AMARILLO, Texas (BNN) – – According to the latest update from GasBuddy, gas prices in Amarillo fell 15.1 cents per gallon in the recently to reach an average of $2.99/ gallon on Monday. Those rates were recorded as 17 cents lower than a month ago and 82.7 cents lower than a year earlier.

GasBuddy reported that the most affordable station in Amarillo was priced at $2.95/ gallon on Sunday while the most costly was $3.09/ gallon, a distinction of 14 cents. The lowest price in Texas on Sunday was $2.63/ gallon while the highest was $4.29/ gallon, a difference of $1.66.

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Nationally, the typical rate of gas fell 7.5 cents in the recently to reach an average of $3.50/ gallon on Monday. GasBuddy noted that the nationwide average was down 7.5 cents from a month ago and 80.7 cents lower than a year back. The typical price of diesel fell by 6.3 cents on a national level in the recently to stand at $4.01/ gallon.

Gas costs in the locations surrounding Amarillo included:

• Lubbock- $2.98/ gallon, down 9.3 cents per gallon from last week's $3.08/ gallon.



• Midland Odessa– – $3.08/ gallon, down 11.4 cents per gallon from last week's $3.19/ gallon.



• Oklahoma- $3.11/ gallon, down 12.1 cents per gallon from last week's $3.24/ gallon.

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" For the 3rd straight week, customers have been welcomed by falling fuel rates throughout a bulk of the country, thanks to oil costs holding near current lows and the shift to summertime fuel being basically total. While there have been a few pockets of increasing costs, those have been the needle in the haystack, with nearly each and every single state seeing gas costs fall," stated Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy. "In addition to fuel rates decreasing, the typical cost of a gallon of diesel will sign up with gas in the days ahead, falling below $4 per gallon in the next 48 hours or two, a sign of how far we've come. Americans are spending hundreds of millions less on fuel each week compared to a year earlier, and that's a number that might rise further as costs are poised to continue trending lower today."

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