July 7th, 2018 by WCBC Radio
Drivers across the nation, as well as in Maryland, have watched pump prices increase a couple of pennies this week as they hit the road in record numbers for the Fourth of July holiday. The national average price for a gallon of gas rose to $2.87 on Independence Day, up 64 cents over last’s year holiday, while Maryland’s average increased to $2.81, up 60 cents from the 2017 holiday. Despite the year-over-year increase, prices remain lower than four years ago in 2014, the last time prices were at their highest for the Fourth of July holiday. That year the national average price was $3.66 per gallon, while Maryland’s average was slightly higher at $3.68. Today’s national gas price average is $2.87, up two cents in the last week, but down seven cents in the last month. Year-over-year, the national average is higher, by 63 cents per gallon.
Maryland’s average is five cents lower than the national average at $2.82 per gallon, which is four cents more than last week, but 10 cents lower from last month. The state average is pricing 60 cents per gallon more than last year on this date. Cumberland has the highest prices in the state just under $3
Weekly price increases for metros across the state range from two cents per gallon in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C. to as high as eight cents in Salisbury. Highest prices in the state can be found in Cumberland at $2.99 on average, one cent shy of the $3.00 per gallon mark.
CURRENT AND PAST GAS PRICE AVERAGES
Regular Unleaded Gasoline
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7/6/18 |
Week Ago |
Month Ago |
Year Ago |
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National |
$2.87 |
$2.85 |
$2.94 |
$2.24 |
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|
Maryland |
$2.82 |
$2.78 |
$2.92 |
$2.22 |
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|
Annapolis |
$2.77 |
$2.73 |
$2.88 |
$2.19 |
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|
Baltimore |
$2.79 |
$2.75 |
$2.90 |
$2.20 |
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|
Cumberland |
$2.99 |
$2.94 |
$2.94 |
$2.36 |
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|
Frederick |
$2.81 |
$2.78 |
$2.90 |
$2.20 |
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|
Hagerstown |
$2.79 |
$2.77 |
$2.83 |
$2.30 |
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|
Salisbury |
$2.73 |
$2.65 |
$2.79 |
$2.12 |
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|
Washington Suburbs (MD only) |
$2.92 |
$2.90 |
$3.01 |
$2.29 |
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