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

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Gas prices in Western Pennsylvania rose another 20 cents this week to an average of about $4.85 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. 

While the national average has declined slightly in recent days, it remains seven cents higher than a week ago at $4.52 per gallon. National prices are also up 39 cents from a month ago and $1.39 higher than this time last year. 

Gas prices have not reached these levels since the summer of 2022. 

Although crude oil prices recently dipped below $100 per barrel amid negotiations to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, gasoline prices continue to face pressure from global supply concerns. 

In Beaver County, the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline is about $4.96. 

According to a release from AAA East Central, here are the average prices of unleaded self-serve gasoline this week in various Pennsylvania areas:

$4.677      Altoona
$4.958      Beaver
$4.745      Bradford
$4.552      Brookville
$4.900      Butler
$4.728      Clarion
$4.689      DuBois
$4.859      Erie
$4.893      Greensburg
$4.907      Indiana
$4.930      Jeannette
$4.929      Kittanning
$4.892      Latrobe
$4.852      Meadville
$4.863      Mercer
$4.903      New Castle
$4.916      New Kensington
$4.896      Oil City
$4.944      Pittsburgh
$4.774      Sharon
$4.927      Uniontown
$4.903      Warren
$4.940      Washington