LAS VEGAS (FOX5) -
Las Vegas area gas prices continued another weekly climb with the average price rising 1.4 cents a gallon, a fuel price monitoring site said Monday.
VegasGasPrices.com reported the average price of gas in the area at $3.43 a gallon, which compared to a three-cent jump per gallon nationally.
Prices through the week ending on Sunday were 32.8 cents per gallon higher than the same time last year and 4.3 cents per gallon higher than a month ago, VegasGasPrices.com said.
"The national average has continued on its upward trend as we move closer to spring and EPA-mandated cleaner burning gasoline," said GasBuddy.com Senior Petroleum Analyst Patrick DeHaan.
"The smaller movements in gasoline prices as of late in areas of the country will certainly not hold much longer. Gasoline prices tend to start moving significantly higher towards the end of February and into mid-March, so motorists should be preparing for higher prices," he added.
GasBuddy.com operates VegasGasPrices.com.
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