Average retail gasoline prices in Minnesota have risen 14.6 cents in the past week, averaging $3.11 per gallon Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 2,856 gas outlets in Minnesota.
This compares with the national average that has increased to $3.26 per gallon in the last week, according to gasoline price website MinnesotaGasPrices.com.
Prices in International Falls Sunday ranged from $3.07 to $3.25 per gallon, according to the website.
Including the change in gas prices in Minnesota during the past week, prices Sunday were 17.4 cents per gallon lower compared to the same day one year ago and are 1.9 cents per gallon higher than a month ago.
The national average has increased 1.9 cents per gallon during the last month and stands 8.9 cents per gallon lower than this day one year ago.
“While gasoline prices have seemingly remained virtually unchanged in many areas across the U.S. in the last week, that has meant that some areas are still seeing prices remain much lower than a year ago,” said GasBuddy.com Senior Petroleum Analyst Patrick DeHaan.
“Gasoline prices in the Rockies generally remain under their year ago levels, with the lowest price in the country in Laramie, Wyoming, where gasoline has plunged to $2.35 per gallon. The national average now lags prices one year ago by 9-cents per gallon, which is a more optimistic start to the year than I would have expected,” 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.
