Average retail gasoline prices in Florida have fallen 0.5 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.65/g Sunday. This compares with the national average that has increased 0.6 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.75/g, according to gasoline price website FloridaStateGasPrices.com.

Including the change in gas prices in Florida during the past week, prices

Sunday were 13.8 cents per gallon higher than the same day one year ago and are 1.2 cents per gallon lower than a month ago. The national average has decreased 2.1 cents per gallon during the last month and stands 21.6 cents per gallon higher than this day one year ago.

“Gasoline prices in a majority of the United States have been stuck in narrow

range over the past several weeks,” said Patrick DeHaan, GasBuddy.com aenior petroleum analyst.

“The longer oil and gasoline prices remain in this tight range, the harder it will be for prices to break out of that threshold,” he said.

DeHaan cites the lack of significant economic improvement and quiet tropics thus far as a reason prices have failed to move significantly.

“Unless we start seeing consistently good economic news or several large tropical storms, gas prices should remain relatively muted,” he said.