A trio of winter weather systems tracked across the Lower 48 this week, but none failed to induce enough widespread cold to boost demand in the final week of 2020. 

Weekly natural gas cash market prices posted big losses across most of the country, with NGI’s Weekly Spot Gas National Avg., which covers gas traded Monday through Wednesday for delivery through Thursday, Dec. 31, tumbling 26.0 cents to $2.530. 

On Wednesday, a winter storm brought snow to the northern parts of Texas, and drenching rains and ice in other areas, before heading east. AccuWeather forecasters said an area of high pressure sliding by through the Northeast on Thursday could set up a shallow layer of cold air and result in a period of freezing rain and sleet for many interior locations with this...