November gas prices increase 9 cents, AAA says

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During the first 13 days of November, the average price of gasoline rose 9 cents to $2.56 a gallon amid strong consumer demand, according to the AAA.

“Compared to the first half of November last year, gas prices this November are on average 39-cents more expensive,” Jeanette Casselano, AAA spokesperson, said. “However, while November gas prices have come in like a lion, AAA expects them to go out like a lamb.”

Gas pump price changes were in the single digits everywhere but four states. In Alaska and Florida, prices rose 12 cents and 13 cents while in Indiana they decreased 13 cents and Ohio they fell 10 cents.

The West Coast continues to have the nation’s most expensive prices, with prices between $2.74 and $3.24 a gallon.

This is followed by the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. Prices in the region were most expensive in Pennsylvania, at $2.79 a gallon, and least expensive in Virginia at $2.32.

Many of the states in the Rockies, Great Lakes, Midwest and South and Southeast saw prices decline.

The nation’s cheapest prices could be found in Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas with prices between $2.26 and $2.35 a gallon.

Strong demand this month has caused gasoline inventories to fall by 3.3 million barrels, according to the Energy Information Administration.