Retail price of low-sulfur no 2 diesel (15-500 ppm) (USD/gal) - United States - EIA - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Retail diesel prices (US)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In the United States, the retail price of low-sulfur no 2 diesel (15-500 ppm) stood at 2.54 USD/gal on 1 December 2008, compared to 2.57 on 24 November 2008. This marks a decrease of 1.17 percent.
Sample. The weekly series presented in the graph has a total of 96 records. The span of time covered by the series is from February 2007 to December 2008.
History. Check out a few summary statistics we computed on the entire sample: the retail price had a mean value of 3.35 USD/gal; it reached its highest level of 4.71 on 14 July 2008; it reached its minimum of 2.38 on 5 February 2007.
Latest values
| Date | Value - USD/gal |
|---|---|
| 2008-11-17 | 2.699 |
| 2008-11-24 | 2.571 |
| 2008-12-01 | 2.544 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Retail price of low-sulfur no 2 diesel (15-500 ppm) |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Price |
| Data type | Price |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Unit | USD/gal |
| Source | U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) |
| Source type | Government agency |
| Data licence | Public domain |
| Other information | Not available |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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No 2 diesel
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail price of no 2 diesel (USD/gal) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 1696 | 1994-03-21 | 2026-09-14 |
| Retail price of no 2 diesel in California (USD/gal) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 1628 | 1995-07-03 | 2026-09-14 |
| Retail price of no 2 diesel in East Coast district (USD/gal) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 1696 | 1994-03-21 | 2026-09-14 |
| Retail price of no 2 diesel in Gulf Coast district (USD/gal) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 1695 | 1994-03-21 | 2026-09-14 |
| Retail price of no 2 diesel in Midwest district (USD/gal) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 1695 | 1994-03-21 | 2026-09-14 |
| Retail price of no 2 diesel in Rocky Mountain district (USD/gal) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 1695 | 1994-03-21 | 2026-09-14 |
| Retail price of no 2 diesel in West Coast district (USD/gal) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 1695 | 1994-03-21 | 2026-09-14 |
| Retail price of no 2 diesel in West Coast district except California (USD/gal) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 771 | 2011-12-12 | 2026-09-14 |
Low-sulfur no 2 diesel (0-15)
Low-sulfur no 2 diesel (15-500)
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail price of low-sulfur no 2 diesel (15-500 ppm) (USD/gal) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 96 | 2007-02-05 | 2008-12-01 |