{"id":205075,"date":"2026-03-05T05:04:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T05:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/205075\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T05:04:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T05:04:29","slug":"us-gas-prices-jump-11-cents-in-a-day-pushing-average-to-3-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/205075\/","title":{"rendered":"US gas prices jump 11 cents in a day, pushing average to $3.11"},"content":{"rendered":"

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) \u2014 Gas prices jumped a staggering 11 cents in just one day, according to data released by AAA.<\/p>\n

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The nationwide average for regular unleaded gas is $3.11 per gallon Tuesday, up from $3.00 the day before.<\/p>\n

Some of the largest hikes were in the Southeastern United States, which traditionally has the lowest prices.<\/p>\n

For example, Oklahoma, which has the cheapest gas nationwide, saw its average jump 15 cents in one day, from $2.47 to $2.62 per gallon.<\/p>\n

The West Coast, which historically has the highest prices, saw smaller increases.<\/p>\n

In Oregon, the price increased from $3.92 to $3.95 per gallon for regular unleaded, a 3-cent jump.<\/p>\n

Washington state, which has the third-highest prices in the country, saw gas rise just 1 cent, from $4.37 to $4.38 per gallon on average.<\/p>\n

California has the most expensive gas at $4.67 per gallon, a 2-cent increase from the day before.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unclear how much of the nationwide increase can be directly linked to the war in Iran.<\/p>\n

But ABC reported Monday<\/a> that crude oil prices surged past $70 per barrel, levels not seen since the summer driving season.<\/p>\n

In a Feb. 26 news release, AAA said seasonal increases were expected as refineries begin switching to summer-blend gasoline, which contains more expensive additives.<\/p>\n

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Upcoming spring break travel is also expected to contribute to seasonal increases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) \u2014 Gas prices jumped a staggering 11 cents in just one day, according to data…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":205076,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-205075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}