New gasoline price record, 3/11/08

Speedway raised the price of its gasoline another 10 cents today, bringing the pump price for 87-octane to $3.499 a gallon, which beats the previous local record of $3.449 a gallon set on May 22, 2007.

I keep track of record prices here in Huntington. This is what I have recorded in recent years:

8/5/05 $2.459

8/8/05 $2.499

8/11/05 $2.559

8/15/05 $2.699

8/31/05 $3.099

9/1/05 $3.119

8/3/06 $3.159

5/3/07 $3.199

5/15/07 $3.299

5/22/07 $3.449

3/11/08 $3.499

And to think we once thought $2.46 was high. That was quite a runup in August 2005, wasn't it? Going into the Labor Day weekend, prices went up more than 56 cents in a month's time. Too bad I didn't record what the price was on 8/4/05.