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5-8 Motor Vehicle Gas Prices: Jan. 1980–July 2014

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Graphic Version | Excel

dollars per gallon

Month Nominal price Chained price
Jan-1980 1.13 3.45
Feb-1980 1.21 3.64
Mar-1980 1.25 3.72
Apr-1980 1.26 3.72
May-1980 1.27 3.69
Jun-1980 1.27 3.66
Jul-1980 1.27 3.66
Aug-1980 1.27 3.63
Sep-1980 1.26 3.57
Oct-1980 1.25 3.51
Nov-1980 1.25 3.48
Dec-1980 1.26 3.47
Jan-1981 1.30 3.54
Feb-1981 1.38 3.74
Mar-1981 1.42 3.81
Apr-1981 1.41 3.77
May-1981 1.40 3.72
Jun-1981 1.39 3.66
Jul-1981 1.38 3.60
Aug-1981 1.38 3.55
Sep-1981 1.38 3.52
Oct-1981 1.37 3.50
Nov-1981 1.37 3.48
Dec-1981 1.37 3.45
Jan-1982 1.31 3.31
Feb-1982 1.29 3.25
Mar-1982 1.25 3.14
Apr-1982 1.20 3.00
May-1982 1.21 3.00
Jun-1982 1.28 3.13
Jul-1982 1.30 3.17
Aug-1982 1.29 3.14
Sep-1982 1.27 3.10
Oct-1982 1.26 3.05
Nov-1982 1.24 3.02
Dec-1982 1.21 2.96
Jan-1983 1.18 2.88
Feb-1983 1.14 2.78
Mar-1983 1.12 2.71
Apr-1983 1.19 2.86
May-1983 1.23 2.95
Jun-1983 1.24 2.98
Jul-1983 1.25 2.99
Aug-1983 1.25 2.98
Sep-1983 1.24 2.93
Oct-1983 1.22 2.88
Nov-1983 1.20 2.83
Dec-1983 1.18 2.78
Jan-1984 1.17 2.73
Feb-1984 1.17 2.71
Mar-1984 1.17 2.72
Apr-1984 1.20 2.76
May-1984 1.21 2.78
Jun-1984 1.20 2.75
Jul-1984 1.18 2.69
Aug-1984 1.16 2.65
Sep-1984 1.17 2.65
Oct-1984 1.17 2.66
Nov-1984 1.17 2.64
Dec-1984 1.15 2.59
Jan-1985 1.10 2.49
Feb-1985 1.09 2.44
Mar-1985 1.12 2.50
Apr-1985 1.18 2.62
May-1985 1.20 2.67
Jun-1985 1.21 2.68
Jul-1985 1.21 2.67
Aug-1985 1.20 2.64
Sep-1985 1.18 2.60
Oct-1985 1.17 2.56
Nov-1985 1.17 2.55
Dec-1985 1.16 2.53
Jan-1986 1.15 2.49
Feb-1986 1.08 2.34
Mar-1986 0.94 2.06
Apr-1986 0.86 1.88
May-1986 0.89 1.95
Jun-1986 0.92 2.01
Jul-1986 0.85 1.86
Aug-1986 0.81 1.76
Sep-1986 0.82 1.78
Oct-1986 0.79 1.71
Nov-1986 0.78 1.68
Dec-1986 0.78 1.67
Jan-1987 0.82 1.74
Feb-1987 0.86 1.84
Mar-1987 0.87 1.86
Apr-1987 0.91 1.91
May-1987 0.91 1.92
Jun-1987 0.92 1.94
Jul-1987 0.94 1.96
Aug-1987 0.96 2.00
Sep-1987 0.95 1.98
Oct-1987 0.94 1.94
Nov-1987 0.93 1.93
Dec-1987 0.91 1.88
Jan-1988 0.89 1.82
Feb-1988 0.87 1.78
Mar-1988 0.87 1.77
Apr-1988 0.90 1.83
May-1988 0.93 1.88
Jun-1988 0.92 1.86
Jul-1988 0.93 1.87
Aug-1988 0.95 1.91
Sep-1988 0.94 1.87
Oct-1988 0.92 1.83
Nov-1988 0.91 1.80
Dec-1988 0.88 1.74
Jan-1989 0.87 1.71
Feb-1989 0.88 1.73
Mar-1989 0.90 1.76
Apr-1989 1.04 2.01
May-1989 1.09 2.10
Jun-1989 1.08 2.08
Jul-1989 1.06 2.02
Aug-1989 1.02 1.96
Sep-1989 0.99 1.89
Oct-1989 0.99 1.88
Nov-1989 0.96 1.81
Dec-1989 0.93 1.76
Jan-1990 1.00 1.86
Feb-1990 0.99 1.85
Mar-1990 0.99 1.83
Apr-1990 1.02 1.88
May-1990 1.03 1.90
Jun-1990 1.06 1.93
Jul-1990 1.05 1.91
Aug-1990 1.16 2.09
Sep-1990 1.26 2.26
Oct-1990 1.34 2.40
Nov-1990 1.34 2.38
Dec-1990 1.31 2.32
Jan-1991 1.18 2.09
Feb-1991 1.09 1.93
Mar-1991 1.04 1.84
Apr-1991 1.08 1.90
May-1991 1.13 1.98
Jun-1991 1.13 1.98
Jul-1991 1.10 1.92
Aug-1991 1.11 1.94
Sep-1991 1.11 1.93
Oct-1991 1.09 1.89
Nov-1991 1.10 1.90
Dec-1991 1.08 1.85
Jan-1992 1.02 1.76
Feb-1992 1.01 1.73
Mar-1992 1.01 1.73
Apr-1992 1.05 1.80
May-1992 1.11 1.89
Jun-1992 1.14 1.95
Jul-1992 1.14 1.93
Aug-1992 1.12 1.90
Sep-1992 1.12 1.89
Oct-1992 1.11 1.87
Nov-1992 1.11 1.86
Dec-1992 1.08 1.80
Jan-1993 1.06 1.77
Feb-1993 1.05 1.75
Mar-1993 1.05 1.75
Apr-1993 1.08 1.79
May-1993 1.10 1.82
Jun-1993 1.10 1.81
Jul-1993 1.08 1.78
Aug-1993 1.06 1.75
Sep-1993 1.05 1.72
Oct-1993 1.09 1.79
Nov-1993 1.07 1.74
Dec-1993 1.01 1.65
Jan-1994 1.00 1.63
Feb-1994 1.01 1.64
Mar-1994 1.01 1.63
Apr-1994 1.03 1.66
May-1994 1.05 1.69
Jun-1994 1.08 1.74
Jul-1994 1.11 1.77
Aug-1994 1.15 1.85
Sep-1994 1.14 1.82
Oct-1994 1.11 1.78
Nov-1994 1.12 1.77
Dec-1994 1.09 1.73
Jan-1995 1.08 1.71
Feb-1995 1.07 1.69
Mar-1995 1.07 1.69
Apr-1995 1.11 1.74
May-1995 1.18 1.85
Jun-1995 1.19 1.86
Jul-1995 1.15 1.80
Aug-1995 1.12 1.75
Sep-1995 1.11 1.73
Oct-1995 1.09 1.69
Nov-1995 1.06 1.65
Dec-1995 1.07 1.66
Jan-1996 1.09 1.68
Feb-1996 1.09 1.67
Mar-1996 1.14 1.74
Apr-1996 1.23 1.88
May-1996 1.28 1.95
Jun-1996 1.26 1.91
Jul-1996 1.23 1.86
Aug-1996 1.21 1.83
Sep-1996 1.20 1.82
Oct-1996 1.20 1.81
Nov-1996 1.23 1.85
Dec-1996 1.24 1.85
Jan-1997 1.24 1.85
Feb-1997 1.23 1.83
Mar-1997 1.21 1.80
Apr-1997 1.20 1.79
May-1997 1.20 1.79
Jun-1997 1.20 1.78
Jul-1997 1.17 1.74
Aug-1997 1.22 1.81
Sep-1997 1.23 1.82
Oct-1997 1.20 1.76
Nov-1997 1.17 1.72
Dec-1997 1.13 1.67
Jan-1998 1.09 1.60
Feb-1998 1.05 1.54
Mar-1998 1.02 1.49
Apr-1998 1.03 1.51
May-1998 1.06 1.56
Jun-1998 1.06 1.56
Jul-1998 1.06 1.54
Aug-1998 1.03 1.50
Sep-1998 1.01 1.47
Oct-1998 1.02 1.48
Nov-1998 1.00 1.44
Dec-1998 0.95 1.37
Jan-1999 0.94 1.36
Feb-1999 0.92 1.33
Mar-1999 0.98 1.42
Apr-1999 1.13 1.62
May-1999 1.13 1.62
Jun-1999 1.11 1.60
Jul-1999 1.16 1.65
Aug-1999 1.22 1.74
Sep-1999 1.26 1.78
Oct-1999 1.24 1.76
Nov-1999 1.25 1.77
Dec-1999 1.27 1.80
Jan-2000 1.29 1.81
Feb-2000 1.38 1.93
Mar-2000 1.52 2.11
Apr-2000 1.46 2.04
May-2000 1.49 2.07
Jun-2000 1.63 2.26
Jul-2000 1.55 2.14
Aug-2000 1.46 2.02
Sep-2000 1.55 2.13
Oct-2000 1.53 2.10
Nov-2000 1.52 2.07
Dec-2000 1.44 1.97
Jan-2001 1.45 1.96
Feb-2001 1.45 1.96
Mar-2001 1.41 1.91
Apr-2001 1.55 2.09
May-2001 1.70 2.29
Jun-2001 1.62 2.17
Jul-2001 1.42 1.91
Aug-2001 1.42 1.91
Sep-2001 1.52 2.03
Oct-2001 1.32 1.76
Nov-2001 1.17 1.57
Dec-2001 1.09 1.46
Jan-2002 1.11 1.48
Feb-2002 1.11 1.49
Mar-2002 1.25 1.67
Apr-2002 1.40 1.86
May-2002 1.39 1.85
Jun-2002 1.38 1.83
Jul-2002 1.40 1.85
Aug-2002 1.40 1.84
Sep-2002 1.40 1.84
Oct-2002 1.45 1.90
Nov-2002 1.42 1.86
Dec-2002 1.39 1.82
Jan-2003 1.46 1.90
Feb-2003 1.61 2.09
Mar-2003 1.69 2.19
Apr-2003 1.59 2.07
May-2003 1.50 1.95
Jun-2003 1.49 1.94
Jul-2003 1.51 1.96
Aug-2003 1.62 2.09
Sep-2003 1.68 2.16
Oct-2003 1.56 2.01
Nov-2003 1.51 1.95
Dec-2003 1.48 1.90
Jan-2004 1.57 2.01
Feb-2004 1.65 2.10
Mar-2004 1.74 2.21
Apr-2004 1.80 2.28
May-2004 1.98 2.51
Jun-2004 1.97 2.48
Jul-2004 1.91 2.41
Aug-2004 1.88 2.36
Sep-2004 1.87 2.35
Oct-2004 2.00 2.50
Nov-2004 1.98 2.46
Dec-2004 1.84 2.29
Jan-2005 1.83 2.28
Feb-2005 1.91 2.36
Mar-2005 2.08 2.56
Apr-2005 2.24 2.76
May-2005 2.16 2.66
Jun-2005 2.16 2.65
Jul-2005 2.29 2.80
Aug-2005 2.49 3.02
Sep-2005 2.90 3.48
Oct-2005 2.72 3.25
Nov-2005 2.26 2.71
Dec-2005 2.19 2.63
Jan-2006 2.32 2.77
Feb-2006 2.28 2.72
Mar-2006 2.42 2.89
Apr-2006 2.74 3.25
May-2006 2.91 3.44
Jun-2006 2.88 3.40
Jul-2006 2.98 3.50
Aug-2006 2.95 3.45
Sep-2006 2.56 3.00
Oct-2006 2.24 2.65
Nov-2006 2.23 2.63
Dec-2006 2.31 2.71
Jan-2007 2.24 2.62
Feb-2007 2.28 2.66
Mar-2007 2.56 2.97
Apr-2007 2.85 3.29
May-2007 3.15 3.62
Jun-2007 3.06 3.51
Jul-2007 2.96 3.40
Aug-2007 2.79 3.19
Sep-2007 2.80 3.20
Oct-2007 2.80 3.19
Nov-2007 3.08 3.48
Dec-2007 3.02 3.40
Jan-2008 3.04 3.42
Feb-2008 3.03 3.39
Mar-2008 3.24 3.62
Apr-2008 3.46 3.85
May-2008 3.77 4.17
Jun-2008 4.05 4.44
Jul-2008 4.06 4.42
Aug-2008 3.78 4.11
Sep-2008 3.70 4.03
Oct-2008 3.05 3.35
Nov-2008 2.15 2.40
Dec-2008 1.69 1.90
Jan-2009 1.79 2.01
Feb-2009 1.92 2.15
Mar-2009 1.96 2.20
Apr-2009 2.05 2.29
May-2009 2.27 2.53
Jun-2009 2.63 2.92
Jul-2009 2.53 2.80
Aug-2009 2.62 2.89
Sep-2009 2.55 2.82
Oct-2009 2.55 2.81
Nov-2009 2.65 2.91
Dec-2009 2.61 2.86
Jan-2010 2.72 2.97
Feb-2010 2.64 2.90
Mar-2010 2.77 3.04
Apr-2010 2.85 3.12
May-2010 2.84 3.11
Jun-2010 2.73 2.99
Jul-2010 2.73 2.99
Aug-2010 2.73 2.98
Sep-2010 2.71 2.95
Oct-2010 2.80 3.05
Nov-2010 2.86 3.10
Dec-2010 2.99 3.23
Jan-2011 3.09 3.33
Feb-2011 3.21 3.45
Mar-2011 3.56 3.80
Apr-2011 3.80 4.04
May-2011 3.91 4.14
Jun-2011 3.68 3.90
Jul-2011 3.65 3.85
Aug-2011 3.64 3.83
Sep-2011 3.61 3.79
Oct-2011 3.45 3.62
Nov-2011 3.38 3.55
Dec-2011 3.27 3.42
Jan-2012 3.38 3.54
Feb-2012 3.58 3.74
Mar-2012 3.85 4.01
Apr-2012 3.90 4.05
May-2012 3.73 3.88
Jun-2012 3.54 3.68
Jul-2012 3.44 3.58
Aug-2012 3.72 3.85
Sep-2012 3.85 3.97
Oct-2012 3.75 3.85
Nov-2012 3.45 3.56
Dec-2012 3.31 3.41
Jan-2013 3.32 3.42
Feb-2013 3.67 3.76
Mar-2013 3.71 3.81
Apr-2013 3.57 3.67
May-2013 3.61 3.71
Jun-2013 3.63 3.71
Jul-2013 3.59 3.67
Aug-2013 3.57 3.65
Sep-2013 3.53 3.60
Oct-2013 3.34 3.41
Nov-2013 3.24 3.30
Dec-2013 3.28 3.33
Jan-2014 3.31 3.36
Feb-2014 3.36 3.40
Mar-2014 3.53 3.57
Apr-2014 3.66 3.69
May-2014 3.67 3.69
Jun-2014 3.69 3.71
Jul-2014 3.61 3.62

Notes: Prices are average monthly prices of regular grade motor vehicle gasoline. Chained prices are in August 2014 dollars.

Source: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Short-Term Energy Outlook, available at www.eia.doe.gov as of September 2014.