Tennessee’s state average gas price is $2.54 per gallon for regular unleaded making it the sixth lowest state average in the nation. Today’s average is three cents less than the average a week ago and six cents less than one month ago and 13 cents less than one year ago.
The national gas price average today is $2.85, one cents less than last week’s average, one cent less than one month ago and seven cents less than this time last year.
Nearly 43 million Americans will start their summers on a high note with a Memorial Day weekend getaway. This long holiday weekend, marking the unofficial start of summer vacation season, will see the second-highest travel volume on record since AAA began tracking holiday travel volumes dating back to 2000, trailing only the bar set in 2005. Overall, an additional 1.5 million more people will take to the nation’s roads, rails and runways compared with last year, a 3.6% increase.
