The good news: Since Tuesday, prices fell 7 cents, landing at $4.17 a gallon on Sunday. The auto giant said the downward trend should continue this week.
Florida gas prices (WFTV Staff)
While Sunday’s average marked signs of improvement at the pump, the numbers are still sobering for consumers.
$4.17 for a gallon of gas is 55 cents more than what motorists paid a month ago and $1.32 higher than what it cost them a year ago.
That figure also put the state average at 68 cents higher than what drivers paid before Russia invaded Ukraine.
“Gas prices are drifting lower now that oil prices are declining again,” according to AAA’s Mark Jenkins.
“The oil price drop could enable gas prices to fall back below $4 a gallon in the next couple of weeks. That is unless something causes oil prices to rebound this week,” Jenkins said.
Whatever lies on the horizon, here’s the bottom line, at least for now: AAA said if your tank is on “Empty” Monday, plan to spend about $63 to fill it up.
Photos: Chicago drivers score free gas in businessman's $1M giveaway Cars line up early morning along Green Bay Road waiting to receive free gas donated by Willie Wilson at the Mobil Gas Station on Thursday, March 24, 2022, in Evanston, Ill. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune via AP)
Photos: Chicago drivers score free gas in businessman's $1M giveaway Businessman and former Chicago mayoral candidate Willie Wilson pumps donated gas for a driver at a BP gas station Thursday, March 24, 2022, in Cicero, Ill. Wilson was giving gas away to motorists who showed up at four dozen gas stations. Some drivers waited for more more than an hour to collect their $50 worth of gasoline. (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
Photos: Chicago drivers score free gas in businessman's $1M giveaway Lewis Ball of Lincolnwood is excited to receive free gas donated by Willie Wilson at the Mobil Gas Station along Green Bay Road on Thursday, March 24, 2022, in Evanston, Illinois. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune via AP)
Photos: Chicago drivers score free gas in businessman's $1M giveaway Businessman and former Chicago mayoral candidate Willie Wilson pumps donated gas for a driver at a BP gas station Thursday, March 24, 2022, in Cicero, Ill. Wilson was giving gas away to motorists who showed up at four dozen gas stations. Some drivers waited for more more than an hour to collect their $50 worth of gasoline. (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
Photos: Chicago drivers score free gas in businessman's $1M giveaway Businessman and former Chicago mayoral candidate Willie Wilson speaks during a news conference after pumping donated gas for drivers at a BP gas station, Thursday, March 24, 2022 in Cicero, Ill. Wilson was giving gas away to motorists who showed up at four dozen gas stations. Some drivers waited for more more than an hour to collect their $50 worth of gasoline. (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
Photos: Chicago drivers score free gas in businessman's $1M giveaway Volunteers pump gas donated by businessman and former Chicago mayoral candidate Willie Wilson for drivers at a BP gas station Thursday, March 24, 2022, in Cicero, Ill. Wilson was giving gas away to motorists who showed up at four dozen gas stations. Some drivers waited for more more than an hour to collect their $50 worth of gasoline. (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
Photos: Chicago drivers score free gas in businessman's $1M giveaway Jesse Morales, 28, shakes hands with with businessman and former Chicago mayoral candidate Willie Wilson after Morales was the first person to get donated gas pumped by Wilson at a BP gas station, Thursday, March 24, 2022, in Cicero, Ill. Wilson was giving gas away to motorists who showed up at four dozen gas stations. Some drivers waited for more more than an hour to collect their $50 worth of gasoline. (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
Photos: Chicago drivers score free gas in businessman's $1M giveaway Simone Brooks pumps free gas donated by Willie Wilson at the Mobil Gas Station along Green Bay Road on Thursday, March 24, 2022, in Evanston, Illinois. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune via AP)
Photos: Chicago drivers score free gas in businessman's $1M giveaway A worker pumps free gas for a motorist at a gas station in the Humboldt Park neighborhood during businessman Willie Wilson's first gas giveaway on March 17, 2022, in Chicago. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Photos: Chicago drivers score free gas in businessman's $1M giveaway Motorists line up to receive free gas at a station in the Humboldt Park neighborhood during businessman Willie Wilson's first gas giveaway on March 17, 2022, in Chicago. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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