When's the Power Back?

When will the power be back in Lynden, WA?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Whatcom County, Washington
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customers reported out in Whatcom, Washington · updated 4:00 PM PDT
Official restoration time (Puget Sound Energy): 09/03 01:00 PM
County-wide restoration outlook: ~2.4 hr to restore at the current pace (roughly 72 customers an hour)
🎯 Likely 0.9–9.7 hr — based on how accurate our past estimates like this have been.
Combined from the live data of the utilities serving this county — the slower nationwide tally shows 327.
Showing County-wide data because we don't have Lynden-specific numbers right now — your neighborhood may be restored earlier or later.
Open the live outage map Report an outage — official utility site ↗
Utility informationOur restoration forecast
Official ETA, when the utility posts oneIndependent estimated return window when trend data allows — often available first
Utility-reported status & customer countsConfidence 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 Sep 3, 11,215 completed outages have been graded this way — typical (median) error 1.7 hours across the most recent 600 of them (about 2.8 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 Lynden, Washington — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Lynden is a city in Whatcom County; when the serving utility's own outage map reports Lynden directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.

What we track for Lynden

Lynden is a city of about 16,783 residents in Whatcom County.

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

ZIP codes in Lynden: 98264 Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.

Around Lynden: the closest other places we track are Ferndale, about 9 miles to the southwest; Bellingham, about 14 miles to the south; Sedro-Woolley, about 32 miles to the south; Anacortes, about 33 miles to the south. Also nearby: Burlington (34 mi S), Mount Vernon (37 mi S), Oak Harbor (46 mi S), Arlington (56 mi S), Marysville (62 mi S), Lake Stevens (68 mi S), Everett (69 mi S), Mukilteo (72 mi S).

Who serves Lynden?

We track live outage data from Puget Sound Energy in Whatcom 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.

Recent outages tracked in Lynden

Lynden's last tracked outage began Sep 2, peaked at 33 customers out, and was restored in an hour.

  • Sep 2 — 33 customers out, restored in an hour
Tracked by this site from the serving utilities' own live outage maps (outages of 25+ customers; times are US Eastern). These recent, city-level outages build on the longer-term federal record below.
Longer-term outage history — Whatcom County, WA (covers Lynden)
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 833 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 12 major events of 10,000+ customers. Typical restoration ran ~5 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in fall.
Largest on record: ~54,372 customers out in August 2015, restored after about 3.6 days. The busiest year on record here was 2024.
Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level records 2014–2025 measured by the same rules as our tracking archive above, over a far longer period than we have been tracking — the same method, a different set of outages. These are federal historical records, not events tracked live by this site.

Common questions

When will my power be back on in Lynden, WA?

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 Lynden 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 Lynden, WA?

This page is a live power outage status check for the Lynden 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 Lynden ZIP code — 98264 — 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 Lynden, WA?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Whatcom County include Puget Sound Energy; 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 Lynden specifically, or the whole county?

Right now, the Whatcom County county-wide view, which covers Lynden. No utility outage map we follow has yet listed an outage for Lynden by name; utilities here have so far reported only county-wide totals, or used area names we cannot match to Lynden. If that changes during an outage, the city's own count and restoration time appear here automatically. Ferndale (9 mi SW) is the closest place we track separately.

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.

Lynden, WA — live power outage tracker