Average retail gasoline prices in Minnesota have fallen 9.5 cents in the past week, averaging $3.61 per gallon Thursday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 2,856 gas outlets in Minnesota. This compares with the national average that has fallen 2.1 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.61 per gallon, according to gasoline price website MinnesotaGasPrices.com.
Prices in International Falls Sunday ranged from $3.74 to $3.79 per gallon, according to the website.
Including the change in gas prices in Minnesota during the past week, prices Sunday were 2.7 cents per gallon lower compared to the same day one year ago and are 66.8 cents per gallon lower than a month ago. The national average has decreased 5 cents per gallon during the last month and stands 8 cents per gallon higher than this day one year ago.
“The national average has continued its downward decline in the last week, likely being helped by relief in the Great Lakes, a region that had been plagued with refining issues that have seemingly been resolved,” said GasBuddy.com Senior Petroleum Analyst Patrick DeHaan. “While the national average stands higher than it did a year ago, we likely will see the average decline, and for motorists in the Great Lakes, the downward trend should mean well needed relief at the pump. Areas of California may see prices rising slightly in the days ahead, but at this time we aren’t seeing any short term price spikes across the United States,” 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.
