LYME, CT — Here's how prices at stations with current reports in Lyme, East Lyme and Old Lyme 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.
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.
No gas stations were found in Lyme. East Lyme's seven stations with current price reports averaged $4.11 a gallon for regular. That is about 13 cents below the Connecticut average from AAA and about 4 cents below both the New England average from the EIA and the national average. Two other East Lyme stations had no current regular price report. Old Lyme's two stations with current price reports averaged $4.32 a gallon for regular. That is about 8 cents above the Connecticut average from AAA and about 17 cents above both the New England average from the EIA and the national average. Three other Old Lyme stations had no current regular price report.
Here are the most recent regular gas prices reported at stations in East Lyme and Old Lyme. Stations without a current price report are not listed.
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.
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