Today’s fuel price musings - Cheaper than Bloomington

Add comment December 4th, 2008

Yesterday’s gas price drop shows up in today’s numbers, as we fall relative to other metro areass (Prices courtesy of AAA’s fuelgaugereport.com):

Gasoline: Rockford dropped almost three cents to $1.78 a gallon. We have the fifth-highest gas prices in the state, falling below Bloomington and Quincy. We’re tied at 93rd of the nation’s 250 metro areas. The Illinois average dropped a cent to $1.76. The national average dropped more than a cent to $1.79. Illinois is tied with the 27th-highest gas prices in the nation, including the District of Columbia. Only Alaska, New York and Hawaii remain above $2 a gallon.

Diesel: Rockford dropped more than a cent to $2.79 a gallon. We have the fourth-highest diesel prices in the state. The state average dropped more than a cent to $2.83. The national average dropped almost two cents to $2.72. Illinois has the 13th-highest diesel prices in the country. Only Alaska, Connecticut, the District of Colombia, Hawaii and New York remain above $3 a gallon (Hawaii is still above $4).