Average retail gasoline prices in Minnesota have fallen 3.1 cents in the past week, averaging $3.54 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 2.6 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.50 per gallon, according to gasoline price website MinnesotaGasPrices.com.
Regular gasoline prices in International Falls, according to the site, ranged from $3.54 to $3.69. Local prices for premium fuel were listed at $4.09 per gallon and diesel fuel ranged from $4.29 to $4.49. Prices for midgrade fuel were not listed on the site.
Including the change in gas prices in Minnesota during the past week, prices Sunday were 6.1 cents per gallon lower compared to the same day one year ago and are 17.2 cents per gallon higher than a month ago. The national average has increased 15.5 cents during the last month and stands 15.1 cents per gallon lower than this day one year ago.
"The national average has unsurprisingly continued it's march higher, and for the sixth consecutive week, motorists have faced rising gasoline prices," said GasBuddy.com Senior Petroleum Analyst Patrick DeHaan. "While the rate that gasoline prices may slow nationally this week, I don't yet believe we've seen the peak in prices. Refineries are in the middle of one of their two major yearly maintenance seasons, which means as refineries wrap up their work in April, we could see restarting issues, which could bring the spikes in gasoline prices we're nearly accustom to seeing every spring," DeHaan said.
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