Oakland County

Gas prices head down after hitting high in Michigan last week

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6 hours ago

February 16, 2026

MM Team

Fuel costs in Michigan have fallen barely after setting a brand new excessive for 2026 on February 12 at a mean of $3.03 per gallon.

Now drivers in Michigan are paying a mean of $2.98 per gallon for normal unleaded gasoline, up 15 cents from every week in the past. This value is 2 cents lower than this time in January and 9 cents lower than this time in 2025.

Metro Detroit’s present common is $2.99 per gallon, which is 6 cents greater than final week’s common, however nonetheless 15 cents lower than this time in 2025. Macomb County’s present common is $3 per gallon.

“Michigan drivers are seeing their highest fuel costs but this yr, with some metro areas averaging greater than $3 per gallon,” mentioned Adrienne Woodland, a spokesperson for AAA-The Auto Membership Group.

Drivers pay a mean of $44 for a full 15-gallon tank, which is $6 lower than the 2025 excessive, which was in August.

Gasoline demand additionally elevated from 8.15 million barrels per day to eight.3 million barrels per day, in keeping with information from the Power Data Administration (EIA). Complete home gasoline provide additionally elevated from 257.9 million barrels to 259.1 million barrels. Gasoline manufacturing rose final week to a mean of 9.1 million barrels per day.

On the finish of the Feb. 11 formal buying and selling session, West Texas Intermediate, a well-liked benchmark for oil costs, rose 67 cents to settle at $64.63 a barrel. The EIA reported that crude oil rose by 8.5 million barrels final week. In response to a press launch, U.S. crude oil inventories at 428.8 million barrels are about 3% under the five-year common for this time of yr.

The best recorded common value of normal unleaded fuel in Michigan remains to be June 11, 2022, when the common value was $5.22.

The present costliest fuel costs are in Ann Arbor ($3.07), Jackson ($3.02) and Lansing ($3).

The present least costly fuel costs are in Traverse Metropolis ($2.50), Marquette ($2.77) and Benton Harbor ($2.88).