In for a penny: Arkansas gas price average climbs another day

LITTLE ROCK, Ark – These of you who had “$4.50 by the weekend” could get pleasure from your second within the solar Friday, as Arkansas gasoline costs hit 1 cent above that quantity for June 10.

AAA is reporting Friday morning that gasoline within the Pure State averages $4.51 a gallon — a document excessive — whereas diesel is averaging $5.299, placing it lower than 1 cent to its all-time-high $5.302 of Might 11.

A yr in the past, the Arkansas common for gasoline was $2.77 gallon with diesel at $3.04.

Regionally, gasoline within the Little Rock metro is state common at $4.51 per gallon, whereas diesel is beneath the state common at $5.22. As with the state, that could be a excessive mark for gasoline however beneath the Might excessive for diesel. Scorching Springs gasoline is $4.48 per gallon with diesel at $5.28, the best costs for both gasoline sort up to now. Pine Bluff gasoline and diesel worth is $4.30 and $5.28, respectively — a highest-ever for gasoline however beneath the mid-Might excessive level for diesel.

Above the state common is Fayetteville metro at $4.53 gasoline, though its $5.25 diesel is beneath the typical. Texarkana is above on each, at $4.64 gasoline and $5.39 diesel.

Nationwide common is, as has been the development, above Arkansas at $4.99 for gasoline and $5.73 for diesel. California continues because the excessive worth chief, at $6.42 gasoline and $6.97 diesel. Los Angeles units the curve right here, at $6.45 and $6.97 respectively.

Alaska gasoline averages $5.55.

Gasoline worth averages have set nation-wide data for June, with a gradual climb in costs after a mid-April dip, in keeping with the U.S. Power Data Administration.

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