The average price of regular gasoline in Temple continued to skyrocket Friday with $2.92 per gallon the average in a survey of 11 stations the Temple Daily Telegram has been checking for several months.

That represents an increase of 30 cents per gallon since Wednesday and an increase of 43 cents since last week.

One customer reported paying $2.65 per gallon at a Diamond Shamrock station while employees raised the price to $2.69 on the stores sign.

Later in the day, he reported the price had increased to $2.99 per gallon, an increase of 35 cents in a matter of hours.

Five stations in the survey had regular for $2.99 per gallon. The lowest station surveyed was the Exxon at Marlandwood Road and 5th Street, with regular for $2.76 per gallon. Two days before, the highest price in a Temple survey was $2.89, and the lowest was $2.49 per gallon.