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Diesel price in August 1996

Name: Average U.S. Diesel Price, August 1996
Creator: Weekly Diesel
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U.S. EIA weekly diesel averaged $1.201/gal over 4 readings

The average U.S. on-highway diesel price in August 1996 was $1.201 per gallon, calculated from 4 EIA weekly readings.
The weekly low was $1.184; the weekly high was $1.222.
That monthly average was $0.024 higher than July 1996.
It was $0.094 higher than August 1995.

This page is a simple calendar-month view of the official EIA weekly U.S. on-highway diesel series: it averages the survey weeks listed below. It is not a separate government monthly series, and no missing weeks are estimated.

August 1996 weekly chart

U.S. average on-highway diesel, August 1996. Source: EIA weekly survey.

Every EIA week in August 1996

Week of	$/gal	Change
August 5, 1996	$1.184	▲+$0.006
August 12, 1996	$1.191	▲+$0.007
August 19, 1996	$1.206	▲+$0.015
August 26, 1996	$1.222	▲+$0.016

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The source series is the EIA weekly U.S. on-highway diesel price, published by survey Monday. See the methodology and download the underlying weekly CSV.