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National gasoline price average drops under $2
But according to GasBuddy.com, the price tracking website, the average has fallen to $ 1.99 per gallon which is the first time that it has fallen below $ 2 since Mar 2009.
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The highest of 25 stations surveyed in Carson City and environs was the Chevron station just south of the city at Micah Drive, where the pump price was said to be $2.51 a gallon.
The price of regular gas in Palm Beach County averaged $2.20 per gallon, down 2 cents from last week and down 8 cents from a month earlier. Auto group AAA estimates low gas prices have saved Americans more than $115 billion so far this year, or more than $550 per licensed driver.
If you filled up over the weekend, you probably paid more than you would have today, as gasoline prices are pulled lower by plunging oil prices. The state’s average price is $2.72 per gallon, good enough for second highest in the nation behind Hawaii’s $2.73 per gallon. The states with the cheapest averages include: Missouri ($1.77), Oklahoma ($1.78), SC ($1.78), Tennessee ($1.79) and Kansas ($1.79).
Dehaan says this year roughly 88 percent of those traveling this holiday season will be driving, and roughly two-thirds of them plan to drive at least 200 miles round trip.
The drop in gas prices is expected to boost to holiday spending. In Lancaster, the average was $2.17.
In California, where prices are highest, she says a gallon of regular averages $2.61, with midgrade costing $2.74 and premium at $2.83. Lower prices will eventually hit pumps into the New Year as oil prices lower due to a weakening demand for petroleum. 23, the national average was $2.
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This year, prices are down because of an oversupply of oil worldwide.