UNITED STATES AVERAGE NATURAL GAS PRICES
($/MMBTU)
   
  SPOT   FOREIGN     CITY  DELIVERED TO
DATE MARKET2    IMPORTS1  GATES1  RESIDENTIAL1 INDUSTRIAL1
1960 N/A  N/A  0.33 0.99 0.24
1961 N/A  N/A  0.35 1.03 0.26
1962 N/A  N/A  0.35 1.00 0.27
1963 N/A  N/A  0.34 1.01 0.27
1964 N/A  N/A  0.33 1.02 0.28
1965 N/A  N/A  0.33 1.01 0.29
1966 N/A  N/A  0.32 1.00 0.29
1967 N/A  N/A  0.32 1.00 0.33
1968 N/A  N/A  0.32 1.00 0.33
1969 N/A  N/A  0.32 1.01 0.34
1970 N/A  N/A  0.34 1.05 0.36
1971 N/A  N/A  0.38 1.11 0.39
1972 N/A  N/A  0.41 1.16 0.43
1973 N/A  N/A  0.44 1.24 0.48
1974 N/A  0.57 0.55 1.38 0.64  
1975 N/A  1.26 0.77 1.64 0.92  
1976 N/A  1.66 0.94 1.90 1.19
1977 N/A  1.91 1.26 2.26 1.44
1978 N/A  2.13 1.41 2.46 1.63
1979 N/A  2.50 1.74 2.87 1.91
1980 N/A  4.25 2.32 3.54 2.46
1981 N/A  4.65 2.78 4.13 3.02
1982 N/A  4.75 3.46 4.97 3.72
1983 N/A  4.34 3.88 5.83 4.02
1984 N/A  3.92 3.74 5.88 4.06
1985 2.39 3.07 3.61 5.88 3.80
1986 1.62 2.43 3.10 5.61 3.11
1987 1.42 2.09 2.76 5.33 2.83
1988 1.63 1.92 2.81 5.26 2.84
1989 1.58 1.96 2.89 5.42 2.82
1990 1.61 1.87 2.91 5.58 2.82
   January 1.74 2.03 2.96 5.33 3.13
   February 1.30 1.85 2.83 5.35 2.86
   March 1.26 1.79 2.67 5.38 2.64
   April 1.27 1.72 2.63 5.67 2.58
   May 1.26 1.67 2.65 6.04 2.31
   June 1.21 1.65 2.75 6.70 2.25
   July 1.07 1.62 2.63 6.95 2.14
   August 1.14 1.54 2.67 7.08 2.20
   September 1.34 1.61 2.80 6.65 2.31
   October 1.65 1.73 2.81 5.96 2.59
   November 1.68 1.84 2.81 5.30 2.73
   December 1.84 1.90 2.93 5.30 2.97
1991 Average 1.40 1.75 2.76 5.98 2.59
   January 1.61 1.90 2.79 5.32 2.92
   February 1.00 1.62 2.60 5.33 2.67
   March 1.17 1.59 2.51 5.29 2.48
   April 1.33 1.57 2.63 5.40 2.44
   May 1.48 1.60 2.79 5.91 2.35
   June 1.61 1.70 2.88 6.58 2.43
   July 1.42 1.63 2.89 6.99 2.44
   August 1.79 1.76 3.06 7.16 2.61
   September 1.89 1.88 3.11 6.88 2.71
   October 2.57 2.13 3.37 6.27 3.09
   November 2.20 1.88 3.20 5.79 3.13
   December 2.13 2.05 3.05 5.52 3.25
1992 Average 1.68 1.78 2.91 6.04 2.73
   January 1.93 1.99 2.99 5.51 3.03
   February 1.59 1.82 2.83 5.51 2.90
   March 1.84 1.87 2.94 5.45 2.87
   April 2.09 1.95 3.12 5.79 2.92
   May 2.53 2.09 3.44 6.52 3.02
   June 1.89 1.90 3.31 7.09 2.75
   July 1.86 1.85 3.21 7.56 2.52
   August 1.96 1.89 3.22 7.82 2.65
   September 2.24 2.01 3.40 7.45 2.84
   October 1.95 1.86 3.03 6.53 2.66
   November 1.99 1.99 3.03 5.93 2.90
   December 2.33 2.18 3.14 5.84 3.15
1993 Average 2.02 1.95 3.14 6.42 2.95
   January 1.98 2.03 2.92 5.70 3.34
   February 2.18 2.15 3.13 5.81 3.30
   March 2.20 2.13 3.20 6.06 3.34
   April 1.88 1.88 3.03 6.35 2.89
   May 1.94 1.87 3.05 6.58 2.81
   June 1.65 1.70 3.05 7.37 2.59
   July 1.80 1.75 3.00 7.79 2.66
   August 1.66 1.69 3.03 7.90 2.57
   September 1.42 1.60 2.81 7.54 2.45
   October 1.34 1.48 2.69 6.60 2.39
   November 1.58 1.64 2.73 6.03 2.75
   December 1.62 1.65 2.75 5.83 2.88
1994 Average 1.77 1.80 2.95 6.63 2.93
   January 1.54 1.54 2.68 5.63 2.84
   February 1.32 1.40 2.61 5.54 2.74
   March 1.34 1.35 2.63 5.62 2.63
   April 1.41 1.32 2.62 5.83 2.47
   May 1.53 1.40 2.69 6.29 2.44
   June 1.57 1.41 2.78 7.20 2.35
   July 1.38 1.35 2.78 7.52 2.25
   August 1.26 1.29 2.76 7.82 2.17
   September 1.45 1.38 2.78 7.43 2.33
   October 1.53 1.42 2.72 6.37 2.35
   November 1.66 1.55 2.57 5.39 2.58
   December 2.03 1.73 2.72 5.33 2.95
1995 Average 1.50 1.43 2.69 6.33 2.61
   January 2.57 2.01 3.02 5.42 3.47
   February 2.02 1.88 3.04 5.60 3.47
   March 2.31 1.85 3.05 5.70 3.38
   April 2.32 1.80 3.10 6.03 3.29
   May 2.02 1.65 3.06 6.58 3.02
   June 2.16 1.63 3.28 7.53 3.01
   July 2.37 1.77 3.36 8.31 3.05
   August 2.13 1.73 3.33 8.39 2.93
   September 1.68 1.56 2.93 7.68 2.66
   October 1.73 1.64 2.83 6.78 2.78
   November 2.61 2.17 3.33 6.13 3.43
   December 3.70 2.88 4.02 6.22 4.04
1996 Average 2.30 1.88 3.19 6.70 3.29
   January 3.96 3.13 4.12 6.48 4.42
   February 2.78 2.42 3.62 6.53 4.02
   March 1.65 1.65 2.95 6.27 3.21
   April 1.73 1.61 2.81 6.28 2.98
   May 1.98 1.76 2.99 6.57 2.92
   June 2.16 1.81 3.28 7.98 3.07
   July 2.03 1.77 3.31 8.44 2.99
   August 2.07 1.76 3.21 8.64 2.88
   September 2.40 1.93 3.37 8.50 3.19
   October 2.94 2.24 3.71 7.39 3.55
   November 3.19 2.62 4.58 6.60 3.87
   December 2.38 2.11 3.29 6.29 3.60
1997 Average 2.44 2.07 3.44 7.16 3.45
   January 2.19 2.00 2.96 6.16 3.53
   February 1.93 1.87 2.96 6.16 3.44
   March 2.16 1.90 2.94 6.05 3.27
   April 2.22 1.96 3.11 6.55 3.15
   May 2.21 1.94 3.00 7.40 3.02
   June 1.95 1.81 2.87 8.18 2.86
   July 2.26 1.89 3.18 8.20 2.92
   August 1.88 1.75 2.89 8.89 2.64
   September 1.58 1.62 2.67 8.62 2.55
   October 1.94 1.86 2.88 7.31 2.64
   November 1.97 2.04 2.88 6.33 2.84
   December 2.06 2.08 2.98 6.10 2.81
1998 Average 2.03 1.89 2.94 7.16 3.02
   January 1.75 1.95 2.74 5.77 3.16
   February 1.74 1.86 2.81 6.05 2.81
   March 1.58 1.73 2.66 5.83 2.85
   April 1.82 1.78 2.77 6.19 2.88
   May 2.24 2.09 3.13 7.02 2.75
   June 2.15 2.05 3.00 7.88 2.71
   July 2.20 2.10 2.99 8.49 2.75
   August 2.52 2.30 3.26 8.79 2.87
   September 2.79 2.53 3.45 8.30 3.27
   October 2.46 2.40 3.09 7.27 3.08
   November 2.96 2.74 3.57 6.88 3.38
   December 2.09 2.25 3.07 6.26 3.04
1999 Average 2.19 2.15 3.04 7.06 3.00
   January 2.28 2.35 3.14 6.13 3.28
   February 2.54 2.50 3.35 6.29 3.54
   March 2.52 2.51 3.40 6.64 3.40
   April 2.81 2.75 3.58 6.91 3.45
   May 2.99 2.93 3.99 7.94 3.53
   June 4.27 3.72 4.99 9.13 4.08
   July 4.26 3.79 5.00 9.92 4.38
   August 3.73 3.48 4.45 9.97 4.16
   September 4.48 3.99 5.01 9.71 4.69
   October 5.14 4.96 5.44 9.08 5.24
   November 4.45 4.67 5.00 8.25 5.18
   December 5.96 7.07 6.38 8.23 6.41
2000 Average 3.79 3.73 4.48 8.18 4.28
   January 9.80 9.11 8.57 9.73 8.50
   February 6.25 6.20 6.81 9.87 6.93
   March 4.97 5.21 5.87 9.47 6.06
   April 5.27 5.14 6.06 9.77 5.85
   May 4.78 4.76 5.55 10.71 5.25
   June 3.61 3.79 5.17 11.13 4.57
   July 3.04 3.05 3.88 10.79 3.94
   August 3.06 3.02 4.15 10.47 3.84
   September 2.25 2.53 3.52 9.78 3.37
   October 1.74 2.06 3.24 7.92 3.06
   November 3.04 2.84 3.87 7.67 3.73
   December 2.25 2.58 3.75 7.02 3.55
2001 Average 4.17 4.19 5.04 9.53 5.04
   January 2.53 2.63 3.64 7.10 3.89
   February 1.94 2.23 3.62 6.95 3.56
   March 2.31 2.51 3.69 6.83 3.63
   April 3.30 3.14 4.05 7.37 3.50
   May 3.21 3.13 3.91 8.21 3.91
   June 3.16 2.96 3.99 9.21 3.71
   July 3.07 2.73 3.80 9.91 3.65
   August 2.80 2.60 3.53 10.04 3.48
   September 3.01 2.94 3.84 9.84 3.74
   October 3.97 3.42 4.15 8.28 4.02
   November 3.93 3.88 4.47 7.68 4.54
   December 4.39 4.04 4.56 7.57 4.73
2002 Average 3.14 3.02 3.94 8.25 3.87
   January 5.10 4.70 5.08 7.87 5.43
   February 6.72 5.49 5.61 8.25 6.15
   March 7.06 7.32 7.34 9.39 7.95
   April 4.94 4.81 5.38 9.79 5.73
   May 5.42 4.85 5.47 10.38 5.56
   June 5.60 5.32 6.15 11.62 6.34
   July 4.90 4.91 5.61 12.26 5.47
   August 4.90 4.37 5.27 12.35 5.08
   September 4.50 4.49 5.37 11.84 5.12
   October 4.53 4.31 5.13 10.23 4.74
   November 4.39 4.34 5.33 9.39 4.99
   December 5.23 4.88 5.66 9.14 5.67
2003 Average 5.27 4.98 5.62 10.21 5.66
   January 5.99 5.75 6.16 9.34 6.46
   February 5.20 5.45 6.11 9.47 6.27
   March 5.18 4.95 5.99 9.64 5.74
   April 5.53 5.01 6.07 10.13 5.83
   May 5.88 5.41 6.23 11.18 6.10
   June 6.16 5.83 6.67 12.58 6.56
   July 5.85 5.53 6.42 13.02 6.16
   August 5.51 5.40 6.26 13.21 6.12
   September 4.82 4.77 5.83 12.80 5.46
   October 5.50 5.17 6.06 11.24 5.80
   November 6.31 6.71 7.21 11.00 7.35
   December 6.65 6.69 7.20 10.66 7.25
2004 Average 5.71 5.56 6.35 11.19 6.28
   January 6.37 6.06 6.78 10.48 6.79
   February 6.06 5.90 6.82 10.45 6.88
   March 6.75 6.00 6.96 10.42 6.85
   April 7.16 6.65 7.49 11.42 7.41
   May 6.40 6.33 7.22 12.25 6.91
   June 6.63 6.11 7.02 13.26 6.64
   July 7.15 6.56 7.38 14.29 7.12
   August 8.25 7.21 7.88 14.91 7.67
   September 11.65 9.58 9.87 15.92 9.79
   October 12.17 11.53 11.69 15.81 11.60
   November 9.46 10.88 11.13 15.04 11.64
   December 12.00 10.49 10.36 14.04 10.74
2005 Average 8.34 7.77 8.38 13.19 8.23
   January 8.67 9.72 10.38 14.35 10.43
   February 7.46 7.65 8.98 13.44 9.02
   March 6.46 6.73 8.47 12.66 7.92
   April 6.64 6.47 7.97 12.76 7.63
   May 6.13 6.28 7.68 13.86 7.34
   June 5.96 5.61 7.11 14.49 6.65
   July 5.87 5.72 7.12 15.12 6.52
   August 7.00 6.48 7.79 15.56 7.08
   September 5.32 5.61 7.38 15.11 6.93
   October 5.05 4.69 6.17 12.03 5.40
   November 6.87 6.96 8.14 11.97 7.44
   December 7.14 7.31 8.33 12.05 7.91
2006 Average 6.55 6.60 7.96 13.62 7.57
   January 6.17 6.25 7.59 11.63 7.08
   February 7.76 7.11 8.26 11.64 7.93
   March 6.94 7.16 8.47 12.37 8.10
   April 7.10 6.96 7.88 12.77 7.83
   May 7.21 7.16 8.05 14.07 7.80
   June 7.04 7.04 8.10 15.61 7.62
   July 6.11 6.31 7.67 16.03 7.22
   August 6.01 5.77 7.18 16.04 6.46
   September 5.35 5.28 6.70 15.38 6.04
   October 6.18 6.11 7.11 13.99 6.79
   November 6.47 6.93 7.76 12.50 7.57
   December 7.22 7.22 7.82 11.70 7.87
2007 Average 6.63 6.61 7.72 13.64 7.38
   January 7.96 7.37 8.05 11.61 7.97
   February 8.28 8.02 8.57 11.94 8.62
   March 9.09 8.68 9.13 12.45 9.24
   April 9.75 9.24 9.46 13.74 9.64
   May 10.68 10.38 10.63 15.41 10.91
   June 11.69 11.26 11.39 17.68 11.64
   July 11.35 11.33 12.00 19.46 12.56
   August 8.16 8.34 9.81 18.85 9.71
   September 6.93 7.25 8.64 17.22 8.78
   October 5.93 6.61 7.50 14.61 7.79
   November 5.75 6.29 7.63 13.10 7.06
   December 5.91 6.48 7.85 12.15 7.56
2008 Average 8.46 8.44 9.22 14.85 9.28
   January 5.50 5.94 7.66 12.01 7.21
   February 4.38 5.01 6.98 11.79 6.18
   March 3.68 4.17 6.59 11.52 5.47
   April 3.36 3.53 5.49 11.23 4.86
   May 3.49 3.35 5.28 12.37 4.23
   June 3.40 3.38 5.34 13.71 4.38
   July 3.35 3.37 5.48 14.68 4.50
   August 3.18 3.16 5.39 15.01 4.21
   September 2.86 2.80 5.16 14.23 3.74
   October 3.89 3.77 5.43 11.33 4.63
   November 3.85 4.23 6.10 11.04 5.23
   December 5.28 5.03 5.98 10.02 5.74
2009 Average 3.85 3.98 5.91 12.41 5.13
   January 6.05 5.72 6.58 10.15 6.66
   February 5.56 5.40 6.38 10.28 6.50
   March 4.52 4.68 6.25 10.57 5.78
   April 3.92 3.97 5.65 11.51 4.92
   May 4.08 3.97 5.59 12.62 4.88
   June 4.55 4.07 5.79 14.29 4.85
   July 4.34 4.23 6.07 15.59 5.28
   August 4.26 3.97 5.98 16.01 5.16
   September 3.77 3.62 5.50 15.03 4.43
   October 3.55 3.68 5.48 12.86 4.55
   November 3.64 3.81 5.27 10.47 4.42
   December 4.60 4.38 5.52 9.60 5.29
2010 Average 4.40 4.29 5.84 12.41 5.28
   January 4.74 4.48 5.47 9.52 5.44
   February 4.40 4.32 5.53 9.75 5.55
   March 3.97 4.08 5.51 10.03 5.01
   April 4.22 4.18 5.40 10.84 5.13
   May 4.28 4.14 5.58 12.02 5.01
   June 4.50 4.42 5.88 14.13 5.01
   July 4.39 4.22 5.92 15.52 4.86
   August 4.39 4.23 5.95 16.03 5.01
   September 3.91 3.77 5.71 15.03 4.65
   October 3.59 3.90 5.24 12.36 4.53
   November 3.37 3.44 5.09 10.37 4.46
   December 3.37 3.52 4.84 9.45 4.41
2011 Average 4.09 4.06 5.51 12.09 4.93
   January 3.02 3.14 4.66 9.25 4.40
   February 2.69 2.75 4.55 9.11 4.03
   March 2.28 2.27 4.65 10.01 3.57
   April 2.02 1.96 4.03 10.52 3.09
   May 2.32 2.20 4.13 12.13 2.90
   June 2.40 2.26 4.45 13.63 3.21
   July 2.89 2.67 4.69 14.55 3.46
   August 2.89 2.72 4.93 15.21 3.68
   September 2.75 2.57 4.58 14.15 3.42
   October 3.24 3.04 4.47 11.23 3.79
   November 3.62 3.88 4.61 9.61 4.29
   December 3.66 3.78 4.61 9.42 4.55
2012 Average 2.81 2.77 4.53 11.57 3.70
   January 3.86 3.98 4.35 8.80 4.40
   February 3.91 3.84 4.38 8.88 4.37
   March 3.83 3.69 4.57 9.00 4.41
   April 4.14 3.83 4.96 10.03 4.76
   May 4.03 3.79 5.34 12.13 4.81
   June 3.92 3.75 5.52 14.44 4.71
   July 3.66 3.28 5.30 15.67 4.30
   August 3.34 3.05 5.04 15.80 4.14
   September 3.54 3.36 5.01 15.09 4.19
   October 3.59 3.27 4.69 11.90 4.20
   November 3.62 3.63 4.60 9.66 4.44
   December 4.51 4.57 4.72 8.80 4.79
2013 Average 3.83 3.67 4.87 11.68 4.46
   January 6.18 6.88 5.34 8.90 5.40
   February 7.90 8.76 6.19 9.39 6.32
   March 6.60 7.81 6.31 10.31 6.11
   April 4.53 4.91 5.41 11.34 5.56
   May 4.44 4.42 5.66 13.08 5.45
   June 4.36 5.12 5.78 15.44 5.18
   July 3.91 4.59 5.75 16.52 5.14
   August 3.65 3.72 5.28 16.72 4.69
   September 3.71 4.08 5.27 15.64 4.76
   October 3.59 3.72 4.98 12.64 4.77
   November 3.92 3.82 4.73 9.82 4.74
   December 3.64 4.27 4.96 9.60 5.32
2014 Average 4.70 5.17 5.47 12.45 5.29
   January 3.42 4.56 4.29 9.13 4.61
   February 3.72 5.26 4.38 8.75 4.42
   March 3.14
   April 2.44
   May 2.58
   June
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2015 Average 3.06 4.91 4.33 8.94 4.51
      SPOT     FOREIGN       CITY    DELIVERED TO
DATE   MARKET2    IMPORTS1      GATES1  RESIDENTIAL1 INDUSTRIAL1
     
(Dollars/Thousand Cubic Feet)  
UNITED STATES AVERAGE NATURAL GAS PRICES
Page revised   6/2/2015 data available through May 3, 2015
1 US Dept of Energy - EIA
2 Natural Gas Week