Average retail gasoline prices in Minnesota have risen 2.1 cents in the past week, averaging $3.59 per gallon Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 2,856 gas outlets in Minnesota. This compares with the national average that has increases 1 cent per gallon in the last week to to $3.51, according to gasoline price website MinnesotaGasPrices.com.
Gas prices in International Falls ranged from $3.87 to $3.89, according to the site.
Including the change in gas prices in Minnesota during the past week, prices Sunday were 6 cents per gallon lower compared to the same day one year ago and are 4.8 cents per gallon lower than a month ago. The national average has decreased 7.8 cents per gallon during the last month and stands 26.8 cents per gallon lower than this day one year ago.
“The national average has begun to tip-toe higher in the last week, led by states in the Great Lakes and West Coast where gasoline prices have crept up considerably in some areas over the last week,” said GasBuddy.com Senior Petroleum Analyst Patrick DeHaan. “Oil prices have rebounded, and with the recent strength in stocks trickling over to commodities, I do expect retail gasoline prices to inch up in the weeks ahead. The biggest increases will be along the West Coast where gasoline supply remains at an ultra-tight status, but prices will also increase in many other areas, led higher by the rally in crude prices we’ve witnessed in the last week,” DeHaan said.
GasBuddy operates MinnesotaGasPrices.com and over 250 similar websites that track gasoline prices at more than 140,000 gasoline stations in the United States and Canada.
