# La Nina, Drought Highlight Weather Events in 2021

> DTN meteorologist John Baranick summarized 2021 weather events, including La Nina's failure to produce its typical pattern, a severe February arctic outbreak and western and Northern Plains drought. The February cold disrupted Texas energy supply and spiked natural gas prices.

- Date: 2021-12-27 · published 2021-12-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/13399-la-nina-drought-highlight-weather-events-in-2021
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Natural Gas](https://feedsoft.ai/c/NATGAS.md)

## Why it matters

The retrospective confirms weather-driven supply disruptions that affected crops and energy costs, but it carries no new price signal for the coming season.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- NATGAS: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2023-02-01 | [Weather Outlook Through Summer 2023 Points to Variability as La Nina Starts Decline](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37710-weather-outlook-through-summer-2023-points-to-variability-as-la-nina-starts.md) | +1.2% | -4.9% |
| CORN | 2026-03-26 | [Extreme weather added drought pressure to High Plains - High Plains Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13013-extreme-weather-added-drought-pressure-to-high-plains-high-plains-journal.md) | -2.5% | -1.8% |
| CORN | 2024-06-13 | [La Nina weather 65% likely to develop in July-Sept, says US forecaster \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29658-la-nina-weather-65-likely-to-develop-in-july-sept-says-us-forecaster-reuters.md) | -2.1% | -8.8% |
| CORN | 2023-01-06 | [Corn Yield Changes After Triple-Dip La Nina Events](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37709-corn-yield-changes-after-triple-dip-la-nina-events.md) | +1.7% | +0.6% |
| CORN | 2020-05-27 | [Wet fields even wetter in 2019, 2020](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52968-wet-fields-even-wetter-in-2019-2020.md) | +1.4% | +2.2% |
| NATGAS | 2025-09-30 | [Natural Gas Prices Hit Two-Month High Despite Warmer Weather - Finimize](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23060-natural-gas-prices-hit-two-month-high-despite-warmer-weather-finimize.md) | +7.9% | +8.9% |
| NATGAS | 2022-10-26 | [U.S. natgas steady as mild weather offsets planned LNG export rise \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39313-u-s-natgas-steady-as-mild-weather-offsets-planned-lng-export-rise-financial-post.md) | -5.1% | +21.0% |
| NATGAS | 2026-07-31 | [US natgas prices little changed as hotter weather offsets record output and lower LNG flows — TradingView News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18542-us-natgas-prices-little-changed-as-hotter-weather-offsets-record-output-and.md) | -3.1% | +7.2% |

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/article/2021/12/27/la-nina-drought-highlight-weather

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