Kentucky gas prices drop – The Advocate-Messenger

Common gasoline costs in Kentucky have fallen 5.3 cents per gallon within the final week, averaging $3.81/g right this moment, in response to GasBuddy’s survey of two,623 stations in Kentucky. Costs in Kentucky are 18.6 cents per gallon decrease than a month in the past and stand $1.13/g larger than a yr in the past.

In line with GasBuddy worth studies, the most cost effective station in Kentucky was priced at $3.36/g yesterday whereas the most costly was $4.35/g, a distinction of 99.0 cents per gallon. The bottom worth within the state yesterday was $3.36/g whereas the best was $4.35/g, a distinction of 99.0 cents per gallon.

The nationwide common worth of gasoline has fallen 3.8 cents per gallon within the final week, averaging $4.06/g right this moment. The nationwide common is down 21.1 cents per gallon from a month in the past and stands $1.21/g larger than a yr in the past, in response to GasBuddy information compiled from greater than 11 million weekly worth studies protecting over 150,000 fuel stations throughout the nation.

Historic gasoline costs in Kentucky and the nationwide common going again ten years:
April 18, 2021: $2.68/g (U.S. Common: $2.85/g)
April 18, 2020: $1.43/g (U.S. Common: $1.78/g)
April 18, 2019: $2.65/g (U.S. Common: $2.84/g)
April 18, 2018: $2.64/g (U.S. Common: $2.74/g)
April 18, 2017: $2.34/g (U.S. Common: $2.41/g)
April 18, 2016: $2.10/g (U.S. Common: $2.11/g)
April 18, 2015: $2.44/g (U.S. Common: $2.44/g)
April 18, 2014: $3.73/g (U.S. Common: $3.66/g)
April 18, 2013: $3.44/g (U.S. Common: $3.51/g)
April 18, 2012: $3.90/g (U.S. Common: $3.90/g)

Neighboring areas and their present fuel costs:
Lexington- $3.83/g, down 6.2 cents per gallon from final week’s $3.90/g.
Evansville- $3.97/g, down 9.9 cents per gallon from final week’s $4.07/g.
Louisville- $3.93/g, down 6.5 cents per gallon from final week’s $4.00/g.

“We’ve now seen the nationwide common worth of gasoline decline each week for the final month, a feat we almost definitely wouldn’t have anticipated forward of summer time and given the continued turns in Russia’s conflict on Ukraine. Nonetheless, the downturn might sluggish or might even reverse within the days forward if the rally in oil costs continues,” mentioned Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum evaluation at GasBuddy. “A barrel of crude is now $14 larger than it was final week, because the European Union weighs inserting harsher sanctions on Russia. This might additional tilt the fragile steadiness of provide and demand within the unsuitable means, probably sending oil costs up considerably if carried out. The trail ahead on the pump stays murky, nevertheless, with many doable outcomes, so motorists must be ready for a bumpy journey.”

GasBuddy is the authoritative voice for fuel costs and the one supply for station-level information spanning practically twenty years. Not like AAA’s as soon as every day survey and the Lundberg Survey, up to date as soon as each two weeks based mostly on a small fraction of U.S. gasoline stations, GasBuddy’s survey updates 288 occasions day-after-day from probably the most various checklist of sources protecting practically 150,000 stations nationwide, probably the most complete and up-to-date within the nation. GasBuddy information is accessible at http://costs.GasBuddy.com.