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Diesel price in May 1997

Name: Average U.S. Diesel Price, May 1997
Creator: Weekly Diesel
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U.S. EIA weekly diesel averaged $1.196/gal over 4 readings

The average U.S. on-highway diesel price in May 1997 was $1.196 per gallon, calculated from 4 EIA weekly readings.
The weekly low was $1.191; the weekly high was $1.205.
That monthly average was $0.016 lower than April 1997.
It was $0.080 lower than May 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.

May 1997 weekly chart

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

Every EIA week in May 1997

Week of	$/gal	Change
May 5, 1997	$1.205	$0.000
May 12, 1997	$1.191	▼−$0.014
May 19, 1997	$1.191	$0.000
May 26, 1997	$1.196	▲+$0.005

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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.