The price of gas rose by a penny in Delaware during the past week, according to a Monday report from Wilmington-based AAA MId-Atlantic.
The end of a gas war around Elkton, MD, affected gas prices in the Newark area, with prices up by several cents a gallon.
The price at the pump has hovered around $3 a gallon throughout the summer, about 75 cents higher than a year ago.
The region did not see the normal spike in prices when the Gulf Coast was hit by a hurricane, with prices remaining stable as Ida slammed Louisiana with remnants leading to flooding and hurricane damage in the Mid-Atlantic.
Crude oil prices rose above $70 a barrel in Monday morning trading on the NYMEX exchange.
Gas was available at around $2.85 a gallon in the Middletown area, with slightly higher prices in Newark-Christiana and Talleyville-Route 202 area in north Wilmington.
Today’s Average | One Week Ago | One Month Ago | One Year Ago | |
National | $3.17 | $3.18 | $3.18 | $2.19 |
Delaware | $2.99 | $2.98 | $2.99 | $2.24 |
Dover | $2.99 | $2.98 | $2.99 | $2.20 |
Milford/Seaford | $2.99 | $2.98 | $2.99 | $2.23 |
Wilmington/Newark | $2.99 | $2.98 | $3.00 | $2.26 |
Maryland | $3.04 | $3.02 | $3.05 | $2.26 |
To check out gas prices in your neighborhood, log on to AAA’s Fuel Price Finder (http://www.AAA.com/fuelfinder.