AAA Texas: Weekend Gas Watch; Pump Prices Climb Higher.IRVING, Texas Irving (pronounced 'er-ving') is a city located in the U.S. state of Texas within Dallas County. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, the city population was 191,615; the 2006 estimate was 201,927 according to the North Central Texas Council of Governments, and 196,084 according to -- After two consecutive weeks of decreases, gas price averages in some Texas cities climbed slightly higher 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. In Texas, the current average is $2.135 a gallon gallon: see English units of measurement. -- less than a penny increase. The current average is 45.3 cents higher than last year's average price of $1.682 a gallon. 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). has the lowest average at $2.062 a gallon -- down almost two cents. 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. has the highest average at 2.161 -- up nearly a penny. "Motorists can expect the statewide 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 average to remain above $2 a gallon for the next several weeks," said Rose Rougeau, spokesperson for AAA Texas. "Whether prices will increase to new record levels near Memorial Day, remain about where they are now, or fall below $2 a gallon is uncertain due to the volatile price of oil." The national average for regular self-serve gasoline is $2.234 a gallon -- up nearly two cents. AAA Texas' Weekend Gas Watch monitors the average price of gasoline at popular destinations for automobile trips. Average Daily Prices as of 12:01 A.M., April 29, 2005:
Last
Week's Weekly New Record 2004
Area Current Average Change Price Average
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National $2.234 $2.218 +1.6 cents $2.276 (4/11/05) $1.807
State $2.135 $2.128 +0.7 cent $2.175 (4/11/05) $1.682
Austin-San Marcos $2.121 $2.119 +0.2 cent $2.159 (4/11/05) $1.658
Beaumont $2.102 $2.082 +2.0 cents $2.140 (4/09/05) $1.643
Corpus Christi $2.062 $2.077 -1.5 cents $2.173 (4/09/05) $1.656
Dallas $2.161 $2.154 +0.7 cent $2.180 (4/09/05) $1.694
Ft. Worth $2.144 $2.145 -0.1 cent $2.176 (4/11/05) $1.682
Galveston-
Texas City $2.112 $2.118 -0.6 cent $2.159 (4/11/05) $1.676
Houston $2.111 $2.108 +0.3 cent $2.154 (4/09/05) $1.668
San Antonio $2.092 $2.090 +0.2 cent $2.151 (4/11/05) $1.649
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