AAA: Gas Prices Drop For The 8th Consecutive Week

FRAMINGHAM, MA - Small increases in crude oil pricing late last week hasn’t impacted prices at the pump, as motorists in Massachusetts this week are seeing a three cent per gallon drop in prices, according to AAA Northeast, which has an office in Framingham.

Prices have fallen eight consecutive weeks.

AAA’s February 1 survey of prices in Massachusetts finds self-serve, regular unleaded averaging $1.81 per gallon, three cents lower than last week.

The Massachusetts price is one cent above the national average for regular unleaded of $1.80.

A year ago at this time, the average price in Massachusetts was 25 cents higher at $2.06.

The range in prices in the latest AAA survey for unleaded regular is 46 cents, from a low of $1.63 to a high of $2.09.

AAA Northeast is a not-for-profit auto club with 61 offices in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, New Hampshire and New York, providing more than 2 million local AAA members with travel, insurance, finance, and auto-related services.