After a recent hike in the price of gasoline at the pumps in Great Bend, prices fell to $2.42 per gallon this week, matching the state average reported by GasBuddy.com. One week ago, gas was selling for $2.59 in Great Bend.

In Larned, the price of gas was unchanged at 2.55. Hoisington and Ellinwood prices also held steady at $2.59, and AAA reported the average price in Stafford County was $2.45, unchanged from a week ago.

Average gasoline prices in Kansas have fallen 3.5 cents per gallon in the last week, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 1,329 stations in Kansas. Prices in Kansas are 1.2 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 39.7 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has decreased 4.2 cents compared to a week ago and stands at $3.585 per gallon.

According to GasBuddy price reports, the cheapest station in Kansas was priced at $2.05/g on Sunday while the most expensive was $2.89/g, a difference of 84.0 cents per gallon.

The national average price of gasoline has fallen 0.9 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $2.83/g today. The national average is up 3.9 cents per gallon from a month ago and stands 21.3 cents per gallon lower than a year ago, according to GasBuddy data compiled from more than 11 million weekly price reports covering over 150,000 gas stations across the country.

“While oil prices jumped to their highest level in months amid geopolitical tensions, a weakening U.S. dollar, and supply concerns, the national average price of gasoline saw little change compared to a week ago,” said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy. “Just over half of states saw gas prices decline, led by Indiana, Ohio, and other price-cycling states that had previously seen prices jump but have since started to fall. Meanwhile, prices are rising across much of the West Coast as the transition to summer gasoline begins and attention turns to another refinery shutdown in California expected in April. Over the coming weeks, we’re likely to see more states experiencing increases than decreases.”