The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped three-tenths of a cent Thursday to $5.654, one day after an eight-day streak of decreases totaling 5.9 cents ended with an increase of two-tenths of a cent.
The average price is 2.6 cents less than one week ago but 24.3 cents more than one month ago and $1.188 higher than one year ago, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service.
The average price has increased 96 cents since the start of the joint U.S./Israel attack on Iran on Feb. 28, which sent oil prices higher and drastically accelerated increases at the gas pump.
The Orange County average price dropped two-tenths of a cent to $5.595, its ninth decrease in 10 days. It dropped six consecutive days, rose two-tenths of a cent Monday and resumed dropping Tuesday.
The Orange County average price has dropped 7.3 cents over the past nine days, including one-tenth of a cent Wednesday, and is 3 cents less than one week ago but 29.8 cents more than one month ago and $1.169 higher than one year ago.
The Orange County average price has increased 95.9 cents since the start of the attack on Iran.
The national average price rose 3.5 cents to $4.071, its third consecutive increase following a 10-day streak of decreases totaling 9.7 cents. It has risen 6.2 cents over the past three days, including 2.5 cents Wednesday.
The national average price is eight-tenths of a cent more than one week ago, 19.9 cents higher than one month ago and 91.6 cents greater than it was one year ago. It has increased $1.089 since the attack on Iran.
The national average price is at its highest amount this late in the calendar year after never topping $4 on Aug. 13 in any previous year, according to Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, which provides real-time gas price information from more than 150,000 stations.