National average gas prices dropped to $2.16 as decreases in U.S. gasoline demand, supply and imports pushed the national and 44 state gas price averages cheaper on the week.
Fuel price trends were unhindered by Hurricane Delta, which made landfall in southwestern Louisiana as a category 2 hurricane.
That average is the same as a week ago, four cents cheaper than the start of this past September and nearly 50 cents cheaper than last year.
Today’s national gas price average is $2.18, which is the same price as last week, five cents less than a month ago, but 47 cents cheaper than a year ago.
The national average for gas prices dropped to $2.18, which 48 cents cheaper than mid-September last year, and is being driven by low oil prices.
Gas prices jumped 5 cents to $2.23 as a result of Hurricane Laura, but the national average is expected to push cheaper in the week ahead.
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As COVID-19 case numbers surpass 4 million, demand for gasoline is weakening across the country. The lower demand contributed to a cheaper national average on the week; this is the first time since late April that the national average has declined.
Gasoline prices remained at $2.19 for the second week in a row after a weeks of increases, following significant drops earlier in the year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.