AAA Texas: Weekend Gas Watch; Ten Week Stretch Ends.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 -- The statewide average price 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 has ended its ten week stretch of price drops, 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 statewide average for a gallon gallon: see English units of measurement. of regular self-serve gasoline increased four cents to $1.705. 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). posted the biggest increase of eight cents a gallon, but still remains the cheapest on the list at $1.656 a gallon. 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 price at $1.716 a gallon -- up nearly five cents. "This year's price increases are similar to what motorists saw a year ago around this time," said Rose Rougeau, spokesperson for AAA Texas. "Cold weather usually causes oil and gasoline prices to move up as refineries begin to produce more heating oil instead of gasoline." The national average for regular self-serve gasoline rose three pennies to $1.796 a gallon. 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., Jan. 14, 2005:
Last Year's
Area Current Change Record Price Price
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National $1.796 + 3.0 cents $2.054 (05/26/04) $1.561
State $1.705 + 4.1 cents $1.927 (05/26/04) $1.480
Austin-San Marcos $1.701 + 4.3 cents $1.929 (05/27/04) $1.474
Beaumont $1.679 + 2.9 cents $1.903 (06/01/04) $1.474
Corpus Christi $1.656 + 8.0 cents $1.925 (05/26/04) $1.485
Dallas $1.716 + 4.8 cents $1.932 (05/27/04) $1.487
Ft. Worth $1.706 + 5.3 cents $1.924 (05/28/04) $1.437
Galveston-Texas
City $1.678 + 2.8 cents $1.922 (06/01/04) $1.467
Houston $1.678 + 2.8 cents $1.909 (06/01/04) $1.474
San Antonio $1.679 + 6.8 cents $1.952 (05/26/04) $1.456
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