Gasoline prices in Oklahoma fall below an average of $3 per gallon

For the first time in months, the average price of gasoline in Oklahoma fell below $3 a gallon this week.

According to AAA, the new national average price is $2.99 ​​per gallon, four cents less than a week ago and 13 cents less than a month ago.

According to AAA, the national average price fell one cent last week to $3.44 per gallon.

Tulsa has the lowest city average at $2.81 per gallon, ten cents less than a week ago and 38 cents cheaper than a month ago.

In Oklahoma City, the average price fell four cents to $3.01 per gallon last week, compared to $3.09 a month ago.

In Lawton, the average price is $3 per gallon, up 4 cents over the past week.

GasBuddy.com reported that the lowest price in Muskogee was $2.62 per gallon.

However, AAA reported that the price is highest in Coal County in southeastern Oklahoma at $3.47 per gallon, while neighboring Hughes County averages $3.32 per gallon.

In the southwest, the average price is $3.35 in Greer County. But northwest Oklahoma has the most high prices – $3.44 in Ellis County, $3.30 in Dewey County, $3.22 in Woods County, $3.20 in Harper and Alfalfa Counties, and $3.15 in Beaver County.

The new average in Oklahoma is $2.99, compared to $3.40 in Colorado, $3.22 in New Mexico, $3.02 in Texas, $3.08 in Arkansas and $3.12 in Missouri.

AAA spokesman Andrew Gross said gasoline prices “have barely budged” despite the impending end of summer. He said hurricane season is still ongoing and “it's too early to say that pump prices have begun their usual fall slump.”