Weekly cash prices rebounded from the nosedive of a week earlier, lifted by a round of winter weather in the Northern Plains that gradually pushed eastward and galvanized heating demand over swaths of the Lower 48.

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NGI’s Weekly Spot Gas National Avg. for the Nov. 9-13 period climbed 12.5 cents to $2.510. The week before, when mild temperatures blanketed the country and sapped demand, weekly prices dropped 61.5 cents on average. For all the potential drivers of gas prices, the see-saw action so far in November amplified the outsized significance of weather as much of the country steadily moves into winter.

As the trading week closed, El Paso Permian was up 43.5 cents week/week to $2.475, while Dominion North was ahead 54.5 cents to $1.165, and Defiance was up 17.0 cents to...