AAA Texas: Weekend Gas Watch; The New Year Brings Lower Gas Prices.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; -- The end of the year is wrapping up on a high note for motorists, with gas prices falling for the first time after three weeks of price increases, 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. the 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 price for a gallon gallon: see English units of measurement. of regular self serve is $2.133 a gallon -- a drop of three 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. tops the list for the third straight week as the city with the highest average -- down three cents to $2.158 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). dropped seven cents to $2.005 a gallon to have the lowest average on the survey. "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 have fallen 83 cents since their record highs in September September: see month. ," AAA Texas spokesperson Rose Rougeau said. "After the New Year, pump prices in the state typically turn down due to a decrease in demand." The national average for regular self-serve gasoline is $2.187 a gallon -- two cents higher than last week's average. AAA Texas' Weekend Gas Watch monitors the average price of gasoline in Texas.
Average Daily Prices as of 12:01 AM, December 30, 2005
Weekly Weekly
Area 12/30/05 Change 12/23/05 Change 12/15/05
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National $2.187 -2.1 cents $2.208 +1.6 cents $2.192
State $2.133 -2.8 cents $2.161 +1.7 cents $2.144
Austin - San
Marcos $2.124 -1.6 cents $2.140 +2.8 cents $2.112
Beaumont $2.150 -1.3 cents $2.163 +2.9 cents $2.134
Corpus Christi $2.005 -6.8 cents $2.073 +0.8 cent $2.065
Dallas $2.158 -2.7 cents $2.185 +2.0 cents $2.165
Ft. Worth $2.146 -3.2 cents $2.178 +2.3 cents $2.155
Galveston -
Texas City $2.128 -3.2 cents $2.160 +2.2 cents $2.138
Houston $2.131 -2.5 cents $2.156 +1.5 cents $2.141
San Antonio $2.068 -2.2 cents $2.090 +0.6 cent $2.084
Area Record High 2004 Average
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National $3.057 (9/5/05) $1.777
State $2.964 (9/4/05) $1.681
Austin - San
Marcos $2.918 (9/6/05) $1.683
Beaumont $2.930 (9/4/05) $1.653
Corpus Christi $2.929 (9/3/05) $1.590
Dallas $3.019 (9/4/05) $1.684
Ft. Worth $3.012 (9/4/05) $1.673
Galveston -
Texas City $2.997 (9/4/05) $1.663
Houston $2.971 (9/6/05) $1.668
San Antonio $2.909 (9/4/05) $1.631
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