Nevertheless, despite the recent increase, gas prices are substantially lower than a year ago, when a gallon of regular gas cost $3.098, according to AAA. Gas price analysts for AAA blamed the slight increase on the recent winter storms in the United States, which disrupted supply. 

“The winter storm that wreaked havoc on most of the nation has led to supply disruptions and pushed up the national average for a gallon of regular gasoline to $2.87,” according to AAA. “Below-freezing temperatures and lingering snow have disrupted some crude production and refinery operations, while gasoline demand increased pre-storm as drivers filled up their tanks ahead of the severe winter weather.”

Gas prices consistently under $3 per gallon are a stark contrast to the expensive costs during the Biden administration. During Biden’s term, the average cost for a gallon of regular gas was $3.555, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. This included the highest yearly average for regular gasoline in U.S. history, at $4.059 per gallon in 2022. Biden also holds the dubious distinction of having the highest monthly average in U.S. history, at $5.032 per gallon in June 2022.

Fuel costs have declined during the second term of President Donald Trump, reaching prices not seen in years, even with the slight increase in February. Lower gas prices have become a staple of Trump’s presidential administrations.

Regardless of the national average, fuel costs tend to vary by region with the West Coast typically having the most expensive gas prices in the nation. For the last two years, the lowest gas prices were usually found in states along the Gulf Coast or in adjacent states, such as Oklahoma. That has changed in recent months.

As such, Oklahoma is once again the state with the lowest gas prices in the nation, an achievement the Sooner State has held for quite some time at $2.369 per gallon. Greer County, Oklahoma, has a countywide average gas price of $2.169 per gallon, believed to be the lowest in the country. 

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Arkansas has the second-lowest gas prices in the U.S. with an average price of $2.432 per gallon. Next is Mississippi at $2.441 per gallon, followed by Kansas at $2.463. Louisiana rounds out the top 5 states with the cheapest gas, with a statewide average of $2.467.

Conversely, Hawaii has the most expensive gas prices in the U.S. at $4.393. The Aloha State has overtaken California as the state with the highest gas prices in the country, after the Golden State held that distinction for most of the last two years. California does follow Hawaii, however, with a statewide average of $4.355. Washington state has the third-highest gas prices in the country, at an average of $3.94 per gallon. Oregon and Alaska round out the top five with average fuel costs of $3.464 and $3.454, respectively.