More than 2.4 million Michiganders are expected to travel by car for Fourth of July celebrations this year, and many will be paying more for gas than they did over the holiday weekend last year.
According to AAA, Michigan gas prices went up an average of 9 cents since last week, with a gallon of unleaded fuel costing an average of $4.10. That’s nearly a dollar more than the state’s average cost per gallon over Independence Day weekend last year, which hovered around $3.17.
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Motorists in Michigan are paying around $62 for a full 15-gallon tank of gas, or $11 more than the highest rate recorded in August of last year.
Still, the state’s current average is still roughly 42 cents less than this time last month.
In Metro Detroit, gas prices increased only slightly over the past week to $4.14 — or about two cents more than last week’s average and 86 cents more than the same time last year.
The most expensive averages reported by AAA were in Ann Arbor ($4.16), Metro Detroit ($4.14), Jackson ($4.12), with the least expensive averages reported in Marquette ($3.72), Traverse City ($3.98), and Flint ($4.04).
In Metro Detroit, the current average is around 13 cents less than last week, but still 83 cents more than this time last year.
Domestic gasoline supply decreased from 215.1 million barrels to 214.2 million, according to new data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), while gasoline demand increased from 8.73 million barrels per day to 9.21 million.
Daily national, state, and metro gas price averages can be found at Gasprices.aaa.com.