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Gas prices up 30 cents in a year
Nov 29, 2010 10:55 am
Average retail gasoline prices in New York have risen 0.7 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.13 per gallon Sunday. This compares with the national average, which has fallen 1.7 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.85, according to gasoline price website NewYorkStateGasPrices.com.
Including the change in gas prices in New York during the past week, prices Sunday were 29.9 cents per gallon higher than the same day one year ago and are 13.6 cents per gallon higher than a month ago. The national average has increased 5 cents per gallon during the last month and stands 22.6 cents per gallon higher than this day a year ago.
Mid-Hudson and Capital region gas prices range from a high of $3.11 to $3.13 per gallon in the City of Albany and $3.11 near Thruway exit 21 in Catskill to $3.09 elsewhere in Greene County and most of Rensselaer County, an average $3.03 and low of $2.99 in Columbia County, and under $3.00, between $2.89 and $2.95, in Massachusetts.
Including the change in gas prices in New York during the past week, prices Sunday were 29.9 cents per gallon higher than the same day one year ago and are 13.6 cents per gallon higher than a month ago. The national average has increased 5 cents per gallon during the last month and stands 22.6 cents per gallon higher than this day a year ago.
Mid-Hudson and Capital region gas prices range from a high of $3.11 to $3.13 per gallon in the City of Albany and $3.11 near Thruway exit 21 in Catskill to $3.09 elsewhere in Greene County and most of Rensselaer County, an average $3.03 and low of $2.99 in Columbia County, and under $3.00, between $2.89 and $2.95, in Massachusetts.