Average retail gasoline prices in Minnesota have fallen 7.6 cents in the past week, averaging $3.49 per gallon Thursday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 2,856 gas outlets in Minnesota. This compares with the national average that has decreased 5 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.58 per gallon, according to gasoline price website MinnesotaGasPrices.com.
Prices in International Falls Sunday ranged from $3.57 to $3.64 per gallon, according to the website.
Including the change in gas prices in Minnesota during the past week, prices Sunday were 25.8 cents per gallon lower compared to the same day one year ago and are 5.9 cents per gallon lower than a month ago. The national average has decreased 1.2 cents per gallon during the last month and stands 9.1 cents per gallon lower than this day one year ago.
“While gas prices in Anderson, S.C., have hit $2.99 per gallon in the last week, nationally, pump prices have also seen drops amounting to an average drop of a nickle per gallon,” said GasBuddy.com Senior Petroleum Analyst Patrick DeHaan. “Prices finally have dropped under their year ago values, just in time for those last minute vacations before school starts. The rest of the summer will likely see prices flirting with where they stand today, but more significant relief will arrive around mid-September, when prices nationally could be 10-25 cents per gallon lower than where they are today,” 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.
