Where Can You Find the Cheapest Gas in Walpole?

By LIZ TAURASI (Patch Staff)

It may be fall and along with the dip in temperatures, gas prices have also dipped. In fact, you can now get gas for around $2 a gallon.

AAA Northeast issued its October, 2015 gas report Monday, breaking down how low prices are across the country and in the report says more than one in five gas stations in the United States (21 percent) are selling gas for less than $2 a gallon as of Monday, Oct. 5.

Additionally, AAA says the average gas prices last week dropped below $3 per gallon in every state for the first time since June 2009.

Where can you get the cheapest gallon of gas at the pumps in Walpole?

• Find the lowest in your area at gasbuddy.com.

Here’s what else was in the report:

• The national average price of gas in September was $2.34 per gallon, which was the lowest monthly average since February 2015. By comparison, the average price of gas in September 2014 was $3.39 per gallon. AAA estimates that American consumers are spending nearly $350 million less on gasoline per day compared to a year ago.

• Oil prices have dropped in recent months due to abundant oil production and a weaker global economy, particularly in China. China is the world’s largest oil importer, and the downturn in its economy has raised questions about the country’s future oil demand. Oil supplies also remain abundant in the United States with commercial stocks about 28 percent higher than a year ago.

• Despite a bearish sentiment prevailing in the oil market, gas prices remain relatively high compared to the cost of crude oil, in part due to record-high levels of driving this year. Total U.S. driving topped 1.82 trillion miles during the first seven months of the year, beating the previous record of 1.77 trillion set during the first seven months of 2007, according to the latest estimates by the Federal Highway Administration. Driving is expected to remain relatively high through the end of the year, which means 2015 could go down as the busiest driving year of all time.

• This autumn’s refinery maintenance season is expected to be heavier than in years past because refineries ran at such high rates during the summer. Retail averages in some regions temporarily could rise during this maintenance period, yet we would expect prices in most areas to remain relatively low compared to recent years.