In the past week, gas prices on average have fallen 10.4 cents per litre and are averaging 79.48 c/L across the province.
In Dauphin, the price of gas is sitting around 79.5 c/L, which is down from 97.9 at this point last week.
Head of petroleum analysis for GasBuddy, Patrick DeHaan, anticipates prices to fall even more.
"Gas prices have spent virtually all of March marching lower, with the drop continuing as the coronavirus destroys oil demand globally, leading to the lowest oil prices we've seen in 18 years, paving the way for still an additional 10-25 cent per litre drop at most stations in the weeks ahead. I don't think I've ever seen such a collapse in prices, even including the Great Recession. What we're witnessing is easily going to go down as the great collapse in oil demand, and for motorists hurrying to fill up today, they're wasting their money as prices will continue to drop in the days ahead. Gas stations are passing along the drop several weeks behind, and there's plenty more room for prices to drop, putting 59 cent per litre prices as a strong possibility for perhaps many more stations than we previously anticipated. This is truly an unprecedented turn of events."
Including the change in gas prices in Manitoba during the past week, prices yesterday were 35.3 c/L lower than the same day one year ago and are 23.2 c/L lower than a month ago.
The national average has decreased by 28.3 c/L during the last month and stands 36.7 c/L lower than this day one year ago.
