Overview
- AAA pegged Friday’s national average at $2.932 per gallon, with GasBuddy showing $2.922, both below $3 for a sustained stretch this month.
- Hawaii now leads for highest statewide prices at about $4.45 per gallon, with California still elevated near the low-$4.40s, while Oklahoma sits cheapest near $2.36.
- Colorado’s statewide average is roughly $2.47–$2.51, and isolated Front Range stations dropped as low as $1.69 during local price wars.
- Experts attribute the decline to cheaper crude, refineries returning from maintenance with higher output, and typical winter demand softness.
- President Trump claimed credit for falling prices, but GasBuddy’s Patrick DeHaan pointed to global market forces, and AAA expects lower costs to help drive record holiday travel.