Gas Prices Down As We Approach Winter

Have you done any driving over the passes? If so you've been enjoying low gas prices. And prices are down again this week. Average retail gasoline prices in Yakima have fallen 4.2 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.52/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy's daily survey of 91 gas outlets in Yakima. This compares with the national average that has increased 2.9 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.21/g, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com.

Including the change in gas prices in Yakima during the past week, prices yesterday were 19.2 cents per gallon higher than the same day one year ago and are 18.4 cents per gallon lower than a month ago. The national average has increased 4.7 cents per gallon during the last month and stands 20.0 cents per gallon higher than this day one year ago.

According to GasBuddy historical data, gasoline prices on December 12 in Yakima have ranged widely over the last five years:

$2.32/g in 2015, $2.84/g in 2014, $3.25/g in 2013, $3.39/g in 2012 and $3.50/g in 2011.

Areas nearby Yakima and their current gas price climate:

Yakima- $2.52/g, down 4.2 cents per gallon from last week's $2.56/g.

“Retail gasoline prices across the country appear to have hit a plateau and that's not surprising given the mix of potentially upward and downward forces working simultaneously on crude oil prices," said Gregg Laskoski, senior petroleum analyst for GasBuddy.