Fill up, folks. ⛽ San Diego County's average price of regular gas dropped 4.5 cents to $6.157, its ninth drop since reaching a record high.
"Gas prices would have to come down by about $1.20 a gallon from last week's records in most areas to completely erase the spike that began in September, and there is a possibility they could drop even more if wholesale gasoline prices continue downward," said Doug Shupe, the Automobile Club of Southern California's corporate communications manager.
The national average price dropped 1 cent to $3.903. It is the third day in a row the national average price dropped. It rose for 11 consecutive days, dropped four-tenths of a cent Oct. 2 and resumed increasing Oct. 3 before dropping nine-tenths of a cent on Thursday. The national average price is 1.2 cents more than one week ago, 20 cents higher than one month ago and 60.6 cents greater than one year ago.The run of increases follows a 98-day streak of decreases totaling $1.342 that began the day after the record was set.