5-month forward price of natural gas (USD/MMBtu) - United States - FSR - Daily
This series is part of the dataset: Forward natural gas prices in the US
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In US derivatives markets, the 5-month forward price of natural gas stood at 3.979 USD/MMBtu on 13 August 2026, compared to 4.075 on 12 August 2026. This marks a decrease of 2.36 percent.
Sample. There are 3,814 records overall in the daily time series shown in the graph above. The span of time covered by the series goes from January 2012 to August 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of some statistics we computed on the whole sample: the forward price was equal on average to 3.440 USD/MMBtu; it recorded a maximum of 9.833 on 22 August 2022; it hit a minimum of 1.896 on 28 February 2020.
Latest values
| Date | Value - USD/MMBtu |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-11 | 4.087 |
| 2026-08-12 | 4.075 |
| 2026-08-13 | 3.979 |
Tip. Our metadata often include references to the original sources of the time-series data shown on FetchSeries. You can use these references to search for additional information needed in your research.
Not for investment purposes. Time series and other data shared on this web site are not meant for investment purposes or as a basis for financial-decision making. Users should seek professional advice and perform independent analysis before taking any financial risk.
Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | 5-month forward price of natural gas |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Price |
| Data type | Forward price |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Daily |
| Unit | USD/MMBtu |
| Source | FetchSeries Research; calculations on market data |
| Source type | Data research lab |
| Data licence | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) + FetchSeries disclaimers |
| Other information | Not available |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LD1 |
Series in the same data set
Discover the other time series included in this data set.