New York Heating Oil Prices in 2016
26 EIA surveys, Jan 4, 2016 to Dec 26, 2016
Last updated
- Average
- $2.562
- High
- $2.842
- Dec 19
- Low
- $2.352
- Jan 25
- Against 2015
- Down −$0.363 (−12.4%)
- change in average
In 2016, EIA published 26 residential heating oil prices for New York. They averaged $2.562 a gallon, from a low of $2.352 on January 25, 2016 to a high of $2.842 on December 19, 2016.
The average was 12.4% below 2015’s $2.925.
EIA surveys only during the heating season in most years, so there are no New York 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 $2.454Jan 11 $2.455Jan 18 $2.424Jan 25 $2.352 | $2.421 |
| February | Feb 1 $2.394Feb 8 $2.416Feb 15 $2.399Feb 22 $2.378Feb 29 $2.365 | $2.390 |
| March | Mar 7 $2.369Mar 14 $2.405Mar 21 $2.411Mar 28 $2.407 | $2.398 |
| October | Oct 3 $2.604Oct 10 $2.688Oct 17 $2.684Oct 24 $2.707Oct 31 $2.706 | $2.678 |
| November | Nov 7 $2.678Nov 14 $2.667Nov 21 $2.678Nov 28 $2.689 | $2.678 |
| December | Dec 5 $2.792Dec 12 $2.820Dec 19 $2.842Dec 26 $2.835 | $2.822 |
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, weekly heating oil residential price table. Prices exclude taxes.
Heating oil — weekly New York, CSV (12 rows, from 2026-02-02 to 2026-10-19)
Columns: survey_date, area, fuel, price_usd_per_gallon_excl_taxes. Prices are residential, in dollars per gallon ($/gal), excluding taxes. Source: EIA.