Gas Prices Lower this Year
HOUSTON , December 4, 2008 - As Texans prepare to travel for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, motorists are finding gas prices across the state are more than a dollar less than this time last year, according to AAA Texas Weekend Gas Watch.
The average price of regular unleaded gasoline fell 12 cents statewide compared to last week, from $1.882 to $1.755 a gallon. The national average price fell by 15 cents from $2.020 to $1.868.
In Amarillo travelers are paying an average of $1.667. This is the least expensive average price compared to other metropolitan areas in Texas. The state’s highest price is in El Paso at $1.927 – a decline of more than 21 cents from last week.
Houston, at $1.699, fell by more than 11 cents since last week. Dallas is reporting a price of $1.733 a gallon, a weekly decrease of more than 12 cents.
Approximately 41 million Americans traveled 50 miles or more from home for the Thanksgiving holiday which is a decrease of 1.4 percent from last year’s total of 41.6 million. Eighty-one percent of holiday travelers traveled by automobile, 11 percent by airplane, and 8 percent by train.
| Area | Current | 1 Week Ago | Difference | Year Ago | Difference | Record High Date | Record High Price |
| National | $1.868 | $2.020 | -0.152 | $3.091 | -1.223 | 07/17/08 | $4.114 |
| State | $1.755 | $1.882 | -0.127 | $2.957 | -1.202 | 07/17/08 | $3.985 |
| Amarillo | $1.667 | $1.815 | -0.148 | $3.019 | -1.352 | 07/16/08 | $3.983 |
| Austin-San Marcos | $1.816 | $1.938 | -0.122 | $3.00 | -1.184 | 07/17/08 | $3.975 |
| Beaumont | $1.789 | $1.919 | -0.130 | $2.947 | -1.158 | 07/16/08 | $4.001 |
| Corpus Christi | $1.684 | $1.835 | -0.151 | $2.921 | -1.237 | 07/15/08 | $3.960 |
| Dallas | $1.733 | $1.856 | -0.123 | $2.938 | -1.205 | 07/16/08 | $3.983 |
| El Paso | $1.927 | $2.145 | -0.218 | $2.959 | -1.032 | 07/17/08 | $3.967 |
| Ft. Worth | $1.731 | $1.848 | -0.117 | $2.922 | -1.191 | 07/16/08 | $3.975 |
| Galveston | $1.733 | $1.873 | -0.140 | $2.905 | -1.172 | 07/14/08 | $3.968 |
| Houston | $1.699 | $1.817 | -0.118 | $2.906 | -1.207 | 07/17/08 | $3.960 |
| San Antonio | $1.777 | $1.881 | -0.104 | $2.950 | -1.173 | 07/16/08 | $3.957 |
| Texarkana (TX Only) | $1.699 | $1.829 | -0.130 | $3.013 | -1.314 | 07/17/08 | $3.981 |
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