Gasoline prices in Denver continued to fall last week while prices nationwide were climbing.
The cost of a gallon of gasoline in Denver on Sunday averaged $3.11 a gallon, while nationally the cost was $3.21 a gallon.
The price of a gallon fell 3.1 cents in Denver during the week while it rose 1.6 cents a gallon nationally, according to
The prices in Denver on Sunday were 23.8 cents a gallon lower than the same day one year ago and 19.9 cents a gallon lower than a month ago.
“Surprisingly, the decreases we’ve seen in the national average have all but dried up,” said Patrick DeHaan, senior petroleum analyst for GasBuddy.com.
“I admit, it’s a bit of a head scratcher to have seen wholesale gasoline prices perk up last week, and it’s a bit premature to say we’ve seen the end of decreases in gas prices for the time being,” said DeHaan.
He said that 2013 has seen trends in gasoline prices not seen in other years.
“I’m hopeful that an uptick in the national average is merely temporary, but then again, this year has featured trends in prices that have all been earlier than expected,” said DeHaan.
GasBuddy operates and more than 250 websites that track gasoline prices in more than 140,000 gasoline stations in the United states and Canada.
Howard Pankratz: 303-954-1939, hpankratz@denverpost.com or twitter.com/howardpankratz
