Iowa Heating Oil Prices in 2020
26 EIA surveys, Jan 6, 2020 to Dec 28, 2020
Last updated
- Average
- $1.915
- High
- $2.403
- Jan 6
- Low
- $1.578
- Mar 30
- Against 2019
- Down −$0.439 (−18.6%)
- change in average
In 2020, EIA published 26 residential heating oil prices for Iowa. They averaged $1.915 a gallon, from a low of $1.578 on March 30, 2020 to a high of $2.403 on January 6, 2020.
The average was 18.6% below 2019’s $2.354.
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 2020
| Month | Survey dates and prices | Month average |
|---|---|---|
| January | Jan 6 $2.403Jan 13 $2.351Jan 20 $2.272Jan 27 $2.208 | $2.309 |
| February | Feb 3 $2.142Feb 10 $2.069Feb 17 $2.127Feb 24 $2.108 | $2.112 |
| March | Mar 2 $2.061Mar 9 $1.955Mar 16 $1.833Mar 23 $1.586Mar 30 $1.578 | $1.803 |
| October | Oct 5 $1.624Oct 12 $1.643Oct 19 $1.652Oct 26 $1.618 | $1.634 |
| November | Nov 2 $1.579Nov 9 $1.765Nov 16 $1.737Nov 23 $1.815Nov 30 $1.840 | $1.747 |
| December | Dec 7 $1.866Dec 14 $1.951Dec 21 $2.013Dec 28 $2.000 | $1.958 |
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, weekly heating oil residential price table. Prices exclude taxes.
Heating oil — weekly Iowa, CSV (12 rows, from 2026-02-02 to 2026-10-19)
Columns: survey_date, area, fuel, price_usd_per_gallon_excl_taxes. Prices are residential, in dollars per gallon ($/gal), excluding taxes. Source: EIA.