Gasoline prices reach $4.17 average in Oklahoma

Ah, for the days when gasoline was around $2.70 a gallon. That was a year ago in Oklahoma City.

This week, the average has jumped again, rising to $4.15 a gallon in Oklahoma. It was 9 cents cheaper a week ago and a month ago, the statewide average was $3.80. A year ago, Oklahomans paid on average $2.72 a gallon for gasoline according to the latest report from the American Automobile Association.

Nationally, the average price is $4.62 a gallon, 3 cents higher than a week ago. It compares to $4.17 a month ago and $3.04 a year ago.

Oklahoma City’s average rose 10 cents in the past week reaching $4.18 as of Tuesday. The average a month ago was $3.83 while a year ago, motorists in the city paid an average of only $2.69 a gallon.

Tulsa’s average jumped 14 cents over the past week, going from $3.95 last week to $4.09 this week. A year ago. the average in Tulsa was $2.71.

Lawton still has the cheapest gasoline in the state with an average price of $3.95, up 6 cents over the past week. The city’s average last year was $2.58 a gallon.

Coal County in southeast Oklahoma is no longer the highest-priced county in the state. The dubious honor now goes to Lincoln County where the average is $4.57 a gallon. Coal County’s average this week is $4.45.

The counties with prices $4 and higher range all over the state. They are: Harmon $4.49; McClain and Ellis at $4.42; Kingfisher $4.34; Greer $4.34; Hughes $4.35; Murray $4.38; Pushmataha $4.26; Marshall $4.33; Logan $4.33; Major $4.25; Woods $4.34; Harper $4.31; and Beaver $4.30.

Only one county, Comanche is under $4 with an average of $3.95.

Oklahoma was ranked in the top ten nationwide in the past week for those states with the largest increase in prices. The state average of $4.15 compared to $4.12 in Kansas, $4.27 in Colorado, $4.33 in New Mexico, $4.24 in Texas, $4.13 in Arkansas and $4.17 in Missouri.

Source: AAA