Gas Price Trends
Are gas prices going up or down? What’s below is computed fresh from our daily AAA snapshots (latest 9/7/26, 94 days of history) — no forecasts, no speculation about causes, just what the numbers did.
This week’s fastest movers
Rising fastest (7 days)
| State | Now | 7-day |
|---|---|---|
| Delaware | $4.16 | +0.22 |
| Washington | $5.51 | +0.20 |
| New Jersey | $4.27 | +0.18 |
| Oregon | $5.02 | +0.18 |
| California | $5.86 | +0.17 |
Longest current streaks
Biggest 30-day moves
Largest change over 30 days
| State | Now | 30-day |
|---|---|---|
| Washington | $5.51 | +0.39 |
| Oregon | $5.02 | +0.36 |
| Idaho | $4.63 | +0.27 |
| Rhode Island | $4.25 | +0.27 |
| Alaska | $5.03 | +0.26 |
The spread right now
About this page
Movers are the change in each state’s AAA regular average vs 7 and 30 snapshots ago; streaks count consecutive daily rises or falls through the latest snapshot. We publish what moved, not why — for supply-and-demand context, EIA’s This Week in Petroleum is the standard reference.
Want the raw numbers? Every daily snapshot we’ve collected is downloadable: download the full history (CSV) — one row per state per day, all four grades, free to use with attribution to AAA (source) and Gasolytics (collection).
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