Auto Club: Gas Prices Climb Nearly 22 Cents in One Month; July Price is within 5 Cents of Record Monthly Average.LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. -- Southern California's average price for regular gasoline gasoline or petrol, light, volatile mixture of hydrocarbons for use in the internal-combustion engine and as an organic solvent, obtained primarily by fractional distillation and "cracking" of petroleum, but also obtained from natural gas, by rose nearly 22 cents during the past month to come within 5 cents of the all-time all-time adj. Exceeding all others up to the present time: an all-time speed skating record. all-time Adjective Informal record monthly average, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Automobile Club of Southern California The Automobile Club of Southern California was founded December 13, 1900 in Los Angeles as one of the nation's first motor clubs dedicated to improving roads, proposing traffic laws and improvement of overall driving conditions. monthly Fuel Gauge Report. The Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, July July: see month. average price for regular self-serve unleaded gasoline is $2.592 which compares to a June June: see month. 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 Traders Individuals who take positions in securities and their derivatives with the objective of making profits. Traders can make markets by trading the flow. When they do this, their objective is to earn the bid/ask spread. and speculators have driven up the price of crude oil and gasoline over concerns about how the hurricane season Hurricane season refers to a period in a year when hurricanes usually form. For more information see: Tropical cyclone#Times of formation. For a lists of past seasons, see:
Statewide, the average price for July is $2.589, up from $2.359 in June. The lowest average price in California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). 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 Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. 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 This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. 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. |
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