Lake Elsinore-Wildomar Gasoline Price Continues to Drop

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in the Inland Empire dropped Monday for the 10th consecutive day and 36th time in 38 days, decreasing 1 cent to $3.627.

The average price in Riverside and San Bernardino counties has dropped 57.1 cents over the past 38 days, including 1.6 cents on Sunday, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service.

The decreases follow a nine-day streak of increases totaling 72.1 cents that pushed the average price to its highest amount since May 12, 2014.

The average price dropped for 26 consecutive days, rose a total of 5.8 cents on Aug. 13-14, then resumed declining on Aug. 15.

The average price is 12.3 cents less than one week ago, 51.1 cents lower than one month ago and 19 cents below what it was one year ago.

--City News Service, photo via Shutterstock