Durham & Middlefield Gas Prices: How Local Pumps Compare As State Average Falls

DURHAM, CT — Here's how prices at stations with current reports in Durham and Middlefield compare with state and national averages, which continued to drop this week, according to AAA and the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

The average price for a gallon of regular gasoline in Connecticut was $4.24 on Tuesday, according to AAA. That is down about 5 cents from $4.29 a week ago and down about 22 cents from $4.46 a month ago. Compared with a year ago, when the state average was $3.04, drivers are paying about $1.20 more per gallon.

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The Connecticut average is about 9 cents higher than the national average of $4.15 a gallon for regular gasoline, according to the latest weekly data from the EIA, released Nov. 3 and reflecting prices as of Nov. 2. The national average fell about 12 cents from $4.27 the previous week.

The EIA does not track Connecticut prices individually. It reports them as part of its New England region, where regular gasoline averaged $4.15 a gallon as of Nov. 2, down about 5 cents from the week before.

Durham's three stations with current price reports averaged $4.46 a gallon for regular. That is about 22 cents above the Connecticut average from AAA and about 31 cents above both the New England average from the EIA and the national average. One other Durham station had no current regular price report. Middlefield's one station with a current price report charged $4.29 a gallon for regular. That is about 5 cents above the Connecticut average from AAA and about 14 cents above both the New England average from the EIA and the national average.

Here are the most recent regular gas prices reported at stations in Durham and Middlefield. Stations without a current price report are not listed.

• Exxon (Durham), 24 Main St.: $4.29
• Valero (Durham), 384 Main St.: $4.29
• Rabbie (Middlefield), 208 Main: $4.29
• Mobil (Durham), 349 Main: $4.79

Gas prices can change several times a week and may vary between stations in the same town. The figures above reflect the most recent reports available at the time of publication.

Sources: AAA; EIA; station prices from a crowdsourced fuel-price tracking site.