The gas pumps are lighting up in an unusual trend for this time of year: higher gas prices week on week.
A gallon of gas cost an average of $3.50 this week, according to AAA gas price data. Stacker has compiled statistics on gas prices in Texas. Gas prices are updated to January 27th. State gas tax data is from the World Population Review.
Typically, winter weather prevents Americans from traveling and therefore suppresses gas demand and prices. But this January, gasoline refineries are still operating below optimal capacity after harsh winter weather damaged some equipment and mothballed more than 10 percent of US refinery capacity.
The largest weekly increases were seen in Colorado, Delaware and Michigan, as well as southern states including Mississippi and Alabama. Analysts have warned that we could see gas average $4 a gallon by May. Gas prices hit record highs last June at $5 on average nationwide.
Texas by the numbers
– Current gas price: $3.14
– Weekly change: +$0.14 (+4.7%)
– Year Change: + $0.13 (+4.4%)
– Gas Tax: $0.20 a gallon (#42 highest among all states)
– Historic Expensive Gas Price: $4.70 (6/15/22)
– Current diesel price: $4.24
– Weekly change: +$0.13 (+3.3%)
– Year Change: + $0.87 (+25.8%)
– Expensive Diesel Historical Price: $5.33 (6/19/22)
Subways with the most expensive gas in Texas
#1. El Paso: $3.38
#2. Midlands: $3.28
#3. Odesa: $3.22
#4. Texarkana (TX only): $3.22
#5. Abilene: $3.21
#6. Amarillo: $3.17
#7. Austin-San Marcos: $3.17
#8. Long View: $3.17
#9. College Station-Bryan: $3.16
#10. San Antonio: $3.16
#11. Laredo: $3.16
#12. Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood: $3.15
#13. Brownsville-Harlingen: $3.14
#14. Wako: $3.14
#15. McAllen-Edinburgh Mission: $3.13
#16. Tyler: $3.13
#17. Wichita Falls: $3.12
#18. Win: $3.12
#19. Corpus Christi: $3.11
#20. Sant’Angelo: $3.11
#21. Lubbock: $3.10
#22. Galveston-Texas City: $3.10
#23. Dallas: $3.10
#24. Beaumont-Port Arthur: $3.10
#25. Fort Worth-Arlington: $3.10
#26. Houston: $3.09
#27. Sherman-Denison: $3.08
States with the most expensive gas
#1. Hawaiian: $4.94
#2. California: $4.53
#3. Washington: $4.11
States with the least expensive gas
#1. Texas: $3.14
#2. Mississippi: $3.18
#3. Arkansas: $3.18
States with the highest per-gallon gas tax
#1. Pennsylvania: $0.59
#2. California: $0.53
#3. Washington: $0.52
States with the lowest gas tax per gallon
#1. Alaska: $0.0895
#2. Hawaiian: $0.16
#3. Virginia: $0.162
