Average retail gasoline prices in Minnesota have fallen 7.2 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.35/g Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 2,856 gas outlets in Minnesota.
This compares with the national average that has fallen 6.1 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.39/g, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com .
Including the change in gas prices in Minnesota during the past week, prices Sunday were 97.4 cents per gallon lower than the same day one year ago and are 13.6 cents per gallon lower than a month ago.
The national average has decreased 20.2 cents per gallon during the last month and stands 103.7 cents per gallon lower than this day one year ago.
“Not only did Labor Day weekend see millions of Americans take to the road and spend far less than they did last year at the pump, but a growing number of them were able to fill up at under $2/gallon for the summer’s last hurrah,” said Patrick DeHaan, GasBuddy senior petroleum analyst.
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“Better than one in ten stations in the country now offer gasoline prices at $1.99/gal or less, and gas prices in 48 of the nation’s 50 states fell in the run-up to the holiday itself, showing that holiday’s aren’t always a catalyst for price increases.
