Gas prices edge upward

Idaho gas prices jumped up 2.7 cents per gallon last week.

Prices averaged $3.13 per gallon at 802 surveyed gas stations in Idaho Sunday. That compares to the national average of $2.85 per gallon.

According to Gas Buddy, average Idaho prices were 61.2 cents per gallon higher than a year ago and .8 cents per gallon lower than a month ago.

“Oil prices have held under $70 per barrel, giving promise to gas prices that will continue to hold south of $3 per gallon and near where they have spent much of the summer so far,” said Patrick DeHaan, head of petroleum analysis for GasBuddy. “With several bullish and bearish factors weighing on oil prices, you may see gas prices stuck in some sort of late summer blues before motorists see more sizable relief coming after Labor Day.”