(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 fell nine cents this week to an average of $4.76 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. 

After several weeks of declines, the national average price for gasoline rose toward the end of last week. The national average is now $4.51 per gallon, down one cent from a week ago but nearly 50 cents higher than a month ago. 

With travelers expected to hit the road in record numbers for the Memorial Day holiday, drivers are facing the highest holiday gas prices since 2022. 

At this time last year, the national average price for a gallon of gasoline was $3.17. The report states that the average price that you can expect for a gallon of regular unleaded gas in Beaver County is about $4.93. 

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:

$4.680      Altoona
$4.931      Beaver
$4.718      Bradford
$4.524      Brookville
$4.809      Butler
$4.659      Clarion
$4.561      DuBois
$4.720      Erie
$4.641      Greensburg
$4.800      Indiana
$4.718      Jeannette
$4.937      Kittanning
$4.728      Latrobe
$4.741      Meadville
$4.803      Mercer
$4.869      New Castle
$4.876      New Kensington
$4.891      Oil City
$4.894      Pittsburgh
$4.614      Sharon
$4.825      Uniontown
$4.741      Warren
$4.817      Washington