Heading out this weekend for a road trip? You’ll get a pleasant surprise at the pump: Gas prices in Lexington have dropped since President Donald Trump began his second term.

The Herald-Leader has been tracking the price of groceries and gas at different stores across Lexington since the second inauguration of President Donald Trump Jan. 20.

The average cost of gas across the stores we tracked hit $2.91 in May. That’s 19 cents cheaper than inauguration weekend in January, or a 6.1% decrease.

Gas prices have ebbed and flowed. Here’s what our monthly tracking revealed:

▪ On inauguration weekend, the average price of for one gallon of gas sat at $3.10 across the stations we visited — Kroger, Casey’s and BP.

We started gathering data from Meijer in February.

▪ The average price dropp

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