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Nebraska Gasoline and Diesel Prices

Nebraska's weekly average gasoline price graphed for the years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and through the current week in 2013.

Regular Unleaded Gasoline Prices for the Week of October 21, 2013

(Price per Gallon)
Columbus Grand Island Kearney Lincoln Norfolk North Platte Omaha State
Weekly Average $3.27 $3.22 $3.41 $3.26 $3.23 $3.36 $3.14 $3.29
Nebraska's weekly average diesel price graphed for the years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and through the current week in 2013.

Diesel Prices for the Week of October 21, 2013

(Price per Gallon)
Columbus Grand Island Kearney Lincoln Norfolk North Platte Omaha State
Weekly Average $3.84 $3.88 $3.87 $3.76 $3.80 $3.85 $3.79 $3.83

Source: Nebraska Energy Office, Lincoln, NE.

Notes:

The average may not equal the average of the components due to independent rounding. NA indicates that data is not available.

Regular unleaded gasoline is regular unleaded motor gasoline with an 87 to 88 octane. Diesel fuel is fuel used for internal combustion in diesel engines. Ultra–low sulfur diesel fuel has sulfur levels of 15 ppm and less while low sulfur diesel fuel ranges from more–than–15 ppm to 500 ppm sulfur.

An archive of this report, average gasoline prices for each month, average diesel prices for each month, and historical weekly prices are available for diesel and three grades of motor gasoline.

This symbol indicates a rule of thumb follows.A general rule of thumb: A dollar increase in the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil price per barrel will result in a 2.5–cent increase in the gasoline price per gallon and the diesel fuel price per gallon. Likewise, a dollar decrease in the WTI crude oil price per barrel will result in a 2.5–cent decrease in the gasoline price per gallon and the diesel fuel price per gallon.

This report was updated on October 25, 2013. Typically, there is one week between updates.