Gasoline prices in Massachusetts drop 3 cents per gallon

The average price of gas has dropped 26 cents in the past six weeks.

Associated Press photoKenny Eley fuels his car with his daughter Kenisha, 4, as they prepare for the Memorial Day weekend in Richmond, Va., Friday. For every $10 a household earns, almost a full dollar now goes toward gasoline, forcing Americans to rethink what they spend on everything else, including the family vacation.

BOSTON – Gas prices are down by an average of three cents a gallon this week in Massachusetts, the sixth week of dropping prices.

The American Automobile Association of Southern New England reported Monday that self-serve, regular averaged $3.68 per gallon over the past week. That’s a 26-cent drop over the past six weeks.

The national average is four cents lower at $3.64. Last year at this time, the average price in Massachusetts was $2.72.

AAA found self-serve, regular as low as $3.53 and as high as $3.99.