(Photo Provided with Release Courtesy of AAA East Central)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Gas prices rise three cents in Western Pennsylvania this week at $3.44 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. As October begins, $3.13 is the national average for a gallon of regular gasoline, which is two cents less than a week ago. Prices usually decrease at the gas pump at this time because of the winter-blend gas that gas station have which is cheaper to produce. The report states that around $3.49 is the average price for a gallon of gas in Western Pennsylvania at this time a year ago and the average price that you can expect for a gallon of unleaded gas here in Beaver County is about $3.57. According to a release from AAA East Central and AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report, here are the average prices of unleaded self-serve gasoline this week in various Pennsylvania areas:

$3.315      Altoona
$3.569      Beaver
$3.580      Bradford
$3.028      Brookville
$3.535      Butler
$3.050      Clarion
$3.225      DuBois
$3.292      Erie
$3.478      Greensburg
$3.388      Indiana
$3.557      Jeannette
$3.558      Kittanning
$3.475      Latrobe
$3.257      Meadville
$3.556      Mercer
$3.482      New Castle
$3.571      New Kensington
$3.599      Oil City
$3.538      Pittsburgh
$3.410      Sharon
$3.565      Uniontown
$3.597      Warren
$3.517      Washington