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Wisconsin gas prices decrease as fall arrives, but why is that?
Ever notice around the month of September, gas prices become little cheaper?
There’s reasons for that.
As the weather gets cooler, less people are going on road trips, and not as many will be putting their boats in the lake. On top of that, school is back in session, so the roads won’t be as busy during a school day. Therefore, the demand for gas is less, according to Patrick Dehaan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy.
“What happens is that over the course of the summer, with demand being relatively weak, supply in pure gasoline built up to pretty adequate levels. There was plenty of supply,” Dehaan told the Green Bay Press-Gazette Wednesday. “And now that we’re out of summer, there’s even more supply in the market. A lot of what we’re seeing is seasonal and that demand was weak, and supply was, as a result, plentiful.”
The current average cost of fuel is at $2.97 in the state of Wisconsin, according to the American Automobile Association.
Appleton sits $2.91 currently, with Green Bay being just a little more expensive at $3.00. In Milwaukee it’s even cheaper, at $2.88.
Despite this trend, the gas prices can always be subject to change depending on events that can affect gas lines. For example, Wisconsin saw a gas spike back in 2022 due to a fire at a Ohio refinery, as well as Hurricane Ian causing disruptions to oil production in the Gulf of Mexico and impacting large coastal refineries.
More: Why Wisconsin gas prices spiked in the last week, and what to expect this autumn
According to Dehaan, the gas prices can be consistently low from now until around February, as once it gets warmer, more activity will result in more demand for fuel.
“There’s solid opportunity for gas prices to consistently be below $3 a gallon between now and February, and then next spring is the next time that we’ll see a very organized up upswing,” he said. “Gasoline is very seasonal. Just in the spring, we spring up, and in the fall, we fall.”
Rashad Alexander can be contacted at ralexander@gannett.com and 920-431-8214.
(WLUK) — Snow remains deep across parts of the Northwoods and the Upper Peninsula, even though much of Northeast Wisconsin has seen notable snow-melting heading toward spring.
It’s connected to a shift in Pacific climate patterns.
As of Thursday, 75.1% of the Northern Great Lakes area was covered by snow. Snow depth across the Northwoods and the U.P. ranges from 20 to 30 inches, with areas along and north of Highway 8 in Wisconsin at about 20 inches.
But farther south, significant snowmelt has occurred over the last few weeks across Northeast Wisconsin and the southern half of the state.
Looking ahead, an ENSO-neutral spring is looking likely, meaning Pacific Ocean temperatures are not notably above or below average. Conditions tend to be more normal and seasonal, though that does not guarantee typical weather.
La Niña occurs when the Pacific Ocean has below-average temperatures across the central and east-central portions of the equatorial region. El Niño is the opposite, with warmer ocean temperatures in those regions. Those shifts influence weather across the United States and globally.
In Wisconsin, a La Niña spring is usually colder and wetter, while an El Niño spring brings warmer and drier conditions. During a neutral period, neither El Niño nor La Niña is in control and weather can swing either direction.
Despite the snowpack up north, the 2026 spring outlook from Green Bay’s National Weather Service leans toward a low flood risk, because ongoing drought in parts of the state is helping to absorb snowmelt.
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Dry conditions are also raising fire concerns in several parts of the country. Low snowfall in states out west is increasing wildfire concerns, and those areas are already experiencing drought. Wildfire activity can increase quickly if above-normal temperatures and below-normal precipitation continue into spring. About half of the lower 48 states are in drought this week — an increase of 16% since January.
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