If your Thanksgiving tank is looking a little less painful this year, you’re not imagining it. Gas prices across Ohio just took their biggest tumble in weeks — and Toledo is beating the state average.

Ohio’s average for a gallon of regular fell to $3.51 on Saturday, down nearly 35 cents in just one week, according to AAA. The national average is $3.84, so Ohio drivers are saving about 33 cents a gallon compared to the rest of the country.

Toledo is doing even better. The metro average here is $3.42 a gallon — down from $3.49 yesterday and $3.81 a week ago. That’s a drop of nearly 39 cents in seven days. A year ago, Toledo drivers were paying $3.03, so prices are still up year-over-year — but the direction right now is all downhill.

The cheapest gas in the state is a short drive away: Lima is averaging $3.09 a gallon. Dayton ($3.41) and Akron ($3.45) are also below the state average, while Columbus ($3.54) and Cleveland ($3.56) are paying more than we are. And according to fuel tracker GasBuddy, some Ohio stations have already posted $2.99 for regular, per the Columbus Dispatch.

The timing couldn’t be better. The drop lands less than two weeks before Thanksgiving, when millions of Ohioans hit the road — and it’s landing on top of Ohio’s gas tax holiday, which has cut the state’s 38.5-cent-per-gallon gas tax to nearly zero since Oct. 4. That holiday runs through the start of January.

One thing not falling: diesel. Ohio’s diesel average is still $6.12 a gallon, and Toledo diesel is sitting at $6.01.

So fill up now, Toledo — prices have dropped four days straight, and the cheapest gallons of the fall are on the pumps right now. We covered yesterday’s drop too — Toledo gas fell to $3.49 on Friday — and today’s reading is lower still.

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