National average for gas up another nickel, sets new record

Photo by: AAA
Photo by: AAA

(Heathrow, FL) -- Drivers are waking up to yet more pain at the pump.

Gas prices hit a new record high Friday morning of four-dollars and 76-cents a gallon. Triple-A updated the numbers overnight to show another five cent jump.

California remains the most expensive to fill up at a whopping six-24. Seven other states now top five dollars including Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Illinois, Washington, Alaska and Arizona. Michigan is closing in at four-93.

As for North Dakota, the state has an average of four dollars and forty-four cents a gallon on average, including a four dollar and thirty-nine cents per gallon average in Cass County.

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