Gas prices resume downward slide

Fuel prices are trending downward across the nation, and Southeast Missouri is no exception.

The national average for a gallon of regular gasoline is $3.11, around 1 cent cheaper than last week's average. Missouri's average as a state increased by a cent to $2.69. However, trends in the Cape Girardeau area tell a different story, with gas prices plunging on a county and city level.

Nationally, Missouri has the fifth-lowest regular gas prices in the country, with Mississippi, the lowest, coming in at $2.66.

California continues to have the most expensive average tank of gas at $4.71 a gallon, though Hawaii's state average is just a cent cheaper.

National diesel prices average at $3.98 a gallon, while in Missouri the average cost of a gallon of diesel fuel is $3.58.

County averages Monday (per AAA)

• Cape Girardeau: $2.75;
• Perry: $2.57;
• Scott: $2.89.

Price ranges Monday (per GasBuddy)

• Cape Girardeau: $2.69 to 2.99;
• Jackson: $2.54 to $2.69;
• Perryville: $2.54 to $2.59;
• Scott City: $2.77 to 2.79.

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