(Photo Provided with Release Courtesy of AAA East Central)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Gas prices are eight cents higher in Western Pennsylvania this week at about $3.22 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. The national average for a gallon of regular gasoline is now $2.87. The report states that the average price for a gallon of gas in Western Pennsylvania at this time a year ago was around $3.50 and the average price that you can expect for a gallon of unleaded gas here in Beaver County is about $3.24. 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
$3.243      Beaver
$3.292      Bradford
$2.076      Brookville
$3.234      Butler
$3.175      Clarion
$3.245      DuBois
$3.229      Erie
$3.261      Greensburg
$3.180      Indiana
$3.240      Jeannette
$3.251      Kittanning
$3.089      Latrobe
$3.280      Meadville
$3.238      Mercer
$3.085      New Castle
$3.233      New Kensington
$3.299      Oil City
$3.198      Pittsburgh
$3.053      Sharon
$3.263      Uniontown
$3.425      Warren
$3.211      Washington