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NEW YORK (CNN) -
Prices at the pump fell more than 18 cents over the past two weeks, continuing a 10-week downward slide, according to a survey published Sunday.
The Lundberg Survey of gasoline stations nationwide found the average price of a gallon of self-serve regular was $2.24 on Nov. 18, down from $2.43 on Nov. 4.
That's down 77 cents from an all-time high on Sept. 9, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
According to AAA's "Daily Fuel Gauge Report," a nationwide average price for regular unleaded fell to $2.21 a gallon Monday. The price is down 28 percent from the record high of $3.057 reached on Labor Day.
Diesel also fell to $2.678 and is down 56 cents during the last month.
Publisher Trilby Lundberg said more refineries that were damaged by Katrina, or later by Hurricane Rita, have been restored, easing prices. Also, lower crude oil prices have led retailers to drop their prices.
"There is still some room" for pump prices to fall in the near future, although any further drops would likely "be modest," Lundberg said.
The price is still 28 cents higher than it was one year ago.
The lowest price the survey found was in Wichita, Kan., where a gallon of self-serve regular cost an average of $1.94; the highest was in Honolulu, at $2.64.
Here are average prices of a gallon of self-serve regular in some other cities: Atlanta - $2.09; Washington - $2.31; St. Louis - $1.97; Salt Lake City - $2.06; Detroit - $2.07; San Francisco - $2.45; Houston - $2.22; Philadelphia - $2.23
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