Average San Diego County gas price drops for 18th consecutive day

A Union gas pump in San Diego Staff photo The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in San Diego County dropped Friday for the th consecutive day decreasing seven-tenths of a cent to The average price has dropped cents over the past days including cents Thursday according to figures from the AAA and the Oil Price Information Organization The streak began one day after the end of an -day streak of increases totaling cents that boosted the average price to its highest amount since June The average price is cents less than one week ago but cents more than one month ago and cents higher than one year ago It has dropped since rising to a record on Oct The national average price dropped for the eighth consecutive day decreasing four-tenths of a cent to It has dropped cents over the past eight days including cents Thursday The streak of dropping national prices follows a four-day streak of increases totaling cents The national average price is cents less than one week ago cents lower than one month ago and cents below what it was one year ago It has dropped since rising to a record on June City News System