--- title: Gas Prices Just Hit a Low for 2014 description: Around the country, drivers are paying the lowest prices of the year for gas, and the downward trend is likely to continue. authors: - name: Brad Tuttle role: Senior Editor url: https://money.com/author/brad-tuttle/ bio: Brad Tuttle is a former senior editor at Money with over 10 years’ experience covering a vast number of personal finance topics, including careers, cars, travel, budgeting, investing, insurance, credit cards, consumer psychology, real estate, banking, and shopping and deals. education: Columbia University School of Journalism, MS at_money_since: 2014 articles: 366 covers: - Personal Finance - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Health and Wellness - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Mortgages - Pets - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://twitter.com/bradrtuttle - https://linkedin.com/in/brad-tuttle-834b225 former_staff: true published: '2014-10-08T14:52:29.000Z' modified: '2024-04-16T04:30:43.000Z' section: Personal Finance tags: - AAA - cars - driving - energy - Gas - Gas prices - gas stations - GasBuddy - Transportation word_count: 261 canonical: https://money.com/gas-prices-cheapest-2014/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Gas Cans](https://img.money.com/2014/10/141008_em_gaspriceslowest1.jpg) *Get it while it's cheap!* The [summertime swoon](https://money.com/gas-prices-july-2014-summer/) for gas prices has continued into fall, and now it looks like the [forecasts](https://money.com/gas-prices/) calling for lower and lower prices at the pump are right on track. Earlier this week, [AAA](http://fuelgaugereport.aaa.com/gas-prices-near-2014-low/) noted that the national average for a gallon of regular stood at $3.29 and that we were on the brink of matching the cheapest mark thus far in 2014 ($3.27, hit on February 9). Well, as of Wednesday, AAA data indicated the national average hit $3.267, a new low for the year. What's more, drivers in many states are paying well below the national average. The price of regular is averaging $3.10 or less in Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Jersey, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia, and Missouri is cheapest of all, recently dipping just under $3 per gallon—the first state to average under $3 since January. Drivers in many metropolitan areas, including [Kansas City](http://www.kansascity.com/news/business/article2535946.html), [Duluth, Minn.,](http://www.minnpost.com/greater-minnesota/2014/10/gas-falls-below-3-gallon-duluth-city-sees-high-number-songbird-deaths) [Tulsa, Okla.](http://www.cnbc.com/id/102063369), and [Iowa's Quad City area](http://qctimes.com/traffic/gas-prices-dip-below-in-the-iowa-q-c/article_b6e57306-b6b0-5d25-a9a1-1be568eec279.html), have been enjoying sub-$3 gas this week. The gas price-tracking site [GasBuddy](http://blog.gasbuddy.com/posts/Gas-prices-hit-lowest-level-of-2014/1715-586727-2685.aspx) is also reporting that gas stations in no fewer than 18 states currently have prices that are the lowest they've been for all of 2014. Best of all for drivers hoping to spend less on fill-ups, all signs indicate the trend for cheaper and cheaper gas will keep on rolling in the months ahead. AAA is predicting that the national average will dip to $3.20, perhaps even $3.10, by the end of the year, by which time as many as 20 states could see per-gallon prices drop below $3. ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/gas-prices-cheapest-2014/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Personal Finance", "item": "https://money.com/personal-finance/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Budgeting", "item": "https://money.com/budgeting/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Gas Prices Just Hit a Low for 2014" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/gas-prices-cheapest-2014/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/gas-prices-cheapest-2014/", "name": "Gas Prices Just Hit a Low for 2014", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2014-10-08T14:52:29.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/gas-prices-cheapest-2014/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/gas-prices-cheapest-2014/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2024-04-16T04:30:43.000Z" }, { "@type": "Article", "headline": "Gas Prices Just Hit a Low for 2014", "articleSection": "Personal Finance", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2014/10/141008_em_gaspriceslowest1.jpg", "width": 3000, "height": 2007, "caption": "141008_EM_GasPricesLowest" } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Brad Tuttle", "url": "https://money.com/author/brad-tuttle/", "@id": "https://money.com/author/brad-tuttle/#author", "description": "Brad Tuttle is a former senior editor at Money with over 10 years’ experience covering a vast number of personal finance topics, including careers, cars, travel, budgeting, investing, insurance, credit cards, consumer psychology, real estate, banking, and shopping and deals.\r\n\r\n", "image": "https://img.money.com/2014/01/Brad-Tuttle.png?w=226&h=247&crop=1", "alumniOf": "Columbia University School of Journalism, MS", "sameAs": [ "https://twitter.com/bradrtuttle", "https://linkedin.com/in/brad-tuttle-834b225" ] } ], "publisher": "https://money.com/#organization", "datePublished": "2014-10-08T14:52:29.000Z", "description": "Around the country, drivers are paying the lowest prices of the year for gas, and the downward trend is likely to continue.", "abstract": "Around the country, drivers are paying the lowest prices of the year for gas, and the downward trend is likely to continue.", "@id": "https://money.com/gas-prices-cheapest-2014/", "inLanguage": "en-US", "dateModified": "2024-04-16T04:30:43.000Z", "wordCount": 261, "keywords": [ "AAA", "cars", "driving", "energy", "Gas", "Gas prices", "gas stations", "GasBuddy", "Transportation" ], "about": [ { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Personal finance", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_finance" ] }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Budget", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budget" ] } ] } ] } ```