(File Photo Credit for Photo: Photo Provided with Release Courtesy of AAA East Central)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Gas prices are 22 cents higher in Western Pennsylvania this week at $4.171 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. The national average for a gallon of regular gas exceeded $4/gallon this past week for the first time since August of 2022. That average of $4.11 is 12 cents more than last week and 80 cents more than a month ago. Crude oil prices have also been surging and they have surpassed $100/barrel, as the conflict in the Middle East continues and the Strait of Hormuz is still closed. The report states that the average amount for a gallon of regular gas in Western Pennsylvania at this time a year ago was around $3.63 and the average price that you can expect for a gallon of regular gas here in Beaver County is $4.19. 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:

$4.180      Altoona
$4.190      Beaver
$4.097      Bradford
$4.041      Brookville
$4.185      Butler
$4.189      Clarion
$4.153      DuBois
$4.161      Erie
$4.180      Greensburg
$4.198      Indiana
$4.199      Jeannette
$4.186      Kittanning
$4.202      Latrobe
$4.215      Meadville
$4.197      Mercer
$4.157      New Castle
$4.167      New Kensington
$4.185      Oil City
$4.168      Pittsburgh
$4.124      Sharon
$4.168      Uniontown
$4.217      Warren
$4.173      Washington