Slight change noted in North Carolina gas prices
Published 5:59 am Wednesday, January 24, 2024
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Average gasoline prices in North Carolina have risen 1 cent per gallon in the last week, averaging $2.90 per gallon Monday, January 22, 2024, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 6,092 stations in North Carolina. Prices in North Carolina are 5.8 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 40.0 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has fallen 2.1 cents in the last week and stands at $3.87 per gallon.
According to GasBuddy price reports, the cheapest station in North Carolina was priced at $2.59 per gallon Sunday while the most expensive was $3.79 per gallon, a difference of $1.20 per gallon.
The national average price of gasoline has fallen 0.8 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.03 per gallon Monday. The national average is down 7.8 cents per gallon from a month ago and stands 36.0 cents per gallon lower than a year ago, according to GasBuddy data compiled from more than 11 million weekly price reports covering over 150,000 gas stations across the country.
Historical gasoline prices in North Carolina and the national average going back 10 years:
January 22, 2023: $3.30 per gallon (U.S. average: $3.39 per gallon)
January 22, 2022: $3.11 per gallon (U.S. average: $3.33 per gallon)
January 22, 2021: $2.20 per gallon (U.S. average: $2.39 per gallon)
January 22, 2020: $2.35 per gallon (U.S. average: $2.53 per gallon)
January 22, 2019: $2.12 per gallon (U.S. average: $2.27 per gallon)
January 22, 2018: $2.44 per gallon (U.S. average: $2.54 per gallon)
January 22, 2017: $2.21 per gallon (U.S. average: $2.30 per gallon)
January 22, 2016: $1.82 per gallon (U.S. average: $1.84 per gallon)
January 22, 2015: $2.10 per gallon (U.S. average: $2.03 per gallon)
January 22, 2014: $3.28 per gallon (U.S. average: $3.27 per gallon)
“We continue to see gasoline prices bouncing off lows, only to re-test them again and again. While prices jumped in some places, itβs being offset by drops elsewhere, and that has kept alive the possibility of briefly seeing the national average fall to the lowest level since 2021,” said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy. “We remain just a nickel or so away from a $2.99 national average, and while the window of opportunity continues to slowly close, with refiners now starting the purge of winter gasoline on the West Coast, we still have a low level chance of getting there. But make no mistake β if we do see a national average of $2.99 per gallon, it won’t last long as we start to turn the corner and get closer to the start of the transition to summer gasoline.”
GasBuddy data is accessible at prices.GasBuddy.com.
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