Gas prices heading into Memorial Day are $1.38 higher than last year
AAA said 39.1 million Americans will drive at least 50 miles for Memorial Day, even as regular gas averages $4.564 a gallon.
- On Thursday, the national average for a regular gallon of gas hit $4.564 as 39.1 million Americans prepare to travel by car for Memorial Day Weekend.
- Gas prices spiked after the United States and Israel began launching attacks on Iran, with the closure of the Strait of Hormuz stranding more than 1,500 vessels in the Persian Gulf.
- Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Indiana Gov. Mike Braun suspended state gas taxes to assist drivers, with Kemp stating last Friday while citing AAA that families 'should not feel blindsided' by prices.
- Drivers are paying about $1.38 more per gallon than last year, a 43.4% increase, with California reaching $6.143 while Mississippi maintains the lowest average at $4.017.
- While current costs remain below the record of just over $5 set on June 14, 2022, blockades continue to strand more than 1,500 vessels, keeping pressure on global oil supplies.
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Gas Prices Hit 4-Year High Ahead Of Holiday Weekend
The Associated Press reports: Just days away from Memorial Day weekend, the national average of US gas prices rose from a week earlier and sat at the highest they’ve been in four years. The price is currently $4.56 a gallon, up 3 cents over last week, and $1.38 higher than this time last year, according to AAA. Today’s prices are right around what customers were paying four years ago, when the price on Memorial Day was $4.61. Gas prices experien…
Filling the tank for the long weekend will cost considerably more than last year.The average national price of the regular gas gallon reached $4.56 this Thursday, the highest level for a Memorial Day since 2022, when the average was $4.61.The increase is $1.38 compared to the same weekend last year, when the gallon cost $3.17.In the DMV, prices are above the average of many states: $4.55 in the District of Columbia, $4.45 in Maryland and $4.31 i…
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wgmd.comMemorial Day Weekend Gas Prices Reach Four-Year Highs
SAN ANGELO, TX - The statewide gas price average in Texas is $4.09 per gallon for regular unleaded fuel, according to the AAA Texas Weekend Gas Watch. That price is eight cents more when compared to this day last week and is $1.30 more per gallon compared to this day last year. Of the major metropolitan areas surveyed in Texas, drivers in El Paso are paying the most on average at $4.35 per gallon, while drivers in the Beaumont-Port Arthur area a…
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