How gas prices have changed in Kentucky in the last week

Americans are experiencing the time of year when gasoline prices typically sit at annual lows, and this year is no different. Prices have remained about the same week-to-week as frigid temps and winter weather have kept Americans inside.

“The national average for gas will probably maintain this slow shuffle higher for the next week or two,” AAA spokesman Andrew Gross said in a statement Thursday.

A surplus of oil inventories and low demand have shielded Americans from higher prices at the pump even as conflict heats up in the Middle East—for now. But the arctic blast sweeping the nation has impacted some oil refineries, mildly impacting gas prices in some regions of the U.S., according to AAA. Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan have seen the largest weekly increases in average gas prices.

Stacker compiled statistics on gas prices in Kentucky. Gas prices are as of January 19.

Kentucky by the numbers
– Gas current price: $2.89
– Week change: +$0.08 (+2.8%)
– Year change: -$0.24 (-7.5%)
– Historical expensive gas price: $4.80 (6/11/22)

– Diesel current price: $3.70
– Week change: +$0.01 (+0.3%)
– Year change: -$0.76 (-16.9%)
– Historical expensive diesel price: $5.85 (6/20/22)

Metros with most expensive gas in Kentucky
#1. Lexington: $3.03
#2. Bowling Green: $2.99
#3. Louisville (KY only): $2.95
#4. Huntington-Ashland (KY only): $2.92
#5. Covington: $2.91
#6. Elizabethtown-Fort Knox: $2.79
#7. Hopkinsville: $2.76
#8. Henderson: $2.75
#9. Owensboro: $2.69

States with the most expensive gas
#1. Hawaii: $4.68
#2. California: $4.51
#3. Washington: $3.99

States with the least expensive gas
#1. Oklahoma: $2.60
#2. Kansas: $2.64
#3. Arkansas: $2.65

This story features writing by Dom DiFurio and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 50 states.