(Photo Provided with Release Courtesy of AAA East Central)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Gas prices are seven cents higher in Western Pennsylvania this week at about $3.38 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. The national average for a gallon of gas is $3.07, going up nearly five cents over the previous week. The report states that at this time a year ago, the average price for a gallon of gas in Western Pennsylvania was around $3.42 and the average price that you can expect for a gallon of unleaded gas here in Beaver County is $3.42. According to a release from AAA East Central and AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report, here are the average price of unleaded self-serve gasoline this week in various Pennsylvania areas:

$3.351      Altoona
$3.420      Beaver
$3.528      Bradford
$3.101      Brookville
$3.380      Butler
$3.244      Clarion
$3.202      DuBois
$3.361      Erie
$3.355      Greensburg
$3.418      Indiana
$3.406      Jeannette
$3.468      Kittanning
$3.395      Latrobe
$3.310      Meadville
$3.467      Mercer
$3.336      New Castle
$3.443      New Kensington
$3.499      Oil City
$3.391      Pittsburgh
$3.275      Sharon
$3.392      Uniontown
$3.584      Warren
$3.363      Washington