Gas prices rocket toward record high

According to data from the American Automobile Associaton, Arizona gas prices are on pace to break highs established in 2008.

During most of 2010, gas prices hung around the $2.76 per gallon mark. Prices began to rise sharply in December, January and February.

The current average price for a gallon of gas in Arizona is $3.45, six cents below the nationwide average of $3.51, but 40 cents more than the cost per gallon at the same time in 2008, the year Arizona gas price records were set at $4.09 per gallon.

After reaching a high of $4.09 in July 2008, the price of gas fell to less than $2 in March of 2009 before going back up to  $3 in March 2010.

The current increase means it costs almost $12 more to fill a 16-gallon tank today than it did last year at this time.

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