# A hot summer could send rising natural gas prices shooting even higher

> U.S. natural gas futures rose 4.4% on Tuesday as hot spring weather in the Southern U.S. tightened an already concerned market. Storage supplies are below normal just as the industry typically builds inventory for winter. Prices have more than doubled this year and could rise at least another 25% during summer cooling demand.

- Date: 2022-05-17 · published 2022-05-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/41571-a-hot-summer-could-send-rising-natural-gas-prices-shooting-even-higher
- Commodities: [Natural Gas](https://feedsoft.ai/c/NATGAS.md)

## Why it matters

Heat-driven power burn plus strong LNG feedgas pull on supply with flat production points to higher natural gas costs, which raise energy and fertilizer input costs for feed producers.

## Read by commodity

- NATGAS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NATGAS | 2024-12-03 | [Key global natural gas prices set to keep rising into 2025](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27138-key-global-natural-gas-prices-set-to-keep-rising-into-2025.md) | -0.5% | +12.3% |
| NATGAS | 2022-01-26 | [U.S. Natural Gas Prices Jump On High Demand \| OilPrice.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6916-u-s-natural-gas-prices-jump-on-high-demand-oilprice-com.md) | +22.7% | +11.1% |
| NATGAS | 2025-12-01 | [U.S. natural gas prices surge 4% to 35-month high in cold snap \| Gas Processing & LNG](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21695-u-s-natural-gas-prices-surge-4-to-35-month-high-in-cold-snap-gas-processing-and.md) | +11.0% | -4.3% |
| NATGAS | 2022-01-03 | [U.S. natural gas prices rise as cold freezes wells \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43321-u-s-natural-gas-prices-rise-as-cold-freezes-wells-reuters.md) | +2.6% | +37.9% |
| NATGAS | 2025-10-21 | [Chilly Fronts Goose Heating Demand, Sending Natural Gas Futures Higher](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7790-chilly-fronts-goose-heating-demand-sending-natural-gas-futures-higher.md) | +5.7% | +26.2% |

## Sources

- cnbc.com: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/17/natural-gas-prices-have-already-doubled-this-year-a-hot-summer-could-push-them-even-higher.html

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