The average price per gallon of normal gas in Raleigh reached $ 4.52 on Monday, the highest price to date.
According to GasBuddy, average gas prices in Raleigh have risen 16 cents a gallon over the past week, according to a survey of 472 Raleigh stations.
Monday’s price was the highest in Raleigh’s history, and diesel also hit an all-time high, at $ 5.69 a gallon.
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Gas prices are slowly approaching $ 5 and in some places have exceeded $ 5. According to GasBuddy, the cheapest gasoline in Raleigh on Sunday was $ 4.33, and the most expensive was $ 5.49, a difference of $ 1.16.
On U.S. Highway 70 in Clayton, a station was selling gas for $ 4.95 on Sunday.
The national average price of regular gasoline is $ 4.85, $ 1.81 per gallon more than a year ago, according to GasBuddy.
GasBuddy reported Monday that nine states have average gas prices above $ 5 a gallon, and that they will join more next week.
“There’s more bad news on the horizon. Now it looks like not if, but when, we’ll reach the psychologically critical $ 5 national average,” said Patrick De Haan, head of oil analysis at GasBuddy. “Gasoline stocks continue to decline even with reduced demand due to high prices, a culmination of a lower refining capacity than we had before Covid and heavy consumption, a situation that does not seem to improve drastically “In the future, diesel prices will also be at a record high, a second time for consumers, which is driving up the prices of most goods.”
Some experts believe the national average of a gallon of gasoline could reach $ 6 in August.
North Carolina Democrats are pushing for a $ 200 gasoline tax refund, which would be mailed to NC drivers in the form of a check or debit card.