After a brief break from rising gas prices and with the unofficial start of summer vacations nearing, Wiregrass area motorists are once again experiencing sticker shock at the gas pump as prices now average more than $4 a gallon.
On Monday, according to the AAA daily gas price monitor, the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gas in Dothan was $4.09, up 17 cents from an average of $3.92 in one week. Dothan’s average price is the second highest among Alabama metro areas, just behind a $4.13 price in the area near the Gulf Coast. The lowest metro price in the state is Decatur at $3.95 a gallon followed by Tuscaloosa at $3.98, Huntsville and Birmingham at $4.01, and the Montgomery and Auburn-Opelika areas at $4.
Dothan’s average gallon price in early April was $3.93, and last year at this time it was $2.76. AAA records show the highest gas prices in Dothan this year was on March 11 with an average of $4.19. Across the Wiregrass counties, AAA shows the lowest average price for regular unleaded can be found in Pike County at $4.02 a gallon and the highest in Geneva County at $4.13. In between the high and low counties are Coffee at $4.04, Dale and Henry at $4.07, Houston at $4.08, Covington at $4.09 and Barbour at $4.10.
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