How Texas gas prices have changed in the last week

The average cost of a gallon of gasoline in the U.S. remains at levels comparable to 2021 before the inflation spike, but has increased slightly as Floridians begin to recover from Hurricane Milton.

The storm, which hit the country as a Category 3 hurricane, caused a rush on gas stations, causing many to run out of gas and complicating evacuation plans. As of Friday morning, nearly 30% of the state’s nearly 8,000 gas stations were empty, a situation that could take days to resolve. Gas stations in Tampa, Sarasota, Orlando, St. Petersburg, Fort Meyers and Gainesville were hardest hit, according to GasBuddy.

The hurricane will have no impact on national gas supplies, said AAA spokesman Andrew Gross, who added: “Any upward pressure on prices should be temporary.”

“I remain confident that a national average of $2.99 ​​remains possible this fall,” GasBuddy analyst Patrick De Haan said in a statement earlier this week.

Stacker compiled statistics on gas prices in Texas. Gas prices apply from October 11th.

Texas in numbers
– Current gas price: $2.79
– Weekly change: +$0.01 (+0.3%)
– New Year: -$0.37 (-11.7%)
– Historically expensive gas price: $4.70 (06/15/22)

– Current diesel price: $3.14
– Weekly change: +$0.05 (+1.6%)
– New Year: -$0.88 (-21.9%)
– Historically expensive diesel price: $5.33 (06/19/22)

Metropolises with the most expensive gasoline in Texas
#1. San Angelo: $3.01
#2. El Paso: $2.99
#3. Odessa: $2.92
#4. Midland: $2.92
#5. San Antonio: $2.90
#6. Austin-San Marcos: $2.90
#7. Corpus Christi: $2.82
#8. Texarkana (TX only): $2.79
#9. Amarillo: $2.79
#10. College Station-Bryan: $2.78
#11. Galveston-Texas City: $2.77
#12. Fort Worth-Arlington: $2.76
#13. Dallas: $2.76
#14. McAllen-Edinburg Mission: $2.75
#15. Brownsville-Harlingen: $2.75
#16. Longview: $2.75
#17. Beaumont-Port Arthur: $2.75
#18. Houston: $2.74
#19. Lubbock: $2.74
#20. Waco: $2.74
#21. Laredo: $2.73
#22. Sherman Denison: $2.71
#23. Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood: $2.71
#24. Victoria: $2.71
#25. Tyler: $2.70
#26. Wichita Falls: $2.70
#27. Abilene: $2.69

States with the most expensive gas
#1. California: $4.67
#2. Hawaii: $4.59
#3. Washington: $4.06

States with the cheapest gas
#1. Georgia: $2.72
#2. Mississippi: $2.76
#3. Texas: $2.79

This story is by Dom DiFurio and is part of a series leveraging data automation in 50 states.