Natural Gas Price Table
| Week (EIA) | Spot $/MMBtu |
|---|---|
| 2026-09/25 | $3.02 |
| 2026-09/18 | $2.94 |
| 2026-09/11 | $2.79 |
| 2026-09/04 | $2.91 |
| 2026-08/28 | $2.81 |
| 2026-08/21 | $2.86 |
| 2026-08/14 | $2.79 |
| 2026-08/07 | $2.66 |
| 2026-07/31 | $2.62 |
| 2026-07/24 | $2.86 |
| 2026-07/17 | $2.79 |
| 2026-07/10 | $3.09 |
| 2026-07/03 | $3.34 |
| 2026-06/26 | $3.20 |
| 2026-06/19 | $3.12 |
| 2026-06/12 | $3.16 |
Henry Hub in Louisiana is the benchmark trading point for US natural gas, and the EIA has tracked its weekly spot price since 1997 - 1,550 weeks of data. The most recent week (September 25, 2026) closed at $3.02 per million Btu, inside a 52-week range that runs from $2.62 (late July, shoulder-season storage building) to a startling $13.80 (January 30, when a winter cold snap briefly outbid every pipeline in the country for the molecules still flowing).
The spike week is the table's best lesson: the price before it was $12.02, the week after it fell back to $5.01 - natural gas spot prices are weather derivatives in disguise, calm for months and violent for exactly as long as the polar vortex sticks around. Your home bill never sees these exact numbers (residential rates are set months ahead by utilities buying on contract), but the spot price is the tide every rate eventually follows. The calculator converts therms - the unit on your gas bill - into MMBtu and prices both at spot.
How to use
- Enter therms from your gas bill (a winter-month home runs 40-80) or MMBtu, and read either unit priced at the current Henry Hub spot.
- Scan the recent-weeks table and the 52-week high and low for where this week sits in the year's range.
- Remember spot is not your rate: utilities average their purchases across contracts, so your price per therm moves slowly while the spot line whipsaws.
Frequently asked questions
What is the Henry Hub price today?
The most recent EIA weekly settlement in this table is $3.02 per million Btu (week of September 25, 2026). Henry Hub updates every trading day commercially, but the EIA's official weekly series is the public reference - and it is the number utilities, analysts and news stories quote when they say 'natural gas is trading at'. This page carries the recent weekly ladder plus the 52-week high and low for context.
Why did natural gas spike to almost $14 in January?
The week of January 30, 2026, Henry Hub printed $13.80 - more than four times the summer floor - because a severe cold snap pulled demand from heating and power simultaneously while frozen wellheads and lines constrained supply. Gas cannot be moved faster than the pipes allow, so in freeze weeks the price does the rationing. The same pattern appears in the historic record: the all-time weekly peak in this series, $14.49, came in December 2005 after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita took Gulf production offline.
How many therms are in an MMBtu?
Exactly ten - one MMBtu is one million British thermal units and one therm is 100,000 Btu, so 1 MMBtu = 10 therms. Gas bills bill in therms; traders deal in MMBtu (or dekatherms, which are 10 therms and therefore one MMBtu). The calculator flips between them, and the spot price divides accordingly: $3.02 per MMBtu is about 30 cents per therm before utility delivery charges and taxes.
Why is my gas bill rate higher than the Henry Hub price?
The spot price is the wholesale molecule at one Louisiana hub. Your utility pays a blended portfolio of contract and spot purchases, then adds pipeline transport, local distribution, metering and state taxes - often doubling the commodity cost by the time it reaches your meter. The EIA spot table explains the direction of your bill (sustained $13 weeks do arrive in rates, months later); your rate card explains the level.