Auto Club: Gas Prices Climb Nearly 22 Cents in One Month; July Price is within 5 Cents of Record Monthly Average
LOS ANGELES--July 19, 2005--Southern California's average price for regular gasoline rose nearly 22 cents during the past month to come within 5 cents of the all-time record monthly average, according to the Automobile Club of Southern California monthly Fuel Gauge Report.The Southern California July average price for regular self-serve unleaded gasoline is $2.592 which compares to a June 14 average of $2.375 and comes within the all-time record monthly average of $2.642 set in April 2005. This is the highest July average recorded by the Fuel Gauge Report, exceeding the 2004 average by 34.6 cents.
"Traders and speculators have driven up the price of crude oil and gasoline over concerns about how the hurricane season in the Gulf region will affect production," said Auto Club Spokeswoman Carol Thorp. "Crude oil prices have fallen below the $60 per barrel range, so motorists might expect to see prices stop increasing as much or level off in the coming days."
Statewide, the average price for July is $2.589, up from $2.359 in June. The lowest average price in California still is in Marysville, where regular is selling for $2.430. South Lake Tahoe reported the state's highest average price at $2.758. Santa Barbara was close behind at $2.722. Nationally, the average price is $2.314, up from $2.13 in June.
In Southern California, the averages for regular and premium grades of gasoline are listed below:
County/City Unl 7-19 Unl 6-14 Pre 7-19 Pre 6-14 Imperial County El Centro 2.619 2.474 2.819 2.639 Inyo County Bishop 2.655 2.333 2.769 2.439 Kern County Bakersfield 2.545 2.279 2.719 2.587 Ridgecrest 2.499 2.392 2.551 2.499 Los Angeles County Alhambra 2.502 2.285 2.839 2.479 Arcadia 2.589 2.354 2.689 2.529 Burbank 2.597 2.373 2.939 2.603 Culver City 2.657 2.459 2.799 2.899 Glendale 2.595 2.384 2.699 2.642 Glendora 2.494 2.274 2.756 2.424 Inglewood 2.569 2.315 2.766 2.486 Lancaster 2.582 2.307 2.721 2.514 Long Beach 2.569 2.332 2.755 2.535 Los Angeles 2.606 2.383 2.659 2.571 Manhattan Beach 2.607 2.397 2.769 2.439 Montebello 2.543 2.302 2.619 2.529 Santa Clarita 2.643 2.389 2.999 2.629 Santa Monica 2.662 2.487 2.715 2.799 Van Nuys 2.540 2.317 2.567 2.488 Whittier 2.552 2.323 2.843 2.539 Woodland Hills 2.612 2.366 2.605 2.611 Orange County Anaheim 2.469 2.313 2.681 2.425 Fullerton 2.493 2.268 2.729 2.529 Huntington Beach 2.535 2.293 2.679 2.499 La Habra 2.469 2.262 2.899 2.459 Laguna Beach 2.672 2.406 2.839 2.572 Newport Beach 2.655 2.458 2.804 2.711 San Clemente 2.608 2.423 2.789 2.569 Tustin 2.593 2.377 2.792 2.596 Riverside County Blythe 2.709 2.660 2.799 2.779 Hemet 2.602 2.331 2.799 2.499 Palm Springs 2.689 2.439 2.799 2.689 Riverside 2.505 2.268 2.769 2.432 San Bernardino County Redlands 2.520 2.294 2.556 2.499 San Bernardino 2.555 2.336 2.597 2.600 Victorville 2.639 2.397 2.821 2.549 San Diego County Chula Vista 2.588 2.341 2.839 2.669 Del Mar 2.639 2.467 2.780 2.689 Escondido 2.531 2.312 2.839 2.499 Oceanside 2.650 2.384 2.861 2.610 San Diego 2.639 2.391 2.817 2.560 San Luis Obispo County San Luis Obispo 2.691 2.440 2.879 2.579 Santa Barbara County Lompoc 2.649 2.526 2.789 2.699 Santa Barbara 2.720 2.519 2.840 2.674 Santa Maria 2.664 2.461 2.859 2.889 Tulare County Porterville 2.549 2.359 2.619 2.479 Visalia 2.590 2.413 2.597 2.649 Ventura County Ventura 2.571 2.336 2.668 2.528 So. Cal. Avg. 2.592 2.375 2.757 2.579
The Auto Club's Fuel Gauge Report is based on data gathered from monitoring fuel transactions at 2,800 Southern California gas stations. Oil Price Information Service -- the nation's most comprehensive source of petroleum pricing information, provides the data. Editors, for regional average daily fuel prices nationwide, please go to www.fuelgaugereport.com.
