A run of seven increases in nine days totaling 5.5 cents that boosted the average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Riverside County to its highest amount since Dec. 13 ended Sunday when it dropped four-tenths of a cent to $4.427.
The average price is 4 cents more than one week ago and 12 cents higher than one month ago, but 16.6 cents less than one year ago, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service. It has dropped $1.946 since rising to a record $6.373 on Oct. 5.
A 17-day streak of increases to the national average price totaling 24.3 cents ended when it decreased one-tenth of a cent to $3.509. It is 9.4 cents more than one week ago, 35 cents higher than one month ago and 14.8 cents greater than one year ago.
The national average price has dropped $1.507 since rising to a record $5.016 on June 14.