AAA Texas: Weekend Gas Watch; Texas Gas Prices Move Above $2 a Gallon
IRVING, Texas--June 10, 2005--After five consecutive weeks of declines, retail gasoline prices jumped back above $2 a gallon, according to AAA Texas' Weekend Gas Watch.The statewide average price for regular self-serve increased almost five cents to $2.045 a gallon. A year ago, gas prices averaged $1.898 a gallon.
Corpus Christi has the lowest average at $1.974 a gallon -- eight cents more than last week's average. Dallas motorists are paying even more at $2.064 a gallon -- an increase of nearly three cents.
"Pump prices are now on the upswing after more than a month of lower averages," said Rose Rougeau, spokesperson for AAA Texas. "The past week saw the price of crude oil rise above $55 a barrel which indicates the end of lower gas prices for the immediate future."
The national average for regular self-serve gasoline is $2.124 a gallon -- a weekly increase of almost three cents.
AAA Texas' Weekend Gas Watch monitors the average price of gasoline at popular destinations for automobile trips.
Average Daily Prices as of 12:01 A.M., June 10, 2005:
Last
Week's Weekly 2004
Area Current Average Change New Record Price Average
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National $2.124 $2.095 +2.9 cents $2.276 (4/11/05) $2.019
State $2.045 $1.998 +4.7 cents $2.175 (4/11/05) $1.898
Austin-San
Marcos $2.026 $1.974 +5.2 cents $2.159 (4/11/05) $1.882
Beaumont $2.004 $1.966 +3.8 cents $2.140 (4/09/05) $1.871
Corpus Christi $1.974 $1.899 +8.5 cents $2.173 (4/09/05) $1.846
Dallas $2.064 $2.036 +2.8 cents $2.180 (4/09/05) $1.914
Ft. Worth $2.056 $2.021 +3.5 cents $2.176 (4/11/05) $1.907
Galveston-Texas
City $2.209 $1.985 +4.4 cents $2.159 (4/11/05) $1.898
Houston $2.020 $1.969 +5.1 cents $2.154 (4/09/05) $1.880
San Antonio $1.996 $1.947 +4.9 cents $2.151 (4/11/05) $1.886
