Gas prices approach highest level this year with just weeks to go before midterms
U.S. gas prices approached their highest level of the year Friday, after the national average rose another 3 cents overnight.
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The nationwide average price is currently $4.46 per gallon. Friday’s price sits just 10 cents below the highest level hit earlier this year, on May 21, when the national average was $4.56 per gallon.
Gas prices are also once again within striking distance of their all-time highest level of $5.01, which was hit in June 2022, after Russia invaded Ukraine.
Already, at least six states have average gas prices above $5. California has the highest in the nation, at $6.11 per gallon. A handful of other states, such as Michigan, Utah, and Illinois were on the cusp of hitting $5 Friday.
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Gas prices overall have risen 50% nationwide since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28.
At the same time, the price of diesel has been registering new daily all-time highs since it first breached $6 per gallon on Sept. 11.
The national average diesel price was $6.44 on Friday, after rising five cents overnight. The price-per-gallon of the commercial fuel has risen 71% since the start of the Iran war.
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