The average price Sunday was $4.98 a gallon, down from $4.99 in Saturday’s reading. The average gas price had been $5 or above for the previous seven days, the first time on record prices crossed that mark. “Come hell or high gas prices, people are going to take vacations.”And it’s not as if $5 a gallon gas is now rare. There are 17 states, plus Washington DC, where the average price is $5 or higher, with New Jersey only slightly behind with a $4.999 average. For the two months ahead of Tuesday’s record, the AAA average price reading rose 58 times in 60 days, adding 94 cents to the national average price.

Source: CNN June 19, 2022 16:54 UTC