Average retail gasoline prices in Minnesota have fallen 6.6 cents in the past week, averaging $3.20 per gallon Sunday. This compares with the national average that has decreased 4.8 cents in the last week to $3.34 per gallon, according to gasoline price website MinnesotaGasPrices.com.
Prices in International Falls Sunday ranged from $3.36 to $3.44 per gallon, according to the website.
Including the change in gas prices in Minnesota during the past week, prices Sunday were 0.7 cents per gallon higher compared to the same day one year ago and are 7 cents per gallon higher than a month ago. The national average has decreased 12.2 cents per gallon during the last month and stands 10 cents per gallon higher than this day one year ago.
“The national average has continued to see a steady decline over the last week, and that trend will likely continue through this week at the very least,” said GasBuddy.com Senior Petroleum Analyst Patrick DeHaan. “Last week, the Energy Information Administration reported one of the largest single week increases in gasoline inventories in my recent memory, which will likely contribute downward pressure to wholesale gasoline prices in the days and perhaps weeks ahead,” DeHaan said.
GasBuddy operates MinnesotaGasPrices.com and over 250 similar websites that track prices at more than 140,000 stations in the United States and Canada.
