Today’s fuel price musings - I go on vacation and look what happens
2 comments July 7th, 2008
The day before I left, I saw gas prices below $4 a gallon in spots in Rockford. No more - we hit a new record for the metro area on Saturday, and it looks like we’ll have another one tomorrow (there are places selling for $4.27 a gallon in Rockford today, but they’re not yet reflected in the below prices).
Here are the numbers (courtesy of AAA’s fuelgaugereport.com):
Gasoline: Rockford dropped half a cent Monday to $4.13 a gallon, more than a cent off Saturday’s record. We’re fourth in the state in gas prices. The state average dropped a fraction of a cent from Sunday’s record, remaining at $4.21 a gallon. The national average increased a fraction of a cent today to a record $4.11. Illinois now has the ninth-highest gas prices in the nation.
Diesel: Rockford rose more than two cents today to $4.83, more than three cents below the record set in May. We have the second- or third-highest diesel prices in the state, with no report for Quincy today. The state average increased a fraction of a cent to a record $4.82 a gallon. The national average increased almost a cent to a record $4.80 a gallon. Illinois has the 17th-highest prices in the country (including the District of Columbia).
