National Average Ticked Higher Over The Week

(Undated) — The national average for a gallon of regular unleaded has ticked higher over the last week. According to this morning’s numbers from GasBuddy.com, the current national average is $2.84 per gallon, nine cents higher than Monday. Here in Illinois, the statewide average is $2.90, up five cents from Monday. Across the Wabash in Indiana, drivers are paying an average of $2.86 a gallon, a twenty-three-cent jump from Monday. Oklahoma drivers continue to enjoy the lowest prices nationwide, with a statewide average of $2.30 per gallon, fourteen cents higher than the beginning of the week. Drivers in California are paying the highest at $4.17 a gallon, two cents higher than Friday.