With the summer driving season officially here after the Memorial Day weekend, gasoline prices in Oklahoma are holding steady with a statewide average of $2.77 per gallon. If you’re hitting the road for a vacation, it might be advisable to do so in the midwest. Head west and you’ll encounter much higher prices reaching up to $4.77 per gallon in California.
AAA Oklahoma reported the state average is the same price as one week earlier and only 3 cents less than a month ago. It compares to the national average of $3.14 per gallon, a figure that was 5 cents cheaper than the previous week.
Lawton has the lowest municipal average at $2.66 per gallon, 3 cents more than a week earlier. Oklahoma City’s average increased a penny from the previous week, reaching $2.73 per gallon. Tulsa drivers are paying $2.83 a gallon, same as a week ago.
GasBuddy reports some of the lowest prices are $2.32 a gallon at one site in Tulsa and $2.39 per gallon at an Oklahoma City location.
Triple A said two counties have averages of $2.60 per gallon, Cotton along the Red River and Woodward in the northwest. The highest average is $3.09 per gallon in Coal County while Alfalfa County in the northwest along the Kansas state line has an average of $3.03 per gallon.
Seventeen counties spread throughout the state have the highest range of gasoline prices from $2.88 to $3.09 per gallon.
AAA reports fuel prices should remain on the lower side compared to last summer, but it also said “weather is the sild card.” The Atlantic hurricane season has arrived and NOAA predicts a 60% chance of an above-normal season. Storms along the Gulf Coast can affect oil refineries and disrupt fuel deliveries, leading to a temporary increase in gas prices.
The nation’s top 10 most expensive gasoline markets are California ($4.81), Hawaii ($4.48), Washington ($4.42), Oregon ($4.02), Nevada ($3.90), Alaska ($3.66), Illinois ($3.39), Idaho ($3.34), Arizona ($3.33), and Utah ($3.31).
For EV drivers, AAA also cited the most expensive and cheapest states to recharge their vehicles.
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The nation’s top 10 most expensive states for public charging per kilowatt hour are Alaska (51 cents), West Virginia (49 cents), Tennessee (48 cents), Hawaii (46 cents), Montana (45 cents), Louisiana (44 cents), New Hampshire (42 cents), South Carolina (42 cents), Arkansas (42 cents), and Kentucky (42 cents).
The nation’s top 10 least expensive states for public charging per kilowatt hour are Kansas (25 cents), Missouri (27 cents), Maryland (28 cents), Delaware (29 cents), Nebraska (30 cents), Utah (30 cents), Iowa (32 cents), Massachusetts (33 cents), New Mexico (33 cents), and District of Columbia (33 cents).