National Gas Price Average Breaks $5/Gallon; Arkansas Breaks New Records

Monday, June 13, 2022 at 1:31 PM

By Coleman Smith

Gas prices are at all time highs and continue climbing.

Gas prices have continued to climb over the weekend with the National average reaching $5.00 a gallon for the first time in the nearly 20 years that AAA has recorded average gas prices. Today’s national average is $5.014.

Arkansas’s average has climbed to $4.54. Boone county’s average sits at $4.67, Carroll County is at $4.71, Marion at 4.60 and Newton County has the highest average in Northern Arkansas counties at $4.82.

The Cheapest gas in Harrison according to Gas Buddy is at $4.47.

The county with the highest average price is Montgomery County in the Fort Smith area which sits at $4.872. The lowest average in the state is in Van Buren County at $4.399.

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