COLUMBUS – When it comes to gas prices, what goes down is sure to come up and that’s what happened Monday morning at stations across Columbus.
The average retail price for a gallon of regular gasoline was $2.14 in Monday’s survey from auto club AAA, the Oil Price Information Service and WEX Inc., a 15-cent increase over the price a week earlier, which dipped below $2 for the first time since March.
The price is still 42 cents lower than it was a month earlier.
Drops in crude oil and wholesale gasoline prices have continued to contribute to lower prices at the pump.
Ohio’s average gas price is up about 8 cents from a week ago, but 36 cents lower than the price a month ago.
The average price in Ohio heading into the workweek was $2.18.
Monday’s national average price was $2.21, compared with $2.23 a week ago and $2.34 at the same time last month.
This time last year, the state average was $2.66 and the national average was $2.76.