NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Gas prices in Kansas are somewhere they haven't been in several months.
"If you're heading out on a holiday trip, you definitely have something to be thankful for this year," said Shawn Steward with AAA Kansas. "Gas prices in Kansas are now under $3 a gallon, right at $2.99. It's the first time we've been sub $3 since this past January. We're down 39 cents in the past month and down 30 cents from where we were a year ago."
Kansas currently has the 12th lowest average gas price in the nation.
"Crude oil has been pretty stable," Steward said. "The last week or so, we're at the $77 range, in terms of the per barrel price of crude oil. There really hasn't been any volatility that we thought might happen with things happening in the Middle East."
Area counties are on either side of the state average as of Wednesday.
Reno: $2.94
McPherson: $2.76
Harvey: $3.00
Sedgwick: $3.00
Kingman: $3.03
Pratt: $3.20
Stafford: $3.10
Rice: $3.19
"Demand typically falls this time of year, with the exception of holiday travel weekends," Steward said. "As we get into colder months, the demand drops, because fewer people are out driving, especially as we get winter weather."
The Kansas average is generally 30 to 35 cents less than the national average this time of year.
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