Gas Prices At Their Lowest Seasonally Since 2004: Find the Cheapest Gas in Your Area

By MARC TORRENCE (Patch National Staff)

Gas prices are dropping. And dropping and dropping and dropping.

The U.S. average price at the pump Monday was $2.59 per gallon, the lowest it’s been in late August since 2004, according to a report from the American Automotive Association. Last year at this time, a gallon of gas cost $3.43.

And prices are expected to keep dropping.

GasBuddy estimates that by December, the national average will be less than $2 per gallon.

Michigan prices were above the national average at $2.81 a gallon for regular gas. South Carolina has the lowest average of any state in the country, at $2.11 per gallon. California has the highest at $3.47.

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