Average retail gasoline prices in Savannah have fallen 2.2 cents a gallon in the past week to $3.29 a gallon on Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 262 gas outlets in Savannah.
The national average has fallen 1.3 cents a gallon in the last week to $3.43, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com.
Prices Sunday were 15.0 cents a gallon lower than the same day one year ago and are 9.0 cents a gallon lower than a month ago. The national average has decreased 10.3 cents a gallon during the last month and stands 10.5 cents lower than a year ago.
“With Labor Day right around the corner, most Americans will be seeing the lowest prices of the summer,” said GasBuddy.com Senior Petroleum Analyst Patrick DeHaan. “And the good news doesn’t end there. The national average is at its lowest levels for this time of year since 2010, when prices averaged $2.65 a gallon nationally during Labor Day weekend.
“While most Americans won’t have access to sub-$3 prices, a few hundred gas stations, mainly in the southern U.S., are offering gasoline under $3 a gallon. And for those motorists in areas where gas prices tend to be high: just 1.5 percent of gas stations in the U.S. are selling for more than $4 a gallon, so even California is in on the party at the pump,” DeHaan said.