AAA Texas: Weekend Gas Watch; Record Weekly Pump Increases.HOUSTON Houston, city (1990 pop. 1,630,553), seat of Harris co., SE Tex., a deepwater port on the Houston Ship Channel; inc. 1837. Economy The fourth largest city in the nation and the largest in the entire South and Southwest, Houston is a port of entry; -- 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 prices raced to new records every day this week with weekly increases nearing twenty-five cents a gallon gallon: see English units of measurement. in some Texas cities, 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. The Texas average price for regular self-serve soared 22 cents a gallon to a new record of $2.536 a gallon -- that's 75.8 cents higher than last year's average. The Galveston-Texas City area posted an increase of nearly 25 cents a gallon to an all-time all-time adj. Exceeding all others up to the present time: an all-time speed skating record. all-time Adjective Informal high of $2.581. Both Houston and Fort Worth showed weekly increases of more than 24 cents a gallon. "For the first time ever, consumers are seeing weekly gasoline increases of 20 cents or more in some cities," said Rose Rougeau, spokesperson for AAA Texas. "Pump prices have risen significantly in the last two weeks due to the high price of crude oil, summertime demand, operational problems at various refineries across the U.S. and profit-taking. Unfortunately, motorists may see more upward movement at the pumps before prices start to fall." The national average for regular self-serve gasoline set a new record at $2.586 a gallon -- an 18-cents weekly increase. AAA Texas' Weekend Gas Watch monitors the average price of gasoline at popular destinations for automobile automobile, self-propelled vehicle used for travel on land. The term is commonly applied to a four-wheeled vehicle designed to carry two to six passengers and a limited amount of cargo, as contrasted with a truck, which is designed primarily for the transportation of trips.
Average Daily Prices as of 12:01 a.m., August 19, 2005:
Weekly Weekly
Area Current Change 8/12/05 Change 8/5/05
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National $2.586 +18.9 cents $2.397 +10.4 cents $2.293
State $2.536 +22.0 cents $2.316 +11.2 cents $2.204
Austin-San
Marcos $2.483 +20.7 cents $2.276 +11.6 cents $2.160
Beaumont $2.520 +23.9 cents $2.281 +12.2 cents $2.159
Corpus Christi $2.474 +19.3 cents $2.281 +15.2 cents $2.129
Dallas $2.600 +23.9 cents $2.361 +11.5 cents $2.246
Ft. Worth $2.587 +24.2 cents $2.345 +10.4 cents $2.241
Galveston-Texas
City $2.581 +24.6 cents $2.335 +14.4 cents $2.211
Houston $2.562 +24.2 cents $2.320 +11.3 cents $2.207
San Antonio $2.464 +19.9 cents $2.265 +11.8 cents $2.147
Area New Record Price 2004 Average
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National $2.586 (8/18/05) $1.869
State $2.536 (8/18/05) $1.778
Austin-San
Marcos $2.483 (8/18/05) $1.740
Beaumont $2.520 (8/18/05) $1.752
Corpus Christi $2.474 (8/18/05) $1.714
Dallas $2.600 (8/18/05) $1.790
Ft. Worth $2.587 (8/18/05) $1.779
Galveston-Texas
City $2.581 (8/18/05) $1.776
Houston $2.562 (8/18/05) $1.756
San Antonio $2.464 (8/18/05) $1.733
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