The national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline declined for the 15th consecutive day Sunday, for a total discount of 4 cents during that period.
Average prices in Tennessee spent the past month recovering from the Colonial Pipeline outage that sent prices surging by an average of 17 cents.
Tennessee’s state average of $2.08 is 4 cents less than a week ago, 11 cents more than last year, but 76 cents cheaper than two years ago. The state average has declined 26 of the past 29 days for a total discount of 9 cents.
AAA spokesman Mark Jenkins said gas prices typically follow a downward trend through the final months of the year. Last year, the national average dropped 25 cents from Columbus Day through Thanksgiving. A drop like that is less likely to occur this year as the price of oil will likely hold steady at around $50 a barrel until OPEC’s next meeting next month.
The low price as of Tuesday afternoon in Coffee County was a $1.93 in Manchester and Tullahoma.
Gas Prices Down Slightly
