70 power cuts since 29 September, 9 of them on Saturday 24 October
- 70new cuts since 29 Sept
- 9in one day, 24 Oct
- 31of 45 days with a cut
www.preparedbritain.co.uk/home-report/cardiffOfficial feeds, counted daily
Santa is due in Cardiff at 01:28, in the early hours of Christmas Day. See his flight plan
Right now: quiet. No unplanned power cuts in Cardiff at 06:20.
Power cuts
70
new unplanned cuts in the Cardiff area, on 31 of 45 days
Busiest day: 24 October, during Storms Austen and Boelo. Cardiff had more cuts a day, for its size, than 44 of the 99 towns we track.
See every day →From our record of every cut National Grid publishes, read every 10 minutes and counted by the day each cut started; last counted Fri 13 Nov, 11:35. These are minimums. One fault can affect many streets, so this is how often cuts happen in the area, not how often one home loses power.
Weather
No Met Office warnings for Wales right now
All warningsMet Office, read Fri 13 Nov, 06:20.
Water
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water
No hosepipe banHosepipe bans as we last confirmed them, 5 Nov 2026.
Break-ins
Burglary rate
28% below averagepolice.uk, year ending March 2026 (police recorded crime).
If a cut at your home ran past 12 hours, you may be owed money. Check a cut
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Sources: National Grid live network data, read Fri 13 Nov, 06:20, counted daily by us (last Fri 13 Nov, 11:35). Met Office warnings, read Fri 13 Nov, 06:20. Water companies and the Environment Agency, for hosepipe bans, confirmed 5 Nov 2026. police.uk recorded crime, year ending March 2026 (police recorded crime). Figures cover the Cardiff council area, not a single street.
