THE CENTER SQUARE—Easter holiday weekend gas prices in North Carolina, on average for a gallon of unleaded regular, are 30 cents below the national average of $3.16.
County averages of $2.92 to $3.16 are sprinkled from the mountains to the coastal plains. Those locales are outnumbered by lower prices to generate the state’s $2.86 norm that includes 15 counties east of Raleigh with averages between $2.62 and $2.78, according to analysis by the American Automobile Association.
Diesel average is $3.47 statewide.
By comparison, unleaded is down from $3.37 a year ago and up from $2.75 a month ago; diesel is down from $3.96 a year ago and the same as one month ago.
At the turn of the calendar new year, the statewide average was $2.86, and the national average was $3.04.
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