Gas prices up 11 more cents in one day in Orleans County

Another day, another jump in gas prices in Orleans County.

AAA is reporting the average price for regular unleaded in Orleans County jumped 11 cents since yesterday, from $3.376 to $3.482 today. That followed a 7-cent increase from Monday to Tuesday, putting the total at 18 cents over two days.

The 11-cent increase since Tuesday was the largest in Western New York, where most counties saw 2 to 4 cent increases. In Genesee County, it dropped 4.5 cents to $3.428.

The national price was up an average of 4 cents in one day to $3.578 today, while the state average also increased 4 cents to $3.506. The average price of gas is up 20 percent since the start of the war in Iran on Feb. 28. The average price of gas nationally has risen every day the past 11 days.

In New York, the average price for diesel is at $4.969, up from $4.895 the previous day and $4.144 a week ago.

The state-wide average for unleaded was $3.105 a week ago and $2.994 a month ago. That is a 40-cent increase over the past week and 52 cents since a month ago, according to AAA.

The highest recorded average price was $5.041 on June 14, 2022 with diesel’s high of $6.542 on May 19, 2022. This was a time when oil and energy supplies were disrupted at beginning Russian-Ukraine war. In a few weeks during that war, gas prices shot up 50 percent from $3.50 a gallon to just over $5.