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According to the AAA, the national average for a gallon of gas is currently $3.66, down 10 cents from one week ago. South Carolina prices are currently quite a bit lower than the national average, hovering around a low of 3.06 in Abbeville to a high of $3.19 in Greenville.
Although the prices are putting U.S. motorists on track for the most expensive Thanksgiving ever, GasBuddy's Patrick DeHaan says relief should arrive sometime in December. "It's not impossible that if oil markets hold, we could see a national average of $2.99 around Christmas," he says. "Certainly the gift that every motorist is hoping for."