Propane Price Chart: 5-Year US Residential Average (Latest EIA: 30 March 2026)
Three views of the US residential propane price per gallon: the weekly residential series with the Mont Belvieu wholesale spot overlay, and the 12-year annual high-low-average range. All values from the EIA Weekly Heating Oil and Propane Survey weekly archive, which publishes October through March.
52-week weekly chart
The chart below covers the full 2025-2026 heating season (week ending 6 October 2025 through week ending 30 March 2026). The amber line is the EIA US average residential weekly figure (W_EPLLPA_PRS_NUS_DPG); the dashed teal line is the Mont Belvieu spot benchmark for the same week. The residential series climbed from $2.417 to $2.674 across the season, an increase of 25.7 cents per gallon.
12-year annual range
The high-low bars show each calendar year's range across the published EIA weekly residential readings (the survey runs October through March); the horizontal mark is that year's average. Two episodes are visible: the 2014 polar vortex peak (week ending 27 January 2014, $4.010 per gallon, the all-time high in the weekly archive), and the 2022 supply disruption following the Russia-Ukraine conflict, which raised the global NGL floor and pushed the 2022 average to $2.759 (EIA Today in Energy).
Annual figures
| Year | Avg ($/gal) | High | Low | High month | Low month | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $2.856 | $4.010 | $2.368 | Jan | Dec | Polar vortex spike, winter heating premiums never seen since |
| 2015 | $2.150 | $2.386 | $1.893 | Jan | Oct | |
| 2016 | $2.053 | $2.213 | $1.984 | Dec | Oct | |
| 2017 | $2.389 | $2.496 | $2.271 | Dec | Jan | |
| 2018 | $2.482 | $2.607 | $2.370 | Jan | Oct | |
| 2019 | $2.175 | $2.435 | $1.839 | Feb | Oct | |
| 2020 | $1.909 | $2.010 | $1.772 | Jan | Oct | Pandemic demand shock; the cheapest year in the series |
| 2021 | $2.487 | $2.733 | $2.012 | Nov | Jan | |
| 2022 | $2.759 | $3.019 | $2.660 | Mar | Oct | Russia-Ukraine supply disruption raised the global NGL floor |
| 2023 | $2.558 | $2.710 | $2.379 | Jan | Oct | |
| 2024 | $2.506 | $2.616 | $2.369 | Feb | Sep | |
| 2025 | $2.589 | $2.753 | $2.417 | Feb | Oct |
Source: EIA weekly residential US average series (W_EPLLPA_PRS_NUS_DPG). Averaged across the weekly readings EIA published in each calendar year; the survey runs October through March, so summer months are not observed.
Current vs historical context
The current US residential average of $2.674 per gallon sits above the 5-year calendar-year average of $2.580 (+3.7%) and below the 2014 polar vortex weekly record of $4.010 (a level not reached since). The 2025 average across published survey weeks came in at $2.589, with the high in February. The 2025-2026 heating season tracked close to that level, averaging $2.553.
Historical peaks, annotated
- Week ending 27 January 2014, $4.010 per gallon. Polar vortex cold snap drove residential demand to record levels with insufficient inventory across PADD 2 (Midwest). EIA Today in Energy: "Propane prices increased significantly in early 2014."
- Week ending 14 March 2022, $3.019 per gallon. Russia-Ukraine invasion lifted global NGL prices; US export demand for LPG tightened domestic balances. The 2022 survey-week average reached $2.759, the highest since 2014.
- Week ending 5 October 2020, $1.772 per gallon. The pandemic demand collapse left the October 2020 survey open as the cheapest published reading of the period; 2020 averaged $1.909 across its survey weeks.
- Week ending 15 November 2021, $2.733 per gallon. Sharp autumn rebound from pandemic lows as US LPG export volumes rose to record levels; an unusual November peak.
Download the data
The structured data behind these charts is published verbatim from the EIA Weekly Heating Oil and Propane Survey. EIA distributes the underlying series as Excel files on each survey landing page. We do not republish behind a paywall; the original source is at eia.gov/petroleum/heatingoilpropane/.
- EIA US residential weekly price (landing)
- W_EPLLPA_PRS_NUS_DPG full archive
- Mont Belvieu daily spot (EER_EPLLPA_PF4_Y44MB_DPGD)
- FRED mirror (DPROPANEMBTX, with API)