(The Center Square) – The price of a gallon of unleaded gas in Wisconsin was $3.77 on Friday morning, down 72 cents from a month ago.
Wisconsin ranked sixth with a 16% decline in price over the month, behind Colorado (94 cents), Florida (87 cents), Ohio (87 cents), Illinois (83 cents) and Michigan (76 cents) over the month, according to GasBuddy.
The U.S. average is now down to $3.94, 61 cents below its cost a month ago.
“If everything goes well and no major hurricane disruptions, we could see the national average fall below $3/gal again late this year with diesel falling back below $4/gal,” GasBuddy Petroleum Analyst Patrick DeHaan wrote.
Wisconsin was one of several Midwest states that were impacted late this spring by both the conflict in the Middle East and issues at a BP refinery in Whiting, Indiana.
Those caused Wisconsin prices to rice to $4.37 per gallon in May while diesel prices in the state hit a record high with an average price of $5.62 per gallon, topping the previous record set in 2022.