{"id":161272,"date":"2022-12-21T04:40:49","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T09:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=161272"},"modified":"2022-12-21T04:40:49","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T09:40:49","slug":"gas-prices-falling-for-the-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2022\/12\/21\/gas-prices-falling-for-the-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"Gas prices falling for the holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those heading out on the road for the holidays will receive the gift they\u2019ve been waiting for all year: lower gas prices. Holiday prices this year will be $1.83 per gallon lower than they were just six months ago, according to GasBuddy. The national average price of gas is forecast to be $2.98 on Christmas Day, likely to drop below the critical $3 per gallon mark on or before Christmas Eve for the first time in nearly 600 days. Locally, gas prices are well below $3 per gallon for self-serve regular. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Gasoline-pump-nozzle-artwork-8-2016.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-78995\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Since peaking at over $5 per gallon in June, with prices in California reaching nearly $7 per gallon, the national average price of gas in the U.S. has slowly come down from record-breaking levels, falling below its year-ago level on December 9. Since October, every one of the nation\u2019s 50 states has seen gas prices plummet precipitously, with diesel starting to follow suit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs 2022 draws to a close, we\u2019ve seen gas prices cut nearly in half in some areas compared to this earlier this year &#8212; a well needed break from the sky high prices we faced just six months ago,\u201d said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy. \u201cAmericans are saving around $25 per fill-up compared to prices this summer. While we\u2019re closing out the year on a positive note, challenges remain that could drive prices up again next spring, so motorists might want to keep their expectations in check and enjoy the sub-$3 gasoline while they can.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By the numbers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>$1.94 per gallon: decrease in the national average since June peak <\/li><li>26: states now with average gas prices below $3 per gallon <\/li><li>$2.44 per gallon: the average price of the bottom 10% of U.S. gas stations <\/li><li>$2.99: the current most common gas price in the country <\/li><li>25+: cities with average diesel prices now below $3.99 per gallon<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted information Those heading out on the road for the holidays will receive the gift they\u2019ve been waiting for all year: lower gas prices. Holiday prices this year will be $1.83 per gallon lower than they were just six months ago, according to GasBuddy. The national average price of gas is forecast to be $2.98 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 01:56:22","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161272"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":161273,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161272\/revisions\/161273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}