Ohio gasoline prices continue to decline

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Average retail gasoline prices in Ohio have fallen 10.5 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.05 per gallon on Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 5,345 gas outlets in Ohio. This compares with the national average, which has fallen 4.5 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.15 a gallon, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com.

Including the change in gas prices in Ohio during the past week, prices Sunday were 43.7 cents per gallon lower than the same day one year ago and are 30.5 cents per gallon lower than a month ago. The national average has decreased 15.7 cents per gallon during the last month and stands 56.6 cents per gallon lower than this day one year ago.

According to GasBuddy historical data, gasoline prices on July 25 in Ohio have ranged widely over the last five years: $2.49 per gallon in 2015, $3.41 per gallon in 2014, $3.49 per gallon in 2013, $3.46 per gallon in 2012 and $3.63 per gallon in 2011.

“As air temperatures across the country rise to sweltering levels, gas prices have continued to cool,” said Patrick DeHaan, senior petroleum analyst for GasBuddy. “Not only are gas prices nationally at their lowest level of the summer, but they have continued to decline as the glut of oil and refined products has persisted. Almost every state saw a decline in gasoline prices versus last week, thanks to crude oil prices approaching their lowest level of the summer.”

“I foresee that, excluding a major hurricane or other disruption, we are very likely to see many more states with average prices falling under $2 per gallon by Halloween,” DeHaan added. “Truth be told, however, that really isn’t a far stretch considering two out of five stations nationally and 11 states are already there.”