(Webster City, IA) — Gasoline prices remain about 20 cents a gallon shy of their all-time high in Iowa. Meredith Mitts, the spokeswoman for Triple-A-Iowa, says prices at the pump appear to have stabilized, as they “are almost exactly the same as the statewide average from a month ago.” She says, “they’re up a little bit from a week ago but…staying in roughly the same 10-cent range.” The statewide average is three-84 a gallon. The start of summer travel season is still several weeks away but Mitts says it’s a safe bet prices will rise around the big holidays like Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, and Labor Day. Iowa’s highest-ever average of four-oh-two a gallon was set in July of 2008.
