{"id":200045,"date":"2026-03-21T04:16:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T04:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/200045\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T04:16:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T04:16:07","slug":"spring-equinox-brings-higher-gas-prices-to-apopka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/200045\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring equinox brings higher gas prices to Apopka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the temperature starts climbing from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theapopkachief.com\/apopka-bands-together-during-freezing-temperatures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">an unusually chilly winter<\/a>, the average national\u00a0and state gas prices have climbed with it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the Spring equinox ushering\u00a0in warmer weather and more time on the road, gas prices are trending upward alongside seasonal demand,\u201d said a March 19\u00a0news release from AAA. \u201cLast week\u2019s announcement by the White House to release 172 million barrels of oil from its strategic reserves over four months has no immediate relief on the oil market as the price of a barrel of crude continues to climb.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Friday\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/state-gas-price-averages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">average national gas price<\/a>\u00a0was\u00a0$3.912, slightly lower than\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/?state=FL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Florida\u2019s average of $3.950<\/a>.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/?state=FL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Last week\u2019s average<\/a>\u00a0in Florida\u00a0was approximately 23 cents lower at $3.716.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gasbuddy.com\/home?search=apopka&amp;fuel=1&amp;method=all&amp;maxAge=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">gasbuddy.com<\/a>, prices in Apopka range from around $3.79 to $3.99 per gallon.\u00a0Stations offering the $3.79 price include the Mobil at 454 E Main St. and the Sam\u2019s Club at 1500 S Orange Blossom Trail.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Florida\u2019s average gas price\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gasbuddy.com\/usa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">ranks<\/a>\u00a011th in the nation, with California at $5.658 and Oklahoma charging $3.214.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the temperature starts climbing from\u00a0an unusually chilly winter, the average national\u00a0and state gas prices have climbed with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":200046,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[139,141,140],"class_list":["post-200045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}