Stacker compiled statistics on gas prices in Mobile, AL metro area using data from AAA. Gas prices are current as of March 16.

Prices have quickly skyrocketed amid the conflict in Iran. Signs last week showed under three dollars, and some prices are now going closer to four dollars.

The Iran war's fuel-price shock is slamming states that could decide Senate control in November, a potential headache for Republicans defending their majority. Why it matters: Affordability was already Democrats' central midterm message,

Dispensing once and for all with the fiction that there is any such thing as nine-tenths of a penny, it was only a week ago that the Mobil gas station at the foot of the Rhinecliff Bridge sold a gallon of gasoline for an even $3.

Gas prices are entering their third week of steady increases. As of Monday, the average price for a gallon of gas stood at $3.72, the highest price for regular gas since October 2023. President Donald Trump appealed to several countries over the weekend to help open the Strait of Hormuz.

AAA reports the average price of regular unleaded gas is now $4.00 a gallon

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