It’s Labor Day weekend and just in time for the holiday - inflated gas prices.
AAA Mid-Atlantic says Hurricane Harvey’s impact on gas prices in Delaware and the entire Tri-State area are becoming evident.
AAA spokesman Ken Grant says the national average could climb up to $2.50 per gallon as a result of Harvey; the last time the average reached that high was on August 28, 2015.
Grant says while no one likes higher gas prices, the news is not as bad as it seems.
“The good news is that this summer was actually much milder than we expected thanks to just an overstock of crude oil supplies throughout the summer that was unexpected," said Grant. "We broke a few of the rules. We normally would have seen gasoline prices increase much earlier in the season, shortly around Memorial Day or so. This year, it seemed to hold off for a couple of extra months. So, what we’re feeling now quite frankly, we should have felt a few months ago.
Delaware has seen some of the largest increases locally. A gallon of regular is averaging $2.30 Thursday, up five cents overnight and up nine cents over the past week.
In Pennsylvania Thursday, gas is, averaging $2.58, up three cents overnight and up four cents in the past week.
And for New Jersey residents, gas Thursday is averaging $2.41, up two cents overnight and up four cents in the last week.
