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 View History:    Daily     Weekly     Monthly     Annual   
Los Angeles, CA Conventional Gasoline Regular Spot Price FOB (Cents per Gallon)
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  1986 52.55 44.80 50.23 44.12 39.56 42.80 40.87
  1987 55.51 54.38 54.40 56.21 56.24 53.35 55.49 57.73 58.92 57.70 51.42 48.59
  1988 44.59 47.33 52.30 60.03 56.80 55.83 57.92 60.33 52.31 42.18 41.36 42.37
  1989 48.13 57.33 69.60 86.03 69.04 68.91 60.44 51.67 60.03 57.36 52.01 56.22
  1990 82.37 68.50 79.65 96.72 89.39 80.13 67.25
  1991 70.82 57.58 61.71 65.13 65.65 55.41 57.94 64.75 58.69 59.10 58.16 51.18
  1992 51.64 58.09 58.83 68.04 70.64 67.77 63.80 62.82 64.12 63.56 53.28 51.95
  1993 60.78 60.64 60.78 64.65 65.88 59.55 56.75 61.33 62.73 51.73 45.52 41.96
  1994 44.08 47.75 49.23 53.83 52.25 55.90 59.49 57.77 53.58 56.01 58.27 51.21
  1995 56.25 54.71 55.01 61.86 61.53 56.43 54.69 55.58 56.10 55.09 54.26 55.46
  1996 55.60 60.18 69.49 86.51 73.67 66.77 69.50 64.86 68.43 63.42 60.19 70.06
  1997 76.27 70.51 75.76 66.66 60.71 54.01 55.87 73.79 73.98 68.00 57.31 58.98
  1998 52.53 49.76 48.41 57.90 53.76 47.09 45.88 44.81 44.61 44.40 44.25 39.74
  1999 42.00 41.71 64.05 62.81 52.56 69.88 88.64 75.26 66.38 67.49 74.38 68.99
  2000 72.16 90.08 105.72 79.49 93.25 102.84 98.89 114.23 124.36 113.23 109.06 87.09
  2001 88.52 108.33 108.94 103.45 101.43 84.77 68.56 90.39 94.84 74.40 57.34 51.41
  2002 56.49 62.21 82.36 79.65 78.30 85.08 80.02 82.83 82.20 81.57 77.87 75.90
  2003 88.12 111.26 125.07 90.48 82.61 101.10 90.67 125.48 89.13 93.85 95.60 89.92
  2004 101.92 128.39 126.33 136.46 159.40 139.74 140.70 132.76 142.17 158.23 134.33 112.46
  2005 132.19 148.51 165.76 177.06 154.13 169.11 182.54 208.64 222.70 184.17 152.17 154.48
  2006 181.37 166.97 193.34 238.86 250.17 234.31 241.80 209.41 169.96 161.02 171.81 172.27
  2007 159.89 194.19 227.20 243.73 247.76 223.10 217.16 195.56 219.26 237.50 253.89 242.61
  2008 230.49 255.96 274.32 299.42 326.46 361.33

Updated on 7/2/2008
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration
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