A run of 39 decreases in 40 days that dropped the average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Riverside County to its lowest amount since Feb. 8 ended Saturday with an increase of one-tenth of a cent to $4.522.
The average price dropped 14 consecutive days, rose one-tenth of a cent Nov. 27 and resumed declining the following day, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service.
The average price is 5.8 cents less than one week ago and 32.4 cents lower than one month ago, but 25.1 cents more than one year ago. It has dropped $1.851 since rising to a record $6.373 on Oct. 5, 2022.
The national average price dropped one-tenth of a cent to $3.128, ending a four-day streak of increases totaling 6.1 cents. It is 5.3 cents more than one week ago and 3.2 cents higher than one year ago, but 14 cents less than one month ago.
The national average price has decreased $1.888 since rising to a record $5.016 on June 14, 2022.
“Daily gas prices will likely move back and forth for the next month or so,” said Andrew Gross, an AAA national public relations manager. “Looking back at pre-pandemic 2019, the national average did not make a firm turn to moving higher daily until Valentine’s Day.”