The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Riverside County dropped 2.1 cents Sunday to $3.178, its lowest amount since Feb. 1, 2019.
The average price has dropped 18 consecutive days, and is 16.8 cents less than one week ago, 29.6 cents lower than one month ago and 21.5 cents less than one year ago.
“As long as demand and oil prices stay low, we should see gas prices continue to drop,” said Jeffrey Spring, the Automobile Club of Southern California’s corporate communications manager.
Commercial and general motorist traffic has dropped significantly because of the coronavirus outbreak while oil prices have decreased both because of reduced demand and increased production by Russia and Saudi Arabia boosting the supply, Spring said.