{"id":213601,"date":"2026-03-31T21:22:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T21:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/213601\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T21:22:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T21:22:31","slug":"average-u-s-gas-prices-now-the-highest-since-2022-and-in-miami-theyre-even-higher-nbc-6-south-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/213601\/","title":{"rendered":"Average U.S. gas prices now the highest since 2022 \u2013 and in Miami, they\u2019re even higher \u2013 NBC 6 South Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>U.S.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcmiami.com\/tag\/oil-gas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">gas<\/a>\u00a0prices jumped past an average of $4 a gallon for the first time since 2022 as fuel prices continue to soar worldwide amid the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcmiami.com\/tag\/war-with-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Iran war<\/a>, and South Florida drivers are feeling the pain at the pump.<\/p>\n<p>According to motor club AAA, the national average for a gallon of regular gasoline is now $4.02 \u2014 over a dollar more than before the war began.<\/p>\n<p>In Miami on Tuesday, NBC6 saw a gas station off 42nd Street charging $4.25 a gallon, while another across the street was charging $4.23 \u2013 well above the national average.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDrivers throughout South Florida are feeling the ripple effects of the conflict in Middle East, particularly as they head out and fill up at the gas pump. NBC6&#8217;s Lena Salzbank reports\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>This is a direct consequence of oil tankers stuck in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has essentially shut down the all-important transit route since the war began. Iran targeted energy infrastructure throughout the region, and attacked a fully-loaded oil tanker off Dubai on Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p>The White House said that when the war is over, prices will go down.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We hear you, we see you. We are fully tracking this short-term fluctuation in oil and in diesel prices,&#8221; said Karoline Leavitt, the White House Press Secretary.<\/p>\n<p>Until the war ends, and the Strait reopens, the price of oil is expected to surge, causing hardship in a number of American industries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the end of the day, is this a new normal, or is there going to be a correction back to what people were used to?&#8221; Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said.<\/p>\n<p>The AAA said prices could climb even higher in the coming days, potentially crossing that $4 national average for the first time in years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"U.S.\u00a0gas\u00a0prices jumped past an average of $4 a gallon for the first time since 2022 as fuel prices&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":213602,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124,97530],"class_list":["post-213601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-oil-gas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213601","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=213601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}