Will AAA's national average for regular gas fall below $4.00 a gallon before Aug 14?

AAA's national average price for regular gasoline touched $4.00 a gallon on Monday, August 10, 2026, after a week of declines, but rebounded to roughly $4.07 by August 13 as crude oil prices climbed back toward $80 a barrel, according to an Associated Press report carried by Fox19 and a separate report from Quartz. The average did not close below the $4.00 threshold before the question's August 14 deadline. Analysts noted the price level was unusual for the date; GasBuddy's head of petroleum research said the national average had never previously been above $4 a gallon after August 12 in any prior year. Prices had risen steadily through the summer, up from roughly $3.80 a gallon in early July, with the brief dip to $4.00 followed by renewed upward pressure on crude that pushed pump prices higher again. The community's forecast of 0% Yes correctly anticipated that the average would not fall below $4.00 in time.