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

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Gas prices are six cents lower in Western Pennsylvania this week at about $4.58 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. 

Gas prices are six cents lower in Western Pennsylvania this week at about $4.58 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. 

Prices for gas are still the highest that they have ever been for this time of year. 

Even though the national average for a gallon of gas dropped by a penny this past week to $4.35, pump prices are still at record highs for the season of autumn. 

This is the first year that the national average for gas has been above the amount of $4 per gallon in the month of October. 

Crude oil is back above $90 per barrel after it dipped into the range of $80 per barrel for several days. 

The national average for a gallon of gas is four cents more than a month ago and $1.27 more than a year ago.

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:

$4.552      Altoona
$4.700      Beaver
$4.557      Bradford
$4.408      Brookville
$4.588      Butler
$4.451      Clarion
$4.512      DuBois
$4.625      Erie
$4.615      Greensburg
$4.516      Indiana
$4.581      Jeannette
$4.660      Kittanning
$4.680      Latrobe
$4.684      Meadville
$4.635      Mercer
$4.465      New Castle
$4.545      New Kensington
$4.635      Oil City
$4.701      Pittsburgh
$4.451      Sharon
$4.568      Uniontown
$4.678      Warren
$4.464      Washington