Gas Prices Rise in Lubbock After Two Months of Falling Prices
Gas prices in the Hub City rose after two months of falling prices.
According to the weekly KFYO News Gas Price Survey the average price for regular unleaded fuel is $3.10 per gallon, an increase of three cents from last week.
AAA Texas reports that falling gas prices are slowing down too. Motorists in the Lone Star State are paying $3.34 per gallon, a drop of one cent from last week.
Drivers in Corpus Christi are paying the lowest average price for fuel at $3.18 per gallon while the Dallas/Fort Worth area is paying $3.41 on average. Lubbock is not part of the AAA Texas survey.
Nationally, drivers are paying $3.52 a gallon, an increase of a penny.
| Area | Current 05/02/13 | 04/25/13 | Difference | Year Ago 05/02/12 | Difference | Record High Date | Record High Price |
| National | $3.52 | $3.51 | +0.01 | $3.80 | -0.28 | 07/17/08 | $4.11 |
| State | $3.34 | $3.35 | -0.01 | $3.69 | -0.35 | 07/17/08 | $3.98 |
| Amarillo | $3.29 | $3.27 | +0.02 | $3.49 | -0.20 | 07/16/08 | $3.98 |
| Austin-San Marcos | $3.29 | $3.31 | -0.02 | $3.69 | -0.40 | 07/17/08 | $3.97 |
| Beaumont | $3.22 | $3.22 | 0.00 | $3.61 | -0.39 | 07/16/08 | $4.00 |
| Corpus Christi | $3.18 | $3.26 | -0.08 | $3.71 | -0.53 | 07/15/08 | $3.96 |
| Dallas | $3.41 | $3.38 | +0.03 | $3.67 | -0.26 | 07/16/08 | $3.98 |
| El Paso | $3.23 | $3.26 | -0.03 | $3.76 | -0.53 | 07/17/08 | $3.97 |
| Ft. Worth | $3.41 | $3.38 | +0.03 | $3.66 | -0.25 | 07/16/08 | $3.97 |
| Galveston | $3.37 | $3.38 | -0.01 | $3.76 | -0.39 | 07/14/08 | $3.97 |
| Houston | $3.39 | $3.40 | -0.01 | $3.76 | -0.37 | 07/17/08 | $3.96 |
| San Antonio | $3.28 | $3.30 | -0.02 | $3.65 | -0.37 | 07/16/08 | $3.96 |
| Texarkana | $3.28 | $3.28 | 0.00 | $3.63 | -0.35 | 07/17/08 | $3.98 |
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