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Diesel price in May 1996

Name: Average U.S. Diesel Price, May 1996
Creator: Weekly Diesel
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U.S. EIA weekly diesel averaged $1.276/gal over 4 readings

The average U.S. on-highway diesel price in May 1996 was $1.276 per gallon, calculated from 4 EIA weekly readings.
The weekly low was $1.254; the weekly high was $1.292.
That monthly average was $0.003 higher than April 1996.
It was $0.151 higher than May 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.

May 1996 weekly chart

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

Every EIA week in May 1996

Week of	$/gal	Change
May 6, 1996	$1.292	▲+$0.007
May 13, 1996	$1.285	▼−$0.007
May 20, 1996	$1.274	▼−$0.011
May 27, 1996	$1.254	▼−$0.020

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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.