Storage Preview: Week Ending Oct 30
What to know before Thursday's EIA report: the 5-year average for the week ending Oct 30 is a 61 Bcf injection; last year it was a 39 Bcf injection.
EIA's next storage report comes out Thu Nov 5 at 10:30 a.m. ET and covers the week ending Oct 30. Here's what happened that week.
The comparisons
- 5-year average change for this week: a 61 Bcf injection.
- Same week last year: a 39 Bcf injection.
- Last week's report: an 80 Bcf injection (week ending Oct 23).
Demand during the storage week (Oct 24–30)
| This week | Week before | Same week last year | Normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heating degree days (gas-weighted) | 63 | 69 | 97 | 86 |
| Cooling degree days | 7 | 7 | 6 | 9 |
| Gas-fired power (TWh) | 30.0 | 27.9 | 29.3 | — |
Heating demand was lower than the week before, and power burn was higher.
Storage
Week ending Oct 23: 3,724 Bcf after an 80 Bcf injection
| Comparison | Bcf | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| 5-year average | 3,686 | 38 above (1.0%) |
| Last year | 3,871 | 147 below (3.8%) |
By region vs. 5-year average (Bcf): South Central −28, Mountain +10, Pacific +16, Midwest +20, East +21.
Reading the chart: The thick blue line is Lower 48 working gas over the past 52 weeks, one point per EIA report; the shaded band is the 2021–2025 range for each week, the dashed line their average, and the orange line the year before. At 3,724 Bcf for the week ending Oct 23, storage is within that range, which runs from 3,425 to 3,861 Bcf this week. Over the 52 weeks it peaked at 3,950 Bcf (week ending Nov 7, 2025) and bottomed at 1,818 Bcf (week ending Mar 20, 2026), and it was above the 5-year average in 45 of them.
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Sources: EIA Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report; NOAA Climate Prediction Center degree days, 7-day forecasts and 6–10/8–14 day outlooks; EIA Hourly Electric Grid Monitor; CFTC Commitments of Traders. Normals are 10-year averages (2016–2025).