AAA: National Average Drops Below $4

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

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Gas prices are seven cents lower in Western Pennsylvania this week at $4.33 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. Motorists are getting a break at gas pumps as the summer travel season continues and gets hotter. The national average for a gallon of regular gasoline is down to $3.92 and for the first time since mid-March, the national average is under $4. This marks nearly four straight weeks of declines and it comes as millions of Americans prepare to travel for the Fourth of July holiday in record numbers starting next weekend. Crude oil prices also continue to fall as the U.S. and Iran work on a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The report states that the average price that you can expect for a gallon of regular unleaded gas here in Beaver County is about $4.62. According to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report, here are the average prices of unleaded self-serve gasoline this week in various areas:

$4.150      Altoona
$4.617      Beaver
$4.364      Bradford
$4.263      Brookville
$4.402      Butler
$4.222      Clarion
$4.269      DuBois
$3.927      Erie
$4.137      Greensburg
$4.401      Indiana
$4.146      Jeannette
$4.578      Kittanning
$4.301      Latrobe
$4.290      Meadville
$4.425      Mercer
$4.415      New Castle
$4.514      New Kensington
$4.644      Oil City
$4.534      Pittsburgh
$3.914      Sharon
$4.565      Uniontown
$4.017      Warren
$4.449      Washington