East Coast Heating Oil Prices in 2016
26 EIA surveys, Jan 4, 2016 to Dec 26, 2016
Last updated
- Average
- $2.276
- High
- $2.593
- Dec 26
- Low
- $2.072
- Jan 25
- Against 2015
- Down −$0.399 (−14.9%)
- change in average
In 2016, EIA published 26 residential heating oil prices for the East Coast. They averaged $2.276 a gallon, from a low of $2.072 on January 25, 2016 to a high of $2.593 on December 26, 2016.
The average was 14.9% below 2015’s $2.675.
EIA surveys only during the heating season in most years, so there are no East Coast values for April, May, June, July, August and September.
Week by week
Every survey in 2016
| Month | Survey dates and prices | Month average |
|---|---|---|
| January | Jan 4 $2.188Jan 11 $2.170Jan 18 $2.121Jan 25 $2.072 | $2.138 |
| February | Feb 1 $2.088Feb 8 $2.099Feb 15 $2.109Feb 22 $2.100Feb 29 $2.095 | $2.098 |
| March | Mar 7 $2.101Mar 14 $2.127Mar 21 $2.137Mar 28 $2.136 | $2.125 |
| October | Oct 3 $2.306Oct 10 $2.370Oct 17 $2.385Oct 24 $2.399Oct 31 $2.404 | $2.373 |
| November | Nov 7 $2.393Nov 14 $2.384Nov 21 $2.390Nov 28 $2.407 | $2.394 |
| December | Dec 5 $2.497Dec 12 $2.537Dec 19 $2.576Dec 26 $2.593 | $2.551 |
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, weekly heating oil residential price table (East Coast series). Prices exclude taxes.
Heating oil — weekly East Coast, CSV (12 rows, from 2026-02-02 to 2026-10-19)
Columns: survey_date, area, fuel, price_usd_per_gallon_excl_taxes. Prices are residential, in dollars per gallon ($/gal), excluding taxes. Source: EIA.