When will the power be back in Tempe, AZ?
| 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 29, 10,280 completed outages have been graded this way — median error 1.6 hours across the most recent 600 of them (about 2.6 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 Tempe, Arizona — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Tempe is a city in Maricopa County; when the serving utility's public feed reports Tempe directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.
Tempe is a city of about 190,114 residents in Maricopa County.
Salt River Project has reported outages for Tempe by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-21) — so when Tempe 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 Tempe: 85280 · 85281 · 85282 · 85283 · 85284 · 85285 · 85287 · 85288 Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Tempe: the closest other places we track are Chandler, about 9 miles to the southeast; Paradise Valley, about 11 miles to the north; Gilbert, about 12 miles to the southeast; Mesa, about 12 miles to the east. Also nearby: Phoenix (16 mi NW), Fountain Hills (19 mi NE), Queen Creek (21 mi SE), Scottsdale (21 mi N), Glendale (22 mi NW), Avondale (23 mi W), Goodyear (26 mi W), El Mirage (27 mi NW). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward St. George, UT (271 mi); northeast toward Show Low (124 mi); east toward Deming, NM (255 mi); southeast toward Marana (80 mi); west toward Buckeye (41 mi); northwest toward Peoria (35 mi).
Who serves Tempe?
We track live outage data from Arizona Public Service, Salt River Project in Maricopa 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.
Tempe's last tracked outage began Aug 24, peaked at 28 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Aug 24 — 28 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Aug 24 — 556 customers out, restored in 4 hours
- Aug 24 — 448 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Aug 22 — 53 customers out, restored in 50 minutes
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Tempe, AZ?
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 Tempe 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 Tempe'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 Tempe, AZ?
This page is a live power outage status check for the Tempe 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 Tempe ZIP code — 85280, 85281, 85282, 85283, 85284, 85285, or any of the other 2 — 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 Tempe, AZ?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Maricopa County include Arizona Public Service, Salt River Project; 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 Tempe specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Tempe we have the city-level view: Salt River Project has published outages for Tempe under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-21. When Tempe is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Maricopa County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Tempe.
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.
