# Commentary: U.S. natural gas prices surge on cold weather forecast - Energy News, Top Headlines, Commentaries, Features & Events - EnergyNow.com

> US natural gas futures jumped to their highest in about nine months on forecast cold weather across much of the country. Storage stocks were at their lowest seasonal level since 2003 according to EIA data.

- Date: 2018-11-07 · published 2018-11-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62209-commentary-u-s-natural-gas-prices-surge-on-cold-weather-forecast-energy-news
- Commodities: [Natural Gas](https://feedsoft.ai/c/NATGAS.md)

## Why it matters

Low storage combined with a cold outlook supports higher gas prices, which raise energy and fertilizer-related input costs and can favor coal and reduce gas-fired generation.

## Read by commodity

- NATGAS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NATGAS | 2019-10-29 | [U.S. natgas futures surge over 6% for second day on cold November forecasts - Energy News, Top Headlines, Commentaries, Features & Events - EnergyNow.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12163-u-s-natgas-futures-surge-over-6-for-second-day-on-cold-november-forecasts.md) | +13.3% | +2.1% |
| NATGAS | 2022-11-08 | [U.S. natgas futures jump 9% on colder November forecasts - Energy News, Top Headlines, Commentaries, Features & Events - EnergyNow.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7579-u-s-natgas-futures-jump-9-on-colder-november-forecasts-energy-news-top.md) | +7.4% | -11.6% |
| NATGAS | 2023-06-30 | [U.S. natgas prices up 2% on rising LNG feedgas, lingering hot weather - Energy News, Top Headlines, Commentaries, Features & Events - EnergyNow.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35685-u-s-natgas-prices-up-2-on-rising-lng-feedgas-lingering-hot-weather-energy-news.md) | -0.4% | +1.5% |
| NATGAS | 2025-02-14 | [US NatGas Prices Climb 4% to Two-Week High on Rising LNG Flows, Cold Weather - Energy News, Top Headlines, Commentaries, Features & Events - EnergyNow.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8690-us-natgas-prices-climb-4-to-two-week-high-on-rising-lng-flows-cold-weather.md) | +8.0% | -0.3% |
| NATGAS | 2022-02-03 | [U.S. natgas prices up near year-high as output hurt by icy weather - Energy News, Top Headlines, Commentaries, Features & Events - EnergyNow.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9227-u-s-natgas-prices-up-near-year-high-as-output-hurt-by-icy-weather-energy-news.md) | -33.0% | -23.0% |

## Sources

- energynow.com: https://energynow.com/2018/11/commentary-u-s-natural-gas-prices-surge-on-cold-weather-forecast/

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