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Diesel price in May 2008

Name: Average U.S. Diesel Price, May 2008
Creator: Weekly Diesel
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U.S. EIA weekly diesel averaged $4.425/gal over 4 readings

The average U.S. on-highway diesel price in May 2008 was $4.425 per gallon, calculated from 4 EIA weekly readings.
The weekly low was $4.149; the weekly high was $4.723.
That monthly average was $0.342 higher than April 2008.
It was $1.629 higher than May 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.

May 2008 weekly chart

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

Every EIA week in May 2008

Week of	$/gal	Change
May 5, 2008	$4.149	▼−$0.028
May 12, 2008	$4.331	▲+$0.182
May 19, 2008	$4.497	▲+$0.166
May 26, 2008	$4.723	▲+$0.226

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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.