# Weather, low storage, drive up the price of natural gas | AP News

> Henry Hub natural gas rose to $4.61/mmBtu, its highest since a single-day spike in January. Opal in Wyoming climbed to near $7 as cold weather and low storage pushed prices up.

- Date: 2018-12-04 · published 2018-12-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61742-weather-low-storage-drive-up-the-price-of-natural-gas-ap-news
- Commodities: [Natural Gas](https://feedsoft.ai/c/NATGAS.md)

## Why it matters

Cold weather and low storage support higher gas prices, which raise energy and processing costs for feed mills and ethanol and DDGS producers.

## Read by commodity

- NATGAS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NATGAS | 2026-05-28 | [Nat-Gas Prices Surge as Storage Tightens and US Weather Turns Hotter](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19436-nat-gas-prices-surge-as-storage-tightens-and-us-weather-turns-hotter.md) | +0.2% | +6.2% |
| NATGAS | 2021-02-01 | [Wintry Weather Lifts Natural-Gas Prices  - WSJ](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48840-wintry-weather-lifts-natural-gas-prices-wsj.md) | +20.6% | +4.5% |
| NATGAS | 2021-05-17 | [Natural Gas Prices Jump On Warmer Weather \| OilPrice.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47270-natural-gas-prices-jump-on-warmer-weather-oilprice-com.md) | -2.8% | +13.6% |
| NATGAS | 2018-11-06 | [Natural gas prices surge on surprise forecast for cold US weather](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6487-natural-gas-prices-surge-on-surprise-forecast-for-cold-us-weather.md) | +9.1% | +24.8% |
| NATGAS | 2024-11-11 | [Nat-Gas Prices Surge on Lower US Gas Output and Colder US Weather](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7027-nat-gas-prices-surge-on-lower-us-gas-output-and-colder-us-weather.md) | +20.1% | +73.4% |

## Sources

- apnews.com: https://apnews.com/general-news-3dadb1aa76a9418a9bc4ddad2c230df0

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