Regular gas averaged $3.797 a gallon in Ohio the week of August 31, 2026
The 3rd consecutive period moving down in this series.
A gallon of regular gasoline averaged $3.797 across Ohio in the week of August 31, 2026, according to the Energy Information Administration's weekly survey. EIA
What the record shows
That is down 18 cents from the week before. Midgrade averaged $4.400 and premium $4.982. EIA
What the archive shows
Context
This is one of 53 records of this type (Gas Prices) from this source in the year preceding it. EIA
By dollar value it ranks 24 of 105 among this source's records on file. EIA
That is $0.56 above this source's average of $3.24. EIA
The Lantern holds 105 records from this source in total, and 2193 for New Carlisle across every source. EIA
By the numbers
Assembled mechanically from the source filing and The Lantern's own record database — no AI-written prose. Every figure above appears verbatim in the cited record, which is linked on this page. EIA
An AI draft of this report was withheld because it failed The Lantern's automated fact-check ("about 56" does not match a figure in the record it cites (R1); number 77 is not in the record it cites (R1)). What you are reading is the mechanically assembled record.
Sources
The source filing
| Week of | August 31, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Regular, all formulations | $3.797 |
| Midgrade | $4.400 |
| Premium | $4.982 |
| Change from previous week (regular) | -18.4 cents |
| Units | dollars per gallon, statewide average |
| Area | Ohio, statewide |
Published by U.S. Energy Information Administration, Weekly Retail Gasoline Prices. This is the agency's public filing as The Lantern received it, shown with its fields named in plain English.