AAA Texas: Weekend Gas Watch; New Records Set in Texas.Business Editors/Travel Writers HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 12, 2004 Texas motorists are paying record prices for gasoline gasoline or petrol, light, volatile mixture of hydrocarbons for use in the internal-combustion engine and as an organic solvent, obtained primarily by fractional distillation and "cracking" of petroleum, but also obtained from natural gas, by this week, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. AAA AAA: see American Automobile Association. (Triple A) A common single-cell battery used in a myriad of electronic devices of all variety. Like its double A (AA) cousin, it provides 1.5 volts of DC power. When used in series, the voltage is multiplied. Texas' Weekend Gas Watch. Currently, the Texas average for a gallon gallon: see English units of measurement. of regular self-serve gasoline is $1.606 -- nearly two cents more than last week's average, and a penny shy of a statewide record price of $1.616 set in March of last year. In San Antonio San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. , where motorists are paying the least, retail prices reached new highs this week to an average of $1.588 a gallon -- up two cents. Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, in Christianity Corpus Christi [Lat.,=body of Christ], feast of the Western Church, observed on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday (or on the following Sunday). , not Dallas Dallas, city (1990 pop. 1,006,877), seat of Dallas co., N Tex., on the Trinity River near the junction of its three forks; inc. 1871. The second largest Texas city, after Houston, and the eighth largest U.S. , tops the list this week with an average of $1.623 a gallon. It also showed the biggest gain of nearly three cents. "Four Texas cities either set new records with gas prices or matched previous record highs," said Rose Rougeau of AAA Texas. "The next two weeks could be uncertain with mostly downward pressure." AAA Texas' Weekend Gas Watch monitors the average price of gasoline at popular destinations for automobile trips. Average Daily Prices as of 12:01 AM, March 12, 2004:
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Area Current Change Record Price New Record
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Austin-
San Marcos $1.597 + 2.5 cents $1.580 (3/19/03) $1.598 (3/9/04)
Beaumont $1.594 + 1.2 cents $1.609 (3/18/03) $1.609 (3/9/04)
Corpus Christi $1.623 + 2.8 cents $1.590 (2/20/03) $1.625 (3/6/04)
Dallas $1.617 + 1.2 cents $1.666 (5/12/01)
Fort Worth $1.606 + 1.3 cents $1.660 (5/22/01)
Galveston - $1.594 + 2.2 cents $1.653 (5/16/01)
Texas City
Houston $1.595 + 2.2 cents $1.639 (5/12/01)
San Antonio $1.588 + 2.3 cents $1.582 (3/18/03) $1.588 (3/11/04)
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