Henry Hub Natural Gas Spot Price

Natural gas often sets marginal power prices in the U.S. — the key input cost for electricity generation.

Exclude COVID

$3.1

Trend YoY growth is +11.9%, accelerating by 2 bps/year over the last 25Y. Latest: -1.0%, 12.9 pp below trend, a 0.27σ deviation. The latest YoY reading is depressed by 8.0 pp due to an tough comparison base from Jun 9.

Level

YoY %

y = 11.5% + 2 bps/yr · t

Deviation from trend

Forecast

Projected value by forecast vintage ($/MMBtu)

Projected value ($/MMBtu)

Forecast made inNov '25Dec '25Jan '26Feb '26Mar '26Apr '26May '26Jun '26Jul '26Aug '26Sep '26Oct '26Nov '26Dec '26Jan '27Feb '27Mar '27Apr '27May '27Jun '27Jul '27MAPE
Nov '25$4.6$5.2$4.4$5.8$6.0$4.5$4.0$4.5$4.0$3.8$4.0$4.5$5.7$4.8$8.5$3.5$3.3$2.9$3.6$3.2$4.1805%
Dec '25$4.0$3.9$4.9$4.9$3.5$3.0$3.3$2.8$2.5$2.5$2.6$3.0$2.4$3.8$1.4$1.2$0.9$0.9$0.6$0.4128%
Jan '26$7.2$5.5$5.5$4.0$3.5$3.8$3.3$3.0$3.0$3.2$3.9$3.1$5.2$2.0$1.7$1.4$1.6$1.3$1.2502%
Feb '26$3.0$5.2$3.7$3.2$3.5$3.0$2.7$2.7$2.9$3.4$2.7$4.4$1.6$1.4$1.1$1.2$0.9$0.7316%
Mar '26$2.9$3.7$3.2$3.5$3.1$2.8$2.9$3.1$3.8$3.1$5.3$2.0$1.8$1.6$1.8$1.5$1.4397%
Apr '26$2.6$3.2$3.5$3.1$2.8$2.9$3.2$3.9$3.3$5.5$2.2$2.0$1.7$2.0$1.8$1.6426%
May '26$3.3$3.3$2.9$2.6$2.6$2.9$3.4$2.8$4.6$1.8$1.6$1.3$1.5$1.2$1.0173%
Jun '26$3.1$2.8$2.5$2.6$2.8$3.3$2.6$4.3$1.6$1.4$1.1$1.3$1.0$0.8
Jul '26$2.8$2.5$2.6$2.8$3.3$2.6$4.3$1.6$1.4$1.1$1.3$1.0$0.8

YoY change forecast

Forecast made inNov '25Dec '25Jan '26Feb '26Mar '26Apr '26May '26Jun '26Jul '26Aug '26Sep '26Oct '26Nov '26Dec '26Jan '27Feb '27Mar '27Apr '27May '27Jun '27Jul '27MAPE
Nov '25+35.4%+53.8%+51.0%+48.2%+45.7%+42.9%+40.2%+37.4%+34.7%+31.9%+29.1%+26.4%+23.6%+20.9%+18.1%+15.4%+12.8%+10.0%+7.3%+4.6%+1.8%805%
Dec '25+9.6%+32.5%+25.8%+19.7%+12.9%+6.4%-0.4%-6.9%-13.6%-20.4%-26.9%-33.7%-40.2%-47.0%-53.7%-59.8%-66.6%-73.1%-79.9%-86.4%128%
Jan '26+145.1%+39.5%+33.9%+27.6%+21.6%+15.3%+9.3%+3.0%-3.2%-9.3%-15.5%-21.6%-27.8%-34.1%-39.8%-46.0%-52.1%-58.3%-64.4%502%
Feb '26-23.5%+26.2%+19.6%+13.3%+6.8%+0.4%-6.1%-12.6%-19.0%-25.5%-31.8%-38.4%-44.9%-50.8%-57.4%-63.7%-70.2%-76.6%316%
Mar '26-27.3%+17.9%+13.1%+8.1%+3.2%-1.8%-6.8%-11.6%-16.6%-21.5%-26.5%-31.5%-36.0%-41.1%-45.9%-50.9%-55.8%397%
Apr '26-14.3%+11.2%+6.9%+2.7%-1.6%-5.8%-10.0%-14.3%-18.4%-22.7%-27.0%-30.9%-35.2%-39.3%-43.6%-47.8%426%
May '26+16.8%+0.7%-4.4%-9.6%-14.9%-20.0%-25.3%-30.4%-35.6%-40.9%-45.7%-50.9%-56.0%-61.3%-66.4%173%
Jun '26-1.0%-6.1%-11.8%-17.5%-23.0%-28.7%-34.2%-39.8%-45.5%-50.7%-56.4%-61.9%-67.6%-73.1%
Jul '26-6.1%-11.8%-17.5%-23.0%-28.7%-34.2%-39.8%-45.5%-50.7%-56.4%-61.9%-67.6%-73.1%

Forecasts use ordinary least-squares linear regression fitted to the YoY change series over a rolling 1Y window. Each row shows a vintage — the forecast as it would have appeared at that point in time. Projected values apply the forecasted YoY change to the prior year's level, chaining forward where actuals are unavailable. MAPE measures forecast accuracy against realized values. These are mechanical trend extrapolations, not economic models.

Henry Hub Natural Gas Spot Price | Blake Cutler