Where the Henry Hub natural gas spot price stands versus its history
The Henry Hub natural gas spot price was $3.03 per million British thermal units on Oct 6, 2026, in the lower third of its 12 month range. Updated when the US Energy Information Administration publishes a new reading.
Snapshot
The Henry Hub natural gas spot price was $3.03 per million British thermal units on Oct 6, 2026, in the lower third of its 12 month range. The highest reading in the data is $30.72 per million British thermal units on Jan 23, 2026 and the lowest is $1.21 per million British thermal units on Nov 11, 2024; the data starts on Jan 7, 1997.
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What We Know
- Latest reading: $3.03 per million British thermal units on Oct 6, 2026.
- Previous reading: $2.96 per million British thermal units on Oct 5, 2026, so the latest is up 2.4%.
- One week earlier: $3.18 per million British thermal units on Sep 29, 2026; down 4.7% since.
- One year earlier: $3.32 per million British thermal units on Oct 6, 2025; down 8.7% since.
- 12 month high: $30.72 per million British thermal units on Jan 23, 2026. 12 month low: $2.54 per million British thermal units on Apr 24, 2026.
- 5 year high: $30.72 per million British thermal units on Jan 23, 2026. 5 year low: $1.21 per million British thermal units on Nov 11, 2024.
- Highest since: the latest reading is the highest since Sep 29, 2026, the last time the series was at or above this level.
- Lowest since: the latest reading is the lowest since Oct 5, 2026, the last time the series was at or below this level.
- Highest in data back to Jan 7, 1997: $30.72 per million British thermal units on Jan 23, 2026. Lowest: $1.21 per million British thermal units on Nov 11, 2024.
Octans View
At $3.03 per million British thermal units, the Henry Hub natural gas spot price sits 2% of the way from its 12 month low to its 12 month high. Over the past year it is down 8.7%.
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Limits. This page shows daily readings, not intraday levels; a market can trade above or below them during a session. The US Energy Information Administration data reach FRED with a lag of about one week, so the latest reading can trail the market. Records refer only to the history this source carries; older data from other sources may show higher or lower levels. Nothing here is a forecast.
Method and source. Octans Research computes every figure on this page from the full published history of Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED) series DHHNGSP. "Highest since" is the last earlier date when the series was at or above the latest reading. The page is regenerated by a fixed template when a new reading is published; no model wrote it.
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Sources
- [1]Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED) — Henry Hub natural gas spot price, full daily history (series DHHNGSP)
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