Average Orange County Gas Price Falls For 13th Time in 14 Days

ORANGE COUNTY, CA -- The average price of gas in Orange County dropped for the 13th time in 14 days on Monday, decreasing three-tenths of a cent to $3.599 a gallon. It has dropped 7.5 cents over the past 15 days, including two-tenths of a cent Sunday, data show.

The average price within the county is 5.4 cents less than one week ago, and 13.4 cents lower than one month ago, but 3.7 cents more than one year ago, according to data from the Automobile Club of Southern California and Oil Price Information Service.

It has increased 25 cents since the start of the year, according to AAA.

In Los Angeles County, the average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline dropped on Monday for the 12th consecutive day, decreasing four-tenths of a cent to $3.622.

The average price has dropped 7.8 cents over the past 12 days in LA County, including 1 cent Sunday, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service. It is 6.1 cents less than one week ago, 16.1 cents lower than one month ago and three-tenths of a cent below what it was one year ago, despite rising 23.1 cents since the start of the year.