CLEVELAND — Editor's note: The video above is from a previous report on gas prices.
Gas prices continue to inch downward during peak summer travel season as Americans continue to change their normal driving habits amid record prices throughout the country.
According to AAA East Central's Gas Price Report, the average price for gas throughout Northeast Ohio is now 21 cents lower this week averaging $3.695 per gallon.
Below are Northeast Ohio gas price statistics provided by AAA.
- This week’s average prices: Northeast Ohio Average $3.695
- Average price during the week of August 1, 2022 $3.909
- Average price during the week of August 9, 2021 $2.977
Average prices of the unleaded self-service gasoline in various areas:
- $3.521 Alliance
- $3.532 Ashland
- $3.746 Ashtabula
- $3.982 Aurora
- $4.010 Chesterland
- $3.729 Cleveland
- $3.502 Elyria
- $3.757 Independence
- $3.445 Lorain
- $3.850 Lyndhurst
- $3.463 Massillon
- $3.768 Mentor
- $3.751 New Philadelphia
- $3.616 Niles
- $3.757 Norwalk
- $3.595 Oberlin
- $3.744 Parma
- $3.463 Ravenna
- $3.903 Solon
- $3.831 Willard
- $3.620 Youngstown
We're seeing this trend not only yield results in Northeast Ohio, but throughout the country. The national average for a gallon of gas fell to $4.05, 67 cents lower than one month ago.
According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), demand for gas dropped from 9.25 million barrels per day to 8.54 million barrels per day last week. This puts the rate at 1.24 million barrels less per day than last year and is in line with the numbers we saw during July 2020 when less people were on the road due to COVID-19 restrictions.
For more information and to check gas prices all the way from local to nationwide, visit GasPrices.AAA.com.
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