Average retail gasoline prices in Minnesota have risen 0.8 cents in the past week, averaging $3.04 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 1.6 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.21 per gallon, according to gasoline price website MinnesotaGasPrices.com.
Prices in International Falls ranged from $3.15 to $3.19 Monday, according to the site.
Including the change in gas prices in Minnesota during the past week, prices Sunday were 18.5 cents per gallon lower compared to the same day one year ago and are 25.6 cents per gallon lower than a month ago. The national average has decreased 16.3 cents during the last month and stands 22.5 cents per gallon lower than this day one year ago.
“Surprisingly, the decreases we’ve seen in the national average have all but dried up,” said GasBuddy.com Senior Petroleum Analyst Patrick DeHaan. “I admit, it’s a bit of a head scratcher to have seen wholesale gasoline prices perk up last week, and it’s a bit premature to say we’ve seen the end of decreases in gas prices for the time being, so I’m hopeful that an uptick in the national average is merely temporary, but then again, this year has featured trends in prices that have all been earlier than 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.
