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Connecticut Gas Prices Almost 23 Cents Lower Than Last Year

According to GasBuddy.com, the average price of a gallon of gas is $3.85 in Connecticut while prices dropped to a low of $3.72 in Southington.

Connecticut drivers are paying almost a quarter less at the gas pump compared to last year, GasBuddy.com reports.

Prices are 22.3 cents lower than this day one year ago. The average price per gallon in Connecticut has also fallen an additional 2.6 cents this week, to a new low average of $3.85 per gallon, according to GasBuddy.com.

Monthly gas prices are also unusually low.

"Gas prices in March came in like a lion and are going out like a lamb," said GasBuddy.com Senior Petroleum Analyst Patrick DeHaan. "For the first time in a decade gasoline prices are going to be lower at the end of March than the beginning. GasBuddy data shows that the last time this happened was in 2003 when prices fell a nickle between the start of the month and the conclusion.

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"Essentially what we're seeing here this month is perhaps the largest monthly decrease ever during the month of March- a month that has almost always seen prices finishing the month substantially higher than where they entered," DeHaan said.

Connnecticut gas prices are 10.5 cents lower now than one month ago, GasBuddy.com reports.

The national average of gas is $3.61 per gallon, a decrease of 10.3 cents since last month and 28.1 cents from last year, GasBuddy.com said.

In Cheshire, the lowest prices are currently found at Cheshire Gulf on the Meriden-Waterbury Turnpike with a gallon of regular going for $3.76. Cheshire Citgo and Stop & Shop are each offering gas at $3.86.

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