{"id":307773,"date":"2026-06-15T11:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T11:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/307773\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T11:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T11:00:08","slug":"florida-gas-prices-falling-after-iran-deal-to-open-straight-of-hormuz-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/307773\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida gas prices falling after Iran deal to open Straight of Hormuz announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">SARASOTA, Fla. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysuncoast.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.mysuncoast.com\/\">WWSB<\/a>) &#8211; Florida gas prices are moving lower after rising 17 cents early last week, AAA is reporting. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Sunday\u2019s state average of $3.83 per gallon is 3 cents more than a week ago but 56 cents less than a month ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cCrude prices dropped overnight after the United States and Iran announced an agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz,\u201d said Mark Jenkins, spokesman for AAA \u2013 The Auto Club Group. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThis is an encouraging sign for drivers, as lower oil prices typically lead to lower prices at the pump. However, this remains a fluid situation, and it\u2019s unclear how quickly or how much gas prices may fall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Sunday night, crude oil traded around $80 per barrel, down about 5% from Friday\u2019s closing price of $84.88.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">When the U.S.-Iran conflict began, oil traded near $67 per barrel. As tensions escalated, crude eventually climbed to a high of $112.95 in early April. Florida\u2019s average price for gasoline rose from $2.91 per gallon to a high of $4.52.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Strait of Hormuz could reopen Friday, when the agreement is expected to be signed, but market conditions may take time to stabilize. Resuming shipping traffic and restoring confidence among insurers and global markets could take weeks or longer.<\/p>\n<p>Regional Prices<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Most expensive metro markets \u2013 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton ($4.04), Naples ($3.94), Fort Lauderdale ($3.92)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Least expensive metro markets \u2013 Pensacola ($3.52), Crestview-Fort Walton Beach ($3.63), Panama City ($3.68)<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WWSB. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) &#8211; Florida gas prices are moving lower after rising 17 cents early last week, AAA&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":307774,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[11246,28,30,29,4805,11566],"class_list":["post-307773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-aaa","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-gas","tag-prices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307773","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=307773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307773\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/307774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}