The U.S. average price for diesel fuel increased over a nickel to $3.07 per gallon, $0.84 cents above the price last year at this time.
- Prices rose in all major regions of the country, with the increases ranging from about four cents to more than seven cents per gallon.
- The average on the East Coast increased by a nickel to $3.08 per gallon, while the Gulf Coast price rose four and a half cents to $3.02 per gallon.
- Rising to $3.05 per gallon, the increase in the Midwest amounted to almost six cents per gallon. The smallest increase, of nearly four cents, took place in the Rocky Mountains where the average settled at $3.08 per gallon.
- On the West Coast and in California, the prices jumped more than seven cents to $3.19 per gallon and $3.22 per gallon, respectively.
The U.S. average price for regular gasoline increased three cents to $2.86 per gallon, $0.81 above last year at this time. Prices rose in all major regions of the country, with the increases ranging from two cents to four cents per gallon. The averages on the East Coast, the Gulf Coast, and in the Rocky Mountains each increased nearly four cents to $2.83 per gallon, $2.75 per gallon, and $2.86 per gallon, respectively. At $2.83 per gallon, the average in the Midwest showed an increase of three cents. Moving up two cents to $3.06 per gallon, the smallest regional increase took place on the West Coast. The average in California inched up nearly a penny to $3.10 per gallon.
