THE LYMES, CT — Drivers across the Lyme, Old Lyme and East Lyme area are paying prices that track close to the Connecticut average for a gallon of regular gasoline, as the state's price at the pump continues to run above both the national average and where it stood a year ago, according to the latest data from AAA and the U.S. Energy Information Administration, or EIA.
The average price for a gallon of regular gasoline in Connecticut was $4.142 as of August 25, according to AAA. That is up about 7.7 cents from a week ago, when the average stood at $4.066, but down about 6.2 cents from a month ago, when it was $4.204. Compared with a year ago, when Connecticut's average was $3.109, the current price is up roughly $1.03 a gallon.
Connecticut's average also remains higher than the nation's. The national average price for regular gasoline was $4.085 a gallon as of August 24, according to EIA. That puts Connecticut's price about 5.7 cents above the national figure.
EIA does not publish a price specifically for Connecticut, tracking the state instead as part of the New England region. That regional average, covering Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont, was $4.026 a gallon as of August 24, up about 8 cents from the previous week.
Local prices varied by town. No Lyme gas stations had a current regular-price report available on the crowdsourced tracking site at the time of publication. Old Lyme's station with current reports averaged $4.19 a gallon, about 4.8 cents above the statewide average. East Lyme's stations with current reports averaged $3.97 a gallon, about 17.2 cents below the statewide average.
Prices at individual stations varied. Below are the most recent regular gasoline prices reported for gas stations across the three towns. Not every station in the area had a current price report available at the time of publication, and Lyme itself had no gas stations listed on the tracking site used for this report.
Gas prices fluctuate frequently based on crude oil costs, refinery output and regional demand, and can vary by several cents from one station to the next even within the same town. Drivers can check current prices before filling up, as the figures above reflect reports at the time this article was published and may change.
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