Gas Spikes to Nearly $7 in Florida – By Anna Skinner (Newsweek) / Aug 22, 2023
Gas prices jumped steeply on Monday in southeast Florida, putting the price well above the national average.
The national average price for a gallon of regular gasoline jumped by 5 cents since last week, according to data from the American Automobile Association (AAA). The leap puts the average for a gallon of regular gasoline at $3.85 cents. Although gas prices are trending higher, 2023 prices are still below last year, when gas remained above $4 per gallon for much of the year.
An ongoing rise in gasoline prices could signal worsening inflation, although severe weather also can have an impact. The national average isn’t indicative of the prices at each gas station though, and some stations have priced gas at astonishingly high prices.
On Monday, a Shell station in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, had priced a gallon of premium gas at nearly $7, local news channel CBS12 reported. The gas station priced a gallon of premium gas at $6.49, well above the local average of $4.69. Even unleaded gasoline was more than a dollar higher per gallon at $4.99 than the national average.
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