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

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Gas prices are nine cents lower in Western Pennsylvania this week at $4.14 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. Gas prices were the lowest they’ve been in several weeks as millions of drivers traveled for this year’s long Independence Day weekend. The national average is at $3.79 for a gallon of regular gas, which is down 40 cents from a month ago, and even though that number is higher than last year, this is a relief from this past spring, which was when the national average peaked at $4.56 on May 21. Crude oil prices have also fallen to their lowest levels in months, dropping to the range of $65 per barrel. The report states that the average price that you can expect for a gallon of regular unleaded gas here in Beaver County is about $4.44. 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 areas:

$3.922      Altoona
$4.444      Beaver
$4.201      Bradford
$4.009      Brookville
$4.300      Butler
$4.030      Clarion
$4.011      DuBois
$3.841      Erie
$3.926      Greensburg
$4.161      Indiana
$3.892      Jeannette
$4.395      Kittanning
$4.157      Latrobe
$4.130      Meadville
$4.073      Mercer
$4.285      New Castle
$4.380      New Kensington
$4.349      Oil City
$4.421      Pittsburgh
$3.475      Sharon
$4.530      Uniontown
$3.959      Warren
$4.329      Washington