{"id":287997,"date":"2011-03-03T12:53:12","date_gmt":"2011-03-03T12:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/03\/gas-prices-top-3-40-nationwide\/"},"modified":"2011-03-03T12:53:12","modified_gmt":"2011-03-03T12:53:12","slug":"gas-prices-top-3-40-nationwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/03\/gas-prices-top-3-40-nationwide\/","title":{"rendered":"Gas prices top $3.40 nationwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"56.8586184635\"><span id=\"fb-recommend\"\/><br \/>\n<span>By Ben Rooney, staff reporter<\/span><span>March 3, 2011: 7:51 AM ET<\/span><!--startclickprintexclude--><br clear=\"all\"\/><!--endclickprintexclude--><!-- CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK (CNNMoney) &#8212; Gas prices jumped 4 cents overnight, with the average American driver now paying more than $3.40 a gallon.<\/p>\n<p>The national average price for a gallon of regular gasoline rose to $3.427 on Thursday, according to a daily survey by motorist group AAA. That&#8217;s up from $3.387 a gallon on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><!-- REAP --><!--startclickprintexclude--><!--endclickprintexclude--><!-- \/REAP --><\/p>\n<p>Gas prices have not averaged more than $3.40 a gallon since October of 2008. The record high was over $4.11 a gallon in July 2008.<\/p>\n<p>The highest gas prices were in Hawaii, where drivers pay an average of $3.82 a gallon. California also has gas prices above $3.80 a gallon, while Alaskans pay $3.77 on average.<\/p>\n<p>Wyoming and Montana were tied for the cheapest gas in the nation. Drivers in both states pay an average of $3.12 a gallon. <\/p>\n<p>Gas prices vary <a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2011\/03\/01\/news\/economy\/_price_states\/index.htm\">widely from state to state<\/a> based largely on local tax rates. But prices have been trending higher nationwide following a rise in the price of crude oil, the main ingredient in gasoline.<\/p>\n<p>Nationwide, gas prices have gone up 25 cents over the past 10 days. <\/p>\n<p>Oil prices were under pressure Thursday, <a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2011\/03\/03\/markets\/oil\/index.htm\">but held firmly above $100 barrel.<\/a> Investors in the oil market have been nervously watching the situation in Libya, where fighting between rebels and forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi continued Thursday.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2011\/03\/03\/news\/economy\/gas_prices\/index.htm?section=money_topstories&#038;utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fmoney_topstories+%28Top+Stories%29#TOP\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.cdn.turner.com\/money\/images\/bug.gif\" alt=\"To top of page\" border=\"0\" width=\"7\" height=\"7\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/CONTENT --><!--startclickprintexclude--><!--startclickprintexclude--><br \/>\n<!--endclickprintexclude--><!--endclickprintexclude--><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Here is the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/rss.cnn.com\/~r\/rss\/money_topstories\/~3\/2CwYTcRJBIg\/index.htm\" title=\"Gas prices top $3.40 nationwide\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gas prices top $3.40 nationwide<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Ben Rooney, staff reporter March 3, 2011: 7:51 AM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) &#8212; Gas prices jumped 4 cents overnight, with the average American driver now paying more than $3.40 a gallon. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-287997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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