Gas prices hit $3 per gallon mark in Iowa the first week in March, and have trended upwards in fast fashion in the weeks since.
Since that time, the only week with a gas price decline in Iowa came on March 25, when the price fell 4 cents to $3.31 for self-serve unleaded.
Over the last two weekly reports by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources from AAA recaps, the price moved up a combined 33 cents, to sit at $3.64 on April 8.
That total is 56 cents more than one year ago, and the national price is now $4.10 per gallon.
On Thursday, many Sioux City stations were selling unleaded at $3.79.
Back on March 6, the price reached $3 in Iowa for the first time in a year, when the price moved up by 36 cents per gallon in one week.
The prices are spiking nationally as the Strait of Hormuz is being greatly blocked from shipping oil from Mideast nations, amid military strikes involving the United States, Israel and Iran, plus other nations, which began the last week of February.
