Gas prices: Drop below $3.84 per gallon marking lowest pricing since March
Temperatures in the U.S. are heating up, but the national average price for regular gas keeps falling on Thursday, dropping to $3.838 per gallon on Thursday, according to AAA. It is the second straight week that fuel costs have remained under $4 per gallon, and for seven days, they have been under $3.92 per gallon. Gas prices have dropped over 45 cents per gallon in the last month.Gas prices have varied considerably throughout 2026, with fuel costs setting both a five-year low and a four-year high in a matter of months.
- ▪Temperatures in the U.S. are heating up, but the national average price for regular gas keeps falling on Thursday, dropping to $3.838 per gallon on Thursday, according to AAA.
- ▪It is the second straight week that fuel costs have remained under $4 per gallon, and for seven days, they have been under $3.92 per gallon.
- ▪Gas prices have dropped over 45 cents per gallon in the last month.Gas prices have varied considerably throughout 2026, with fuel costs setting both a five-year low and a four-year high in a matter of months.
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Temperatures in the U.S. are heating up, but the national average price for regular gas keeps falling on Thursday, dropping to $3.838 per gallon on Thursday, according to AAA. It is the second straight week that fuel costs have remained under $4 per gallon, and for seven days, they have been under $3.92 per gallon. Gas prices have dropped over 45 cents per gallon in the last month.Gas prices have varied considerably throughout 2026, with fuel costs setting both a five-year low and a four-year high in a matter of months. The national average price for a gallon of regular gas dropped to $2.79 on Jan. 12, 2026. This was the lowest national average gas price since 2021.
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