Idahoans are now paying the seventh-highest gas prices in the country, AAA reports today, at an average $3.75 a gallon, down about 5 cents from a month ago, but well above the $3.48 national average. Washington is even higher, ranking fourth in the nation at $3.79; Utah is 10^th at $3.71. AAA Idaho says gas prices mostly have been dropping around the nation, but western states haven’t seen the big drop. Now, with the uncertainty in Egypt, the motorist group expects gas prices to rise again.

“We’re constantly reminded that oil is an international commodity, priced in ways that may make no sense here in Idaho,” said Dave Carlson, AAA Idaho spokesman. “Motorists are also influenced by regional supply fluctuations that they have no potential to influence.”

AAA’s daily fuel gage report from around the state showed these pump prices in Idaho today: Idaho Falls, $3.63; Pocatello, $3.70; Coeur d’Alene, $3.62; Lewiston, $3.65; Boise, $3.80; Nampa, $3.82; and Twin Falls, $3.76.

Nationwide, the most expensive gas was in Hawaii at $4.30 a gallon, followed by Alaska, $4.04; and California, $3.98.