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Diesel price in May 1998

Name: Average U.S. Diesel Price, May 1998
Creator: Weekly Diesel
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U.S. EIA weekly diesel averaged $1.069/gal over 4 readings

The average U.S. on-highway diesel price in May 1998 was $1.069 per gallon, calculated from 4 EIA weekly readings.
The weekly low was $1.060; the weekly high was $1.075.
That monthly average was $0.002 higher than April 1998.
It was $0.127 lower than May 1997.

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 1998 weekly chart

U.S. average on-highway diesel, May 1998. Source: EIA weekly survey.

Every EIA week in May 1998

Week of	$/gal	Change
May 4, 1998	$1.072	▲+$0.002
May 11, 1998	$1.075	▲+$0.003
May 18, 1998	$1.069	▼−$0.006
May 25, 1998	$1.060	▼−$0.009

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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.