East Coast Heating Oil Prices in 2018
27 EIA surveys, Jan 1, 2018 to Dec 31, 2018
Last updated
- Average
- $3.213
- High
- $3.374
- Oct 22
- Low
- $3.069
- Mar 19
- Against 2017
- Up +$0.503 (+18.6%)
- change in average
In 2018, EIA published 27 residential heating oil prices for the East Coast. They averaged $3.213 a gallon, from a low of $3.069 on March 19, 2018 to a high of $3.374 on October 22, 2018.
The average was 18.6% above 2017’s $2.710.
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 2018
| Month | Survey dates and prices | Month average |
|---|---|---|
| January | Jan 1 $3.090Jan 8 $3.183Jan 15 $3.223Jan 22 $3.221Jan 29 $3.230 | $3.189 |
| February | Feb 5 $3.209Feb 12 $3.141Feb 19 $3.111Feb 26 $3.104 | $3.141 |
| March | Mar 5 $3.088Mar 12 $3.074Mar 19 $3.069Mar 26 $3.105 | $3.084 |
| October | Oct 1 $3.290Oct 8 $3.355Oct 15 $3.366Oct 22 $3.374Oct 29 $3.374 | $3.352 |
| November | Nov 5 $3.358Nov 12 $3.353Nov 19 $3.319Nov 26 $3.277 | $3.327 |
| December | Dec 3 $3.206Dec 10 $3.203Dec 17 $3.191Dec 24 $3.134Dec 31 $3.105 | $3.168 |
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, weekly heating oil residential price table (East Coast series). Prices exclude taxes.
Heating oil — weekly East Coast, CSV (12 rows, from 2026-02-02 to 2026-10-19)
Columns: survey_date, area, fuel, price_usd_per_gallon_excl_taxes. Prices are residential, in dollars per gallon ($/gal), excluding taxes. Source: EIA.