Gas prices continued to fall throughout the nation on Tuesday, bringing financial relief to people in the country as consumer prices rise in other areas. The national average price for a gallon of regular gas dropped to $3.

"The average price of gasoline in the U.S. hasn't been this low in March since 2021, when the pandemic significantly reduced demand and kept prices suppressed," said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy. The average in Ohio currently stands at $2.78 a gallon and the national average is nearly 30 cents more at $3.03.

Average gasoline prices in Iowa have increased by 5.7 cents per gallon over the past week, reaching an average of $2.93 per gallon, according to GasBuddy's surv