Good news at the pump. Gas well below $3 a gallon. to head further down. Image: Steve Lunde
Lowest this side of St. Charles: At Stockton
WINONA, Minn. – Gasoline prices are their lowest in 1-1/2 years, led in central Winona County by $2.77 at the Clark Pump House in Stockton. Kwik Trips and most other stations in the county are at $2.89. The usual area price leaders in St. Charles, straddling the Olmsted-Winona county line, are $2.69. These prices are 38% less than in June 2022, when the national average passed $5. Even then the price was significantly lower than in many countries Experts say the downward U.S. trend to continue because a warmer winter brought on by an El Nino weather pattern will reduce demand for petroleum overall.