover a point to see its number

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⚡ No power in Seattle, WA? 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 Seattle

Seattle is a city of about 780,995 residents in King County.

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

ZIP codes in Seattle:

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

Around Seattle: the closest other places we track are Mercer Island, about 7 miles to the southeast; Bainbridge Island, about 8 miles to the west; Kirkland, about 9 miles to the northeast; and Bellevue, about 9 miles to the east. Also nearby: Shoreline (9 mi N), Lake Forest Park (10 mi N), Burien (10 mi S), Kenmore (10 mi NE), Tukwila (11 mi S), Newcastle (11 mi SE), Redmond (12 mi E) and Mountlake Terrace (12 mi N).

Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Edmonds (13 mi); northeast toward Bothell (13 mi); east toward Sammamish (14 mi); southeast toward Renton (12 mi); south toward SeaTac (12 mi); southwest toward Port Orchard (16 mi); west toward Bremerton (18 mi); and northwest toward Poulsbo (16 mi).

Who serves Seattle?

We track live outage data from Puget Sound Energy, Seattle City Light and Tacoma Power ↗ in King County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City of Milton, Tanner Electric Cooperative and PUD No. 1 of Chelan County also serve parts of King County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps.

Outage history — King County, WA (covers Seattle)

Last significant outage: Oct 3, 2026 — peaked at 4,622 customers, restored in ~6.5 hr (no severe weather).

Across the 40 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 16 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Aug 10, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

County context: across all of King County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 13.3 hr. The full record for King County

Common questions

How do I check the power outage status in Seattle, WA?

To check your own street, search a Seattle ZIP code — 98101, 98102, 98103, 98104, 98105, 98106 or any of the other 53 — and the map opens on that area.

Nearby & related

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