Gasoline prices across the nation have fallen 50 of the past 51 days; local gas prices have dropped, as well.
The national average price for regular unleaded gasoline has declined to $2.13 per gallon, which is the lowest level in the past 100 days and the lowest price for this date since 2004. The New York State average is $2.33 per gallon, down three cents from a week ago and down 52 cents from this time last year.
In Western New York, Buffalo gas prices are down three cents per gallon to $2.31 and Rochester gas prices dropped two cents to $2.27, according to AAA Western and Central New York.
With gasoline supplies high and oil prices low, pump prices are likely to remain relatively cheap through the remainder of the summer and into the fall. While a record number of American motorists have hit the road for summer travel, sharply lower gas prices have not triggered the sharply higher gasoline demand that many analysts had anticipated.
