Statewide Iowa — As temperatures gradually rise in Iowa during springtime, so do gasoline prices. Rose White, spokeswoman for Triple-A-Iowa, says motorists across the state are shelling out more to fill the tank than they did a month ago.
With winter behind us, Iowans are driving more and that’s driving up demand — and prices at the pump.
Sometimes it pays to shop around for gas, as the price varies about 15-cents a gallon from one end of the state to the other.
The statewide average of two-56 a gallon is five cents cheaper than the national average. Triple-A says the nation’s least expensive markets are Utah and Alabama at $2.34, while the highest state average is in California where motorists are paying $3.43 a gallon. Here in northwest Iowa, as of Tuesday afternoon prices were within a few cents of $2.45 per gallon
