The national average price dipped to $4.30 Wednesday.
Although Californians are still feeling pain at the pump — reaching an all-time high of $5.77 a gallon Wednesday — the national average fell by a cent since Tuesday, signaling that prices could be on their way down in the weeks ahead, according to experts
The national average spiked past the $4 per gallon mark earlier this month and eclipsed the record high of $4.103, which was reached in 2008. Gas prices have swung upward after sanctions on Russian commodities during the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. Crude oil prices dropped down to $96 per barrel this week and the declining price could cause the national average to fall 35 to 55 cents per gallon over the next three to five weeks, according to Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis for GasBuddy, on Twitter.