The average price of gas in Mississippi is up this morning for the 25th day in a row. But the increases have been getting smaller. AAA says the latest hike in the statewide average price was one cent and yesterday’s increase was less than a penny. We’re now at $3.56 a gallon.
Since prices started climbing at the end of February, they’ve gone up an average of $1.03, a little over four cents a day. But in the past seven days, those daily increases have averaged closer to two cents a gallon. (Mar. 18: +3.6 cents, Mar. 19: +4.5 cents, Mar. 20 +2.5 cents, Mar. 21 +1.7 cents, Mar. 22 + 1.5 cents, Mar. 23 + .7 cent and Mar. 24 + 1 cent)
Locally, drivers can still fill up for less in Leake County which, according to AAA, has the state’s lowest countywide average price, slightly less than $3.43. Compare that with Holmes County, which has the ninth-highest countywide average at $3.66. Attala County isn’t far behind at $3.64. The countywide average price in Neshoba County is just under $3.51.
