A handful of states within the Western U.S. continued recording record-high gasoline costs on Tuesday even because the nationwide common worth for a gallon of standard unleaded gasoline started to say no.

Russia's February 24 invasion of Ukraine has been credited by business consultants as driving up costs on the pump within the U.S. amid issues about disruptions the conflict might have on oil manufacturing and distribution. Final week, the U.S. broke a nationwide common gasoline worth document set practically 14 years in the past, and the brand new document was damaged one other 3 times within the days that adopted.

Gasoline worth consultants mentioned final week that they anticipated gasoline costs to proceed rising within the U.S. however mentioned the tempo of these will increase was more likely to gradual following President Joe Biden's announcement that the U.S. deliberate to ban Russian oil imports. Whereas the document nationwide common gasoline worth of $4.331 from March 11 has held over the previous couple of days, some states have continued to interrupt their very own statewide common gasoline worth information, with a Newsweek evaluation of American Car Affiliation (AAA) information discovering that seven states within the Western U.S. set new information on Tuesday.

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A handful of states within the Western U.S. are nonetheless setting new statewide common gasoline worth information whilst nationwide common gasoline costs start to say no. Above, costs for gasoline at an Exxon gasoline station on Capitol Hill are seen on March 14, in Washington, D.C.Win McNamee/Getty Photos

California, a state that always has the best common gasoline costs within the U.S., has set a number of new statewide information over the previous couple of weeks and did so once more on Tuesday, with its statewide common price for a gallon of standard unleaded gasoline climbing to $5.75. California has within the final week recorded one of many greatest gasoline worth will increase compared with different U.S. states, with costs rising a median of 40 cents, in line with AAA.

Whereas Utah and Arizona each recorded bigger will increase than California during the last seven days, Utah's common gasoline worth dropped barely on Tuesday, whereas Arizona's single-cent improve pushed it to succeed in a brand new statewide document.

Hawaii recorded Tuesday's largest single-day gasoline worth improve for a U.S. state of simply over 4 cents, setting a brand new statewide common document of $4.997 per gallon. Alaska, Idaho, Nevada and Washington additionally set new statewide information on Tuesday, with these will increase ranging between 0.4 and 1.2 cents, in line with AAA information.

Colorado additionally recorded a small improve of lower than one-half of 1 cent on Tuesday, however its statewide common gasoline worth remained beneath its document from July 2008. Additional east, three states—North Dakota, South Dakota and West Virginia—recorded statewide common gasoline worth will increase of lower than one-half of 1 cent as Colorado did Tuesday, whereas Nebraska recorded a Tuesday improve of simply over one-half of 1 cent.

At the same time as some states noticed small will increase on Tuesday, the nationwide common gasoline worth dropped by practically 1 cent from the worth recorded on Monday. AAA spokesperson Andrew Gross has credited small gasoline worth declines with falling crude oil costs. Gross informed Newsweek final week that it's tough to foretell precisely how gasoline costs will fluctuate within the days forward as Russia's conflict with Ukraine continues, however famous that falling oil costs "might finally take among the stress off of those pump worth will increase we've been seeing."