Iowa Heating Oil Prices in 2016
26 EIA surveys, Jan 4, 2016 to Dec 26, 2016
Last updated
- Average
- $1.740
- High
- $2.055
- Oct 10
- Low
- $1.414
- Jan 18
- Against 2015
- Down −$0.310 (−15.1%)
- change in average
In 2016, EIA published 26 residential heating oil prices for Iowa. They averaged $1.740 a gallon, from a low of $1.414 on January 18, 2016 to a high of $2.055 on October 10, 2016.
The average was 15.1% below 2015’s $2.050.
EIA surveys only during the heating season in most years, so there are no Iowa 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 $1.554Jan 11 $1.525Jan 18 $1.414Jan 25 $1.433 | $1.481 |
| February | Feb 1 $1.471Feb 8 $1.458Feb 15 $1.482Feb 22 $1.480Feb 29 $1.508 | $1.480 |
| March | Mar 7 $1.610Mar 14 $1.660Mar 21 $1.677Mar 28 $1.655 | $1.651 |
| October | Oct 3 $1.990Oct 10 $2.055Oct 17 $2.043Oct 24 $2.010Oct 31 $1.964 | $2.012 |
| November | Nov 7 $1.859Nov 14 $1.804Nov 21 $1.823Nov 28 $1.837 | $1.831 |
| December | Dec 5 $1.950Dec 12 $1.948Dec 19 $1.989Dec 26 $2.030 | $1.979 |
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, weekly heating oil residential price table. Prices exclude taxes.
Heating oil — weekly Iowa, CSV (12 rows, from 2026-02-02 to 2026-10-19)
Columns: survey_date, area, fuel, price_usd_per_gallon_excl_taxes. Prices are residential, in dollars per gallon ($/gal), excluding taxes. Source: EIA.