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Diesel price in August 2008

Name: Average U.S. Diesel Price, August 2008
Creator: Weekly Diesel
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U.S. EIA weekly diesel averaged $4.302/gal over 4 readings

The average U.S. on-highway diesel price in August 2008 was $4.302 per gallon, calculated from 4 EIA weekly readings.
The weekly low was $4.145; the weekly high was $4.502.
That monthly average was $0.401 lower than July 2008.
It was $1.433 higher than August 2007.

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 2008 weekly chart

U.S. average on-highway diesel, August 2008. Source: EIA weekly survey.

Every EIA week in August 2008

Week of	$/gal	Change
August 4, 2008	$4.502	▼−$0.101
August 11, 2008	$4.353	▼−$0.149
August 18, 2008	$4.207	▼−$0.146
August 25, 2008	$4.145	▼−$0.062

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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.