National gas average falls below $3.40 as Thanksgiving nears

Gas prices continue their downward slope as we ease into the holiday season. With Thanksgiving right around the corner, the national average at the pumps for this report is $3.34.

Last-year during this time, the national average was nearly 40-cents higher.

Meanwhile, New York’s average price rings-in at just under $3.64 as of this report, nearly 25-cents cheaper than a-year-ago.

“We still need to cast a wary eye on global events, which may roil the oil market and spike prices,” said Andrew Gross, AAA spokesperson.

“But domestic gas prices are amid their usual seasonal swoon. Pump prices have fallen or remained flat every day since September 19.”

Here locally, gas prices in Lowville can be found as low as $3.69 as of this report, according to GasBuddy.

No official prices could be sourced in the Boonville or Old Forge, NY areas from GasBuddy, however; prices range in Watertown, NY as low as $3.39 and as low as $3.57 in Syracuse, NY.

Meanwhile in the Mohawk Valley, prices in Utica, NY can be found as low as $3.59 as of this report and as low as $3.57 in Rome, NY.

AAA images.