Gas Prices Near Record Highs
HOUSTON, January 11, 2008 - Gas prices continued rising in the last week and are now within a dime of their all-time records in many areas of Texas, according to the AAA Texas Weekend Gas Watch.
The statewide average, at $2.976, posted a weekly increase of five cents and is now within 10 cents of the all-time record price of $3.085 reached last May. The national average is $3.10 a gallon, also up five cents from last week and 13 cents shy of the all-time record of $3.23.
"Texas is one of the few states that still has a statewide price average under $3 a gallon," said AAA Texas spokesperson Rose Rougeau. "Record oil prices continue to drive these increases throughout Texas and nationwide."
El Paso has the lowest average on the list at $2.83 a gallon - up three cents. Texarkana, still the only Texas city with a price average above $3, has the highest price at $3.05 a gallon - up three cents from last week.
Average Daily Prices as of 12:01 a.m., January 11, 2008
Area |
1/10/08 |
Weekly Change |
01/03/07 |
Weekly Change |
12/27/07 |
Record High |
Year Ago Average |
| National | $3.100 | +4.8 cents | $3.052 | +7.1 cents | $2.981 | $3.227 (5/24/07) | $2.288 |
State |
$2.976 | +5.1 cents | $2.925 | +8.6 cents | $2.839 | $3.085 (5/23/07) | $2.171 |
Amarillo |
$2.959 | +4.0 cents | $2.919 | +8.4 cents | $2.835 | $3.308 (7/13/07) | $2.185 |
| Austin – San Marcos | $2.994 | +3.8 cents | $2.956 | +5.4 cents | $2.902 | $3.048 (5/22/07) | $2.212 |
Beaumont |
$2.989 | +5.3 cents | $2.936 | +8.5 cents | $2.851 | $3.055 (5/22/07) | $2.142 |
Corpus Christi |
$2.970 | +8.2 cents | $2.888 | +10.0 cents | $2.788 | $3.011 (5/23/07) | $2.068 |
Dallas |
$2.970 | +6.1 cents | $2.909 | +9.1 cents | $2.818 | $3.062 (5/24/07) | $2.169 |
El Paso |
$2.861 | +3.6 cents | $2.825 | +3.4 cents | $2.791 | $3.278(5/26/07) | $2.167 |
Ft. Worth |
$2.968 | +5.8 cents | $2.910 | +9.6 cents | $2.814 | $3.058 (5/23/07) | $2.157 |
Galveston – Texas City |
$2.954 | +5.7 cents | $2.897 | +9.1 cents | $2.806 | $3.056 (5/22/07) | $2.159 |
Houston |
$2.951 | +5.6 cents | $2.895 | +9.3 cents | $2.802 | $3.042 (5/23/07) | $2.150 |
San Antonio |
$2.960 | +3.6 cents | $2.924 | +6.6 cents | $2.858 | $2.994 (5/24/07) | $2.148 |
Texarkana (TX only) |
$3.047 | +3.2 cents | $3.015 | +12.1 cents | $2.894 | $3.070 (11/10/07) | $2.152 |
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