(Photo Provided with Release Courtesy of AAA East Central)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Gas prices are four cents higher in Western Pennsylvania this week at about $3.28 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. The national average for a gallon of gas is $2.91, dropping four cents since last week. The report also 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 gas here in Beaver County is about $3.32. 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:

$3.231      Altoona
$3.317      Beaver
$3.447      Bradford
$3.109      Brookville
$3.242      Butler
$3.119      Clarion
$3.213      DuBois
$3.242      Erie
$3.240      Greensburg
$3.246      Indiana
$3.241      Jeannette
$3.437      Kittanning
$3.296      Latrobe
$3.263      Meadville
$3.406      Mercer
$3.192      New Castle
$3.279      New Kensington
$3.299      Oil City
$3.273      Pittsburgh
$3.207      Sharon
$3.272      Uniontown
$3.553      Warren
$3.223      Washington