{"id":454011,"date":"2026-10-02T06:06:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T06:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/454011\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T06:06:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T06:06:12","slug":"aaa-texas-records-most-expensive-september-ever-for-gasoline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/454011\/","title":{"rendered":"AAA: Texas records most expensive September ever for gasoline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<img width=\"640\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/GettyImages-1402118783-640x400.jpg\" class=\"object-cover wp-post-image\" alt=\"AAA: Texas records most expensive September ever for gasoline\" post-type=\"post\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tClose-up of unrecognizable white man purchasing gas at pump.\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>SAN ANTONIO (KTSA News) \u2014\u00a0Texas drivers just weathered the most expensive September at the pump in state history, as elevated crude oil prices and instability near the Strait of Hormuz kept fuel costs soaring throughout the month.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">According to AAA Texas, the statewide average for regular unleaded gasoline reached $3.94 per gallon last month, shattering the previous September record of $3.63 set back in 2012. While prices have edged down two cents over the past week, Lone Star State motorists are still paying $1.20 more per gallon than they did at this time last year.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">\u201cSeptember was a record-setting month at the pump for Texas drivers, with the statewide average for regular unleaded reaching its highest September level on record,\u201d said Daniel Armbruster, spokesperson for AAA Texas. \u201cWhile crude oil prices have recently eased back into the $90-per-barrel range, gasoline prices remain unusually high for this time of year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">The pain at the pump varies significantly depending on the metro area. Drivers in El Paso are taking the hardest hit, paying a state-high average of $4.34 per gallon. Meanwhile, motorists in the McAllen metro area are seeing the lowest prices in Texas at $3.74 per gallon.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\">Nationally, Americans are paying an average of $4.41 per gallon\u2014down seven cents from last week, but up $1.25 compared to a year ago.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\">While crude oil dropping back into the $90-per-barrel range could offer drivers some relief heading into autumn, AAA officials noted that the record spike remains seasonal.<\/p>\n<p>More about:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Close-up of unrecognizable white man purchasing gas at pump. SAN ANTONIO (KTSA News) \u2014\u00a0Texas drivers just weathered the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":454012,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[14106,82,84,83,3813,27],"class_list":["post-454011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-gasoline","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-september","tag-texas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=454011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}