GasBuddy: Gas has never been this high, this late in any calendar year 

Gas prices reached the highest level for this time of year ever on Wednesday, according to fuel rate tracker GasBuddy.  Patrick De Haan, the head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, announced in a social media post that the national average price of gasoline has never hit above $4 a gallon after Aug. 12 in any…