Overview
- AAA reported a roughly 25-cent weekly decline in Michigan gas averages, with the statewide price at $4.38 per gallon on Monday, June 1.
- The national average stood at $4.32 per gallon, leaving Michigan slightly above the U.S. average.
- Despite the recent pullback, Michigan prices remain about $1.28 per gallon higher than this time last year and are at four-year highs.
- Local variation is notable, with Traverse City ($4.48), Ann Arbor ($4.43) and Benton Harbor ($4.42) at the top and Flint ($4.15), Lansing ($4.19) and Marquette ($4.22) at the bottom.
- AAA cautioned that the relief could be short lived, motorists face roughly $66 to fill a 15-gallon tank at current averages, and summer travel or changing oil-market news could reverse the decline quickly.