# Diesel fuel faces pricing pressure in Ida's wake | Commercial Carrier Journal

> The national average on-highway diesel price reached $3.34 last week and faces further pressure as Hurricane Ida crossed the Southeast. About 13% of US refining capacity was estimated offline, and more than a million people in Louisiana and Mississippi lost power. AAA said a Category 4 storm could keep refineries out for three or more weeks.

- Date: 2021-08-31 · published 2021-08-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/45748-diesel-fuel-faces-pricing-pressure-in-ida-s-wake-commercial-carrier-journal
- Commodities: [ULSD / Diesel](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DIESEL.md)

## Why it matters

Extended refinery outages would keep diesel prices elevated into the Labor Day period, raising transport costs for feed mills and grain movement. The effect on feed prices depends on how long the outages last.

## Read by commodity

- DIESEL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DIESEL | 2026-01-27 | [Marine Gasoil on East Coast Surges as Frigid Weather Pressures Diesel Market Higher - OPIS, A Dow Jones Company](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21250-marine-gasoil-on-east-coast-surges-as-frigid-weather-pressures-diesel-market.md) | -4.8% | +12.0% |
| DIESEL | 2022-12-27 | [Benchmark diesel price down again but futures price turns higher - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38423-benchmark-diesel-price-down-again-but-futures-price-turns-higher-freightwaves.md) | -4.3% | +3.3% |
| DIESEL | 2026-01-28 | [Diesel surging on cold weather, more increases in DOE/EIA benchmark loom - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21244-diesel-surging-on-cold-weather-more-increases-in-doe-eia-benchmark-loom.md) | -4.8% | +7.9% |
| DIESEL | 2021-02-15 | [Higher diesel prices likely as freeze shuts down Gulf Coast refineries - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48826-higher-diesel-prices-likely-as-freeze-shuts-down-gulf-coast-refineries.md) | +4.9% | +9.7% |
| DIESEL | 2021-08-27 | [US Gulf Coast refined product prices ahead of Hurricane Ida \| S&P Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45746-us-gulf-coast-refined-product-prices-ahead-of-hurricane-ida-s-and-p-global.md) | +4.0% | +9.0% |

## Sources

- ccjdigital.com: https://www.ccjdigital.com/economic-trends/article/15114288/diesel-fuel-faces-pricing-pressure-in-idas-wake

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