How to Read Your Gas Meter

Each dial on the household gas meters below is labeled with a total gas volume equal to one revolution of the dial. For instance, if the hand on the dial marked “one million” goes all the way around, that equals one million cubic feet of natural gas.

Example: Read the dials on the lower row from left to right and record the smaller of the two figures on either side of the pointer.  This first meter reading is 1084. Since the smallest amount of gas measured on the lower row is 1000 cubic feet, the reading is 1,084,000 cubic feet.

First Reading

The new second reading below is 1216, or 1,216,000 cubic feet of natural gas. The total usage is the difference between the readings, or 132,000 cubic feet.  

Second Reading 
 

Note: If you have a digital (electronic) gas meter, simply read the first four numbers shown and treat them as you would those on the above analog meters.