Hawaii gas prices drop again, though remain above $4 gallon
Advertiser Staff
Statewide gasoline prices have declined for a 10th week, though Hawai'i remains only one of two states in the country where a gallon of regular costs more than $4.
Figures from AAA's Weekend Gas Watch shows the price dropped 7 cents in the latest week to $4.208 a gallon.
"This marks the tenth week of gasoline price reductions," said AAA Hawaii Regional Manager Richard Velazquez in a press statement.
"The declines this week were more than the few cents a week that we saw previously over the past two months."
Prices have also been coming down nationwide, with the national average falling to $3.576.
Stations in Honolulu charged an average of $4.087, or 8 cents less than a week earlier.
The average price was $4.51 in Wailuku, or 7 cents less; while Hilo's price was $4.24. That was 9 cents a gallon lower than a week earlier.
AAA gets its data from a service that monitors fleet vehicle credit card transactions. The service does not monitor prices on Kaua'i.
The only state with higher gasoline prices was Alaska, where a gallon of regular averaged $4.23.