# Cooler US Weather Forecasts Lift Nat-Gas Prices

> December Nymex natural gas settled higher on Wednesday as forecasts shifted cooler across the eastern US through November 8 and the Midwest and West from November 9-13. Gains were capped by expectations of a larger-than-seasonal storage build in the weekly EIA report.

- Date: 2026-11-04 · published 2026-11-05T03:08:10.551Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/80993-cooler-us-weather-forecasts-lift-nat-gas-prices
- Commodities: [Natural Gas](https://feedsoft.ai/c/NATGAS.md)

## Why it matters

Colder forecasts raise expected heating demand, supporting US natural gas prices, while a bigger-than-normal storage build limits the upside. Gas-fired power is about 40% of US generation, so this feeds into power costs and feed-grain energy costs.

## Read by commodity

- NATGAS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 2024-04-29 | [Nat-Gas Prices Jump on Forecasts for Warm US Temps](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9863-nat-gas-prices-jump-on-forecasts-for-warm-us-temps.md) | +25.8% | +57.3% |
| NATGAS | 2025-02-11 | [Nat-Gas Prices Supported by Colder US Weather](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8696-nat-gas-prices-supported-by-colder-us-weather.md) | +46.3% | +30.3% |
| 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 | 2024-07-18 | [US natgas prices climb 4% on small storage build, hot weather forecasts](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29453-us-natgas-prices-climb-4-on-small-storage-build-hot-weather-forecasts.md) | +2.5% | +9.6% |

## Sources

- finance.yahoo.com: https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/commodities/articles/cooler-us-weather-forecasts-lift-201746776.html

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