As of Wednesday, the price of regular unleaded gasoline averaged $3.27 across Iowa according to AAA. Prices fell 6 cents from last week’s price and are down 3 cents from a year ago. The national average on Wednesday was $3.55, up 1 cent from last week’s price. Retail diesel prices in Iowa fell 1 cent this week with a statewide average of $3.77. One year ago, diesel prices averaged $3.84 in Iowa. The current Iowa diesel price is 26 cents lower than the national average of $4.03.
According to gasbuddy.com, as of early Thursday morning the average price of unleaded gasoline in Fairfield was $3.20, $3.09 in Mt Pleasant, and $3.29 In Ottumwa.