The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Riverside County dropped Tuesday eight-tenths of a cent to $4.72, the 34th decrease in 36 days.
The average price has dropped 45 cents over the past 36 days, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service.
It is 6.6 cents less than one week ago, 36.7 cents less than one month ago and 9.8 cents less than one year ago. It has dropped $1.653 since rising to a record $6.373 on Oct. 5, 2022.
The national average price dropped seven-tenths of a cent to $3.44, a day after it was unchanged.
It is one-tenths of a cent less than one week ago, 15.3 cents less than one month ago, 13.6 cents less than one year ago, and has dropped $1.576 since rising to a record $5.016 on June 14, 2022.
“Since the national average price of gasoline fell to its lowest June level since 2021 last week, we’ve seen the drop in prices take a break, with some states seeing a small rise over the last week,” said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, which provides real-time gas price information from more than 150,000 stations.
“Thankfully, I expect this to be more like a short timeout, with an eventual return to falling gasoline prices in most states.”