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Diesel price in August 1997

Name: Average U.S. Diesel Price, August 1997
Creator: Weekly Diesel
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U.S. EIA weekly diesel averaged $1.165/gal over 4 readings

The average U.S. on-highway diesel price in August 1997 was $1.165 per gallon, calculated from 4 EIA weekly readings.
The weekly low was $1.155; the weekly high was $1.169.
That monthly average was $0.014 higher than July 1997.
It was $0.036 lower than August 1996.

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 1997 weekly chart

U.S. average on-highway diesel, August 1997. Source: EIA weekly survey.

Every EIA week in August 1997

Week of	$/gal	Change
August 4, 1997	$1.155	▲+$0.010
August 11, 1997	$1.168	▲+$0.013
August 18, 1997	$1.167	▼−$0.001
August 25, 1997	$1.169	▲+$0.002

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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.