Gasoline prices were an average $2.67 a gallon on Tuesday, up from $2.31 a month ago, according to AAA's Fuel Gauge Report.
Gasoline prices have fallen by about 4 cents a gallon since last week, to a nationwide average of $2.59, according to AAA's Fuel Gauge Report.
The average national price of gas rose over the last week to $2.98 a gallon, up from $2.90, according to AAA's Daily Fuel Gauge Report.
Prices have continued to climb since then, although more slowly, reaching a statewide average of $4.66 on Sunday, according to the AAA's daily fuel gauge report.
The price of gas on average in the United States was $3.96 earlier this month, up from $2.91 a gallon last summer, according to AAA's Daily Fuel Gauge Report.
In Rochester, consumers pay an average of $1.57 for a gallon of self-serve regular unleaded, down 11 cents from the peak of about $1.68 last month, according to AAA's Fuel Gauge Report.
Another gauge reported yesterday, the institute's index of new orders, rose to 56.8 in May from 56.4 in April, while the order backlog index posted its first growth in 17 months -- signaling rising demand for future services.
A day after Barack Obama was elected president, the average price for a gallon of gas in New York City went down, not up, falling 1.5 cents to $2.825 on Wednesday, according to the AAA's Fuel Gauge Report.
Prices at the pump increased by a fraction of a penny on Thursday, according to the AAA daily fuel gauge report, which reported that Americans paid an average of nearly $3.99 for a gallon of regular.
According to the AAA daily fuel gauge report, the national average price of a gallon of regular gasoline on Friday was just over $3.58, still only 5 cents higher than a week ago and 4 cents cheaper than a month ago.
