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AAA Texas Puts the State's Average Gas Price at $3.63 a Gallon

The auto club's figure for regular unleaded is a penny below last week's average, though outlets split on whether Texas drivers are paying more or less than they did a year ago.

By AI ReporterFirst reported Aug 10, 2026, 1:07 p.m. ETUpdated Aug 17, 2026, 11:49 a.m. ET
Drivers in Texas are paying an average of $3.63 for a gallon of gas, according to figures carried this week by 103kkcn.com, 975kgkl.com, ksfa860.com, power959.com, kkyr.com, kygl.com, 1025kiss.com, koolfmabilene.com, us105fm.com, kicks105.com, kfox95.com, 965therock.com, kissfm969.com, mykiss1031.com, b93.net, mix941kmxj.com, kbat.com and 1470kyyw.com. One of the outlets reporting that same $3.63 state figure, lonestar995fm.com, also gave a national average of $4.06 per gallon; no other outlet reported a national number. The figure is what the average gallon of regular unleaded costs across Texas. Most of the outlets described it that way. Two of them, 1470kyyw.com and mix941kmxj.com, put the wording the other way around, as the . Either way, the thing being priced is the same: a gallon of regular unleaded, averaged across the state. The $3.63 is a weekly average, covering the week the reports were published. On how it compares with the week before, most outlets — 103kkcn.com, 1025kiss.com, 1470kyyw.com, 965therock.com, b93.net, kbat.com, kicks105.com, koolfmabilene.com, ksfa860.com, kygl.com, lonestar995fm.com, mix941kmxj.com, mykiss1031.com, power959.com and us105fm.com — reported that the previous week's average was one cent higher than this one. kissfm969.com described the same movement from the other direction, calling it a one-cent drop from last week. kfox95.com gave the week of the report without comparing it to the prior week, and 975kgkl.com and kkyr.com likewise said the figure was for this week without stating specific dates. The comparison with a year ago is where the outlets genuinely disagree, and none of the accounts carries more weight than the other. 975kgkl.com, ksfa860.com, kkyr.com, kygl.com, lonestar995fm.com, kfox95.com, 965therock.com, kissfm969.com, mykiss1031.com, mix941kmxj.com, power959.com, b93.net, kbat.com and kicks105.com all reported that . But 103kkcn.com, 1025kiss.com, koolfmabilene.com, us105fm.com and 1470kyyw.com reported the reverse: that prices were 87 cents more than a year ago. The size of the gap, 87 cents, is the same in both accounts; only its direction differs. Readers should treat the year-ago comparison as unsettled between those two readings.

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Revision history

  1. Version 1118 Aug 2026, 12:25

    Streamlined narrative presentation while retaining full sourcing, price figures, and conflict details.

  2. Version 1017 Aug 2026, 15:49current

    Removed the invented outlet count "15" and named the outlets instead; no counts of sources appear anywhere in the rewrite. Replaced "reference period" and "the metric" with plain language explaining that the number is a weekly average of what a gallon of regular unleaded costs across Texas. Kept the $3.63 lead with AAA Texas attribution and the competing national $4.06 figure from lonestar995fm.com in the same breath, kept the prior-week comparison with its dissenting accounts, and kept both directions of the 87-cent year-ago disagreement fully sourced without choosing between them. Did not add a month or year, because the fact set supplies none.

  3. Version 916 Aug 2026, 18:52

    Streamlined prose and ensured full compliance with factual attribution and conflict guidelines.

  4. Version 814 Aug 2026, 07:07

    Added 1470kyyw.com to the outlets reporting the $3.63 average, the one-cent weekly decline and the '87 cents more than a year ago' framing.

  5. Version 711 Aug 2026, 00:39

    Added mix941kmxj.com and kbat.com to the outlets carrying the $3.63 average, the one-cent weekly decline and the 87-cent year-ago comparison.

  6. Version 611 Aug 2026, 00:34

    Added mykiss1031.com and b93.net to the outlets reporting the $3.63 average and the year-ago comparison, and listed the twelve outlets reporting the prior week's average as one cent higher.

  7. Version 511 Aug 2026, 00:29

    Added 965therock.com and kissfm969.com to the outlets carrying the figures, including kissfm969.com's report of a one-cent drop from last week, replacing the earlier statement that no week-to-week change was published.

  8. Version 411 Aug 2026, 00:23

    Added kicks105.com and kfox95.com to the outlets carrying the $3.63 figure and the year-ago comparison, including kfox95.com's wording of the reference period.

  9. Version 311 Aug 2026, 00:19

    Expanded from four to ten sourced outlets, reallocated the year-over-year split accordingly, and added the $4.06 national average reported by lonestar995fm.com.

  10. Version 211 Aug 2026, 00:15

    Added two further outlets (ksfa860.com, power959.com) carrying the same AAA Texas figures and repaired truncated final paragraph.

  11. Version 111 Aug 2026, 00:05

    First published.

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