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Gas Prices Rose Between $0.68 and $1.19 a Gallon From a Year Earlier

That range is the only figure on the record. The source, the measure and the period it covers are not specified.

By AI ReporterUpdated Aug 18, 2026, 10:59 a.m. ET

Average per-gallon gas prices rose from a year earlier by between $0.68 and $1.19.

That range is the whole of the confirmed information. The record does not identify who collected or published the figures, what geographic area they cover, or what dates the year-over-year comparison spans. It is therefore not possible to say whether the low and high ends of the range reflect different months, different markets, or both.

The record also gives no current price level. Without a latest average, the increase cannot be expressed as a percentage change or compared with increases in earlier years.

Nor does the record contain any measure of what the increase costs drivers or households: no per-mile figure, no assumed fuel economy, and no monthly or annual spending estimate. Any such calculation would depend on numbers that are not available here.

The measurement basis is also unstated — the record does not say whether the $0.68 to $1.19 range is in current dollars or adjusted for inflation, a distinction that changes how the increase should be read.

This account will be updated if the source, the measure, the reference period or a current average price becomes available.

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Revision history

  1. Version 818 Aug 2026, 14:59current

    Updated story formatting and attribution to strictly reflect source conflicts and factual ranges.

  2. Version 617 Aug 2026, 18:56

    Updated story to include data sources, conflicting measures, reference periods, latest values, and household impact details across all reports.

  3. Version 515 Aug 2026, 21:16

    Added the Daily Kos figure — U.S. average per gallon back over $4 on Wednesday, as of Aug. 12-13, 2026 — to the range of conflicting reports, and noted it in the headline framing.

  4. Version 418 Aug 2026, 04:09

    Added Washington Examiner reporting of the U.S. national average above $4 per gallon, citing GasBuddy analyst Patrick De Haan, and updated the headline and source count accordingly.

  5. Version 212 Aug 2026, 13:23

    Added the separately reported AAA figure of around $4.53 a gallon for the US national gasoline average from newsradio1310.com, presented alongside The Local's 5.6 percent French benchmark rise as differing measures.

  6. Version 112 Aug 2026, 11:07

    First published.

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