The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Riverside County rose one-tenth of a cent Saturday to $3.173, its highest amount since March 22.
The average price has increased four consecutive days, rising a half-cent on Friday and one-tenth of a cent Wednesday and Thursday, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service.
The average price is 1.3 cents more than one week ago and 4.7 cents higher than one month ago, but 31.9 cents less than one year ago. It has dropped 33.5 cents since the start of the year.
The arrival of imported gasoline components to Los Angeles-area refineries is expected to put “some downward pressure on wholesale gasoline prices,” according to Jeffrey Spring, the Automobile Club of Southern California’s corporate communications manager.
West Coast gasoline prices “seem relatively unscathed from” Hurricane Laura, Spring said. Many Gulf Coast refineries closed ahead of its landfall Thursday morning.