With holiday travel approaching, gasoline prices across the U.S. are at a three-year low of $3.02 and close to falling below $3 a gallon. But prices in Oklahoma, well below $3 for more than a year are a steady average of $2.52 per gallon. Still, some of the state’s county averages are among the lowest in the nation.
“The national average is tantalizingly close to falling below $3 a gallon, and it could happen in a few days,” said Andrew Gross, AAA spokesperson. “But 32 states already have an average below or well below $3. Hockley County, Texas appears to have the lowest county average, at $2.30.”
Lowest county average in Oklahoma? Harmon in the southwest at $2.32 per gallon while neighbors Beckham county is at $2.41, and Jackson $2.47. Bryan County along the Red River has a $2.37 average while Adair in the northeast and adjacent to Arkansas has a $2.36 average. Ottawa in the very northeastern corner boasts an average of $2.38 per gallon.
Prices in Oklahoma City average $2.50 a gallon, six cents higher than a week ago. In Tulsa, the average is $2.53, 5 cents lower than one week earlier. Lawton has an average of $2.45 per gallon which is 3 cents more than the previous week.
AAA reported however, an increase in prices in some Oklahoma counties in the northwest and the southeastern parts of the state. If motorists are flocking to Woodward in the northwest, it is because the county continues to be surrounded by higher prices. Woodward’s average is $2.54 while neighboring counties include Ellis at $2.86, Beaver $2.77, Harper $2.72, Woods $2.81, Alfalfa $2.78, Dewey $2.71, and Blaine $2.67.
Southeastern Oklahoma has several counties with some of the highest average prices in the state including Coal at $2.97 and Hughes $2.75 and Pushmataha at $2.82 per gallon.
Oklahoma is among several states with the lowest averages in the U.S. Texas is $2.57, Kansas $2.66, Arkansas $2.60, Missouri $2.66, New Mexico at $2.74 while Colorado is $2.87.