Statistics compiled by AAA Idaho shows pump prices reached an average of $3.53 per gallon, a new state record for self-serve regular.

That’s up 22 cents in the last month and is 43 cents more than a year ago.

The Idaho record follows the setting of a new national benchmark last week, when the nationwide average reached $3.63 a gallon. Washington’s average price hit a record high last Friday of $3.74 a gallon.

Historically, gasoline prices peak around Memorial Day, considered the start of the summer driving season, then begin to fall off.

(AP)