Cold weather = good for Inergy.
Temperatureswere considerably colder than normal in the lower 48 States during the week ending January 13. The National Weather Service’s degree-day data show that the temperature in the lower 48 States last week averaged 28.3 degrees, 6.4 degrees colder than last week and 4.7 degrees colder than normal. (See Temperature Maps and Data http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/oog/info/ngw/maps.html) Every region was colder than normal, with the largest deviations in the East South Central and South Atlantic regions, which were 9.3 and 8.6 degrees below normal, respectively. Heating degree-days for the lower 48 States were 13.7 percent higher than normal.