Gasoline prices around Rochester have jumped about a nickel the past week, according to gasbuddy.com.
Senior Petroleum Analyst Patrick DeHaan says as oil prices have risen the past week, gas prices are following.
He says there are a number of other factors, including a drop in domestic production, a smaller than expected build in oil inventories and the switchover to the summer fuels, especially in the northeast.
But gas prices now in Rochester, on average 2-dollars-59 cents a gallon, are still about a-dollar-20 lower than they were a year ago at this time.
DeHaan says that disparity is likely to continue this summer, where local drivers could be paying the lowest gas prices in over 5 years, and nationally the cheapest since 2005.