The price of gas jumped nearly 20 cents a gallon from last week.
New Jersey’s current average gas price is $3.61 a gallon. This is up 18 cents from a week ago, over 32 cents from more than a month ago and 9 cents from more than a year ago today.
AAA says the oil market has been on edge from the situation overseas, with wars in both the Middle East and Ukraine.
AAA also says this is the time of the year gasoline is in demand, from the end of spring breaks and ahead of Memorial Day.